Comments for prolific.org http://prolific.org ISSN 1568-2218 Thu, 20 Nov 2008 08:20:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 Comment on Efterklang, Tortoise and Liars at Analog Festival by Hg http://prolific.org/2008/07/22/efterklang-tortoise-and-liars-at-analog-festival/#comment-1360 Hg Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:08:24 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/07/22/efterklang-tortoise-and-liars-at-analog-festival/#comment-1360 I liked Liars' self-titled album for a while last year, though it didn't make it into my "silver" or "gold" favourites. I didn't get a Zappa vibe from them, more of a MBV-meets-The-Beloved. But then, bands are often very different live. Heard of Efterklang but never actually heard them. I can't remember whether I've heard Tortoise or not. The whole post-rock genre kind of passed me by until very recently, when I finally started to see the point. Again, it's a live thing. I liked Liars’ self-titled album for a while last year, though it didn’t make it into my “silver” or “gold” favourites. I didn’t get a Zappa vibe from them, more of a MBV-meets-The-Beloved. But then, bands are often very different live.

Heard of Efterklang but never actually heard them. I can’t remember whether I’ve heard Tortoise or not. The whole post-rock genre kind of passed me by until very recently, when I finally started to see the point. Again, it’s a live thing.

]]> Comment on New digs by Orbital http://prolific.org/2008/07/07/new-digs/#comment-1359 Orbital Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:27:56 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/07/07/new-digs/#comment-1359 Hell's teeth. I want a job where *you* work! Hell’s teeth. I want a job where *you* work!

]]> Comment on I got robbed by flygirl http://prolific.org/2008/06/29/i-got-robbed/#comment-1358 flygirl Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:14:48 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/06/29/i-got-robbed/#comment-1358 Kutterdekutterdekut zeg! Wat een stelletje...debielen! Criminelen! Debielinelen! Als je krap zit en ff wat wil lenen kan dat altijd hoor, laat maar weten. Godallejezus, wat een kloothommels :( Kutterdekutterdekut zeg! Wat een stelletje…debielen! Criminelen! Debielinelen! Als je krap zit en ff wat wil lenen kan dat altijd hoor, laat maar weten. Godallejezus, wat een kloothommels :(

]]> Comment on links for 2008-06-17 by Hg http://prolific.org/2008/06/17/links-for-2008-06-17/#comment-1357 Hg Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:12:10 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/06/17/links-for-2008-06-17/#comment-1357 Been playing around with this recently. My assessment: huge promise, but it's early days. It's very, very slow on my (admittedly ageing) PC - makes iTunes seem lightning fast by comparison. I like the plugin approach, but at the moment there isn't enough functionality to replace the things that I use every day in iTunes. Been playing around with this recently. My assessment: huge promise, but it’s early days. It’s very, very slow on my (admittedly ageing) PC - makes iTunes seem lightning fast by comparison. I like the plugin approach, but at the moment there isn’t enough functionality to replace the things that I use every day in iTunes.

]]> Comment on Kids today by Hg http://prolific.org/2008/05/30/kids-today/#comment-1356 Hg Sat, 31 May 2008 08:31:08 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/05/30/kids-today/#comment-1356 You'll feel a lot better if you publish those pictures. Honest. You’ll feel a lot better if you publish those pictures. Honest.

]]> Comment on On turning 45 by Birdwell http://prolific.org/2008/04/17/on-turning-45/#comment-1355 Birdwell Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:53:36 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/04/17/on-turning-45/#comment-1355 Happy Belated Birthday! I hope your weekend away was the balm you needed. Birdy Happy Belated Birthday! I hope your weekend away was the balm you needed.

