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04-14-2013, 06:53 PM | #1 (permalink) | |
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The Music Banter Members' Journals Monthly Update Thread
Dateline: April 14 2013
Message begins.... Welcome to the first edition of the New Music Banter Members' Journals Update Thread. We've finally been given out very own thread, so no more piggybacking on the "What's going on" thread! Yay! First let me apologise for the turn the posts took recently. Having injected some humour into the update I feel I let it take over and it became more a comedy slot than a serious update. I know some people liked it, and I appreciate your comments, but in fairness the first and really only aim of this post, now thread, should always be to inform people about the journals being kept in the Members' Journal section, and to advertise them and try to encourage people to visit them. In that I feel I failed you all, and I offer my apologies. It'll be a lot saner from now on. Who said boo? Seriously: no more guest reviewers, no more lengthy comedy routines, no more "Jesus-you've-written-ten-paragraphs-and-still-not-mentioned-any-journals!" From now on, the focus is and will be detailing the content and status of the Journals Section. With that in mind, let's get right to it! And we have, for I think the first time in this update ever, a full page of entries! Right down to the end of page 1! Well done guys! Antonio has not posted for nearly five months now, but he's making up for that this week. In http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ng-ground.html you'll find "Songs I'm diggin" with Ghost BC (who he interestingly describes as "satanic disco rock" (!), Joey Bada$$ and Odyssey, as well as looking at the soundtrack to the game "Metroid Prime". Good to have ya back Antonio! You can always rely on the Batlord to have something weird in his journals, and in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...t-schemes.html he's helping us comedown easy from his True Metal Epic with as he says himself, "something completely different". That could be Mayhem, or Arcturus, take your pick. Oh, and he's pleading --- well, he don't plead: demanding, ramming it so far up your --- you get the idea --- for "General Hospital" to be taken seriously. Dunno man, never watched it, but I hate medical drama of all kinds. Now, now, put that big chainsaw dow---- Or you could delve into his other journal, where http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...lks-about.html Believe it or not, this hard-as-**** metal god is trying to get into Country! Hey, but some Country is good. Oh yeah, but the Batlord and Country? Sounds like a marriage made in Hell, no? Anyway, his journey has now taken him into the world of the Man in Black: no, not that one! Johnny Cash! Tune on in and see what he thinks. That wasn't a request... Big Ears is back! In his journal he's http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-journal.html about Frumpy 2, from, er, Frumpy, a 70s prog rock band with a singer you will NOT believe is female! And after a short absence CanwllCorfe, the man with less vowels in his name than you reckon there should be, is http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...an-corner.html and is ruminating about what it is that makes him love or hate certain songs. He calls it "the thing", and you can read about it by heading his way. Another one taking up the pen/stylus/mouse/keyboard and writing again in their journal is Kayleigh, and she's looking at songs that make her feel a certain way. Always a good move. You can check what makes her tick, musically, and how, here in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-journal.html Having changed the name of his journal to http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-sessions.html Goofle11 is now trying a new way of discovering new music, by watching videos of people who display their record collections. Hmm. Ki is back with notes on albums by Darkwater, Kokomo and, er, Bring me the Horizon? Erm, yes, quite. You'll find it all (and more) here http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...er-things.html Great to see a couple write about music, and Ki's ladyfriend Ladyislingering has started her own journal, http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-memory.html where she's looking at music that has a special meaning for her. Welcome and we'll look forward to more from you soon; any friend of Ki's.... If you haven't yet witnessed the superb art that Pedestrian creates, shame on you! Head to http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...sswalking.html right now, realise what you've been missing and beg her forgiveness for being so late to the party! Another amazing new journal is from The Phantasio, who is giving us what look like excerpts from a novel she's writing? And it's seriously good. You will not want to miss http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-journal.html --- get in now, before she becomes a famous author and you have to buy her books! Shameless Plug time! Plankton has very kindly asked me to review his album, which I am working on at the moment and will have posted in the next day or so in my journal, so watch out for it. Meanwhile, he's throwing some more material into http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...um-bucket.html, with the evolving story of his journey to guitar greatness, which I have no doubt he is a gnat's whisker away from achieving! PoorOldPo has some more http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ychedelia.html for you to