We saw them near us last Tuesday and it was a really fun show.

I haven't paid attention to them in years but Oh My Gawd!!! and In A Priest Driven Ambulance were seminal LPs for me, still listen to them often. She Don't Use Jelly was crap but that same album has Turn It On, which is awesome.

Last week my band opened for the Lollybombs, which is Michael Ivins and his wife playing psychedelic pop. They were the nicest folks. At the end of the night I got to fanboy all over Michael for about 15 minutes and ask him pressing questions like "Did you guys really do acid with Miley Cyrus?" (for the record, his answer was "The rest of the band did, I wasn't even living in the same state.")

when i was in the navy i invited them to play on our ship. kliph wrote back, "i wish you'd asked us sooner. michael's brother is in the navy..." and this was 2003, when they were playing big festivals.
here's the poll.

hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Wed Jan 15, 2025 9:11 pm here's the poll.

Are you mad? Where is Hear It Is, Oh My Gawd!!!, and Telepathic Surgery?

Ten is the limit. Tell me what to remove.

hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:57 am Tell me what to remove.

The last three. Embryonic is fine and American Head is whatever, but nobody is listening to Ozzy Moldy.

Everyone knows that they haven't made good music in the 21st century. I'm the most angry about the Yoshimi album. That one somehow gets a pass from actual fans. It's awful, phony, clumsy music that makes me very sad (in a bad way). The drop-off between soft bulletin and Yoshimi is something to behold. It's not my favorite but I can definitely understand people calling SB their best.

On the other end of the spectrum, I'm not here for the Ronald worship. (yes, I've heard the isolated guitar thing.) He was totally great, unique, fit the band perfectly...but, for the most part, you could strip away his parts (or at least substitute something more straightforward) and the music wouldn't suffer all that much. It really was about the tunes themselves when they were a great band.

jeff fox wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:01 am On the other end of the spectrum, I'm not here for the Ronald worship.

Choose: Jonathon Donahue or Ronald Jones

rsmurphy wrote:

jeff fox wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 8:01 am On the other end of the spectrum, I'm not here for the Ronald worship.

Choose: Jonathon Donahue or Ronald Jones

Flip a coin, it's Win/win.
I'll say that Drozd is more crucial to the records he played on.

rsmurphy wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 6:02 am

hbiden@onlyfans.com wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 12:57 am Tell me what to remove.

The last three. Embryonic is fine and American Head is whatever, but nobody is listening to Ozzy Moldy.

done.
i like ego tripping at the gates of hell. that's the only reason yoshimi gets to stay.