tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post2376577228743977270..comments2024-03-27T23:06:03.736-05:00Comments on The Music Salon: New Forbes Music BlogBryan Townsendhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-18758150426852193572012-11-27T07:16:29.645-06:002012-11-27T07:16:29.645-06:00I can never guess which post will spark the most c...I can never guess which post will spark the most comment, but this has been a fun series. Comments always welcome Logan and I will indeed have a listen to the songs you mention.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13729169946266613312012-11-26T12:57:12.876-06:002012-11-26T12:57:12.876-06:00OK, I promise this is my last comment on this part...OK, I promise this is my last comment on this particular post. Hope you don't mind me pestering you with a few recommendations. If you like the simplicity of "In Memory of Satan," I think you'd enjoy "Elijah" (if you don't mind a lo-fi recording), "White Cedar", "Harlem Roulette", "International Small Arms Traffic Blues", "Pale Green Things", or "Liza Forever Minnelli", to start with. Just in case you're interested. If you're only going to listen to one, make it one of the first 3 that I listed, but I personally prefer any of these over "In Memory of Satan".Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-32006881296927277652012-11-26T11:47:06.543-06:002012-11-26T11:47:06.543-06:00Craig, gotcha!
Logan, thanks. One of the problems...Craig, gotcha!<br /><br />Logan, thanks. One of the problems with Michele Catalano's way of writing about music is that she just throws it all into the big blender so my inclination is to mock her methods. Re John Darnielle, the song that I particularly liked was "In Memory of Satan" just him and piano.<br /><br />Oh yes, Packwood is the person and the band and we have been in email contact, but it just hasn't come together yet.<br /><br />Logan, thanks again for writing.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13467510000595608512012-11-26T11:26:15.483-06:002012-11-26T11:26:15.483-06:00I'm glad you appreciated the comment. Now that...I'm glad you appreciated the comment. Now that you explain it like that, of course, I understand perfectly. It's clear that all you're really talking about is Mrs. Catalano (and Hanson). As you could probably guess, I wouldn't have cared a bit if John Darnielle hadn't chanced to worm his way into things, however peripherally. Glad to hear you ended up enjoying the songs, though. Out of curiosity, do you remember any titles? <br /><br />I hope you do get to interview Packwood sometime. As far as I can tell, by the way, that name refers to the band and not just the main singer/songwriter, which I suspect might be a fact worth knowing if you're trying to interview him/them. All I could find on Youtube was five live videos, but they did pique my interest. I think I'll have to delve further into them. Best wishes.<br /><br />That really is a funny image, incidentally. I suppose there are fewer and fewer people now who would find anything incongruous about CEOs listening to "Mmmbop"... Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-76153869216918518562012-11-26T10:43:30.753-06:002012-11-26T10:43:30.753-06:00Bryan, what I meant by my first comment was that t...Bryan, what I meant by my first comment was that the Forbes blog seems calculated to give me a heart attack. My not-all-that-old ticker still trips over itself when confronted with evidence that our culture has fallen on such hard times.Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-50810514168747938982012-11-26T09:54:33.965-06:002012-11-26T09:54:33.965-06:00Logan, thanks so much for taking the time to take ...Logan, thanks so much for taking the time to take me down a peg! Yours is the kind of comment that I treasure the most because it digs into an issue that is probably worth digging into. Of course I can't know all the hundreds of artists and bands mentioned in a column such as Michele Catalano's and when I dismiss them all en masse, as it were, it is as much for comic effect as anything else. What I mostly found comic was the idea of all those grey-haired CEOs being told to groove on Hanson, of all people.<br /><br />It's really Michele Catalano that I am dismissing, even thought it sure sounds like it is the artists. And, of course, I'm sure that, given the opportunity, I would dismiss such of them as deserve it. I did pick out the Hanson song, after all.<br /><br />But Logan, you make an actual argument for the quality of John Darnielle and so I immediately read the Wikipedia article. He seems extraordinarily well-rounded for a song-writer. And then I listened to several songs. Oddly enough he reminds me of a young Australian song-writer named Packwood that I've been trying to organize an interview with because he does some lovely original things. From what I have heard so far of John Darnielle, so does he. The one thing I'm not crazy about so far is that in a lot of songs he has a very heavy, thick-sounding mix that doesn't seem ideal for the song. Just a quibble.Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-92033954773049909662012-11-26T00:37:48.934-06:002012-11-26T00:37:48.934-06:00Funny. I was just listening to some John Darnielle...Funny. I was just listening to some John Darnielle (who happens to be a very fine songwriter, actually) and wondering what Bryan Townsend would think of it. No, really. And then I get home and find that you've actually mentioned him in a post (sort of)...only to blithely assume that he must write for "fourteen-year-old girls" because you've never heard of him and because Michele Catalano mentions him favorably. Drat.<br /><br />This is a wonderful blog, and I'm annoyed that my first comment here regards one of the very few things that I don't like about it. But my roots are in popular music (you and Craig Burrell are the sole forces that really opened up "classical" music to me) and I do get irked when you start talking in your most authoritative tones about things you really don't know much about. John Darnielle is just an example. The point is, sometimes I wish you would be a little more careful to look into and understand those areas in music that you aren't as familiar with (jazz, for example, or really anything written after circa 1970) before you start writing about them and, as tends to be the case, hastening to the conclusion that it's not really worth the time.<br /><br />Ugh. I'm very tired and I don't really know why I started writing this. I guess I love you and John Darnielle both too much to not try and reconcile the two of you, at least in some obscure way in my own mind. This isn't anything to unload on you at a time like this. I wish you a speedy recovery and hope that your blog (but, more importantly, your health) regains its full vigor soon.Logannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-75623870385152966832012-11-24T20:57:43.830-06:002012-11-24T20:57:43.830-06:00Craig, I promise I am taking things very easy thes...Craig, I promise I am taking things very easy these days. But I'm not sure what you meant with your other comment? Did you find the post, uh, interesting?Bryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09482696991279345516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8827040061563065922.post-13541155336478984032012-11-24T18:37:52.267-06:002012-11-24T18:37:52.267-06:00If you keep posting things like this, I might have...If you keep posting things like this, <i>I</i> might have a heart attack.<br /><br />Do take care of yourself. Craighttp://cburrell.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com