Archive for November, 2003
Ladies and Gentlemen, We Are Hairdressing in Space: The Soledad Brothers & Spiritualized
House of Blues
November 21, 2003
I’m one of those people who have never owned a Spiritualized or Spacemen 3 album. I couldn’t even name one of either band’s songs. I’ll give you a minute to rouse yourself from a shocked stupor.
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The Joel Plaskett Emergency: Down at the Khyber
Brobdingnagian/Outside Records, 2000
When I love an album, I want to rant endlessly how it’s the greatest album of all time, and in some cases, that’s exactly what transpires. Only later do I look back and cringe at how I’ve smothered it in hyperbole. Yet I’ve owned Down at the Khyber for a couple of years now and my appetite for it grows with every listen. Sometimes I don’t even want to play it because it’s so great. I’m afraid that on the next listen, it will be revealed to be a Kubla Khan-esque creation of my subconscious that I’ll never be able to enjoy again.
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