Will it include Joy Division? Or is that post title just a tease?
Whom it will include is a bit unsettled at this point, but the odds of it including Joy Division are low, I'm afraid.
No, M!tch, it'll feature Justin Timberlake! I'm in!
Is this a place to, I admit it, brag, that I saw Iron & Wine this weekend?
Iron & Wine is so played, Michael.
My opinion of you both has been traumatized.
I haven't heard "that's played" as an means of saying "it's not good/cool anymore" in ages. Brilliance is brilliance! Love, Ben, not Hate. Love.
I don't know what to say to M^tch, other than get your ass back in the kitchen and quit trying to have opinions on music.
Will you adopt a cheesy DJ voice? Oh, but you must!
Will you remember to include your prepositions?
Ben w-lfs-n is bring back sexy. Why the break until January? I hope you have some better response lined up than school.
Michael, you asked if this was the place to brag about seeing Iron and Wine. My response said nothing about the merits of said music, only that here is not the place to brag about it.
Why? Because it's not polite to try to steal ben's thunder on this thread flogging his supermegarockstar DJ gig.
13, the (probable) break until January is 'cuz I'm not sure I'll be able, or care enough, to rack up the necessary "volunteer hours" between now and whenever it is that I'll need to have 15 of them in order to get a show for the upcoming quarter.
Will you remember to include your prepositions?
Have I excluded one? Heavens to Betsy!
Have I excluded one? Heavens to Betsy!
Heavens Betsy, indeed. I think the linked text is supposed to include a "to" between "listening" and "music."
oh, sorry M*tch!
Now get back to the kitchen.
I threadjack to point out that apparently Deborah Solomon has interviewed Lee Siegel. I haven't clicked to read it because I figure that the interview contains such a high concentration of annoyingness that it would reach critical mass, consuming my computer, me, and possibly the whole city of Lubbock.
But it does look like Seigel's gonna get some free pub for his book out of the deal. (via sausagely)
Both her questions and his answers are highly annoying.
I will usurp this comments thread in a minor way to point out that tomorrow, the 19th, from 9:30 to noon or so EDT (so as not to cause any scheduling conflict with Ben's radio show), I will be at a potentially life-changing interview; and one that has nothing to do with Scientology!
I am having my second interview at a very intriguing tech firm. When I talked with the CEO a few days ago he seemed pretty gung-ho about hiring me and I think that if I hit it off well with the IT staff tomorrow, that they will make me an offer.
So: in a short time I may abruptly stop being bored with my job, a condition which I have been in for going on 5 years now. This would be a huge treat, though with the possible downside of reduced time spent at the Mineshaft. Anyway I would appreciate any happy thoughts of support sent my way tomorrow morning.
21 -- those predicates are both generally true of Solomon's interviews.
There is an extra "that" in 22. Pay it no mind.
Also: "A condition which I have been in" is extremely inelegant. Any suggestions?
The dark comedy of Solomon's interview of Seigel is that he came off almost well. He sounded like a lunatic, of course, but since everyone she interviews sounds like a lunatic, I thought he did a decent job of using the interview to overcome the recent unpleasantness and to plug his new book.
22: "a soul-sucking malady which I have endured lo these past five years."
Good luck!
Twould be a shame to lose you, but twould be a greater shame an this place kept you from greater happiness; so, happy thought, Clownwards.
I've had a couple of interviews myself lately. Good luck to you, and send some back my way.
Thanks guys! Cala wins! Good luck IDP!
(A nice thing about this intriguing tech firm is, its name can be rendered as "A Choir Medea" -- which makes me think of Euripides as performed by my parents' church's choir -- which could only be fun.)
35: darn it. my subtle facade is ruined!
Best of luck, Clown and IDP.
And yes that Siegel interview is extremely annoying.
An example:
Q:You yourself comfortably adopted a false persona when you had Sprezzatura comment about one of your critics that he “couldn’t tie Siegel’s shoelaces.” Doesn’t that show great immaturity on your part?
A: I am too childlike to be immature.
Also, in the accompanying photo, he looks a lot like James Frey, of A Million Little Pieces fame.
M/tch, I don't think that the interview can truly be appreciated except in toto, but this bit is even crazier:
Q: Anonymous bloggers are also saddled with obscurity, which I doubt you would similarly glorify.
That’s right. In their case, anonymity is obscurity’s rash. At least for those who practice incessant character assassination, which represents a good portion of the blogosphere, they vent out of the pain of being unacknowledged.
So very lame.
Can you promise that your show will not be preempted by a Palo Alto City Council meeting such as is the case presently? Cause that would be weak.
I can! PACC meetings occur mondays from 7–9pm, when they occur, thus, there will be none such tomorrow from noon–6pm.
I have Finalized my Selections and can tell you that you can look forward to music from Ekkehard Ehlers, Sun Ra, Islaja, Roy Harper, Lubomyr Melnyk, Joe Maneri, Kimmo Pohjonen, Odd Shot, the Tiger Lillies, Tetuzi Akiyama, Marc Almond, Joe Henry, Bill Monroe, and more!
Because I'm disturbed that no one else is talking about it: Prior to West Wing, I know Bradley Whitford could play a character who was nothing like Josh. Tonight, he appeard to be playing Josh gone to Hollywood. I should probably give him more than one episode to differentiate them though. I like when I say to my roommate: this is a pretty direct Network quotation and then the fictional newscasters talk about how it looked like a scene out of Network, and then when I'm thinking how it'd be nice if real newscasters made observations like that, a character on the show notes that it's impressive that they're making that connection.
Apparently this is the thread for everything except talking about seeing Iron & Wine.
What disturbed me was, they used the same font as The West Wing for titles and credits.
Including the rather strange inter-section titles.
