tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post2473879987692543212..comments2023-10-06T06:54:22.647-05:00Comments on there's NOTHING QUITE LIKE the blinding light...: Sure, I'll Say It: Daydream Nation Sucks.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-31884983049706615742009-08-25T05:30:16.205-05:002009-08-25T05:30:16.205-05:00I can see how she would probably look good...
--...I can see how she would probably look good...<br /><br /><br />--<br />Jenifer<br /><a href="http://www.telekomx.mobi/lp1/iwaybpo/" rel="nofollow">Are you scared to be alone at home need security</a>Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562463406730777915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-68860744940380906242009-04-03T09:49:00.000-05:002009-04-03T09:49:00.000-05:00Alex, I think the scenario you described is maybe ...Alex, I think the scenario you described is maybe one of the worst for watching 2001. Nevertheless I echo Jim P's comments. I think 2001 is a visual and sonic masterpiece. I think the problem is that most people's expectations derive from either its 'trippy' reputation or the HAL plot, and aren't prepared for the rest.<BR/><BR/><BR/>Brian, I did read L49 after my initial failure to get through Gravity's Rainbow, and I agree its great. It only strengthened my resolve to someday complete GR, but the problem is, I only get through a couple pages in a sitting, and if I miss a couple of days, I have to go a couple pages back to feel like I know what's going on (though usually I haven't really 'missed' anything, but it's hard to keep going when forward you're not sure).<BR/><BR/>Oh, and music.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261334331951634891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-84849637745163201372009-04-03T08:09:00.000-05:002009-04-03T08:09:00.000-05:00I can see how someone could consider 2001 boring ...I can see how someone could consider 2001 boring - I don't think you're missing anything. I just disagree. I'm also a sucker for any movie that looks good, and that movie looks amazing.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-4850651879650488002009-04-02T21:05:00.000-05:002009-04-02T21:05:00.000-05:00Sonic Youth is very close to the top of the list o...Sonic Youth is very close to the top of the list of bands I would absolutely love if they had a different/better vocalist. Kim and Thurston are both pretty awful. The guitars are amazing, and I really, really wanted to get into them. But I just can't get past the vocals. And that says a lot since I can get past Billy Corgan's and Axl Rose's voices.Anthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-35706552090613043432009-04-02T19:24:00.000-05:002009-04-02T19:24:00.000-05:00Man, these comments turned mean. Jim, what am I m...Man, these comments turned mean. <BR/><BR/>Jim, what am I missing about 2001? How does it not bore you to death?Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622585337986072758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-31153869701682407342009-04-02T17:47:00.000-05:002009-04-02T17:47:00.000-05:00I did not see that. I can see how she would proba...I did not see that. I can see how she would probably look good from afar, but up close, not so much. Also, any lady on stage with a guitar is going to look a million times better than that same lady walking down the street.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-2571695906389093732009-04-02T16:02:00.000-05:002009-04-02T16:02:00.000-05:00Hey, you know what they say, one man's "looks pret...Hey, you know what they say, one man's "looks pretty horrible" is another man's "still looks fantastic." Alex does gravitate toward the hollow-cheeked and vein-y.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928148614540665905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-42078348355843557852009-04-02T15:53:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:53:00.000-05:00Also meant to say that CL49 is only about 150 page...Also meant to say that <I>CL49</I> is only about 150 pages long. It's mini-Pynchon.Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928148614540665905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-12918201514929882832009-04-02T15:44:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:44:00.000-05:00Powers, did you read that part in the original pos...Powers, did you read that part in the original post that I linked to where I said Kim Gordon still looked fantastic? Just know I was pretty far from the stage.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622585337986072758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-60766030881437430182009-04-02T15:36:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:36:00.000-05:00Travis, read The Crying of Lot 49 first. It's amaz...Travis, read <I>The Crying of Lot 49</I> first. It's amazing. <I>2001</I>, on the other hand, is not. It's so boring, and I sat all the way through <I>Gerry</I>.<BR/><BR/><I>Daydream Nation</I> suffers today because it was seminal then. Think on it. . .Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928148614540665905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-18600378357260799492009-04-02T15:11:00.000-05:002009-04-02T15:11:00.000-05:00I actually saw Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon on th...I actually saw Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon on the street a few years ago in Soho. They are both very tall and look pretty horrible.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-34600818706334562302009-04-02T11:15:00.000-05:002009-04-02T11:15:00.000-05:00I haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey in years, but...I haven't seen 2001: A Space Odyssey in years, but I remember that being my reaction. <BR/><BR/>I think one thing that SY always had going for them is that they're "cool." And I don't mean that in a denigrating way. A couple of quasi-Soho intellectuals forming a rock band, it's a good formula. And they have some songs that are great. <BR/><BR/>(I meant to mention this, but "The Candle" is also a pretty swell song.)Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622585337986072758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-86993391396587291722009-04-02T09:23:00.000-05:002009-04-02T09:23:00.000-05:00Great point, it needed to be said. A couple of th...Great point, it needed to be said. A couple of things:<BR/><BR/>1. I've long harbored similar feelings about DN, but to be fair, I wanted to sit down and listen to it all the way through before I wrote it off completely. However, I started and stopped this endeavor more times than I have done the same with reading Gravity's Rainbow. But whereas the density of GR was the stumbling block, utter boredom kept me from getting through DN.<BR/><BR/>2. That said, I finally have DN a full and fair listen about a month ago, and actually enjoyed it, but definitely not to the level of praise that is usually heaped upon it.<BR/><BR/>3. Kim Gordon. Hate her voice. Hate her lyrics.<BR/><BR/>4. Thurston Moore. Not a big fan of his vocals either.<BR/><BR/>5. I felt like the art-rock "noise" that this album is often praised for incorporating into a more mainstream rock album, is kind of a cheat. It seemed almost all of it occurs on tacked-on fade-outs.Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07261334331951634891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1141139839966820748.post-74319803111189352882009-04-02T08:13:00.000-05:002009-04-02T08:13:00.000-05:00I agree with everything you said about Daydream Na...I agree with everything you said about Daydream Nation and disagree with everything you said about 2001. DN is just not that good.Jim P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08701868662513464680noreply@blogger.com