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"*sophie*" wrote:you can tell me your pick if you want !
I can’t put my finger on it, but there’s something about the outfit on the 3rd pic….
Seriously, I know better than to give advice to women on what to wear, only be faced with "hey, what’s wrong with the other dress?!" or "no you’re wrong, I look much better in that other one".
Actually, they’re all very nice
Wow, great pics… and so many animals! Bob must have had the time of his life if J brought him along for that private show :aliensmile:
"dB stands for den Buck" wrote:Yes, great shop, occassionally they even have the Westvleteren Abt, one of the rarest Belgian trappists, another truly great beer!Mmm I didn’t have a Westvleteren in over a year.. and I wasn’t hanging out at freakscene for over a year. Suddenly I know what’s been missing in my life
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Artist: J Mascis
Plats: Kägelbanan, StockholmFokuserad Mascis tar revansch
Det måste varit något speciellt med den där njurstenen som förhindrade J Mascis från att genomföra den här konserten tidigare i höst. Den måste ha varit en slags spärr för honom.
För det har ju varit lika märkligt varje gång. Mascis, en av de senaste femton årens främsta rockartister och mest innovativa gitarrister, har så fort han ställt sig på en scen förvandlats till en platt figur. Okoncentrerad, slarvig och onödigt långrandig. Jag har sett honom som frontfigur i Dinosaur Jr, som akustisk soloartist eller, som på fjolårets Hultsfredsfestival, tillsammans med kompbandet The Fog. Alltid med samma resultat.
Men inte nu alltså. Den här gången verkar Mascis fullständigt fokuserad på sin uppgift. Senast han var här på egen hand med akustisk gitarr var inte det fallet. Då blev en del låtar halvfärdiga, andra drogs ut alldeles för långt. Det gav ett väldigt splittrat intryck.
DÃ¥ använde han heller inte distpedalen lika frekvent. Här blir den en pÃ¥minnelse om hur Mascis lÃ¥ter som gitarrist pÃ¥ skiva – som ljudet av sÃ¥gklingor pÃ¥ högsta hastigheten blandat med, faktiskt, Prince – samtidigt som den bryter av mot "ensam-smÃ¥gnällig-amerikan-med-akustisk-gitarr"-lunken. Ibland, när de distade inslagen av oljud blir väldigt korta, fÃ¥r de nästan komisk effekt, men oftast fungerar de förvÃ¥nansvärt bra. Han sjunger till och med hyggligt träffsäkert. Och även om det kanske inte är nÃ¥gon stor konsert i vanlig mening är det med MascismÃ¥tt mätt en liten revansch i alla fall.
Mattias Dahlström
Translation:Focused Mascis takes revenge
There must have been something special with that kidney stone that prevented J Mascis from going through with this concert earlier this autumn. It must have been some sort of block for him.
For it has been equally weird every time. Mascis, one of the prime rock artists and most innovative guitarists of the last fifteen years, has, as soon as going on a stage, been transformed into a flat figure. Unconcentrated, sloppy and unnecessarily long-winded. I have seen him as the front figure in Dinosaur Jr, as an acoustic solo artist or, like on last year’s Hultsfred festival, along with the backup band The Fog. Always with the same result.
But not not this time though. This time Mascis seems completely focused on his task. This wasn’t the case last time he was here on his own with an acoustic guitar. Then, a lot of songs were left half-finished, others were stretched out far too long. It gave a very severed impression.
That time he didn’t use the distortion pedal as frequently either. Here it becomes a reminder of what Mascis sounds like as a guitarist on records – like the sounds of saw-blades on highest speed mixed with, in fact, Prince – at the same time as it contrasts to the "lonely-whining-american-with-acoustic-guitar" trot. Sometimes, when the distorted streaks of noise are very short, they get an almost comic effect, but most of the time they work surprisingly well. He even sings fairly on key. And even if it may not be a grand concert in the usual sense, it is nevertheless a little revenge when measured with the Mascis system of units.
Oh well..
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any time it seemed ok, had to wreck it couldn’t waitBeing a swede I can confirm that simmon’s translation was accurate. As for the review.. only ++ out of +++++… grrrrrr, I was at that show and it was incredible. Moreover, I’ve been using the Stockholm metro daily for something like ten years and believe me, there are no street musicians there sounding even remotely like J
Here’s another review of that show:
The guy liked it but he’s dissing all other J shows he’s ever seen in sweden
I’ll translate it tonight or tomorrow unless someone else feels like doing it.well there are even some swedish people, though it seems like the norwegians are the most active scandinavian freaks around here at present.
Sophie: I keep looking at your avatar and it’s so cute it just melts me every time <img>
Great news, so cool that he’s coming with just a few weeks delay <img>
Btw, tickets for both the Stockholm and the Malmö gig are still available and can be found here.
No way I could wait until the 14th, so a few weeks ago I got the japanese import too. It’s definitely an amazing album and there’s not one tune I can get enough of .. except maybe the chorus of Tell The Truth .. I dunno maybe it’s because I really dig the verse which to me promises something that the chorus doesn’t quite delivers .. but this is a very minor objection cuz I just love the album and it’s so great to have some new stuff from J to listen to during this fall .. funny how I always listen to J excessively in the fall .. there’s just something about J and red leaves I guess. Anyways, right now my fav is Set Us Free and I just can’t wait ’til the 31st when he’s playing over here, kinda wish there was a japanese import deal on that too <img>
</font><blockquote><font>quote:</font><hr><font>Originally posted by DeepRest:
<strong>One thing you haven’t heard, is this cool frantic lead J bombs on us on Say The Word. It really doesn’t bump into any casual lead until about 20 seconds into the lead, then it hooks into two minutes of nothing better to say. </strong></font><hr></blockquote><font>I guess this makes me a huge fan of nothing better to say <img> <img>
