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 | re: Gausman being called up - The Seaward on 5/23/13 at 10:20 am Starting him tonight...
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 | re: best animal collective album? - The Seaward on 5/23/13 at 10:17 am [quote]No thanks to this band, at all.[/quote]
They certainly aren't for everyone. If you felt that way about MPP, I can't even imagine what you would think of Sung Tongs....
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 | re: Which Young MLBers Would You Rather Have at Each Position? - The Seaward on 5/22/13 at 10:59 pm out of your choices:
Perez
Rizzo
Profar
Andrus
Machado
Trout
Stanton
Strasburg...
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 | re: best animal collective album? - The Seaward on 5/22/13 at 5:11 pm Strawberry Jam is my favorite, but MPP may be the best one to start with.
Feels is probably my second favorite, with The Purple Bottle being my favorite track by them....
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 | re: Meaning behind band names - The Seaward on 5/22/13 at 3:22 pm Yo La Tengo[quote]The name came from a baseball anecdote. During the 1962 season, New York Mets center fielder Richie Ashburn and Venezuelan shortstop Elio Chacón found themselves colliding in the outfield. When Ashburn went for a catch, he would scream, "I got it! I got it!" only to run into Chacón...
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 | re: Article about 2003 WSOP on Grantland - The Seaward on 5/22/13 at 11:59 am Just finished it. Good read....
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 | re: Trout just hit for the cycle - The Seaward on 5/21/13 at 11:41 pm Homerun pitch was practically on the ground.
Stole a base too....
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 | re: Kurt Vile's 'Wakin on a Pretty Daze' favorite album of 2013 so far... - The Seaward on 5/20/13 at 3:08 pm Probably my favorite as well, although The National will likely top it.
Hard to name standouts since it is so consistent beginning to end....
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 | re: New Vampire Weekend is streaming on itunes - The Seaward on 5/19/13 at 10:15 am I wasn't the biggest VW fan coming into this album, but it is a pretty great album.
standouts are:
step
hannah hunt
finger back
unbelievers ...
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 | re: CHC Thread Travis Wood is good | COL @ CHC 7:05 CT - The Seaward on 5/14/13 at 12:33 pm I wouldn't expect it to last too long
.186 BAIBP
83% strand rate
Plus I bet that .68 HR/9 comes up a bit..
Still a solid pitcher though....
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 | re: The National- Trouble Will Find Me - The Seaward on 5/13/13 at 7:29 pm [link=(http://stereogum.com/1348152/stream-the-national-trouble-will-find-me/album-stream/)]streaming[/link] :nana:...
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 | re: Best debut albums? - The Seaward on 5/13/13 at 7:07 pm Some not yet posted:
Pixies- Surfer Rosa
Pavement- Slanted and Enchanted
Television- Marquee Moon
The Stone Roses- The Stone Roses
Wolf Parade- Apologies to the Queen Mary
Titus Andronicus- The Airing of Grievances ...
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 | re: Titus Andronicus at Siberia (NOLA) May 11th... - The Seaward on 5/11/13 at 8:54 pm Pretty awesome show, just wish it coulda been a bit longer....
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 | re: 5 Favorite The National tracks - The Seaward on 5/10/13 at 11:37 am It works great in the movie Warrior too....
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 | re: Rank the best TV series in the last 10 years or so as provided. - The Seaward on 5/9/13 at 10:58 pm The Wire
Breaking Bad
Mad Men
The Sopranos
Justified
Game of Thrones
Dexter
Firefly
All are high quality. Hard to compare some due to varying lengths as well as some are finished and some are still going....
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 | re: so watcha jamming to right now - The Seaward on 5/9/13 at 5:57 pm [link=(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0S2eTV2v3V0)]mikal cronin- weight[/link]...
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 | re: Your favorite albums, by decade - The Seaward on 5/9/13 at 12:19 pm 60s: Bob Dylan- Bringing it Back Home
70s: The Clash- London Calling
80s: Pixies- Doolittle
90s: Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
00s: Modest Mouse- The Moon and Antarticta
10s: Titus Andronicus- The Monitor...
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 | 5 Favorite The National tracks - The Seaward on 5/9/13 at 9:15 am I’ve been listening to a lot of The National in anticipation of the new album. As tough as this was, I think I would go:
Mistaken for Strangers
Slow Show
Mr. November
Wake Up Your Saints
Terrible Love (alternate version)
I was going to do some honorable mentions, but then I realized I was...
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 | re: Surfer Rosa, allegedly by "The Pixies" - The Seaward on 5/8/13 at 10:52 am [quote]Really? You like every song on that album?[/quote]
Yep, it is one if my favorite albums to listen to beginning to end. Gigantic is probably my least favorite song on the album actually.
Now I didn't necessarily feel this way after my first listen. I remember initially thinking some of t...
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 | re: Surfer Rosa, allegedly by "The Pixies" - The Seaward on 5/8/13 at 10:45 am River Euphrates is my favorite Surfer Rosa track. The whole album is free of filler though....
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 | re: The Prestige was on tonight - The Seaward on 5/7/13 at 10:56 pm Memento is my favorite movie ever, so I obviously wouldn't agree, but The Prestige is my second favorite Nolan and an amazing film in its own right....
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 | re: Fantastic week in music - The Seaward on 5/7/13 at 3:14 pm Vampire Weekend is next week, huh?
And Deerhunter's new one is pretty great....
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 | re: The Pixies v. Nirvana - The Seaward on 5/6/13 at 9:49 am [quote]Whether you go song-by-song or album-by-album, Nirvana > Pixies[/quote]
this all comes down to personal opinion really, but judging by the following comment, I don't know if your opinion would be the best one to seek out on this subject.
[quote] It's probably been 20 years since I know...
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 | re: The Pixies v. Nirvana - The Seaward on 5/6/13 at 12:45 am Kurt Cobain did. On writing Smells Like Teen Spirit, "I was basically just trying to rip off the Pixies."...
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 | re: The Pixies v. Nirvana - The Seaward on 5/6/13 at 12:17 am Love both, but yeah I would go with Pixies. Doolittle and Surfer Rosa are both top ten all-time for me....
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 | re: What 5/21 album (Daft Punk/The National) are you most looking forward to? - The Seaward on 5/5/13 at 2:22 pm [quote]I am not a hipster doofus, so Daft Punk[/quote]
Well that is a stupid post....
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 | re: What 5/21 album (Daft Punk/The National) are you most looking forward to? - The Seaward on 5/5/13 at 1:37 pm The National, easily
Nothing against Daft Punk. I would be more excited about a The National record than any other current band....
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 | re: Favorite Song With Album Matchng Title - The Seaward on 5/3/13 at 11:17 am Marquee Moon- Television...
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 | re: Built to Spill - 5 favorites - The Seaward on 5/1/13 at 10:45 pm [link=(http://stereogum.com/1338422/built-to-spill-albums-from-worst-to-best/top-stories/lead-story/)]stereogum article ranking built to spill albums[/link]
posted today, thought this might fit within this thread.
I would rank their albums:
1. Perfect From Now On
2. Keep It Like a Secret
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 | re: Deerhunter - The Seaward on 5/1/13 at 7:43 am Damn good show. My ears are still ringing.
The Missing, Desire Lines, Monomania, and Pensalcola were the standouts for me....
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