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Fri Nov 27
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i dunno, im voting the OneUps cover of that katamari song, then.
06/16/09
Damn we need a new one awesome game one of my favorite.
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Mos' album was weak like it's been in recent years, sadly, but here's to hoping for uh, blueprint 3.
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Just my opinion.
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this whole article seems like a way of legitimizing these guys as something other than a band of geeks appealing to our nostalgia (not that that's a bad thing). this whole things smacks of hipsterdom, bleh!
in all seriousness, this just isn't that good. i don't hate it, but there's no way i could listen to an entire album of this stuff.
now, megadriver on the other hand: [www.myspace.com]
05/28/09
05/28/09
Here we are, 15 years later, and it looks like the kids finally found an outlet that isn't corporate owned and MTV-branded. A form of music that they could call their own. And a community that would be a "secret" to the mainstream world. Would I like the stuff? I highly doubt it (my sound card is broken, so I can't find out by listening to the above video). But I hope it takes at least another 10 years before the major labels and MTV come in and take another form of music from a scene to a fad, destroying a happy, dedicated audience of starry-eyed idealists in the process.
05/28/09
Would you also like to move the Mona Lisa out of the Louvre because it views much better in the small darker setting of your living room?
Man I despise the assholes who try to create the "indie" scene. Bands want to be rock stars, not your personal little performers that you enjoy just because you happen to live in NYC. More power to them when they have an opportunity to explode across the world.
05/29/09
. . . at least *i* think it's a hell of a gimmick
i don't know if we can keep doing it much longer though :-/
shows be getting 2 hot
these chipsters realllllllllly make me want to mess with an NES chip, though i honestly have no clue where to start :(
05/29/09
Get hostile over things you don't remotely understand much, Yossarian? My point was that the corporate culture more often than not turns something special into something mainstream and then devours it, spits it out and finds the next big thing.
They help bands "get-rich-quick," but they don't help the scene a band came from thrive. They don't allow it to further develop and they abandon it when sales drop even remotely, or just when they feel the time is right (see hair metal, grunge rock, etc.). They then revive it decades later when something old can, once again, become the "next big thing."
They treat the music scene like a commodity, rather than as art. Looking to please shareholders rather than fans and artists, they send in producers and songwriters to make sure bands stay "current" and sound like whatever else is popular at the time -- rather than letting the bands grown naturally and develop their style on their own.
Once this is all said and done what's left? A million "has-been" bands, forgotten "one-hit-wonders" and closed down independent venues that used to thrive hosting concerts all the world around. Not just in "NYC" as you so inaccurately claim.
I live in Minneapolis and booked a lot of the bands that two or three years later became huge. Most of the bands have now broken up or are currently striving for a comeback. And the venues (and basements) I booked at? Only one remains -- out of a couple dozen. Most died within a year or two of the corporatization of punk.
Your Mona Lisa analogy is so far off, it's embarrassing. The Louvre doesn't have someone come in to add a new design and coat of paint every couple of years to give it a "modern art" look. If that were to happen, your analogy would be apt.
@tim rogers:
If you're in a band for unlikely fame and fortune, you probably shouldn't be in a band.
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am i really alone?
05/28/09
I hear nothing interesting. At least thrash bands like Late of the Pier actually get some excitement to their messed-up and out-there tunes with variety.
05/28/09
Well, that's what I feel. In general, I enjoy music from games, and occasionally listen to tunes from the MGS series on YouTube while I am on Kotaku. I pretty much enjoy any music from games.
Regarding 8-bit music, I think it's really fun to listen to. It shows lots of creativity from a virtuous standpoint.
05/29/09
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On topic, I for one rather enjoy the Piano Soundtrack CDs from Final Fantasy for ambiance music for the house, or any other symphonic soundtracks from games. Just makes the place seem more peaceful to me. Not all gaming music is just 8-bit synthesizers after all, they have their place!
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XD
05/28/09
Any chance you have any extra invites to what.cd? PLEASEE?
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And I wouldn't dismiss the merits of 8-bit jazz just yet, my friends. Give it a listen. It could prove to be far more fascinating than you intended. It'd be interesting to see what an accomplished jazz musician could do with the form though - what's Holdsworth doing these days?