Brandon Burke

Yes and no. Crosby is a big time 'MOJO' fave. In fact, you can assume that every single issue of 'MOJO' has an article on either (1) a specific drug's influence on rock music, (2) Brian Wilson (and more specifically on Smile), or (3) Crosby. In fact, Crosby's become someone that it's so hip to like that people are actively avioding it. And I guess that's me. Let me put it in a football sense. (I love sports analogies.) Let's say that Leeds is the new sexy pick to make some noise in the upcoming season. For a while, everyone picks up on this and writes articles, starts conversations, etc. Eventually there will be a backlash wherin the new hip thing to do is not pick the hip team. Admittedly.........that's where I stand with Crosby right now. I've heard enough. I like the record but need to hear it in a different "climate", if you know what I mean. Too much baggage.

Love the Byrds certainly but to me it was all about (fellow Kansan) Gene Clark. In fact, I like Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers more than any straight Byrds release.

Because S.F. Sorrow is one of the best psychedelic rock albums ever and because.......well......they just popped into my head at that moment. Also, most record nerds that I know don't really listen to the canonical "greats". I was curious about how you all would respond. My favorite 60's rock record--hell.....my favorite record ever!--is Would You Believe by Billy Nicholls, which is nowhere near being a classic outside of serious psych circles. Again, it's just a goofy bulletin board list folks.....

It's not as much a discographical/bio error as it is a web maintenance issue. That's simply an ill-coded link. If you've ever had to maintain a website before then you know how easy it is to do this. Not that it doesn't look stupid.....

This is really interesting. Obviously, the list I provided is flawed but....hey.....I'm not planning on applying for an NEH grant with these findings so who gives a damn, right. As for non-list suggestions, there's a lot of good ones though I would hardly call The Move comparable to any of the canonical greats. Don't get me wrong: I'm all for breaking down canons but, if that were the case, I would have included the Music Machine, the Soft Machine, the Golliwogs, the Seeds, Kaliedoscope (UK), the Nice, (pre T-Rex) Tyrannosausus Rex, Lee Hazelwood, etc. I mean, at the end of the day, I listen to the Kinks, Soft Machine, and Lee Hazelwood more than anyone else mentioned but I'd hardly consider the Soft Machine one of the best bands of the 60's because, among other resasons, I only like their first two LPs. But I really like their first two LPs. Well.....that's why it's fun, right.

Laswell suffers from John Zorn Syndrome (i.e. he puts out way too much shit and much of it is of either questionable quailty or simply an aesthetic execsie that doesn't hold up over the length of an entire LP). In other words, almost everything they put out is "the one where I do this or the one where I do that" instead of just "my new album". I dunno. That's my take.

I haven't heard any of their records since Our Point of Departure, which I liked quite a bit. The early stuff is rather unsuccessful dub material but they got better at the dub mixing as they went along. We opened for them around the time of OPoD and they played the entire record all the way though. (It's pretty much one song anyways.) At this point in time they were doing a Fela Kuti-meets-King Tubby-meets-free jazz thing. Carlo Cennamo, their alto sax player at the time, sounde a great deal like Jackie McLean. Very sharp tones. I busted him on it after the show. He was humble and laughed. They're all very nice people and quite a good live act. Doug Scharin, their drummer and only consistent member, is a treat to watch play. It's obvious that he's having a very good time.

Are you talking about Zombie Heaven, the box set? Other than a simple greatest hits CD I'm not sure of anything else out there of that sort. That Zombie Heaven box rules, by the way. I think it might be OOP by this point.

I had no idea. That's really wild. As far as the Kinks go....definately begin with Village Green Preservation Society. From there I'd hit Face to Face and Something Else. A word to the wise: look for the European reissues because they sound better and contain an absolutely ridiculous amount of bonus tracks. Some of them (like Village Green) just repeat the album in mono but others like Face to Face, Kinda Kinks and Something Else have almost as many bouns tracks as there were tracks on the original LP! You'll be able to recognize these reissues because they have a clear inner tray instead of the standard black/charcoal.

