| T O P I C R E V I E W |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/27/2004 : 02:34:45
Ok, so Franks solo albums are out numbered by his work with the Catholics, but which side of the man do you prefer?
I think I've evolved with Franks' music over the years, and love (in variant degrees) all the Catholic records too. But there's that thing in me that always draws me to his earlier stuff, solo Frank. I think it's the quirkiness, alt rock feel and amazing riffs that gets me, whereas the Catholics are more mellow (with exceptions), near country in part/old fashioned kind'a style of writing.
I've been stuck on SMYT for many a month now, love it! But when the urge gets too strong, I pick up the guitar and belt out TOTY.
The Catholics grace my acoustic, but Frank hammers my electric.
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| VoVat |
Posted - 04/20/2005 : 17:14:34
I think we should call CoR the "A Bunch of Faces" album.
I was all out of luck, like a duck that died. I was all out of juice, like a moose denied. |
| floop |
Posted - 04/19/2005 : 11:40:53
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Originally posted by IceCream
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Originally posted by floop
i'm kiddin' around by the way, cap'n. i'd actually put SMYT near the bottom of my list too (if not at the bottom) . not that it's bad, i just like everything else that much more.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
You know floop, you and I haven't seen eye to eye on everything. But I would undoubtably choose Yellow if I were stranded on an Island. I have never tired of the constant praise of yellow. The battle between yellow/orange that went on forever: I love that you induced the album to draw so much attention. Long may the yellow album run.
SMYT is near the bottom of my list as well.
i'm glad we see eye to eye on something creamy |
| hWolsky |
Posted - 04/19/2005 : 01:58:07
Yeah!! let's give silly names:
The first album should be called "Patrick"
The first Catholic album: "Nancy"
Who's with me?????
Pistolero should be called "I think I'm keeping saving money"
EUROPE CONSTITUTION: SAY NO (who cares it's just a question of time...) |
| Jason |
Posted - 04/18/2005 : 20:17:40
I must admit that I'm against these color designations for the self-titled albums.
Sure, you can say it's like the Beatles, but the way people throw around "Orange" and "Bronze" reminds me more of Weezer. And the fewer things around me that remind me of Weezer, the better, I say.
Personally, I prefer the way Peter Gabriel's audience has nicknamed his three self-titled albums. The call them things like "Scratch", "Melt" and "Car". They're named after something happening on or something pictured on the cover.
I would like to propose that the first FB album be nicknamed "Sun" and the first Catholics be nicknamed "Ancients" (unless someone knows exaclty what those figures on the cover are referencing [Aztecs? Egyptians? Some other ancient culture?]).
Who's with me????
No one?
Okay. |
| whitefrancis |
Posted - 04/18/2005 : 14:03:26
i'd take the first two solo albums over ALL the catholics stuff ANY day of the week. the catholics stuff has nothing on these 2 classics.
1. Teenager of the Year
2. Frank Black
3. Cult of Ray
4. Oddballs
5. Show Me Your Tears
6. Dog in the Sand
7. Black Letter Days
8. Devil's Workshop
9. Pistolero
10. Frank Black & the Catholics
11. Honeycomb |
| IceCream |
Posted - 04/17/2005 : 20:39:08
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Originally posted by floop
i'm kiddin' around by the way, cap'n. i'd actually put SMYT near the bottom of my list too (if not at the bottom) . not that it's bad, i just like everything else that much more.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee!
You know floop, you and I haven't seen eye to eye on everything. But I would undoubtably choose Yellow if I were stranded on an Island. I have never tired of the constant praise of yellow. The battle between yellow/orange that went on forever: I love that you induced the album to draw so much attention. Long may the yellow album run.
SMYT is near the bottom of my list as well. |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 12/01/2004 : 13:51:21
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
When you're up there it's like SCUBA diving or like playing music or even listening to music that moves you. You just completely disconnect from the world and live in that moment...
It must feel amazing knowing you're the only one of few up there with the birds at that moment in time. While we just busy our lives away down here.
Thanks for answering my never ending questions CoF, pretty darn interesting, and fascinating stuff. All I can do is drive a car. The view's got boring and traffic sucks!
