From: Stimp (stimp@aei.ca)
Date: Wed Dec 18 2002 - 19:47:58 CET
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stimp" <stimp@aei.ca>
To: "Mark Allerton" <mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 1:27 PM
Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Best/Worst/merely Blah of 2002
> Mark, you obviously missed the point entirely. Considering your dumbass
> reply to my post, you clearly cannot differentiate between a remix which
> actually adds something new and interesting, and one which does nothing
> significant to enhance the original track. Damn those idiot-boy listees
who
> don't bother understanding the context of a post before getting needlessly
> sarcastic! Do me a favor, if you wanna start a war of words with me, do
it
> privately.
>
> Stimp
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mark Allerton" <mark@warmspot.compulink.co.uk>
> To: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:13 AM
> Subject: Re: [acid-jazz] Best/Worst/merely Blah of 2002
>
>
> > I can imagine your shock... listening to an album by a stale formulaic
> > rock band, only to discover it's full of stale formulaic rock, buying a
> > compilation of old Verve tracks only to discover it's full of old Verve
> > tracks, or buying a five year old Fila Brazilia LP only to discover it
> > sounds a bit 90s. Damn those evil record companies!
> >
> > So I will let your comments about "Cookie" slide - you are clearly
> > suffering from PTSD. Get well soon!
> >
> > On Tuesday, December 17, 2002, at 08:44 PM, Stimp wrote:
> >
> > > Ok, so here's my list for 2002. What I did is looked thru my
> > > collection and
> > > dug out everything I bought, within the last 12 months, with a 2002
> > > release
> > > date.
> > >
> > > Here's my best
> > > -Johnny Cash: American IV: The Man Comes Around (the best of the
> > > batch, imo)
> > > -Mr. Scruff: Trouser Jazz
> > > -Herbert: Secondhand Sounds
> > > -DJ Chebb i Sabbah: Krishna Lila (AMAZING!!!)
> > > -Antibalas: Talkatif
> > > -Melvins + Fantomas: Millenium Monsterwork
> > > -Below The Sea: Les Arbres Depayseront D'avantage (fans of Godspeed
You
> > > Black Emperor! and Mogwai will love this)
> > > -Iannis Xenakis: Persepolis + Remixes (Persepolis is absolutely
> > > essential,
> > > while the remixes are merely lukewarm to bad)
> > > -Suba: Tributo
> > > -Sigur Ros: ( )
> > > -Polmo Polpo: The Science Of Breath (an ambient electronic must-have)
> > > -Manu Chao: Radio Bemba
> > > -Cinematic Orchestra: Every Day (This is some seriously fresh shit.
> > > Totally
> > > original and fresh. Already looking forward to their next one!)
> > > -Godspeed You Black Emperor: Yanqui U.X.O. (Very similar to their
> > > earlier
> > > stuff, but so damn grandiose in scale and GOOD!)
> > > -NIN: And All That Could Have Been
> > > -Blackalicious: Phrenology
> > > -Hank Williams III: Lovesick, Broke And Driftin' (WOW!!! Far better
> > > than
> > > his dad, and just as good as ol' granddad!)
> > > -Tom Waits: Alice
> > > -Merzbow: Amlux
> > >
> > >
> > > Now, for the worst:
> > > -Melvins: Hostile Ambient Takeover
> > > -Verve Remixed: (It's been done SO MANY BLOODY TIMES!!!!)
> > > -Rudy Ray Moore: 21st Century Dolemite (unfunny, for the most part,
> > > mixed in
> > > with bad songs and WAY too much use of the word Motherfucker)
> > > -John Zorn: IAO (Sounds like any one of ten albums he's already put
> > > out, and
> > > far from essential)
> > > -Pearl Jam: Riot Act (If you own any of their first 3 records, you
> > > already
> > > know what to expect. Stale formulaic rock)
> > > -John Zorn/Mike Patton/Ikue Mori: Hemophiliac (At fifty bucks a crack,
> > > this
> > > was a complete ripoff. It's autographed by all three and limited to
> > > 2500
> > > copies, but that's really the only thing worth mentioning here. It's
> > > not
> > > bad, but it ain't good either)
> > > -Me'Shell Ndge'Ocello: Cookie: the Anthropological Mixtape (Sounds
like
> > > crossover Missy Elliot-ish nonsense at times. Way too slick-sounding,
> > > not
> > > nearly as organic and gut-bucket funky as everything that came before
> > > it)
> > > -Thievery Corporation: Sounds From The Verve Hi-Fi (They've added
> > > ABSOLUTELY
> > > NOTHING to these Verve tracks!! Owning alot of the original albums
> > > which
> > > are featured here, this cd was a complete waste of money for me. Have
> > > your
> > > buddy burn you a cd and you'll get exactly the same thing.)
> > > -Bugge Wesseltoft: Out Here In There
> > > -Nils Petter Molvaer: NP3 (VERY disappointed in this one. Lacks the
> > > haunting, dense production of his previous 2 releases, and his trumpet
> > > playing didn't grab me nearly as much this time around)
> > >
> > >
> > > Finally, the so-so, mostly because it's been done before:
> > >
> > > -Amon Tobin: Out From Out Where
> > > -Peace Orchestra: Reset
> > > -Herbaliser: Something Wicked This Way Comes
> > > -Boards Of Canada: Geogaddi
> > > -Fila Brazilia: Maim That Tune
> > > -Stanton Moore: Flying The Coop (not nearly as good as "All Kooked
> > > Out")
> > > -Tom Waits: Blood Money (I NEVER thought I'd find a Tom Waits album
> > > merely
> > > so-so. Surprise)
> > > -V/A: Afrotronic 2 (sounds like every other comp. Save your money)
> > >
> > >
> > > Your turn,
> > >
> > > Stimp
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
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