enjoy, including offerings from Gong, Syd Barrett, Gonjasufi and Broadcast and the Focus Group. Check them out, as he says, NOW! Seriously, you do not want to mess with this guy! He's been inside! I mean it... Another budding author is Psychedub Dude, and while I haven't had a chance to read his story, it looks pretty damn good, so head to http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ool-stuff.html and start reading! Not content with starting one new journal this week, and no doubt thinking himself the Batlord or (perish the thought!) Trollheart of the Journal World --- we shall do battle Sir! --- Screen 13 has started two! In his first, the spookily-titled http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ies-other.html he's doing exactly what it says on the tin: looking back to the days when record shops, or malls, were king; before itunes and Youtube, when you had to actualy walk to a shop to buy your music .... you don't believe any of this, do you? Walk? Shop? Money? Bah, kids today, don't know they're born, wasn't like this in my time, Generic-Oldie-Rant-About-The-Youth-Of-Today # 1,590.... And then he's back! With http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...album-day.html, this time going even further back in time, to the sixties. Screen, your writing is excellent and once I have a moment I will read all your entries, but the amount of new journals and updates this week (though I'm certainly not complaining!) has made it necessary for me just to skim through them in order to make the deadline for the update. Your work looks great though. All of this updating and new journals being started makes me feel a little guilty, because I haven't touched either of my other two journals this week (though that will change tomorrow) and so you'll have to be content with http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html, where I'm looking at the legacy of a-ha's runaway hit "Take on me", reviewing albums by The Dixie Chicks and the new one from Bowie, and presiding over another "Marriage made in..." Suppose that's not bad really. Still, expect more. Much more. And soon. And watch for the review of Plankton's album in the next few days. Wrapping up 1974, Unknown Soldier has reviews of Granicus, The New York Dolls and a whole host of the usual albums that "didn't make the cut", as well as a feature on Queen! http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...y-history.html now surely pounds its way to 1975. We wait in anticipation... Normally that's it, unless Urban has some pearl of wisdom to shoot our way, and US is left sweeping up and locking the doors after everyone else has gone down the pub (ever think of changing your username? Sucks being last!) But this time he gets to scarper and join us at the bar, as the illustrious Zero makes a comeback, with http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nal-sound.html, where he's talking about the Chemical Brothers. Nice one, Z! Don't forget to turn out the lights: electricity ain't free ya know! And that's usually where we leave it, but from today I want to open a special new section, in which I'll be taking an extract from a member's journal and posting it here, so that anyone who can't be bothered going to the section can see what they're missing. The extracts will usually be short and hopefully interesting, and with a bit of luck will encourage you to head in the direction of the journals if you're not already reading them. And there really is nobody else we could start off with, is there? The Batlord takes comedy and an abiding love for True Metal, mixes in a generous amount of fantasy and comes up with one of the most enjoyable posts I've read in ages. Disclaimer: the Batlord uses a lot of, ahem, colourful language in his posts, and you just need to go with the flow, so if you're offended by such language, I believe he would respond thus: **** YOU! Quote:
Next week, something else. Don't forget, you may not be a Metal Hyper-God like the Batlord, but you too can create your own journal. Just go to the section and post your thread. The mods will okay it and you're on your way. What are you waiting for? Do it. Now. Oh, and if anyone currently writing a journal would like an extract published here, drop me a PM. And a thousand Euro. Okay, just the PM then. Cheap shower of.... See you next week, same time, new place. Toodles.
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And thanks for the shout out. I love my epics, and they do take far more effort than a sane man is likely to put into something so stupid.
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04-15-2013, 10:25 PM | #3 (permalink) |
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Whoa sweet thanks for the mention Trollheart! I'll try to keep up the quality blog posts yo!
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04-17-2013, 07:29 PM | #5 (permalink) |
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Thanks! I will try to make sure that the music in the journals is varied and kept interesting while my information is as accurate as possible. I'm also doing a lot of research on the business surrounding the "Golden Age of Cut Outs", so I hope I can get everything together for posts focusing on that soon.
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04-21-2013, 06:00 PM | #6 (permalink) | |
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Update for week ending April 21 2013
Welcome to the second update of the Members' Journals here in our new home. Let's get right down to it then, shall we: there's a steak and onion pie in the oven as we speak with my name on it!
