tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post2508439576815203883..comments2023-11-26T10:40:07.165-08:00Comments on j i g s a w: The Long Blondes-Couples LPTobi Vailhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-67016177723109805812008-10-20T10:34:00.000-07:002008-10-20T10:34:00.000-07:00that's a damn shame - what a shitty thing to happe...that's a damn shame - what a shitty thing to happen.culturebollockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087597230166009949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-22365721784139555922008-10-20T10:25:00.000-07:002008-10-20T10:25:00.000-07:00this was in the NME todayhttp://www.nme.com/news/t...this was in the NME today<BR/>http://www.nme.com/news/the-long-blondes/40521<BR/>long blondes broke up because one of their band members had a stroke, leaving him unable to play guitar. very sad.Tobi Vailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052149126555935296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-123795672671480637.post-73523708858267766182008-10-19T03:04:00.000-07:002008-10-19T03:04:00.000-07:00goodness. thank you so much for an honest review t...goodness. thank you so much for an honest review that doesn't kowtow (...cowtow?) to prevalent hype either by absurdist 'second coming' praise or by excoriation... I saw the Long Blondes once shortly after moving to Britain, probably early 2004, at Purr promotions, before they had 'broken', and I just have a memory of hating it because it was thoroughly unmemorable rather than offensive or fantastic, other than for the rod-stewart-looking guy being prissy/snotty and drunk and spilling a pint on his amp and messing up the electrics. Then I passed the big stage they were on last year at Glasto when we played a very small tent, and it sounded insipid and inoffensive from the path around the stage area. I think I played some on line to see if I were missing something about them, other than they're pretty, after they got 'big', and I did hear a bit more of what could hook a person into an album. But I still haven't been interested enough to pursue it further.<BR/><BR/>So the long and short is that your review has helped me decide whether to pursue it further!<BR/><BR/>And it reminded me of teenagerness in the 80s, and exactly how cliqueish America is. I used to talk about this sort of thing from time to time over here, but you draw blank stares, and soon enough you forget about it (happily). Not that there's not social groups - just not so much the constant internal dialogue (probably commonest to middleclass educated white girls?) about how people are judging you and coolness.<BR/><BR/>There is a cool new zine here run by a 20-year-old girl called Drunken Werewolf. I have written for it from time to time and Tiff is a great young lady both as editor and reviewer. I'm going to tell her to mail her zine to you, too, if she hasn't already seen this.<BR/>Thanks!<BR/>Hannahculturebollockshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15087597230166009949noreply@blogger.com