Cobra Commander Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Source Much of Belgrade beats to the pulse of British bands from the 1980s - blasting from shops, cafes and taxis. Street vendors and record shops offer locally-pressed vinyl copies of all the era's big albums for two or three pounds. So Lloyd Cole & The Commotions / Peter Gabriel / Public Image Limited are big deals in Belgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 So we aren't going to talk about Kanye? I'm going to go on record to say that Kanye is a douche and acts like a child, but I'm going to go ahead and say, he shouldn't be punished for this. You can't go around calling people out of their name on the street and not expect an ass whooping. I'm of the opinion that an ass whooping shouldn't be a crime if you go around asking for an ass whooping, and this dude was asking for an ass whooping. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 man i'm barely motivated to talk about kanye when he has new records out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 If the Kanye incident plays out like the article I just read about it, there's got to be a bunch of witnesses to what the guy said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 I feel like Kanye did what anyone else would do. Unfortunately the whole "driving down to find and batter this guy" thing doesn't help him I'm sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 : E! News adds more to the developing story via various sources on scene as the incident happened. “Kim and Kanye were meeting for an appointment today,” the source tells E! News. “Kim arrived later than Kanye. En route into the building Kim saw a young man yelling racial slurs at the paparazzi. Kim told him he shouldn’t use racial slurs and he turned on her and verbally assaulted her.” The source says that the young man verbally attacked the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star, telling her to “shut the f–k up” before continuing to use the N-word while aiming his insults at Kim. “The two ended up in a stairwell where the man was in her face and continued to verbally assault her,” the insider added. “She was genuinely scared.” And that’s when Yeezy, who was already present at the building, called his soon-to-be-wife before rushing to his fiancée’s side. “Kanye called her phone and she answered and the man continued yelling at her,” the source continued. “Kanye overheard and came running down…he confronted the guy.” A second source adds that the rapper called Kim trying to find her because she was late to the appointment, and when she answered, he could hear her “crying hysterically.” Although Kanye rushed to Kim’s side, the teen continued to insult the couple. “The guy continued with the slurs,” the source said. “He was in Kanye’s face and wouldn’t stop. He was taunting him. Police were called to the scene.” Well, I don't know about you guys, but I would have tried to put that guy in the hospital. Who thinks it's OK to behave that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 That's some sterling PR work right there. Does Kanye not have another assault charge hanging over him anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORELOCK Posted January 15, 2014 Share Posted January 15, 2014 First Against Me! album in four years, Transgender Dysphoria Blues, is streaming over at NPR, and is awesome: http://www.npr.org/2014/01/12/261095666/first-listen-against-me-transgender-dysphoria-blues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 So Restorations posed this question on twitter and I found it pretty interesting, so I figure I'd throw it up on here: Which band (or bands) in your opinion have had a perfect three record stretch? Also, for bands with more than three records, please define the period. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 Wire (Pink Flag -> Chairs Missing -> 154) leaps to mind as a pretty unfuckwithable trio of records. Just total growth over each record in just as many years. Also Lightning Bolt (Wonderful Rainbow -> Hypermagic Mountain -> Earthly Delights) and the mid-late 90s Boredoms (Chocolate Synthesizer -> Super ae -> Vision Creation Newsun). This one's personal only, but I'm a big fan of those first three Liars records (They Threw Us All in a Trench and Built a Monument on Top -> They Were Wrong, So We Drowned -> Drum's Not Dead) oh and probably Wolf Parade's three records. Every time I go back to Expo 86 thinking it's only okay I end up headbanging for the length of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 21, 2014 Share Posted January 21, 2014 The first three Public Enemy albums. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Fowler Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 My two answers: Black Sabbath (Paranoid, Master of Reality, Vol 4) The Beatles (Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band) Okay, neither are overly bold choices (In both cases, the hardest part was picked which exact three to go with) Hard for me to leave out Iron Maiden's first three with Bruce, or Metallica's Ride/Master/Justice stretch, but I think both are below those three above, so... yeah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 When I posted this, one of my first thoughts was "Fowler is totally going to say Sabbath". The three bands I came up with are The Smiths (who never made a less than perfect album), Swans (twice, with Cop/Holy Money/Greed and with the three most recent albums) and The Fall (Perverted by Language, The Wonderful and Frightening World of the Fall, This Nations Saving Grace). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 So Restorations posed this question on twitter and I found it pretty interesting, so I figure I'd throw it up on here: Which band (or bands) in your opinion have had a perfect three record stretch? Also, for bands with more than three records, please define the period. I grew up during a time when the Backstreet Boys were successful in America. Hell, the poodle on my bed next to me right now is named A.J. because of my fandom. Backstreet's Back, their American debut, produced hits such as As Long as You Love Me, I'll Never Break Your Heart, All I Have to Give, and Everybody. But I think their stretch Millennium (1999), Black and Blue (2000), and Never Gone (2005) was perfect. Like, if you can get your head out of your ass and enjoy good pop music, these are perfect albums. Never Gone was probably the best because the songs are still good and most were very different than what we BSB fans got used to. Heck, a lot of songs were so un-Backstreet Boys. I think if you didn't have a sister that drove you crazy with her BSB obsession, and gave this album a quick listen, you would like a lot of it. And fuck it. Led Zeppelin should've stopped at Led Zeppelin 4. (1969 - 1971) Zeppelin 1 had my favorite song of their's cover of "Baby, I'm Gonna Leave You". Zep 2 is literally perfect. Zep 3 had, "Since I've Been Loving You" is a damn fine blues track. And 4 had "When the Levee Breaks." "Stairway to Heaven" is iconic and awesome, but there's so much good stuff in those first 4 albums, it's hard to say which one is the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Spanish Waiter Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Devil Without a Cause Cocky Kid Rock Rock N Roll Jesus. That's 4. Unfortunately everything since has been wank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supremebve Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Best three album stretches go to... Outkast A Tribe Called Quest Kanye West Off the top of my head those are the ones I would pick, Ice Cube was on his way, but Predator just isn't good enough to be included with Amerikkka's Most and Death Certificate which may be the best 1-2 combination in hip-hop history. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRGoldman Posted January 22, 2014 Share Posted January 22, 2014 Thinking about rap, I would put up the first three BDP albums (Criminal Minded, By All Means Necessary and Ghetto Music) as a pretty stellar three album stretch. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RIPPA Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 In news that like 3 people on this board will understand Captain & Tennille are getting divorced 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 In news that like 3 people on this board will understand Captain & Tennille are getting divorced Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebbie Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 I always hated that song. I wonder why after 39 years. That's a long ass time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamp, broken circa 1988 Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Oh! Not a band, but Oneohtrix Point Never (Returnal -> Replica -> R Plus 7) is pretty fucking all powerful, if a little impenetrable. If you can brute force through the first track of Returnal I'd say there's a 90% chance you end up hooked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Teenage Fanclub's Bandwagonesque ---> Thirteen ---> Grand Prix is a pretty great three album stretch. Then again, not everyone listens to or knows of the band so I guess it's a bit of an odd contribution here. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Nah, they're pretty well known and admired I think, at least in Scotland anyway. I'm not big on Thirteen but the other two are amazing. I'd actually say their peak 3 album stretch begins at Grand Prix, but maybe that's just me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PetrolCB Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 At least we can both agree that they're a solid group. I'm an early-era TFC fan myself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazlo Woodbine Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Agreed, you need to get out of calling them by their full name, or even TFC though. There's a simple joy to be had from just calling them "The Fannies". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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