Showing posts with label technically nostalgic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label technically nostalgic. Show all posts

Friday, December 23, 2011

Technically Nostalgic: Digable Planets @ Brooklyn Bowl

Cee Knowledge a.k.a. Doodlebug (right) and some people we don't know
"Digable Planets" @ Brooklyn Bowl - December 20, 2011
Photos: Chris / Words: Damien & Chris

Something a little different this time around, due to the odd nature of this event. Below is an actual email exchange between Chris and Damien that took place during the two days that followed the performance. Throughout the exchange you'll find some tweets that were posted during the show. Rather than write up an actual review of what went down, we realized the story sort of unraveled better this way... enjoy!


Chris: You know… that show last night was pretty boring if I had to be brutally honest. What did you think?

Damien: Yeah agreed. I liked [opener] F. Stokes' energy but like I said, when you're billing something as a Digable Planets show, there's an expectation that more than one of the original three members will show up. And that they'll perform more than three songs off the albums they're most famous for. It felt pretty disconnected from the crowd and it showed as like most of the people left halfway through.

Monday, September 19, 2011

(Abbreviated) Technically Nostalgic: Listen To 30 Seconds of That Lou Reed / Metallica Album To Confirm That It Will Suck

Saaaay, "Douche-Chills!"
At long last, we finally get to discuss the Nostalgic Elephant In The Room. Yes, we knew that Lou Reed and Metallica have been working on an album called Lulu together. Yes, we know the tracklist, the release date (November 1 via Warner Bros.), and that a bunch of the songs are going to be really, really long.

Initially, we (or at least I) didn't feel like writing about it because... well, it just FELT like a completely terrible concept. And now that the "supergroup" has "leaked" a 30-second preview of a new track called "The View," we can confirm that the album will in all likelihood completely suck. Judging from the majority of the comments in that Facebook thread, a bunch of their "fans" agree. 

Check it out below, because you kinda have to. Sorry to do this to you ears.