How Do You Afford Your Rock'n'Roll Lifestyle?
Deft use of sales and the SuperSaver discount at Amazon.com, mostly.
To re-make a point that was controversial when I made it in college: in terms of consistency and quality of output, Cake is arguably the best, and certainly top five, of the rock acts of the last 10 years. I haven't had the chance to hear their most recent album, Pressure Chief, yet, but their earlier stuff is really quite amazing. They released four albums in 7 years (1994-2001) with not a single crappy track - not everything is genius, but you never find yourself reaching for the "skip" button. That's no small achievement in this day and age. Plus they've managed to maintain a consistent sound in an era of rapidly shifting genres, while still experimenting and never repeating themselves artistically. I don't think this will be any more persuasive now than it was when I made it back in the Spring of '03, but I wanted to put it out there.
I know Geoff Bough doesn't read this blog anymore (he skipped town when things got too Ultramontane around here - made me very sad, actually) but this post was kind of for him. We miss you, buddy.
To re-make a point that was controversial when I made it in college: in terms of consistency and quality of output, Cake is arguably the best, and certainly top five, of the rock acts of the last 10 years. I haven't had the chance to hear their most recent album, Pressure Chief, yet, but their earlier stuff is really quite amazing. They released four albums in 7 years (1994-2001) with not a single crappy track - not everything is genius, but you never find yourself reaching for the "skip" button. That's no small achievement in this day and age. Plus they've managed to maintain a consistent sound in an era of rapidly shifting genres, while still experimenting and never repeating themselves artistically. I don't think this will be any more persuasive now than it was when I made it back in the Spring of '03, but I wanted to put it out there.
I know Geoff Bough doesn't read this blog anymore (he skipped town when things got too Ultramontane around here - made me very sad, actually) but this post was kind of for him. We miss you, buddy.
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