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[jomama]

Hey Raubhimself,

bob doesn't disagree
and mig50 needs to learn how to read

[mig50]

raub is saying that cds from that period are too quiet.

bob weston is saying that the mbv cd, while it may be quiet, is one of the fullest sounding records ever made, thus there is no need to 'pump up the volume' of the original recording, which seems to be the common practice of the day.

raub needs to stop whining about having to use the volume knob on his stereo.

jomama needs to read the entire essay.

[mancopter]

AND MBV STILL NEED SOME FUCKING REMASTERS

[unluckycharm]

loveless is already compressed to the hilt (didn't read essay - not sure i know how to read)

[Ninjaneer]

Should be interesting to hear them live in April (that is, if the Coachella reunion rumors are true).

[mancopter]

Should be interesting to hear them live in April (that is, if the Coachella reunion rumors are true).

Freals? I was actually telling my friend Iverson that it would take something along the lines of a MBV reunion to get me back to Coachella these days.

Damn.

[Ninjaneer]

Ironically, I said the same thing last year.

And low and behold...

[raubhimself]

raub is saying that cds from that period are too quiet.

bob weston is saying that the mbv cd, while it may be quiet, is one of the fullest sounding records ever made, thus there is no need to 'pump up the volume' of the original recording, which seems to be the common practice of the day.

raub needs to stop whining about having to use the volume knob on his stereo.

jomama needs to read the entire essay.

noooo! that's not what i'm saying! i'm saying they are quiet, but quiet in a way that totally ruins the dynamics of the instruments half the time.

i was listening to Loveless yesterday, and as incredible as that album is, there's like... 0 dynamics and all the instruments are mashed together.

turning the volume up is not a solution, because the louder you go, the more the music loses integrity through the speakers, either because of shitty speakers or because when you turn the volume up, the treble is cranked up more than the bass.

the volume knob is not a magical key to making crummily mixed CDs sound better, and really just makes them sound shittier.

[capharnaum]

whoa freaky!
i was just listening to isn't anything just a few hours ago at work
the nostalgia listening kick also included

flaming lips - hit to death... (best FL record EVER!)
flaming lips - hear it is
dinosaur jr - you're living all over me
dinosaur jr - where you been
mudhoney - superfuzz bigmuff
sonic youth - sister and evol
les thugs - as happy as possible
SDRE - the pink record
the wrens - silver
pavement - slanted and enchanted

[raubhimself]

i was listening to BUG this morning, and i guess i subconsciously drew inspiration from him when i was thinking of something to say to someone...

"so don't let me fuck up, will you? cus when i need a friend it's still you"

[capthfc]

flaming lips - hit to death... (best FL record EVER!)

hands down.

[capharnaum]

"so don't let me fuck up, will you? cus when i need a friend it's still you"

favorite line from this video that
i used to watch endlessly many years ago.
fast forward to 1:45

[mancopter]

les thugs - as happy as possible
SDRE - the pink record

Holy crap, I forgot all about Les Thugs. I need to procure a copy of the pink record too. Not a huge SDRE fan, but that album is good stuff.

[raubhimself]

HUM, Rites of Spring, and Jawbreaker... I don't know what kind of mood I'm in today haha

[mancopter]

Qui ~ Love's Miracle
Dragons of Zynth ~ Coronation Thieves
Tubeway Army ~ Replicas
Torche ~ s/t
Black Dice ~ Load Blown
PiL ~ Second Edition
Jesu ~ Lifeline