My co-blogger Robb will soon unveil his web site featuring the famed Scott McLemee Fan Club shirt, among others. I recommend saving up your t-shirt money for that. If you requested l33t spelling, I'm sure it could be arranged: "Teh Scott McL3m33 Fan Cluxorb."
Almeida, you should immediately get hold of "Mass Romantic" as well. Quality. You probably already know the collaborative filtering recommendations that follow from Electric Version, but for what it's worth: That Dog, The Breeders, Magnetic Fields, Throwing Muses.
Electric Version was just about all I listened to for about two months a couple years ago. I've picked up a few of the member's other works, and aside from Neko Case's stuff, have largely been underwhelmed. There's a special magic when these folks get together in a studio.
It's funny you mention a prejudice against the band which I specifically mentioned just getting into (I'm late to musical trends, what can I say?) in my "Send socks from Singapore" project e-mail. Does that mean that you assumed I was evil while assembling a CD?
"if you could read it, you needed to get laid."
Or maybe have your speakers blown?
Posted by Doug | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 6:12 AM
ps What's with the "Teh"? (I'm apparently channeling Ben Wolfson just now...)
Posted by Doug | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 6:13 AM
What's with the "Teh"
That spelling is teh r0xx0rz!!1!
Posted by apostropher | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 6:36 AM
pwn3d!!!
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:19 AM
as for the actual t-shirt... well, I can't find it. But there are a variety of similar ones here, the best one of which is, I think, this one.
Posted by tom | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:33 AM
My co-blogger Robb will soon unveil his web site featuring the famed Scott McLemee Fan Club shirt, among others. I recommend saving up your t-shirt money for that. If you requested l33t spelling, I'm sure it could be arranged: "Teh Scott McL3m33 Fan Cluxorb."
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:54 AM
Looks like you can buy the shirt DE mentioned here, here.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:58 AM
I thought you weren't commenting this week, "Adam."
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:58 AM
It came out magical.
Great, great, song.
Almeida, you should immediately get hold of "Mass Romantic" as well. Quality. You probably already know the collaborative filtering recommendations that follow from Electric Version, but for what it's worth: That Dog, The Breeders, Magnetic Fields, Throwing Muses.
Posted by baa | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 7:58 AM
You could get a "teh" shirt (scroll down), and then scrawl "New Pornographers" underbeneath it.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 9:05 AM
"Pr0nographers," Ben.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 9:06 AM
Electric Version was just about all I listened to for about two months a couple years ago. I've picked up a few of the member's other works, and aside from Neko Case's stuff, have largely been underwhelmed. There's a special magic when these folks get together in a studio.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 9:07 AM
And now I see that they have a new album coming out at the end of August. That's frickin' awesome.
Posted by Chopper | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 9:08 AM
Eerie... I'm listening to "From Blown Speakers" right now.
That whole album makes me irrationally happy.
Posted by Matt | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 9:50 AM
Blog-weeks are shorter than normal weeks.
Posted by Adam Kotsko | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 10:00 AM
They rule. But, if their new album has a song about increased electicity production in Iraq, all bets are off.
Posted by Joe O | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 12:04 PM
It's funny you mention a prejudice against the band which I specifically mentioned just getting into (I'm late to musical trends, what can I say?) in my "Send socks from Singapore" project e-mail. Does that mean that you assumed I was evil while assembling a CD?
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 05-27-05 1:07 PM