So here we are in 2017. Feels different, right? Oh, and for all of those of you who are suffering with thumping headaches...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!
Point of interest perhaps before we start: the first post made in 2017 in the Journals Section was made by Violet at 6:17 am (Irish time) which either makes him the coolest or the saddest person on the planet. I'm not far behind, with one at 4:30 pm, but at least I waited till the daytime!
Anyway, here's to a better year and let's get going with the first update of 2017.
For the second time in as many weeks it's
Frownland starting us off, and while he's
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...wnapilago.html, he's advising us of some of the better albums he considers we should check out. Well, not me obviously, but some of you guys. Does Merzbow, Keiji Haino and Balaz Pandi sound like something you might savour? He has more...
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...nnerspace.html this week come from the nineteenth century. Well, not quite, but if you're into HG Wells's
The Time Machine (and even if you're not) you need to check out the latest amazing entry from
innerspaceboy. Set phasers to envious!
Ki mentioned last week that he might be taking a short hiatus from not only his journals but the forum, to deal with some personal stuff. Before he goes, he's redoing his AOTY list in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...usic-hall.html as well as looking at albums from Magic Sword, Vestron Vulture and Trevor Something. Over at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...016-prior.html meanwhile, there's Esham, Kendrick and of course RTJ...
Machine has returned! And in so doing, he's set up a new journal, which he calls, with his typical style,
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...reciation.html. So far hes looked at Feikn, Run the Jewels and Jeffrey Cantu-Ledesma. Oh, and, er, Romansy. More to follow, no doubt.
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-my-life.html has
Mondo looking into The United States of America. The band/album that is, not the country. Yeah, I know I made the same joke when I reviewed it in my History of Prog journal: who can resist? Hey, this stuff writes itself! Whaddya mean, you didn't realise I actually wrote this, you thought I got drunk, stuck on a silly hat and trusted to luck? You been
stalking me, son?
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...bums-year.html has reached the top spot, with Injury Reserve and Pup just outside, and Danny Brown taking the gold.
Another new journal comes from
Tristan Geoff, where he's relating
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ower-punk.html, starting off with The Newfound Interest in Connecticut. Again, I ask: where do these bands dream up the names??
And with no
Unknown Soldier (hope you're having a good Christmas wherever you are, dude) or Violet, it's up to me to complete the first update of the new year. What have I been doing this week? Not, in fact, all that much, though that will change very soon. For now, we're at the halfway point and about to take a break in the Apocalypse War in
Judge Dredd at
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-2000-ad.html, checking out Christian Metal with Narnia in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...l-journal.html and finishing off my look at the first three albums from Riverside in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...k-journal.html as well as beginning my investigation into Rock Progressivo Italiano, with Goblin and Banco del Mutuo Soccorso to begin with.Oh yeah, and moving onto Robert Wyatt in
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...d-journal.html as The Great Discography Project grinds ever on. Not doing much, you say? Ah, you will rue those words, my friends. Well, go on! Start to rue! Heh heh. Watch this space.
And now it's time for the first
for 2017
and there's really no competition. In a single post,
innerspaceboy makes us all both seethe with jealousy and wonder what bank he robbed to be able to furnish such an incredible personal space?
(I'm just linking the post here, as I think I will in future, rather than reproduce the whole thing. Makes more sense, especially in this case).
http://www.musicbanter.com/members-j...ml#post1786971
This week we welcome the return of
to the forum, and back to Journal Land, where he's already hard at work taking recs. What a
Machine, huh?