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The Cure Disintegration Remaster announced!
Straight from the horse's mouth!!! WOO HOO! The Cure : News : 'DISINTEGRATION' COMES OF AGE?!! 'DISINTEGRATION' COMES OF AGE?!! THE REMASTERED 'DISINTEGRATION' ALBUM (21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION) WILL BE RELEASED WORLDWIDE IN SPRING 2010 ON UNIVERSAL AND RHINO IT WILL BE AVAILABLE AS... -
Neutral Milk Hotel's In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, 10 years later
here's an interesting article on Neutral Milk Hotel's classic In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, and the reclusive Jeff Mangum over the last 10 years. Jeff Mangum, the Salinger of indie rock. - By Taylor Clark - Slate Magazine The Salinger of Indie Rock What happened to Jeff Mangum? By... -
OMD's Dazzle Ships gets remaster, yay!
i think i may be the only person in the US who cares, or at least the only head-fier but still... after the first three brilliantly packaged and remastered OMD releases many years ago, i've been waiting patiently for OMDs best album to get the remaster treatment with period b-sides and... -
Yahoo! pull down thingys not working
you know when you're on Yahoo's main page and you put your cursor over "Mail" or "Weather" a little pull down box appears? well, for some strange reason it stopped working on my computer and i have no idea why. it works on all other computers i've tried on today... any ideas?- bong
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anyone ever had a drastic change in career?
after 5 years of college earning my Architecture degree and even more years working professionally in the field, i'm sad to say it's not working for me. i haven't been enjoying it for a few years now; i don't feel fulfilled, and i dread going to work in the morning. it's not that Architecture is...- bong
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anyone else listening to Brett Anderson? (Suede, The Tears)
yeah yeah yeah... i know i may be Head-Fi's biggest Suede fan, but even i was reluctant to pick up Brett Anderson's solo debut. it doesn't help that none of his and related releases hasn't been released in the US since Head Music in 1999, and it costs me a small fortune to keep his discography... -
new Travis album - The Boy With No Name... anyone get it?
not that it matters as i'll most likely buy a copy anyway (anyone know who has it cheapest?) but i figure i'll ask anyway. so how is it? i haven't even heard the lead-off single "Closer" yet. -
i got my Headphoneus Supremus!
yeah yeah yeah... i know there's a Headphoneus Supremus thread currently floating around lately, but gimme this one chance to gloat! so a little over four years and 1500 posts later i finally join the ranks of legendary Head-Fiers out there. it's been fun and here's to many more posts in...- bong
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John Leckie compilation?
so about a month ago a friend and i were taking a long road trip, listening to our CDs along the way. the conversation of producers came up, and we were talking about Martin Hannett, Stephen Hague, Nigel Godrich, John Leckie, etc... we also have the habit of exchanging mixed CDs by mail every... -
San Diego and Los Angeles recommendations?
i'll be on vacation in less than two weeks time, and besides hanging out with some friends in both cities, i'll have an afternoon by myself in San Diego on Thursday June 22, and some more alone time in Los Angeles the whole day Monday before i board the plane at midnight in Long Beach. i was...- bong
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The Cure's next batch of remasters
from thecure.com, along with Robert Smith's signature ALL CAPS type font... http://www.thecure.com/default.asp 5/28/2006 8:18:27 PM- by CURE:ROBERT BLUE SUNSHINE (1983) / THE TOP (1984) / THE HEAD ON THE DOOR (1985) / KISS ME KISS ME KISS ME (1987) TRACK DETAILS OF THE NEXT ROUND... -
any Crooked Fingers fans in here?
a good friend of mine recently got me into Crooked Fingers, and made me a nice mixed CD of some of their songs. i really like "The Rotting Strip," "Big Darkness," "Call to Love," "Doctors of Deliverance," "You Threw a Spark," "Disappear" and "Wrecking Ball." which full length album should i pick... -
Slowdive reissues
for those vintage shoegazers who still hold the torch, or for those who are still alive... Slowdive will be releasing reissues of their three albums with Just For a Day and Souvlaki gaining bonus discs of songs from corresponding EPs of those era. shame... i already have most of those EPs. i... -
Philadelphia recommendations?
a friend and i are thinking about doing a (slightly) spontaneous romp to Philly next weekend. we're leaving Friday night after work and coming back probably Saturday evening. can anyone recommend the must see's of Philly? we only have Friday night and Saturday morning/afternoon, so we don't have...- bong
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Private Message problems?
i was wondering if anyone else has a PM problem i have for the past two weeks. everytime i send a PM out, it doesn't give me a confirmation receipt option... anyone else have this problem? i've been trying to reach my Christmas CD exchange partner for a while now, but i'm not sure if he's been...- bong
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a bunch of NEW ORDER reissues
i wrote this for my blog and website, so i'll mind as well post it here. i'm a NEW ORDER nut; very much like THE CURE, i'll pretty much buy almost anything they release. so when NEW ORDER releases yet another "greatest hits" compilation package, this time simply called SINGLES, i went out... -
Off to Hong Kong in a week...
any Touristy, food, and shopping advice for me? i'm leaving on September 28th and coming back on October 7th, so i have a good week and a half. i'm staying in Kowloon and would like to have some suggestions of roaming around there and Hong Kong Island... preferebly looking for some good...- bong
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Simple Minds recommendations?
i ordered two Simple Minds remaster CDs yesterday, so they should arrive next week. i'm just getting into early Simple Minds on the strength of "Someone Somewhere in Summertime," "Promised You a Miracle," and "I Travel," so i ordered New Gold Dream and Empires and Dance. good choices? given... -
Happy Birthday Teerawit
have a great day!- bong
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anyone notice this about iTunes 4.9?
so i've ripped a CD (The Cure - Pornography) on the latest iTunes (4.9) on my home comp, and also dragged and dropped another music folder (Kraftwerk - Minimum Maximum) to iTunes to add to the library, downloaded it to my Shuffle, and listened to the albums while going to work. i get to my...- bong
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your favourite The Cure album and why
humour me guys, i'm bored. i'm only including studio albums, eliminating live/remix/compilations... which includes Boys Don't Cry, Japanese Whispers, Concert, Staring at the Sea, Mixed Up, Entreat, Show, Paris, Galore, and Greatest Hits. i'm split with Faith and Pornography, so i'm not... -
i've got a fancy Chrome/Lexan/White Plastic paperweight
after four years of faithful service, my original (which my brother inherited) 5GB 1st generation iPod died. it keeps resetting itself and gives me the folder with the exclamation point icon on the screen. i'm surprised my 1st gen iPod has a harddrive failure BEFORE the battery life issue. i...- bong
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The Cure goes through lineup changes
so after 10 years of a stable lineup, keyboardist Roger O'Donnell and guitarist Perry Bamonte (along with brother Daryl Bamonte who handles behind the scenes stuff) are no longer with The Cure. it's been a rough week for many Cure fans, with drama between the fansite "Chain of Flowers" and... -
someone just friggin sideswiped my parked car!
i'm lost for words.- bong
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Happy Birthday djgustashaw!
hope you have a vervaceous day!- bong
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