tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post5664507545637233912..comments2023-10-18T04:35:11.186-05:00Comments on Theme Park Experience: Maybe the sun will shine todayEric Grubbshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post-67628768956844393602007-05-19T02:47:00.000-05:002007-05-19T02:47:00.000-05:00I'm glad I didn't read that obituary. It would hav...I'm glad I didn't read that obituary. It would have royally pissed me off. <BR/><BR/>Funny you mention Television. Nels Cline seems straight out of the lineage of Tom Verlaine, Richard Lloyd and Robert Quine. I love his playing in the band. The solo he plays on "Ashes of American Flags" live is so powerful.Eric Grubbshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08237140729566147948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post-49817798996106684982007-05-18T13:57:00.000-05:002007-05-18T13:57:00.000-05:00I really don't think about Pitchfork as an authori...I really don't think about Pitchfork as an authority at all, I just haven't been able to since Ryan Schreiber turned his obituary for Elliot Smith into a rumination on his own childhood. <BR/><BR/>That said, i was a little disappointed in Sky Blue Sky, but I know it'll grow on me. I like the Television guitar influence, though.steviehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15393736134087496533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8690237.post-20096523609555926212007-05-17T15:30:00.000-05:002007-05-17T15:30:00.000-05:00Though I don't agree with the Pitchfork review ent...Though I don't agree with the Pitchfork review entirely(I like the album, and I'd give it probably a 7.5 out of ten, using their scale). I laughed my ass off when he mentioned the solo from Either Way being straight from the weather channels local weather on the 8's. <BR/><BR/>Also, I'm a little miffed that I pre-ordered the album, and I still haven't received mine yet. It's better be there today.Rjhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03963034091720294491noreply@blogger.com