From daniel Sent Tue, Aug 31st 1999, 23:21
From daniel Sent Tue, Aug 31st 1999, 23:21
Hotel P was recently reissued in a jewel case. I beleive that skimo, bent crayon and forced exposure all have copies (at a reasonable price). for those that compare it to seefel: I don't get it. this is glitchy guitar with a nod to abstract techno. Seefeel to me was never that. -daniel Head Monkey Mad Monkey Records http://monkey.eliteware.com On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, david turgeon wrote: > > what's the fucking deal? can somebody tell me what about "plays" they think > > is so special? i've never felt compelled to listen to it more than the one > > or two times it took to come to terms with it, and an additional dozen or > > so times to try and understand (fruitlessly) what about it everybody seems > > to love so much... > > i actually really enjoy 'plays', especially the cover of 'paint it > black'. i don't even know the rolling stones original (or if i do, i > didn't notice), so to me it sounds like a new piece. on a first listen, > the build-up & song construction struck me as awesome, but as this is > the only fennesz thing i've heard... i thought it was catchy, in the > very least, & with a very pleasing structure. > > though, if 'hotel parallel' is even more complex, intricate & varied > than 'plays', as you say it is, i'd certainly love to hear it. > unfortunately, this seems to be the only recent mego release that's > impossible to find anywhere. ironically, i've had better luck finding > the original tray edition of 'fsck' _after_ they decided to repress it. > :) > > -- > david >