Batlord gets us going, and in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...t-schemes.html he lets us into a little secret: there's a band he loves but has never heard any music from. Why does he love them? The name. What's the name? Shee! You think I'm going to do all your work for you? As he'd say himself, click the link, mutha! He's also looking at earlier incarnations of a favourite of many here, doom metal merchants Electirc Wizard. Over in his other journal, http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...lks-about.html, the random *** he's currently listening to is ... yeah, still Country. But he's got taste. Jason and the Scorchers (whose "Thunder and fire" is a brilliant album by the way) and good ol' Townes Van Zandt are his picks. Sweet. We'll have ya wearin' a stetson and hopping on a rodeo bull yet man! Now, if Country ain't your thang and you're more into extended keyboard solos and lyrics about dragons and wizards (sorry) then check out http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-journal.html, where Big Ears is starting a whole new series dedicated to answering the age-old question that has plagued Man for, um, several years: what is progressive rock? This way, this way, folks: welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. Well, it's just beginning actually, and you're right on time. Step right up! That takes us to K, where Ki is looking at Daft Punk in his "Flashback " series and also having a Rant (have to have the capital R!) in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...er-things.html about the things that, well, annoy him. And all the way down to S we go, with a new journal from scleaves, where in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-career.html he promises to let us in on his musicanship and post some of his music. Looks interesting! Watch this space! S is also for Screen13, who has as we know two journals on the go. In the first, the amazingly creative and fresh http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ies-other.html he's looking at the self-titled debut from The Firm. Remember them? No, not the Tom Cruise movie, idiot! Jimmy Page? Paul Rodgers? No? Oh, you need to head to his journal in a hurry! Also he keeps a link to this in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...album-day.html, where he's talking about, among other artistes, The Yardbirds. Now you KNOW they were the precursor to Led Zeppelin, don't you? Thank goodness for that! He's also throwing a shoutout to one of my favourite artistes, Bob Seger, as well as music from Ike and Tina Turner and MC5, among others. Great stuff! And so back to me. Sorry but Bitesize is undergoing something of a lean period at the moment, as I concentrate more on my other two journals, but there's plenty happening there to keep you entertained. What? Don't leave. You'll like it here. Really. Please? Ahem. So, in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html there are reviews of albums by Tom Waits, Steve Winwood, a triple review of Virgin Steele and most importantly of all, the one you've all been waiting for, the review of the first album from our own Plankton! And is it worth listening to, let me tell you! Over at http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-emporium.html there's another episode from Spooks, another New Statesman and an introduction to my favourite TV programme ever. What is it? You'll have to go to my journal to find out. Oh, all right then: it's "The Onedin Line". What do you mean, never heard of it? http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...y-history.html reaches 1975, but not before Unknown Soldier hits us with a serious writeup on Hawkwind! He says '75 was " a lean time for hard rock", so it'll be interesting to see what examples he has for us from that year. And once again he escapes without having to do the washing-up, nipping smartly out the door and leaving Zero with the task of locking up. In http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nal-sound.html, he's revealing how talented he is in programming for the Android OS. Geeks and would-be geeks this way! And now, the Showcase for this week. Already breaking my own rules, I want to focus on an entry from a journal that has not been updated this week, in fact has not been so for some time, but like many good journals it's one that when the author updates it's more than worth the wait. A realtively recent resident in Journal Land, Mankycaant has been writing his journal http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...er-abroad.html since last November, but some of the entries in it have been pure gold. Not one to fill it out with YouTubes and album reviews, the man who was once Muttley the pigeon-chasing, snickering dog and is now both Bowie AND Jagger takes a more considered approach, both to what he writes and how he writes it, which is why waiting for his often infrequent updates is never disappointing. Here's an example. Quote:
Until next Sunday, Toodles!
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I sort of lost interest in them after hearing their next album, Lost and Found. Seems they lost their original bassist before that album who was sort of the punk half of the band with Jason Ringenburg being the more rock'n'roll side. After he left the band went more rock'n'roll on Lost and Found and lost a lot of their energy and became dull.
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Woah look! I'm famous! Awesome!
