Comments for Ball of Wax Audio Quarterly http://ballofwax.org new and obscure music, curated Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Check Out This Song: oh lo lo – “Laundromat” by Phil Heron http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8313 Phil Heron Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:19:21 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8313 Excellent stuff! Excellent stuff!

]]> Comment on Check Out This Song: oh lo lo – “Laundromat” by Louis O'Callaghan http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8287 Louis O'Callaghan Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:40:49 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8287 That's great, good opener. That’s great, good opener.

]]> Comment on Check Out This Song: oh lo lo – “Laundromat” by Kelli http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/check-out-this-song-oh-lo-lo-laundromat/#comment-8285 Kelli Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:00:54 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2496#comment-8285 Laundo! Laundo!

]]> Comment on [glocal scene] Albuquerque, NM by Levi Fuller http://ballofwax.org/2012/02/glocal-scene-albuquerque-nm/#comment-8245 Levi Fuller Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:17:34 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2474#comment-8245 Albuquerque is a weird town for sure. I spent a very non-musical and pretty unstimulating weekend or so there a long time ago. It is (or was?), however, home to BoW alum Dominick Campbell of Luminous Craft/Church Animals, so there must be something great about it. Albuquerque is a weird town for sure. I spent a very non-musical and pretty unstimulating weekend or so there a long time ago. It is (or was?), however, home to BoW alum Dominick Campbell of Luminous Craft/Church Animals, so there must be something great about it.

]]> Comment on 2011 in Review: New Is New, Old Is New and Lulu Is the Future by Bart http://ballofwax.org/2011/12/2011-in-review-new-is-new-old-is-new-and-lulu-is-the-future/#comment-8121 Bart Sat, 28 Jan 2012 16:19:28 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2267#comment-8121 Yeah, I come back to Lulu and try to listen to it once in a while. It's a challenge. There's substance and ambition in that work. When I was a kid in Wisconsin and fell in love with Lou Reed's recordings, his music was always a litmus test. As much as music journalists today say they love him, I swear that very few normal music listeners-- at least among people I encountered in Wisconsin, so maybe consider the source-- had the patience for even his popular work. (The first people I met from NYC, I immediately started playing Lou Reed on the stereo, asking about lyrics, and they begged me to turn it off because they liked music that sounded good. I had thought NYC was full of Lou Reeds.) I think Lulu is the litmus test for the current press. Not that they should automatically grant a five star review, but that they should at least be capable of considering its merits. Yeah, I come back to Lulu and try to listen to it once in a while. It’s a challenge. There’s substance and ambition in that work. When I was a kid in Wisconsin and fell in love with Lou Reed’s recordings, his music was always a litmus test. As much as music journalists today say they love him, I swear that very few normal music listeners– at least among people I encountered in Wisconsin, so maybe consider the source– had the patience for even his popular work. (The first people I met from NYC, I immediately started playing Lou Reed on the stereo, asking about lyrics, and they begged me to turn it off because they liked music that sounded good. I had thought NYC was full of Lou Reeds.) I think Lulu is the litmus test for the current press. Not that they should automatically grant a five star review, but that they should at least be capable of considering its merits.

]]> Comment on Ball of Wax 27! February 23rd at the Sunset by Phil Heron http://ballofwax.org/2012/01/ball-of-wax-27-february-23rd-at-the-sunset/#comment-8110 Phil Heron Fri, 27 Jan 2012 23:40:06 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2466#comment-8110 HAPPY BIRTHDAY! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

]]> Comment on I’ve Been Had! by Drew http://ballofwax.org/2012/01/ive-been-had/#comment-7671 Drew Fri, 06 Jan 2012 22:11:22 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2402#comment-7671 I LOVE the caption on the photo "Not thirteen". ha ha. Thanks for being such a good sport/understanding about the whole thing. Drew I LOVE the caption on the photo “Not thirteen”. ha ha. Thanks for being such a good sport/understanding about the whole thing.
Drew

]]> Comment on I’ve Been Had! by Levi Fuller http://ballofwax.org/2012/01/ive-been-had/#comment-7669 Levi Fuller Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:30:43 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2402#comment-7669 Yes, it seems there's a lot to learn about Mr. Danburry. It also seems my Google skills aren't what they once were, or I probably would have caught this back in September: http://drewdanburry.blogspot.com/2011/09/damien-fairchild-for-all-girls.html Yes, it seems there’s a lot to learn about Mr. Danburry. It also seems my Google skills aren’t what they once were, or I probably would have caught this back in September: http://drewdanburry.blogspot.com/2011/09/damien-fairchild-for-all-girls.html

]]> Comment on I’ve Been Had! by Kevin http://ballofwax.org/2012/01/ive-been-had/#comment-7667 Kevin Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:19:59 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2402#comment-7667 By the way, drew is also a barber. And a great one at that. Yeah Drew! By the way, drew is also a barber. And a great one at that. Yeah Drew!

]]> Comment on [glocal scene] Phil’s 2011 review by Levi Fuller http://ballofwax.org/2011/12/glocal-scene-phils-2011-review/#comment-6992 Levi Fuller Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:47:25 +0000 http://ballofwax.org/?p=2347#comment-6992 Great list, Phil (and thanks for the kind words). Funny about Steve Earle. I was in Ireland last summer and was super-stoked to hear "Galway Girl" playing in a store there. It didn't occur to me that I might be listening to a cider ad, or at the very least a song that had been overplayed in those parts. Great list, Phil (and thanks for the kind words).

Funny about Steve Earle. I was in Ireland last summer and was super-stoked to hear “Galway Girl” playing in a store there. It didn’t occur to me that I might be listening to a cider ad, or at the very least a song that had been overplayed in those parts.

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