http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:42:56 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/14/102129.php#comment-90930 Not to insult the exports of your fine country Mr Carruthers, but saying that someone's album is like Rush does not send me reaching for my wallet. 90930@blogcritics.org Sat, 16 Oct 2004 02:42:56 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/14/102129.php#comment-90646 The Camper Van Beethoven album is really good. If you liked them before, you'll like them all over again. How do I know? I've been working on a review for a month, but just haven't gotten off my ass and written it. Don't let "rock opera" scare you, you wouldn't really notice until somebody told you. Think of it as a Rush album with a horn section and different lyrics. 90646@blogcritics.org Thu, 14 Oct 2004 22:25:13 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/14/102129.php#comment-90540 Early word on Camper Van's new album is very very good. They have a reputation as a goofy off-kilter band, but some of their best work is powerful. The new album is a rock opera (not long after Green Day's well-received effort) about a Texas teen disillusioned by a 9/11-type event who becomes a suicide bomber. 90540@blogcritics.org Thu, 14 Oct 2004 15:38:04 EDT http://blogcritics.org/archives/2004/10/14/102129.php#comment-90491 al, you need to get the Peter Brotzmann disc. remember the scene in back to the future when he plugs in the guitar and the single power chord anhilates him? Brotzmann does the equivalent using a saxophone. it's brutal stuff. 90491@blogcritics.org Thu, 14 Oct 2004 13:09:10 EDT