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Update for week ending April 28 2013
Apologies for the lateness of the update, but as some of you may have heard, I was without internet access for most of last week, so am way behind in just about every way. I had intended to read everyone's journals more thoroughly, to be able to give a better flavour of what everyone is writing about, but last week put the kibosh on that. However from this week I will do my best to keep up with everyone's writing. If anyone is planning anything special they would like to advertise, let me know and I'll include it in the update. If it becomes popular I may make a regular "Watch this space" or "Coming soon" feature out of it. Not surprisingly, I'll be pushing my own journal in this capacity, so don't miss the chance to let your readers know what you're planning --- provided you know, of course! I know some people just get drunk, stick on a funny hat and trust to luck (what do you mean, why am I wearing that funny hat --- hic!?) but anyone who is planning out sections or features can preview them here at their discretion.
Anyway, enough waffle (mmm... waffles!) from me, let's see what you've all been up to while I was staring at my monitor with "connection not found" blinking at me and screaming NO INTERNET! NO LIFE! NO HOPE! Okay, okay, I wasn't screaming, as such: it was more a high-pitched shriek... The (one and only, accept no cheap imitations!) Batlord has been continuing his look at Electric Wizard's early incarnations, and also had a visit from Madball's lead singer, where they had, ah, a difference of opinion. He's still recovering. Read all about what happens in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...t-schemes.html and while you're there, don't forget to check out his other journal http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...lks-about.html where he's wrapping up his first foray into the world of Country with Steve Earle and moving on to the Pixies. Continuing his dissection of prog rock, you really have to read http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...s-journal.html, where Big Ears shows us all (yeah, me too!) how it's done with an almost scholarly appreciation of my favourite genre. I'll be reading this one avidly! He also throws in a review of a Budgie album, presumably just for fun! Goofle11 is enthusing over Death Grips in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-sessions.html --- and it's NOT "The money store"!! There's a welcome return for Ki's lady after a brief absence, and in her jounral http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-memory.html Ladyislingering is looking at those overlooked genius, Sparks. Personally I only know the one song, well, two, but if you're like me then she'll soon set you straight with an eclectic selection and some very funny videos! Having found the pressure of reviewing albums he wasn't really interested in (we can't all be Jackhammer!) too much, Powerstars has ditched his original journal and in his new one http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...sicalness.html, he's going to review the albums that he wants to. Good idea, man! Great to see his first review is one of my favourite bands, Bon Jovi's new one which, I must admit, I have yet to listen to. He seems to like it though, so the signs are good... nice review, Powerstars. Looking back at some serious http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ychedelia.html, PoorOldPo features Gong and the late great Syd Barret, definitely worth a look. I may have missed his previous entry but Psychedub Dude is talking about his favourite funniest music videos and his top video game heroes this week, and http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ool-stuff.html is where you'll find his work. I haven't listened to any of scleaves' music, but in his journal http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ic-career.html it's certainly provoking debate! Whether it's good or bad you can judge for yourself by checking it out... There's some pretty psychedlic stuff being laid down in http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...album-day.html, and an interesting little side-discussion on Bob Seger, which I really must read once I get a chance. Screen13 seems to certainly have an eclectic and interesting varied musical taste, so he's fitting right in here. Now, like I say I'm using the excuse that I was offline most of the week to explain why my journals have been so poorly updated, but though I've plenty of stuff written in advance and ready for publication, once I got back online I didn't want to bombard the friendly mods with fistfuls of entries, so this is the best I could do. In http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html there's another section to my piece on Rory Gallagher, on http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...-emporium.html there's another part to season one of Babylon 5, and I've managed to crowbar in an entry on http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...i-reviews.html too, where I'm reviewing another album by a band who are rapidly becoming my favourite Spanish metal band, Saratoga. Much more to come this week, I promise! And once again Unknown Soldier leads us out, where http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...y-history.html takes us deep into 1975, with reviews of albums by Deep Purple, Sabbath, Montrose and Rainbow! NOW we're cookin' with gas! And so on to our Showcase for this week. It would seem only appropriate that, as he won the award for best journal 2012 (fume, fume!) I should point you in the direction of Janszoon's wonderful and creative http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...e-all-die.html, which has sadly slipped to the second page now, where it has no right to be, but it's finished now and journals that are no longer updated sadly slide down the pecking order. I'd like to propose a motion though that this be stickied either in the journals section, or, more appropriately, Editors Pick? Anyway, it's a stunning journal and well deserved its award (fume, fume!) so here I present just a small snippet from it, for those of you who have not yet read it, and for those who have, and want to re-read it. THIS is how it's done! Quote:
Toodles!
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