No shit.

If you're talking to me then the answer is no. Cousin Kevin was played by Paul Nicholas. (I just looked it up right now. I didn't know that off the top fo my head or anything.)

Alright..... It's late and I'm tired, so I'm weighing in. I really wanna say the Beach Boys because I'm so obsessed with their psychedelic material but, at the end of the day, I reach for the Kinks.

Duh.... I forgot VU. And Hendrix's band too. Oh well. That's what the "somethig else" option is for....

I'm excited to see what people think on this one. To many, it's a Beatles v. Stones issue but there was way more going than just those guys. I'm leaning in several directions but I'll save my answer for later.....

Always a good idea. In fact, forget that it's a comedy record, I like these tunes anyway! I listen to it like it's a "regular" album. I find it difficult not to be in a good mood when this thing's on..... Welcome to Austin, by the way. Lemme know if I can be of assistance.

I've seen the first half of the first X-Mas special. I'm downloading it off of Acquisution as we speak--wait.....are we speaking?--and whoever I'm downloading it from hasn't been online lately so it's just sitting there half-done. As for downloading in general: I limit my downloads to things that are either commercially unavailable (like old WWII propaganda cartoons) or produced by mega-rich software giants. I'm not losing any sleep about not giving them my money. Besides, I'm the kind of guy who bought the Grachan Mocur III Moasic simply on principle alone. I already had all of the music but wanted to support anyone interested keeping his music available. I did the same thing with a few RVGs that I really didn't need because I have the LPs (The Scene Changes, Right Now, The Sermon, etc). I call it 'downloading karma'. Point is: I liked what little I saw and love the scene where Keith suggests a wet t-shirt contest, which I saw as a downloadable clip at the official BBC page.

Wait 'til you get to Disc 5... That's my favorite. Which session(s) are on disc 5? I've been meaning to buy this, by the way, but I have all of that music (save for only a handful of songs) on varying formats already. Can't seem to justify coughing up for the set just to have them all in one place and with like artwork.

I actually found Season Two to be much better. Certainly, the Tim and Dawn thing gets pretty heavy but, more importantly, Gareth and Keith really shine in these episodes. And Tim looks absolutely beside himself at all times; very funny and understated physical comedy there. I was particularly impressed with the last episode. They could have gone in so many directions but decided on a good one, in my opinion. I was surprised by the rather dramatic leanings in that last episode but it was quite tactfully done, I think--adding a level of poignantcy that went beyond their typicaly cynical (but spot on) gags. I'm excited for this....

Strangely, they didn't think to wait and include the 2003 X-Mas special. Anyways, here's the BBC America link.

....and this is to say nothing for the Art Pepper on Intro (also seen above). My vote--not a jazz record--is Billy Nicholls Would You Believe on Immediate. Psychedelic British invasion record backed by the Small Faces. 1968. Amazing LP. One of my all-time faves. For whatever reason, Immediate pressed a couple dozen promo copies (with artwork) but scrapped a formal release of the record. Last one I saw on eBay was at $2,500 and the reserve was not yet met. Yikes!

Dig it. We had/have a copy at the Wright Archive.......

So does MOTU Digital Performer. Can't speak for the others. As for stand alone units, I completely agree. You can't do any EQ tweaking or editing but they do come in handy if you're comfortable with the incoming feed.

I forgot to mention this: Saving a Pro Tools file as an AIFF is a breeze. You simply choose [save as] from the [File] pull-down menu and there you go. Within [save as] you have the option of saving your session as a WAV, AIFF.....whatever. You have this same option when you start a new session (on the same pop-up screen where you choose your bit depth, sampling rate, etc).

Are you doing this at home or at work, Stefan? I ask because I'm simply relaying standards that circulate within archival circles. One chooses to err on the conservative side in these situations.