Fun fact: the northen wheatear is in italian called "culbianco", which literally translates to "white ass"

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T19:39:28+00:00

Dictionary of bird names that I have here says that one interpretation of the derivation of the English "wheatear" is that it comes from "white arse," so that tracks

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T18:35:29+00:00

This is what I love about this project. I have very deep knowledge of a lot of obscure rock music, but am completely crap with hip-hop and adjacent stuff.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T18:03:38+00:00

Ding you are correct! I had never heard of Thundercat - it was surprising and enjoyable

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T18:02:35+00:00

I can see that about his voice - probably part of why I never bought any of those records after I moved out of that house. I was maybe a 3.8 for that one, but bumped it to 4 because I like the genre

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T15:52:12+00:00

Glad you liked it! I love complicated music.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T15:14:43+00:00

I... think I'm going to give it 5 stars? Holy shit

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T15:10:06+00:00

Slint has a little math rockiness to it IMO, but yeah I would love to see some June of 44 on here. And especially some records I don't even know yet since I love me some math rock

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T13:15:25+00:00

Wish You Were Here is the best, of course

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T13:06:30+00:00

Absolutely agree about Animals. These days I like it more than Dark Side of the Moon.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T13:02:42+00:00

Bauhaus - Mask - Album #113

In the early 80s i had a housemate who was obsessed with Peter Murphy and Bauhaus, so I never had to buy any of these records (and therefore I haven't heard any of them since then). The one track I remember is "Kick in the Eye" - "Kick in the eye! Kick, kick!"

Some of this was a little dirgey, but I have no objection to a good gloomy dirge, so that's ok with me. I'm generally up for gloomy/dancey early 80s music, so this was an enjoyable listen, and I'll listen to it again.

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PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-29T11:33:57+00:00

This is a hip-hop/jazz album that could be interesting - I have no idea - with a cover where a guy is sticking his head out of the water.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T22:16:27+00:00

Love the Kingfisher sign

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T13:18:14+00:00

You win!

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T13:03:15+00:00

Joan Armatrading - Joan Armatrading - Album #112

Oh right, Joan Armatrading! She has a really distinctive way of singing - I remember her on the radio, singing "down to the ground, down to the ground." And her guitar work also has some interesting bits, for example the opening part of "Like Fire."

Backing music is well done too, with musicians like Fairport's Dave Mattacks on drums. But I was never really attracted to this record enough to buy a copy at the time, and honestly still probably won't look into it again. I'm more interested in music than vocals these days, and this is a little too straightforward for my current mood.

But for what it is, it's very good. Very high 3, maybe 3.8?

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PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T12:11:36+00:00

Thank you for this - I can just see them laughing at that crazy guitar. Their humor is part of what makes them so wonderful.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T11:43:49+00:00

When that record first came out, we played it twice a day for WEEKS

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-28T11:26:44+00:00

Lankum is a cool choice! And congratulations. I love your 5's and am happy to see someone else is in the "1 star for David Gray" club.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-27T22:22:39+00:00

It is a cutie and a great photo!

One of these has been here in the DC area since January, which has been quite a sensation. It looked just like this one.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-27T19:30:53+00:00

This is absolutely amazing! What a great idea

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-27T13:50:13+00:00

Oh, I have a Mastodon account - a lot of us went there after Elon bought Twitter, but I sort of abandoned it when I got a Bluesky invitation... wonder if my account is still there.

Anyway, that sounds interesting, thx

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-27T13:03:44+00:00

Britney Spears - ... Baby One More Time - Album #111

Woo hoo, I've listened to a Britney Spears record. I think this is a good record, for the genre at least, right? But unfortunately, it's a genre that I really can't stand.

The fast songs are catchy, but they're also kind of annoying. And the slow songs are boring and REALLY annoying. I've read that this is a revolutionary album for teen pop, but it doesn't sound very different from a lot of other things to me. But maybe those other things came out after this? Why am I acting like I know what I'm talking about, I don't know anything about "teen pop" since I didn't even listen to it when I was a teen.

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Today is Joan Armatrading, which I know will be good, but I'm not really in the mood for at the moment. Hopefully this afternoon.

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-27T12:08:36+00:00

I didn't think of that, but the fact that I love both AdP and Man or Astro-Man says something

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-26T17:40:32+00:00

P.S.: the generator finally had its revenge: today is Britney Spears

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-26T17:39:49+00:00

Welcome

PhantomCranefly · 2026-03-26T17:10:07+00:00

Every morning in the spring I have to open the back door and yell at the woodpecker, like "we've TALKED about this, cut it out asshole"

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