onefinemess | December 3, 2008
What the hell happened to the new Bloc Party album? Somewhere between the solid 8-10s of the previous two, the knob must have busted and spiraled back to -3. Seriously, try and listen to the first two songs all the way through. Head into a music store with a listening booth, borrow it from a [...]
onefinemess | July 16, 2008
Finally, a “good” good album! This year needed something, as I’ve been moderately disappointed by the offerings thus far. Yes, you guessed it, this is a “positive” review. Har har. Don’t get carried away though – it’s not the best thing since sliced butter (mmmmmm…lard), nor is it their best work yet, but it is [...]
onefinemess | July 4, 2008
Alkaline Trio – Agony & Irony Man was I looking forward to this one. That sentence should give away my general impression: not worth waiting for (although this guy seems to love it). It’s hard to explain what I don’t like…ok it’s not that I actually dislike any part of it; it’s just like there’s [...]
onefinemess | June 3, 2008
What is an 85% album? Well, one that’s not 95% …something that’s very good, and that I recommend buying, but it may have an obvious flaw (1-2 weak songs) or have an irregular flow, etc. I’d say if you can get a deal on an online purchase of an album I put at this quality, [...]
onefinemess | April 15, 2008
Sometimes it’s good to not pay attention to media (not that I’d know what media to look at for release dates) – I love stumbling on a new record by a band I really like. Which happened this Thursday when I was walking back from lunch and decided to poke my head in the door [...]
onefinemess | April 10, 2008
I’m not sure it was worth a 5(?) year wait, but this is a good cd. I can’t (yet) say that it’s as good or better than any of the previous albums, because those have had years to grow on me and I really like them (except that stupid butterfly song on the last one. [...]
onefinemess | March 2, 2008
OK, it must be hip-hip day inside my head I guess. No, that can’t be right, because I woke up with Neil Diamond’s Forever in Blue Jeans stuck in my head. That was odd. (That was from Friday when I purchased these albums. Today is Sunday. Just in case you care what day it is). [...]
onefinemess | February 28, 2008
reposted from Vox. I told Brian I’d post some stuff from 2 BYO splits I have, so here we are. First two tracks are from vol. 3: Rancid/NoFX (reverse order…except that they are covers, so the artists’ tracks are in that order ;) , second two are from vol. 2: Swinging Utters & Youth Brigade [...]
onefinemess | February 24, 2008
Reposted from my Vox blog. OK, it was closer to $4.00 after shipping, but that’s still pretty damn cheap, especially for Amazon. Click on used+new, you’ll see at least one left (at time of posting) for $.98 NEW – mine was $.91 NEW, sealed, etc. Nice to see Amazon trying to sell it for $13 [...]
onefinemess | February 20, 2008
OK, I’m not sure which one technically counts as the 500th, since I had 499 and then received 3 in the mail at the same time. BUT, I just broke 500 cds – and it only took me 12 or so years! I don’t think I have one that technically counts as the 500th, since [...]
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