Birdy

]]> Comment on Latent comic nerdism by Caroline http://prolific.org/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1354 Caroline Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:31:08 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1354 @feelinglistless Angel also has too many characters and too few I actually care about. The last season of the tv series had the same problem, I didn't care one iota for Fred/Illyria, Gunn or Groo and now they're still bloody there AND stupid Spike just. won't. die. And where's my Cordy? @DYFL Started on Runaways a while back, with Whedon's run on it, but then I decided to go back and start with the beginning of the series. So I've been reading the TPB's from issue #1. They are kind of hard to get here, so I picked a few issues up in Dublin and ordered the rest from TFAW.com. That brings me up to issue 7. @feelinglistless
Angel also has too many characters and too few I actually care about. The last season of the tv series had the same problem, I didn’t care one iota for Fred/Illyria, Gunn or Groo and now they’re still bloody there AND stupid Spike just. won’t. die. And where’s my Cordy?

@DYFL Started on Runaways a while back, with Whedon’s run on it, but then I decided to go back and start with the beginning of the series. So I’ve been reading the TPB’s from issue #1. They are kind of hard to get here, so I picked a few issues up in Dublin and ordered the rest from TFAW.com. That brings me up to issue 7.

]]> Comment on Latent comic nerdism by DYFL http://prolific.org/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1353 DYFL Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:14:22 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1353 Oh, just started on RUNAWAYS, eh? Your next stop, whether you know it or not, is Y: THE LAST MAN, by the same writer. THAT one is screaming for a TV series, but it's gonna get movies instead, apparently (starring Shia LaBouef). It's another exceptionally gripping, exceptionally easy-to-follow book. Not that I'm pimping my livelihood at you or anything. ;-) Oh, just started on RUNAWAYS, eh? Your next stop, whether you know it or not, is Y: THE LAST MAN, by the same writer. THAT one is screaming for a TV series, but it’s gonna get movies instead, apparently (starring Shia LaBouef). It’s another exceptionally gripping, exceptionally easy-to-follow book.

Not that I’m pimping my livelihood at you or anything. ;-)

]]> Comment on Latent comic nerdism by feelinglistless http://prolific.org/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1352 feelinglistless Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:28:06 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/04/10/latent-comic-nerdism/#comment-1352 I think the problem with the Angel series is ... it's just not very well written or clearly drawn. The first four issues spent much of their time reintroducing characters for not much more than a pointless cameo and the only character that's really made an impression is Wesley. There's too much going on -- structurally its a mess. It took me at least two issues to work out what the bother that Angel had gotten himself into. The re-emergence at the end of the first arc was at best gratuitous and at worst undid one of the most gloriously emotional moments of the television series. And now we're in some weird flashback sequence of issues pointlessly explaining what happened after the end of the final season, even though it offered one of the best climactic scenes of any series ever. It's not helped by a comparison with the glorious Buffy Season Eight which is elegantly written, is still re-engaging us with the new situation of the Scooby gang after all these issues and more importantly is properly funny. The scene in which each of the characters burst in on Buffy and ... I'm being careful so as not spoil it for people who are waiting for the collections ... was hilarious -- Xander's reaction was perfect and totally in character. I think the problem with the Angel series is … it’s just not very well written or clearly drawn. The first four issues spent much of their time reintroducing characters for not much more than a pointless cameo and the only character that’s really made an impression is Wesley.

There’s too much going on — structurally its a mess. It took me at least two issues to work out what the bother that Angel had gotten himself into. The re-emergence at the end of the first arc was at best gratuitous and at worst undid one of the most gloriously emotional moments of the television series. And now we’re in some weird flashback sequence of issues pointlessly explaining what happened after the end of the final season, even though it offered one of the best climactic scenes of any series ever.

It’s not helped by a comparison with the glorious Buffy Season Eight which is elegantly written, is still re-engaging us with the new situation of the Scooby gang after all these issues and more importantly is properly funny. The scene in which each of the characters burst in on Buffy and … I’m being careful so as not spoil it for people who are waiting for the collections … was hilarious — Xander’s reaction was perfect and totally in character.

]]> Comment on Perneau, live at Club Meander by Hg http://prolific.org/2008/04/05/perneau-live-at-club-meander/#comment-1351 Hg Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:50:21 +0000 http://vonbpress.com/2008/04/05/perneau-live-at-club-meander/#comment-1351 That's great, really unusual. I'd have assumed it was Photoshopped if you hadn't explained it. That’s great, really unusual. I’d have assumed it was Photoshopped if you hadn’t explained it.

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