blog post Waiting for New Music - How long is too Long?

I think that there are so many artists that I listen to that I can't keep track of all of them at once.  So, often, some I do lose track of/forget about a little bit.  When new music comes out, if it has been a while, then it's a pleasant surprise to hear from the said musician again!

Dunno... depends on the results? I could have waited for Chinese Democracy indefinitely.

I will wait forever for a new Justin Timberlake album.The world will wait forever for a new Justin Timberlake album.

I don't care how long it takes an artist to create 'something new', as long as it's 'something worthwhile'. Cohen, Ron Sexsmith, Elvis Costello, David Bowie, Joe Jackson, Paul Simon, Steely Dan / Donal Fagan, Transmittors, Arcade Fire, whoever it is should listen to the muse before anything gets recorded or released. the same approach applies to novelists: make it good before you worry about when it's going to be released.

Something I admit I do hate is hearing "So-and-So will have an album out…" and then a date that is sometimes eight-to-ten months away. What are we suypposed to do after hearing this news? Write a note on our calendar? Gimme a break! Some time beween hearing the announcement and the release date's arrival I'm going to forget the record was ever announced, in which case what was the blessèd point in telling me months ago? Bah! Idiots!

[hitches up trousers]

And another thing...

[begins complaining about local kids playing stick-ball in his yard]

I personally don't think there is anything wrong with waiting a few extra years for your favorite artist to release a new album. There is nothing worse* than an artist releasing an album that sounds rushed or incomplete because they were pressured by their fans/record label/management to hurry up and write something.

@ianalexandermartin: hear, hear on the new album release point! Tottally agree. I only want to know when a new album is on the way when they announce concert dates or album pre-sale

*with the exception of drying off with a wet towel

if you are a realativly new artist people will start to wonder if you have it together, or can keep it togehter, if you don't produce something new within 3 years. If you're established in the musice business you can stretch it out longer, maybe indefinitely, but people may still begin to wonder if it takes more than 3 years to get new material out

I agree with you agreeing with me, as well as about the wet towel being 'wrong'. Feel free to pat yourself on the back for being a 'right-thinking person'.

...and here we have @Lisa thrashing her head around in the Studio, re-living her high-school days listening to Girls School, Slayer, and Mötorhead. 

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

You can throw in 3 Inches of Blood and other harder stuff more often in my opinion. It's a very nice break from all the poppy stuff.

Yes, that's how I've seen Lisa enjoying the music with the studio monitors set at 11, and the whole building at 700 Hamilton Street vibrating.

Just to clarify, I agree with @darbarspecial about the inclusion of non-standard music fare. A broadened musical awareness is a healthier musical awareness.

That happens to me too. Since I've been listening here more often, I don't tend to miss R3 releases as much, but it still happens.

warms my metal heart.

Actually, I have been in the Radio One control room while Grant was doing his weekly music bit with Stephen Quinn.  However, I didn't detect the place really vibrating, but it might have been just when I was there.  But when Lisa is on the air, sometimes ear protection is necessary.  And a hard hat from the falling ceiling tiles is also a good piece of safety equipment.

Oooh and Bison BC and Cmon coming up!

Discussed yesterday on Craig's show. Romney's people have put him back in the news.

This audience member is happy! Thanks :D

Nobody makes Radio3 rock like you.

I live to serve. Have you not seen it yet? Check out the 1st post as well if not!

I read the first post when you first put it up. I did like it.

Thanks!

I'd be even more grateful if you shared it! (If you already have, Uber Thanks to you.)

By my stream. Looks like Skippy is paying me a visit.

My dog did a little 'magic' on the lawn... I don't think I can make money off of it, though.

for not pointing out i missed a 'y' there.  mighty fine is what i was aiming for.

you have a dirty mind, obviously he's talking about juggling or card tricks, something like that

Bow ties are cool too

Pillaging Made Easy: How to Get More Without Doing More.

