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omphale23

Music Appreciation 101

Jan 15, 2008 17:18

Why don't you all love Alkaline Trio as much as I do? If you did, I would not be getting distracted from useful things by the need to pimp them to you RIGHT THIS MINUTE BECAUSE THEY ARE AWESOME.

It's possible that AK3 are not the only band causing me this problem.

(Also, malnpudl and slidellra are going on a roadtrip to Canada, and I am insanely jealous of them

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spuffyduds January 15 2008, 22:35:37 UTC

Why don't you all love Alkaline Trio as much as I do?

Possibly because I have never heard of them? ;-)

And I am insanely jealous with you. But--if the HDRC ever releases the freakin' album and tours, you and I are THERE, RIGHT?

omphale23 January 15 2008, 22:46:16 UTC

Possibly because I have never heard of them?

See, this is not helping my resolution not to pimp them to everyone.

Also, I should fix that. Maybe even on Friday, which I have designated as music pimping day.

But--if the HDRC ever releases the freakin' album and tours, you and I are THERE, RIGHT?

WE SO ARE.

malnpudl January 15 2008, 22:56:04 UTC

Yay for Music Pimping Fridays!

*has never heard of AK3*

omphale23 January 16 2008, 00:12:05 UTC

Oh no! That's just not right.

It never really occurred to me that people wouldn't have heard of them at all.

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prettykitty_aya January 15 2008, 23:45:03 UTC

I KIND OF ADORE THEM. LIKE, LOTS.

i heard jaked on green beers on my atticus: dragging the lake I album years ago and went a little apeshit over them. i have yet to see them, though. *sigh* my life, so hard.

omphale23 January 16 2008, 00:19:03 UTC

\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/\o/

Your life IS hard. You need to see them live at least once. It's awesome.

Maybe they'll do Warped again this year?

fairestcat January 16 2008, 00:19:48 UTC

I had not heard any Alkaline Trio really before getting into bandom, but they are definitely one of the discoveries I have been pleased to make.

This is what I do. I get into a band or bands and I listen to them talk about the bands they like or were influenced by and so I go and listen to those bands and repeat. It makes for a very... odd and eclectic musical knowledge. Which actually, is why I LOVE your various punk history posts and accompanying playlists, because punk has always been a genre I adored, but my knowledge there is as haphazard as always and I love, love, love being introduced to new-to-me bands and hearing all the interconnectednesses of a genre.

omphale23 January 16 2008, 00:29:07 UTC

*g* I'm glad those posts work for people, I really am.

I get into a band or bands and I listen to them talk about the bands they like or were influenced by and so I go and listen to those bands and repeat.

It's a good way to find stuff. But who has AK3 as a reference? Did I miss something? I know FOB has mentioned the Get Up Kids (another of my long-time favorite bands), but beyond being in Chicago I hadn't known they were a bandom influnce.

(I'm working on the Chicago/hardcore post, which is what brought this all up. I was going to stick AK3 in anyway, just because of the location, but it was a thinly-veiled effort to pimp them to people rather than an actual connection. It'd be awesome if I could actually say they had been referenced by someone.)

fairestcat January 16 2008, 01:41:39 UTC

MCR actually toured with them and talk about loving them in a couple different places. I know I've seen at least one interview (and I can't remember if it was print or video) where Frank talks about Alkaline Trio in terms of the weirdness/awesomeness of bands that he's a fan of becoming fans of theirs. And there's this youtube video where Frank and Gerard are talking about Warped and becoming friends with AK3 on tour.

omphale23 January 18 2008, 20:37:07 UTC

That's fantastic. And I started looking around and found an early interview with FOB that mentions them as well.

I think I may end up making a full post of AK3 stuff, from the demos to Remains. Maybe then people will go out and get the remastered version of Goddamnit when it comes out later this year.

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omphale23 January 16 2008, 07:57:46 UTC

I CAN TOTALLY FIX THAT. I will post things.

Also, did you still want the Cobra Starship stuff? Because somebody just posted links here:

http://luna-k.livejournal.com/745442.html

To a bunch of bandom stuff, including the CS albums. So, you know. If you want them. *g*

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omphale23 February 2 2008, 18:27:58 UTC

*wins at enabling*

They're fantastic, right? Very, very tongue-in-cheek, and bouncy, and just having a lot of fun all around.

tanisafan January 17 2008, 09:33:28 UTC

I like 'em a lot, but only have eight songs or so, from Crimson and Good Mourning. But I have heard from them! This makes me proud!

omphale23 January 18 2008, 20:38:49 UTC

\o/ That's a start. And it looks like I might put together a full post to pimp them--so you'll have a chance to hear some of their other stuff and see if you like it.

I'm going to get my entire f-list to have all my favorite music if it kills me. *g*