tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post115168351230914873..comments2024-02-22T03:24:41.617-05:00Comments on 33 1/3 has moved to http://333sound.com: A little more Bee ThousandDavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07317377313622554323noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1158070534472501032006-09-12T10:15:00.000-04:002006-09-12T10:15:00.000-04:00The complaint about "$100 words" is pretty hilario...The complaint about "$100 words" is pretty hilarious, considering the subject of the book. Bob Pollard throws wads $100 words from second storey windows! OK, the writing style in these samples is overwrought, but I think these two passages are getting at the truth: the record, and so much of Pollard's work is very much about memory and meaning-making. Woodworth doesn't use the word here, but I've felt that Pollard is one of the most deeply religious rockers ever. Definitely antinomian, but religious nonetheless. I'm looking forward to reading the full book.<BR/><BR/>- jakemoroccoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1153100422947752972006-07-16T21:40:00.000-04:002006-07-16T21:40:00.000-04:00I just finished the Beatles Let It Be 33 1/3 book ...I just finished the Beatles Let It Be 33 1/3 book and must say that it was so fun to read--academic, but not bogged down, with an excellent fluid storytelling feel-- that I was a little disappointed to read the two excerpts from the Bee Thousand book. I hope these are not characteristic of the writing style used during essential plot points. Maybe the dude cashes his thesaurus for the heartfelt wordy intro and gets concise during the meaty parts.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1152737614678371642006-07-12T16:53:00.000-04:002006-07-12T16:53:00.000-04:00Oh, fuck off the lot of you. I for one am glad th...Oh, fuck off the lot of you. I for one am glad that the Bee Thousand book is being written by someone worthy, someone who can actually string five fucking words together. You're really doing yourselves no favours at all by complaining about it being too wordy.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1152686331719264512006-07-12T02:38:00.000-04:002006-07-12T02:38:00.000-04:00I agree with all the other comments. That extract ...I agree with all the other comments. That extract was crap. Don't over-intellectualize the most kick ass record ever. I'll be pissed if that book throws around empty 100 dollar words as easily as that last paragraph just did. You're gonna kill the magic behind GBV if you try to intellectualize it like a sophomore pysch major. GBV is the everyman's band. Not the snobbish, trendy indie rock intelligentsia's band. Shit yeah, it's cool. <BR/><BR/>-O.B.JoyfulAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1152418852614395912006-07-09T00:20:00.000-04:002006-07-09T00:20:00.000-04:00Downscale the lingo, baby! You definitely gotta ha...Downscale the lingo, baby! You definitely gotta have more use of "shit" and "fuck" in the book - that's more Dayton, ya know? And Dayton *is* B1000.<BR/><BR/>You think any of us can understand this -- "It’s an American tale of triumph, sure enough, but one, if we resist the temptation to make it a blockbuster, that has more to do with a vision of native self-reliance, one full of contrary impulses and willful individuality, rather than homogenized product or lowest-common-denominator marketability."??<BR/><BR/>Why not just write...."When Toby got that 4-track, Bob would call him day and night and say 'Tobe, I gotta come over and record something - ya got time?'" BAM! Tractor Rape fuckin' Chain babee!<BR/><BR/>Not from Dayton,<BR/>A. FanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1152321353420630992006-07-07T21:15:00.000-04:002006-07-07T21:15:00.000-04:00i agree with the previous comment. hopefully, the ...i agree with the previous comment. hopefully, the rest of the book is better than the intro. the language is distracting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1152172058107733722006-07-06T03:47:00.000-04:002006-07-06T03:47:00.000-04:00jaysus man... slow down with the adjectives, aside...jaysus man... slow down with the adjectives, asides, adverbs and general thesaurusery. i like the subject matter, but don't make it awkward to readAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11905858.post-1151940929413072002006-07-03T11:35:00.000-04:002006-07-03T11:35:00.000-04:00Can't wait to read this one. Enjoyed Jim Greer's r...Can't wait to read this one. Enjoyed Jim Greer's recent book on the band but it felt more about the "scene" and less about the creative process behind some of their works... "Bee Thousand" is easily in my top 5 album ever and deserves a closer look.Nikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817525516356141103noreply@blogger.com