tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post8066154018270047521..comments2024-03-28T05:23:44.479-07:00Comments on Wilfully Obscure: V/A - Strum & Thrum: A benign reimagining (1983-88)spavidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-15827524734414197022022-10-11T18:59:45.273-07:002022-10-11T18:59:45.273-07:00Another request for a re-up. Really loved the idea...Another request for a re-up. Really loved the idea of adding to the excellent Strum and Thrum compilation. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09909393387101546551noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-7275517663068263872022-01-07T12:31:45.602-08:002022-01-07T12:31:45.602-08:00love your blog, I ended up buying the strum and th...love your blog, I ended up buying the strum and thrum album after reading the post.<br /><br />Any chance you could re-upload the link to your re-imagining?tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08095368213865990235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-45393519304490265862021-06-18T09:06:56.811-07:002021-06-18T09:06:56.811-07:00Excellent choices on your version. I'd like to...Excellent choices on your version. I'd like to add some Plasterscene Replicas to this... Arifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425503391890047680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-55926677404598961552021-05-26T13:07:56.256-07:002021-05-26T13:07:56.256-07:00Thanks for this - S&T was one of the best comp...Thanks for this - S&T was one of the best compilations of last year, if not this century (certainly one of the best curated & annotated) - so this looks like the perfect companion.cgmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10431216579883509570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-22493618443115020352021-02-11T20:44:45.248-08:002021-02-11T20:44:45.248-08:00I used to see Not Shakespeare play in Richmond, VA...I used to see Not Shakespeare play in Richmond, VA during the mid/late-80s. Looked them up on Spotterflies and the name is taken by a hip-hop artist. Oh well...mercvrialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08922690482743381388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-62514809480050043672020-12-31T22:21:41.794-08:002020-12-31T22:21:41.794-08:00Thanks for the latest round of comments folks. I ...Thanks for the latest round of comments folks. I guess it made sense for C/T to interview Jon Harrison as he was actually a participant in that scene.<br /><br />Really appreciate the kind words Pernt. Was thinking, if the only negative thing that happened to me this year was being ignored by C/T, I'd regard myself as extremely lucky.spavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-51177402338571976322020-12-27T14:53:56.567-08:002020-12-27T14:53:56.567-08:00I'm sorry that they never got back to you abou...I'm sorry that they never got back to you about celebrating the music/compilation in tandem with your own considerable knowledge and efforts. "Strum & Thrum" is one of the best comps I've ever purchased... the music is hitting every single sweet spot I have inside me. And your "alternate universe" sister collection is just as awesome. Over the last few days I've been overdosing on college/indie/jangle goodness of the highest caliber. Thanks so much for your review, and your curating skills.Pernthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08793629303216621005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-13470955183155083272020-12-25T18:17:47.192-08:002020-12-25T18:17:47.192-08:00Thanks for sharing these tracks. The liner notes t...Thanks for sharing these tracks. The liner notes to S&T are really good, insightful and entertaining. Perhaps it's not surprising that some notes were contributed by Mr. Jon Harrison, of the "Little Hits" blog. Check out his bands The What Gives and The Wilmas for more nuggets from the jangle era. Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10597296537594617097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-40406314578995650442020-12-20T11:49:19.041-08:002020-12-20T11:49:19.041-08:00I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I pref...I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say I prefer this to the Captured Tracks set. Which is truly excellent but . . . maybe feels a bit same-y in a way this one doesn't? Or (more likely) feels like the product of a certain kind of revisionism, where this feels like the work of someone who was there. Either way, with yet another tip-of-the-cap for including the Libertines (a single I first heard during a summer I lived in Ohio; my housemate was absolutely obsessed with it), this is just tremendous. Thank you, thank you, thank you.C. Tietjenshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04070078589759403584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-30972346337497741172020-12-19T08:27:45.103-08:002020-12-19T08:27:45.103-08:00spavid- I don't think there are any studio out...spavid- I don't think there are any studio outtakes from The Bangtails. We only recorded that one record- Hypnotic Downpour. As far as live stuff, I have a board tape on cassette from the Blue Note in Columbia MO, but it's not mixed right for release. I don't know what Archer or Mike have. The only decent live recording of The Bangtails was the set we did for Live From Lawrence, from KJHK- Five O'Clock Shadow came from that set. The complete recording may surface one day. I'd love to hear it, if it does.<br /><br />Bruce K- thanks for the props.