Thanks. I'll look for Owls.

Thanks!

Yeah, that whole Sings the Songs Of… is a really great, quiet listen. I love when frontpersons of raucous indie bands go all spare/quiet (see also: David Kilgour vs his work in the Clean)

I think Phallus Chilton (nice name!) is thinking of the song I immediately thought of when I saw "Women," not the VU track. "I'm just a gift to the women of the world," incredibly, perfectly tongue in cheek.

A while ago I picked up Cap'n Jazz's Analphabetapolothology compilation. The giddily fun "Take On Me" cover remains the standout, the rest is kind of indistinct (albeit very good) post/math-rock. Other than early Modest Mouse, Cap'n Jazz may be the only openly "emo" band I listen to. Because I take AV Clubbers' advice…

One of their best early epics, along with NWRA. Good write up, Sean. Smith's staccato delivery is pretty awesome on this.
Awesome album, too. Years ago I carved a pumpkin based on the Dragnet cover. Yup, ice story.

"I THOUGHT. IT WAS. A TURKEY!" is another animal-related fave.

Indeed, that episode could be the best. So much happens in the span of a weekend! So quotable. "This melba toast is like nectar to me." A lot of things have been "like nectar to me" since that episode. Also: "Brian, when you walked out of that door this morning, it was like you took the sun and stars with you."

I recently picked up When Giants Walked the Earth by Mick Wall, which purports to be just that, a more official Zeppelin biography. Pro: Wall is pretty tight with Page, so much of the information is straight goods. Also, it moves along pretty briskly. Con: there are glaringly clunky passages in second-person narration…

After all this rampant of Montreal discussin' last week, I revisited Sunlandic Twins over the weekend. It has more awesome songs on it than I'd remembered—particularly Party's Crashing Us, which is one of the more perfect oM ditties I know.

Yield's still my favorite PJ album. I haven't listened to the album itself in a long time (would enjoy a 20th anniversary vinyl reissue in five years), but I found it quite nurturing for many years.

That's a crazy and most spooky association for that song. Glad you came out ok. I'm can see how a serious near-miss would make its eerie quality basically unbearable.

Have to agree with pretty much everything you said. Binaural and Riot Act are somewhat less loved in my own experience as well (however, as noted in Stone's interview, they each weirdly have gems that stand rediscovery—PJ played Help, Help at a show in 2011 and I was surprised by that tune's power live).
Similarly, s/t…

I forget which, but I think it's Fargo Rock City where Klosterman singles out Corduroy as PJ's only good song. I obviously disagree , but whenever I hear it I think "Yup, at very, very least, they've got this one awesome song!"

That's a good one! Kinda like Country Honk on Let It Bleed, PJ could do Country Sad. Get a banjo to cover that main riff, add some slide guitar and fiddle, and let's go.

I knew Footsteps years before I even heard Times of Trouble, so I always figured I'm biased, but yeah, I certainly prefer the emotions Eddie wrung from Stone's riff.

That one, as is We Will Commit Acts of Wolf Murder. Paralytic Stalks isn't re-listenable as a whole, but it has some damn fine songs on it!

This Nation's Saving Grace is still the quintessential Fall album.

Some hatesongs go without saying.

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