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| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 11:48:15
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
... actually, it seems that all my favourite things in life happen to give me this disconnect from reality, I'm not sure what that says about me, but...
More what it says about life. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 11:26:53
Heh, Ride of the Valkyries would be great for the take off! And I agree, that maroon disc is whacked. The Citrus Album... sounds like a CD sampler you'd get with a case of Fruitopia. :)
As for flying now, parts of it are second nature, but I'm usually always trying to learn something new - a new plane (the latest has retractable gear and a constant speed/variable pitch prop), a new rating (night, instrument, etc) or whatever. Going up in a 152 or 172 is pretty second nature but there's a lot more thought that goes into it - weather, time of day, etc. Things like taking off and just flying are as easy as driving a car provided the wind isn't too crazy. Flying by instruments, however, is quite difficult as you have to turn off your natural instinct completely and even an hour of it manually can be very taxing. Landing is never the same twice and is easily my favourite part of flying. It's just very exciting and the satisfaction of a smooth landing is great. Especially if there's a nasty crosswind.
I don't own a plane but provided the place I rent from has a plane available, I just call and say, "Hey, I need a plane for about an hour at 5" and that's it. When you're up there it's like SCUBA diving or like playing music or even listening to music that moves you. You just completely disconnect from the world and live in that moment... actually, it seems that all my favourite things in life happen to give me this disconnect from reality, I'm not sure what that says about me, but...
There were some troubled times where I flew three or four days a week probably. Now I can't afford to get in to that kind of a mess again. :)
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 09:47:41
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Well, I'm afraid I've now completely derailed this topic, but...
Yeah but plane talk is pretty interesting, sounds fun...
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As for my first time taking control, it was a little offputting, because it was actually on my very first takeoff in the cockpit. The first time solo was a little more nerveracking because I was up with the instructor doing circuits (take off, circle, land, repeat) and all of a sudden (I didn't even know it was coming) he told me to let him off at the taxiway and then I did a circuit solo.
How easy does it feel to fly now? I mean, after you learn something, however difficult in theory, it becomes second nature. I would so love to fly a plane.
(Sorry about all the  s, i'm just intrigued) Can you jump into your plane whenever you want? Like say you had a pretty shitty day and you just wanna take off in your car to wherever. Just crusing to let off the steam. It would be mad to be able to just hop into your plane and cruise the skies. |
| Triakel |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 09:27:10
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
For Triakel, since the front is not one solid colour, we went with the colour of the disc itself. If we were going to call "The Beatles" the black album, then that would be equivalent to calling FB the silver album.
Plus, looking in the liner notes, orange is the prevalent colour. Even the yellow on the cover is not a pure yellow but an orangish yellow. Plus it flows so much better off the tongue.
Good point. How 'bout "The Citrus Album"? I guess it doesn't matter that you call it. We all know what it is anyway!
That maroon CD was freaky. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 08:26:06
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Originally posted by frank black conspiracy
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Yeah, I'm a pilot
Can you play your favourite tracks while flying?
That would be nice.
How about Wagner's 'Ride of the Valkyries'?
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 07:33:26
Well, I'm afraid I've now completely derailed this topic, but...
I haven't flown in the US. I'm just a private pilot, which means that I don't make a living at it, it's just something that I love to do. I've logged all my hours in the air in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Edmonton in particular was something else, as their municipal airport is fairly close to downtown and landing with a bunch of skyscrapers at the end of the runway (well, obviously distant still, but...) was pretty great. As for my first time taking control, it was a little offputting, because it was actually on my very first takeoff in the cockpit. The first time solo was a little more nerveracking because I was up with the instructor doing circuits (take off, circle, land, repeat) and all of a sudden (I didn't even know it was coming) he told me to let him off at the taxiway and then I did a circuit solo. That was four years ago already, yikes.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 06:39:16
sorry Cult, I skipped your post. got a bit carried away with Frank cd covers for a second.
Where abouts in the U.S (oops! sorry. Canada) are you flying? Got me an image of a sunset and it's awesome.