I have a fear that with the cd going out of style there will be a very long wait for new music for some artists.If downloading is the only way to get music then how do we know what is out there to download.I am glad there is a CBc3 which brings new music to parts of this country where you may not have heard of a certain artist. glad to see Rain Over St Ambrose coming up.

thank you all for letting me use my fav Stephen Fry quote ever.  it always makes me so happy.

It does make me wonder the story behind tha quote.

From McSweeney, pre-read, and some laughs guaranteed. Maybe.

http://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/in-which-i-fix-my-girlfriends-grandparents-wifi-and-am-hailed-as-a-conquering-hero

it's from the film "Peter's Friends" . when he's turning down a proposition from Emma Thompson.

so it's actually a character quote but equally useful for straight women or gay men. quite handy.

it's not a great movie but it is entertaining & has Hugh Laurie playing the piano & the lovely Imelda Staunton singing "Way you look tonight". actually she & hugh are the best story line of the whole movie.

T. Nile - Burn It

for some reason i love it when you can hear the fingers-on-strings squeak between guitar chords.

is there a name for that?

I haven't found anything yet but someone has made this.

I don't like the idea. Keep the squeak!

They are apparently called 'string noise' or 'fret squeaks'.

I like them as it makes the music feel more personal since you can hear an artefact of its production.

It's just fun to say.

I'll be quiet now.

ahh, fret squeaks.  boring but descriptive. zwips are at least .. onomatopoeic (!)

and yeah, they are undesirable side effects, but i just noticed during that song that i kind of like it.   it's like some kind of fetish.

the cars -- let the good times roll

queen  -- we are the champions

epic zwips there.

Guitar Strings

Though, often, I'm stimulated by what others say or bring up...

I am excited to see that they will be touring with Said the Whale. That should be good.

Yes, yes, yes...

Didn't wear glasses for the video. I believe they were shooting for historic accuracy.

Why do performers put on those new strings (before a recording or a concert)? Because they have a more brilliant sound, apparently. But they do zwip more.

Chains of Love touring with Said the Whale will NOT be called the Chain Whale Tour.

They are coming to DET.

i want to love this song but it reminds me a bit of the fine James McMurtry tune "Angeline" so it inevitably just sends me to listen to that again.

still love Wooden Sky tho

Described thus:

"When not choking on the sickly sweet taste of 21st-century despair, Rowdy Geirsson maintains www.scandinavianaggression.com and attempts to promote the glorious (or inglorious, as the case may be) deeds of Vikings past and present. Here, he discusses special topics in medieval Norse history with the intention of maximizing ease of comprehension among Bostonians and other pertinent New Englanders (Connecticuters excluded)."

At least this story is written in phonetic Bostonian. A sample (the 1st parag.):

So I’m sittin’ in this bah ovah on Boylston Street sippin’ my Hahpoon IPA n’ watchin’ the Pats when in walks this fuckin’ loudmouth qwee’uh with some’ah his friends n’ he’s goin’ on ’bout how he prehfuhrs the hrynhenda fohm’ah ancient Nahrse poetry ovah the dróttkvætt fohm on accoun’ah it’s havin’ mohr syllables per fuckin’ line n’ that makes it, yah know, mohr fuckin’ complex ah whatevah n’ yah can tell that this guy’s got a real fuckin’ hahd-on fah that complicated intellectual type’ah shit. But whatevah you know, ‘cause this just ain’t the typical kind’ah convuhsation muhterial that yah nohmally ovah heahr when yah’re out havin’ a pint n’ I kindah just jehrked my head back like I just got kicked in the fuckin’ face by Gostkowski.

Man, did he put on one hell of a show in Los Angeles on Monday night. It was so amazing I'm going to see him again this coming Wednesday. A true multimedia tour-de-force.

Devon Sproule: still loving this tune, still unsure what it reminds me of ..

#97

That comment you quoted is pretty darned good.

isn't it just a lovely mental picture? kicking off the Soul Train dance line for BHM?

When did this become a firing offence? (The title: http://www.wftv.com/news/news/local/osceola-county-teacher-suspended-using-hot-sauce-d/nHQpf/)