Also, the first West Wing criticizes a fictionalized Jerry Falwell and involves a character getting in trouble for saying impolitic things about the religious, the first Sunset Strip criticizes Pat Robertson and involves a character getting in trouble for saying impolitic things about the religious.
Sorkin's also immediately doing the quasi-autobiographical drug-use stuff again. But I think it's ok to resort to old standbys while getting the characters' relationships off the ground. Once they are, they'll have to do more of the work.
Is that a baritone or a tuba behind that piano? Those both produce high-quality beard-growing sounds.
The DJ on before you sounded like DJ was playing back DJ's patter at half speed.
Blast! Wrong track! Too late now, I guess.
Shit. the right track would have been so good here.
What was the right track? What will happen to my beard now?
It's ok, your beard is in fine shape. Everything worked out in the end. The right track was a different, more lute-containing track from the same album.
This current track is dedicated to ogged, the original discriminating buffalo man.
Soooo, apparently the freshman convocation is being broadcast at 4:15, so I guess my show will be ending then. I just found out!
Does this track have a drum solo?
I'm pleased that you finally have a show while I'm not at work, where streaming media is verboten.
The bells started right after I hit post. Thanks for ruining what was already a totally lame joke.
I have to say, I'm pretty pissed that no one told me about this convocation shit.
Bradley Whitford didn't sound as tired as Josh usually does, but otherwise he was really similar. In fairness to him, he probably was working on the pilot while wrapping up The West Wing. They really need to give him a haircut because the long sloppy hair is just too Josh.
I had watched a preview for Studio 60 off the intarweb last week and it contained pretty much all the good moments in the pilot, and it was only a five minute clip. I have high hopes to the extent that there is always room for an interesting guest host-of-the-week or musical group.
But the pilot from The West Wing was so strong. I pretty much sold from the moment Leo walks into the West Wing:
MIKE
It's a nice morning, Mr. McGarry.
LEO
We'll take care of that in a hurry. Won't we, Mike?
MIKE
Yes, sir.
BONNIE
Don't kill the messenger, Leo. [hands him some papers]
LEO
Oh, why the hell not, Bonnie?
This one was disappointing.
I think you should announce that the convocation shit is not happening and just see what they do.
Honestly, who gives a fuck about listening to the convocation over the radio?
What's on right now, Ben? I'm really enjoying it.
You can check at the web site, foolish man; but it's Gutbucket, "Throsp%", from Sludge Test.
Ben, can you direct me to the playlist page? I walked the dog and misses many minutes, though on the walk I listened to Songs From Liquid Days, which I considered to be in the spirit.
I just want to complain that the entirely enjoyable music being played over the PA system here at ye olde French bistro is interfering with my ability to properly listen to your show, Ben.
I'm not entirely sure if you're saying that the music I play isn't entirely enjoyable or not, but I suspect you are.
Earlier I heard Saiselgy playing Joy Division in the living room, contra Ben's show.
I swear, if I ever meet that punk, I am going to beat his ass.
Yeah, Ben, that was exactly my point. Your show sucks, and I'm sorry I can't listen to it even though the music that's making it hard to hear is itself entirely enjoyable.
How about you barricade yourself in the station, refuse to switch over to the feed from the convocation, but announce that if even one person calls in asking to hear the convocation, you'll switch?
From 47 and 52 I'm guessing that that was Threadgill... Nope. What else has three tubas and lute?
76: There there, you big baby. What I meant, as anyone except you could clearly have seen, was that although under *any other circumstances* the music playing in here would be entirely enjoyable, given the unique excellence of your radio show, not to mention my personal interest in your every move, I am feeling very irritated at not being able to keep tabs on KZSU while I eat my pommes frites.
Nothing. The three tubas/two pianos thing was Lubomyr Melnyk; the lutenist is Jozef van Wissem.
Hmm, I inadvertently reminded you of this.
Heifer International, and now Fomalhaut!
Boo. I'm not listening to this horseshit!
Okay. I'll keep listening to this horseshit.
They say it'll be over around 5:15 or 5:30, which means I have to sit around until then, though it also means that afterwards I'll be able to play more. Though I can understand that you wouldn't want to sit around for that horseshit.
That works for me. Kind of you to pause your show while I make dinner, Ben.
That was the stupidest comment I've ever heard ("you might feel you were admitted in error ... well, look around you ... they weren't admitted in error and neither were you" (paraphrased)).
I should liveblog this dumbass convocation.
"In a short time many of you will say goodbye to family members ... and in that period of silence that follows, you will reflect on what a rich life they must have led, to give them such tasty and succulent brains"
"no truth is [...] absolute"! Relativists! Relativists!
Ah, you see, he wants them the undergraduates to join with them the faculty in yadayadayada. The grad students get the shaft!
Technical SNAFUs mean Richard Thompson is belting out "Season of the Witch" right now.
The Richard Thompson one. I mean, other ones too, but that one was what I meant.
What just ended is Sun Ra's "When Angels Speak of Love" from the identically named album; what just began is the third track of Black Forest/Black Sea's album Radiant Symmetry.
The Sun Ra is what I meant (though this next one is also good); haven't heard it before.
Not sure if you're going for a theme with the mood of these pieces; regardless, it's fitting at the moment.
Hi SB!
susan! How was China?
Much smaller than I was led to believe.
Yes, just as I said, from Stormcock. That's the name of the album.
Do you find something funny about the word "stormcock"?
That's funny, I thought you said "from Stormcock".
It's no more interesting than "weathervane".
"ogged, the original discriminating buffalo man."
A 60s relic enquires why? He can't see far because of his horns? He'll do what's wrong for as long as he can?
Robin Williamson plays every month at one of our local pubs..
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The second one—he'll do what's wrong as long as he can.