Was it scary the first time you took control?
when did you fly solo for the very first time?
wow! |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 06:30:28
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Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Crazy, that is indeed maroon.
http://quimby.gnus.org/html/wrap/FrankBlack.FrankBlack.CADD3004.jpg.html
well I never! |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 06:27:02
Last night I landed about 15 mins after sunset and the sunset and the city were absolutely gorgeous.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/30/2004 : 03:59:56
I thought it could be a bit of a distraction, but I've always wondered.
You must see some sights only a few get to see. |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 18:45:21
Unfortunately not, have to keep an ear on the radio. There are planes out there with cd players which cut out anytime there's chatter, but those are damnably expensive and I only rent anyway. That said, there's an instrument called an ADF which tunes into a selected frequency and points at the source of that frequency and you can set it to the low AM frequencies and tune in to the signal, but that's about it. Of course, guests are welcome to bring their own discman but they'd better have good solid studio headphones.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 18:13:08
quote:
Originally posted by Cult_Of_Frank
Yeah, I'm a pilot
Can you play your favourite tracks while flying?
That would be nice.
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| floop |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 18:01:04
that's really cool.
(be careful)
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| Cult_Of_Frank |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 17:42:20
Yeah, I'm a pilot, Tony.
"Join the Cult of Frank 2.0 / And you'll be enlightened (free for 1.x members)" |
| MMD |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 17:31:25
I call it Frank Black self titled but if I had to choose it would be yellow. It doesn't matter what colour the back or inside is!
Also my CD is more brown/bronze.
“Not since Orson Welles had one man so many fingers in so many pies, and been the chef as well. And then looked like he went and ate them all. The guy was out of control.” |
| Manny |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 17:14:31
yellow, orange, sunny album..
But yeah, his first two solo albums have always been my fave. I'd like to hear him work with Eric Drew Feldman some more too. |
| frank black conspiracy |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 16:34:21
My disc is orange.
I have two copies of TOTY, one disc is silver and white, the other is silver and green.
Any other colours? |
| floop |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:52:23
no comment
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| n/a |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:44:47
After all this debate Orange/Yellow, I picked mine and realized that it´s Orange if you look at the back, where´s the tracklist and the spine, so there´s more orange than yellow...Who wins?
Valeu a pena? Tudo vale a pena
Se a alma não é pequena.
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| floop |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:44:34
i was just curious if Dean actually flys. wasn't going to comment about his possible color-challengedness.
relax breaux
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| Rauck_stah |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:38:14
LET IT GO.
"We don't know what we're talking about" -Bad Harmony, FB |
| floop |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:33:26
do you really fly dean? (sorry to keep derailing .. at least it's not about album art though)
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| VoVat |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:26:28
My ranking would probably go something like:
1. TotY
2. DitS
3. Yorangellow
4. DW
5. CoR
6. FB&C's
7. BLD
8. SMYT
9. Pistolero
10. Oddballs
Something like that, anyway.
"Signature quotes are so lame." --Nathan |
| adda flea |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 15:15:26
Well, it was more fun when I missed your tone. |
| CaptainMaximus |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 14:14:46
I'll pretend I'm mad if you like, Adda. I take requests on occasion, as long as I have an extra moment or two. It'll probably have to wait until mid-December for a long tirade, however, since I'm swamped with end-of-semester grading at the moment!
I think you misconstrued the tone of my reply. It was actually meant to be a little facetious. Hard to detect tone in cyberspace. But of course that legitimizes my critique---how could it not? It makes my opinion all the more valid than yours.
Now, can you detect the irony in this message? I hope so! |
| floop |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 14:10:52
Dean started it
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
| adda flea |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 14:10:10
Frank's work with the catholics is so good, but his solo stuff is a little better. The first album, toty, honeycomb, these are all classics.
Someone should make capt. maximus freak out again. I liked it when he got all bent about the DINTS typo and then listed his credentials, like they legitimized his critique.
If people got mad more often, the rest of us could laugh that much more. |
| Cheeseman1000 |
Posted - 11/29/2004 : 14:08:24
And to think the Brits got accused of derailing threads.
For shame, Tony. For shame.
"You ever seen a man say goodbye to a shoe?"
"Yes, once..." |
