Lots of new-to-me stuff this week! I’m excited to dive in. As for the Gin Blossoms, that entire record is wonderful—and woefully underrated. My fave is ‘Allison Road.’
I'm skipping ahead to F, cause Y the F not? The two bands I was unaware of in your list were the M bands. Moist and Mozez. Can't say I loved the Moist song, but Mozez I super dug! I'm getting Peter Gabriel and TV on the Radio vibes. So good.
Living near Cake in the '90s (San Francisco for me, Sacramento for them), I had the great fortune to get to see them twice at small clubs in their early days. I became pretty obsessed. I get that most people gravitate to Fashion Nugget, but I have a huge soft spot for their debut, Motorcade of Generosity. And their later albums have several solid songs too. When guitarist Greg Brown left the band, they became less eclectic and more political. Greg was a great foil for John McCrea.
What stood out most in your post was reading about your 135 mile hike! Holy moly! How many days will that take you? I support you taking a break as that will give me a chance to catch up!:) I'm going to be writing about your alphabet soup project in an upcoming post. I don't want to spoil it, but you inspired me to do something somewhat similar. I'll probably get to it next week as I'm swamped this week. Have an awesome trip!
Yeah Mozez was fantastic and that album was great! For me it doesn’t hold a candle to Zero 7’s “Simple Things” but good nonetheless.
It’s cool that you got to see Cake live, I would’ve loved that! I don’t believe I’ve ever heard their debut, I’ll have to go back and give it a listen.
Our hike will be taking us 12 days of walking. We’re averaging just under 12 miles a day but have a couple longer 16-mile days along the way, one of which was yesterday. I touch on the hike in the next installment of Alphabet Soup which I published about ten minutes ago. So much for taking a break! But seriously, I do love the music and the writing and it’s not a bad way to spend an hour or two in the evenings (even if writing/editing on my phone is a bit of a pain in the ass).
I’m intrigued and excited to read your upcoming post!
"Fisherman" stole my heart 💙 When I hear such rhythms I automatically think of my trip to Mauritius last March. You can hear all possible shades of reggae there.. almost constantly, almost everywhere
Hi Stygi, thanks for reading and commenting. Fisherman is a great track, and the whole album is fantastic. I no longer listen to as much reggae as I did in my late teens and early 20s. Mainly because there’s just so much good music out there and not enough time to hear it all. But that Congos album is one I go back to fairly regularly.
Lots of new-to-me stuff this week! I’m excited to dive in. As for the Gin Blossoms, that entire record is wonderful—and woefully underrated. My fave is ‘Allison Road.’
Have fun on the trail!
Allison Road is definitely a great song. Hope you enjoyed some of the new tunes! Anything stand out for you?
‘Fisherman’ is an early frontrunner!
That entire album is a masterpiece! Lee Perry at the top of his game
I'm skipping ahead to F, cause Y the F not? The two bands I was unaware of in your list were the M bands. Moist and Mozez. Can't say I loved the Moist song, but Mozez I super dug! I'm getting Peter Gabriel and TV on the Radio vibes. So good.
Living near Cake in the '90s (San Francisco for me, Sacramento for them), I had the great fortune to get to see them twice at small clubs in their early days. I became pretty obsessed. I get that most people gravitate to Fashion Nugget, but I have a huge soft spot for their debut, Motorcade of Generosity. And their later albums have several solid songs too. When guitarist Greg Brown left the band, they became less eclectic and more political. Greg was a great foil for John McCrea.
What stood out most in your post was reading about your 135 mile hike! Holy moly! How many days will that take you? I support you taking a break as that will give me a chance to catch up!:) I'm going to be writing about your alphabet soup project in an upcoming post. I don't want to spoil it, but you inspired me to do something somewhat similar. I'll probably get to it next week as I'm swamped this week. Have an awesome trip!
Y the F not indeed!!
Yeah Mozez was fantastic and that album was great! For me it doesn’t hold a candle to Zero 7’s “Simple Things” but good nonetheless.
It’s cool that you got to see Cake live, I would’ve loved that! I don’t believe I’ve ever heard their debut, I’ll have to go back and give it a listen.
Our hike will be taking us 12 days of walking. We’re averaging just under 12 miles a day but have a couple longer 16-mile days along the way, one of which was yesterday. I touch on the hike in the next installment of Alphabet Soup which I published about ten minutes ago. So much for taking a break! But seriously, I do love the music and the writing and it’s not a bad way to spend an hour or two in the evenings (even if writing/editing on my phone is a bit of a pain in the ass).
I’m intrigued and excited to read your upcoming post!
"Fisherman" stole my heart 💙 When I hear such rhythms I automatically think of my trip to Mauritius last March. You can hear all possible shades of reggae there.. almost constantly, almost everywhere
Hi Stygi, thanks for reading and commenting. Fisherman is a great track, and the whole album is fantastic. I no longer listen to as much reggae as I did in my late teens and early 20s. Mainly because there’s just so much good music out there and not enough time to hear it all. But that Congos album is one I go back to fairly regularly.