tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post2205147841911292399..comments2024-03-28T05:23:44.479-07:00Comments on Wilfully Obscure: 5th Night of Chanukah: The Embarrassment - Retrospective tape (1984, Fresh Sounds)spavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-11598931997743839872017-04-19T18:04:06.228-07:002017-04-19T18:04:06.228-07:00need the re-upload dog. heard two week vaca on you...need the re-upload dog. heard two week vaca on youtube and im addicted. gotta heard more of this band!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07370158622317686441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-6420907014479591692013-12-21T04:07:27.246-08:002013-12-21T04:07:27.246-08:00Wow, love this band; thanks for the recommendation...Wow, love this band; thanks for the recommendation & download. <br /><br />Man, on the same day I listened to these tracks I also listened to the Saints (from Australia) for the first time. <br /><br />A totally awesome day! Robert Naglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09244278749337954786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-13269522979157265852013-12-07T07:24:11.058-08:002013-12-07T07:24:11.058-08:00I found a copy of this tape a year or so ago that ...I found a copy of this tape a year or so ago that sounds kinda wobbly, so it's awesome that I can now have a nice clean rip of it. Thanks- I've listened to this in the car every day this week.Brushbackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14439601217855895036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-6351666600223103822013-12-06T21:35:47.002-08:002013-12-06T21:35:47.002-08:00The Embos, as they were affectionately known in Ka...The Embos, as they were affectionately known in Kansas, kicked ass, despite their horn-rimmed Dilbert looks. I danced my ass off to their jerky yet hard-driving sounds many nights at the Lawrence Opera House, KC's Music Box and other venues. Bill Goffrier is an amazing guitarist, combining propulsive rhythm with flaying lead lines. They were sui generis and badly overlooked by the music biz. Rick Hellmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204243494491006739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-64441159911617384072013-12-03T17:07:40.658-08:002013-12-03T17:07:40.658-08:00We do seem to be abnormally overlapping here. Eve...We do seem to be abnormally overlapping here. Even taking into account the old saw about "great minds think alike," this is kind of ridiculous. (There was once another blog, where the guy was posting his rips of vinyl LPs, and I swore he must have been sneaking into my house and digging through my boxes.)<br /><br />Thank god I know nothing of Sugarplastic!<br /><br />Ace K.<br /><br />P.S. Made it through Thanksgiving.bglobe313https://www.blogger.com/profile/00308428545934319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-82043735345538062502013-12-01T12:47:15.238-08:002013-12-01T12:47:15.238-08:00Holy cow Ace, are tastes overlap to an unbelievabl...Holy cow Ace, are tastes overlap to an unbelievable extent. I would leave you my music collection in my will...but you'd already have 90% of it. I agree, The Embarrassment definitely have the stripe of purity that we're not likely to come across again. spavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-65878394282049950692013-12-01T07:51:32.046-08:002013-12-01T07:51:32.046-08:00Awhile back, during yet another "challenging ...Awhile back, during yet another "challenging time", I got semi-fanatical about this band. Even though the tunes and lyrics were often kind of off-base and jarring, the best of the them seemed to me to have oddly a directness and purity of vision. They really seemed to know what they were trying to do, and they were able to pull it off. Just amazing to "discover" such a band. Big Dipper is damn good too.<br /><br />The Embarrassment also had some great videos, see YouTube.<br /><br />Ace K.bglobe313https://www.blogger.com/profile/00308428545934319473noreply@blogger.com