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Title: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: Jon Solomon on March 22, 2007, 03:38:45 PM
http://www.emusic.com/features/spotlight/289_200703.html

Today I am full of links. And canollis.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: kenkwan on March 22, 2007, 03:43:03 PM
Sausage Links?
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: Amplituden on March 22, 2007, 03:46:46 PM
How did you get so good at jumping nutty?

I can't figure it out.

Jeremy.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: kenkwan on March 22, 2007, 04:14:43 PM
I cannot play Funky Pong at all.

As far as the Jumping Nutty, I think it's my hatred of Crows that fuels me. You have to want to smash the crows more than you want to jump.
 
Nathan
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: Mark on March 27, 2007, 04:18:10 PM
Brooklyn Vegan steps into the octagon: http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2007/03/bloc_party_rot.html
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: Laurie on March 27, 2007, 04:45:24 PM
I cannot play Funky Pong at all.

As far as the Jumping Nutty, I think it's my hatred of Crows that fuels me. You have to want to smash the crows more than you want to jump.
 
Nathan

But they're the smartest birds in their class! No, seriously. They're arguably the smartest members of the Aves class. Crows can drop a nut onto a crosswalk, sit on the traffic light wire, wait for a car to run over, and wait for pedestrians to start walking and/or cars to stop at the light. That's their cue to swoop in and retrieve the cracked open nut. They don't make nutcrackers for crows' feet, you know, so they have to improvise.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: kenkwan on March 27, 2007, 05:57:50 PM
I cannot play Funky Pong at all.

As far as the Jumping Nutty, I think it's my hatred of Crows that fuels me. You have to want to smash the crows more than you want to jump.
 
Nathan

But they're the smartest birds in their class! No, seriously. They're arguably the smartest members of the Aves class. Crows can drop a nut onto a crosswalk, sit on the traffic light wire, wait for a car to run over, and wait for pedestrians to start walking and/or cars to stop at the light. That's their cue to swoop in and retrieve the cracked open nut. They don't make nutcrackers for crows' feet, you know, so they have to improvise.

Sometimes hate isn't logical, it just is.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: Laurie on March 27, 2007, 08:09:23 PM
Oh man, I just got the chance to read this, and I smiled the whole way through. I hope they do this every month.

Oh, and David Cross reviewed YLT's "I Am Cowering in Fear of Your and Will Run and Hide" (http://www.emusic.com/album/10949/10949810.html) for the same site. It's cute.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: John Junk on March 31, 2007, 03:19:38 AM
Oh man, I just got the chance to read this, and I smiled the whole way through. I hope they do this every month.

Oh, and David Cross reviewed YLT's "I Am Cowering in Fear of Your and Will Run and Hide" (http://www.emusic.com/album/10949/10949810.html) for the same site. It's cute.

I think there are so many joke reviews of this album because no one has enough nice things to say about it.  Seriously, this album's fucking weird.  It's like a bunch of pastiches.  It's like Wowee Zowee or something, but it doesn't even have the bad timing to make it "legendary".  YTL starts with an old YTL pastiche, moves on to a  Beach Boys/Donovan pastiche, later on does a Silver Apples pastiche, even does a rockabilly song, a few twee songs.  Holy Canoles.  I still like half of it, though.  Which means I like about 8 songs.  Which would be almost the entirety of a normal-size album.  I guess what I'm saying is I agree with David Cross's review.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: moonshake on March 31, 2007, 03:51:35 AM
The first few times i listened to that album, I didn't know what to make of it. Nowadays when I want to listen to it, I skip the boring tracks and stick to the ones I like. Mr. Tough, in all its bizarre glory, is my fav. track in it.
Title: Re: Ronald Thomas Clontle article.
Post by: JimmyKustes on April 01, 2007, 07:42:39 AM
I agree with you there moonshake. It's about the only non-weird song on there.

David Cross did a fake Pitchfork review awhile back.