Wednesday, August 8
my record of the day (i'll put up capsule reviews from time to time) is Girls Can Tell by Spoon
The cover art is so classic. The music is less rocky (more vibes and mellotron, somewhat fewer angular guitars) than the other album of theirs I have, A Series of Sneaks (also great cover art.) I think the lyrics may be better (they're included this time.) Anyway, from the first few listens I can tell this is a great rock album. Vaguely reminiscent of the Zombies, early XTC, and maybe the Police in their cleanliness, grit, and pop sense (paradoxical, no?, but all of these bands have an undeniably gritty sound despite tight, clean production) Spoon are both in step with and refreshingly removed from the sound of their indie rok cohorts. Lemme go listen to it some more and then maybe I'll write more.
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary has the following to say to me:
No, the word reminced is not in the OSPD, Second Edition.
No, the word reminced is not in the OSPD, Third Edition.
well, okay. But then, neither are the uncontestable words "fart", "jew", "papist", or "popish": check this out.
Look at this silly thing I encountered while looking for Scrabble Dictionaries:
The Official Franglais Scrabble Dictionary
I think I like these people.
The cover art is so classic. The music is less rocky (more vibes and mellotron, somewhat fewer angular guitars) than the other album of theirs I have, A Series of Sneaks (also great cover art.) I think the lyrics may be better (they're included this time.) Anyway, from the first few listens I can tell this is a great rock album. Vaguely reminiscent of the Zombies, early XTC, and maybe the Police in their cleanliness, grit, and pop sense (paradoxical, no?, but all of these bands have an undeniably gritty sound despite tight, clean production) Spoon are both in step with and refreshingly removed from the sound of their indie rok cohorts. Lemme go listen to it some more and then maybe I'll write more.
The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary has the following to say to me:
No, the word reminced is not in the OSPD, Second Edition.
No, the word reminced is not in the OSPD, Third Edition.
well, okay. But then, neither are the uncontestable words "fart", "jew", "papist", or "popish": check this out.
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Look at this silly thing I encountered while looking for Scrabble Dictionaries:
The Official Franglais Scrabble Dictionary
I think I like these people.