<br /><br />M White<br />BangtailsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437556577080884201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-13219590841409937742020-12-18T23:06:28.746-08:002020-12-18T23:06:28.746-08:00I'm just getting a chance to respond to your c...I'm just getting a chance to respond to your comments now folks. Thanks again as always for the kind words. Bruce, I'm really flattered that some of the music I've distributed has helped you in some small way. I love "While Laughing" Just as much as "Patron." I'm just plain AMAZED that ANY Bangtails song wound up on that thing.<br /><br />Yeah, Jack Rabid enlightened me to the Libertines as well.<br /><br />M White, did the Bangtails record any of their shows, or are there any studio nuggets still in the vault?spavidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00986537771229635843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-78280838062235814572020-12-18T15:58:38.768-08:002020-12-18T15:58:38.768-08:00OK, I have to comment to a drummer from the Bangta...OK, I have to comment to a drummer from the Bangtails commenting on a Libertines (US) track: Mr. M White, it was thanks to Jack Rabid of The Big Takeover that I learned about The Libertines (although I think there were mentions here). Walt of the Libertines even answered an email in a really nice way! Just a great band. And, for you, Bangtails were amazing. In my alternative world they could have been a phenom. I've played "While Laughing" over and over five or more times more than anyone should admit. Thanks.Bruce K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04854123794402624239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-30594882981114442572020-12-18T09:41:13.486-08:002020-12-18T09:41:13.486-08:00Nice shout out to Libertines' Voices From The ...Nice shout out to Libertines' Voices From The Past. Bought that 7" from the band when they played at The Grand Emporium. And good to see Pedaljets on your list- those guys were (and still are) the real deal.<br /><br />M White<br />Drummer, BangtailsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02437556577080884201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-43729988353414552062020-12-17T06:07:01.900-08:002020-12-17T06:07:01.900-08:00This is awesome! Proving once again that this blog...This is awesome! Proving once again that this blog is a treasure. Thank you Spavid jgmoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232644232081185427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-13755375025935947072020-12-16T21:48:35.409-08:002020-12-16T21:48:35.409-08:00Glorious!! Thank you so much! A fantastic companio...Glorious!! Thank you so much! A fantastic companion to the Strum & Thrum compilation. I was hoping to hear even more artists of this genre. Thank you for sharing!!KraizeeKatthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16080985879054449820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-91267105627402275242020-12-16T17:49:20.748-08:002020-12-16T17:49:20.748-08:00Hello, my friend. Thanks to your original mention ...Hello, my friend. Thanks to your original mention I ordered Strum and Thrum. I knew of some of the bands, already loved some of the tracks, and probably could have downloaded for free what I didn't already have, but I wanted to support a fantastic project. Along the lines of what you wrote back then it seemed to be right in the wheelhouse of Willfully Obscure. It's so great.<br /><br />Looking forward to your "version." <br /><br />I'll take the time to thank you again for a simply fantastic site. As I have written personally the music from this site helped me through an incredibly challenging time. <br /><br />One comment on Strum and Thrum (the original): The Bangtails and NOT "While Laughing"? Gawd I love that track and it is all thanks to you.Bruce K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04854123794402624239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-62910469105388483452020-12-16T07:01:51.786-08:002020-12-16T07:01:51.786-08:00Thank you, for this and all that you do all year l...Thank you, for this and all that you do all year long!whlightninhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15046747993071875937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-68539255270765664262020-12-16T06:55:54.698-08:002020-12-16T06:55:54.698-08:00Wow, great idea. I love that S&T set, and I ex...Wow, great idea. I love that S&T set, and I expect this will be great too.Cobber67https://www.blogger.com/profile/09523363707798416610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-29250313747704234542020-12-16T04:19:15.392-08:002020-12-16T04:19:15.392-08:00This is awesome, thanks much!This is awesome, thanks much!Theabs06https://www.blogger.com/profile/18042106950100914188noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-60888813653408116292020-12-15T21:51:08.011-08:002020-12-15T21:51:08.011-08:00Thank you very much !!!Thank you very much !!!Josef Kloiberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03581510783871931029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6776777782419637264.post-12155821601312301412020-12-15T19:34:03.059-08:002020-12-15T19:34:03.059-08:00Extremely cool! Great idea of adding to a great co...Extremely cool! Great idea of adding to a great comp, like your STGH addendum. Thank you very much!<br /><br />FYI tags look a bit messed up. Swanditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15316455524375152972noreply@blogger.com