Comments on: Why Morningwood Can Blow Me http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/ Taking All Your Base Since 2002 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:12:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1712 Jon Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:34:19 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1712 Tankboy: The only thing that I've heard by the Kaiser Chiefs was that riot song they had out a while back which didn't really grab me. Maybe it's because it's a little too Duran Duran, but I can't really get through it. I Based on one song, I don't think I can have an informed opinion on it, though. Bill V: One of my ideas had been to mail the original disc to people to let them listen to it and prevent further sales. Then I realized that I was being ridiculous, and I didn't think the disc would ever make it to more than 3 people... Tankboy: The only thing that I’ve heard by the Kaiser Chiefs was that riot song they had out a while back which didn’t really grab me. Maybe it’s because it’s a little too Duran Duran, but I can’t really get through it. I Based on one song, I don’t think I can have an informed opinion on it, though.

Bill V: One of my ideas had been to mail the original disc to people to let them listen to it and prevent further sales. Then I realized that I was being ridiculous, and I didn’t think the disc would ever make it to more than 3 people…

]]> By: Bill V http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1710 Bill V Tue, 14 Feb 2006 21:03:04 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1710 Saw the band a year ago at their label party at SXSW, I think it was Virgin? or whatever. Anyway, they were fun enough but something was just so fake and by the end of the show you could tell they were anything but an Indie band, more a Let's try to get on MTV band. I'll take a pass, thank you. Seems I'd be bored on about the third listen. Saw the band a year ago at their label party at SXSW, I think it was Virgin? or whatever. Anyway, they were fun enough but something was just so fake and by the end of the show you could tell they were anything but an Indie band, more a Let’s try to get on MTV band. I’ll take a pass, thank you. Seems I’d be bored on about the third listen.

]]> By: tankboy http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1709 tankboy Tue, 14 Feb 2006 17:04:37 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1709 The PFork comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. As for the packaging issue, I'm assuming the band did have full control...except for that whole piracy warning bit. That is now standard issue on ALL albums put out on a Major Label. I don't deny your view of them as White Stripes gone Knack...actually I wish I had thought of that comparison first. That doesn't make them any less fun, though. Just out of curiosity...what are your thoughts on the Kaiser Chiefs? They're awfully similar to Morningwood and a lot more pre-fabbed, but it doesn't make me love them less and less. The PFork comment was meant to be tongue in cheek. As for the packaging issue, I’m assuming the band did have full control…except for that whole piracy warning bit. That is now standard issue on ALL albums put out on a Major Label.

I don’t deny your view of them as White Stripes gone Knack…actually I wish I had thought of that comparison first. That doesn’t make them any less fun, though.

Just out of curiosity…what are your thoughts on the Kaiser Chiefs? They’re awfully similar to Morningwood and a lot more pre-fabbed, but it doesn’t make me love them less and less.

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1707 Jon Sun, 12 Feb 2006 22:17:00 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1707 The original bass player in Fate's Hammer is not an idiot. At all. Obfuscation is a problem of the medium. The original bass player in Fate’s Hammer is not an idiot. At all. Obfuscation is a problem of the medium.

]]> By: K. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1706 K. Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:40:05 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1706 Ignore that previous comment. I immediately became concern that my original post was unclear. Because I''m an idiot. Ignore that previous comment. I immediately became concern that my original post was unclear. Because I”m an idiot.

]]> By: K. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1705 K. Sun, 12 Feb 2006 19:34:35 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1705 Actually I meant this is ridiculously naive of the band members to have on their CD. Sorry! Actually I meant this is ridiculously naive of the band members to have on their CD. Sorry!

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1704 Jon Sun, 12 Feb 2006 17:02:52 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1704 D: I can only laugh out loud. D: I can only laugh out loud.

]]> By: digitaldarryl http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1703 digitaldarryl Sat, 11 Feb 2006 17:22:41 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1703 hmmm... “Using internet services to distribute copyrighted music... is illegal and does not support those involved in making this piece of music - especially the artist.” hmmmmmmm... "I actually first heard a few of Morningwood’s songs by downloading them directly from their website." Aren't they violating themselves here? /rant Its their copywritten material, so if they want to post it on the net for all to pilfer at will, then they too are lending their own material out to whomever for whatever. Including the possiblity that some nefarious soul might be making copies that may or may not be legal, trucking said copies to Georgia to trade for moonshine and cheap smokes, which may or may not cross state borders and get in the hands of 'Nic-fitin-Booze-hound unwed pregnant babies. Thank you Morningwood, for contributing to the deliquency of minors. The next knock on the door you hear just might be the BATF and DHS with their boomsticks and flashbangs at the ready. Perhaps we'd all be better off if you'd just blow Jon instead of the RIAA shmuck that made you put that insulting "legalese" on your liner notes when you could have put a "thank you consumer, for spending your hard earned dough on our art". rant/ -d--- hmmm…
“Using internet services to distribute copyrighted music… is illegal and does not support those involved in making this piece of music – especially the artist.”
hmmmmmmm…
“I actually first heard a few of Morningwood’s songs by downloading them directly from their website.”
Aren’t they violating themselves here?
/rant
Its their copywritten material, so if they want to post it on the net for all to pilfer at will, then they too are lending their own material out to whomever for whatever. Including the possiblity that some nefarious soul might be making copies that may or may not be legal, trucking said copies to Georgia to trade for moonshine and cheap smokes, which may or may not cross state borders and get in the hands of ‘Nic-fitin-Booze-hound unwed pregnant babies.
Thank you Morningwood, for contributing to the deliquency of minors. The next knock on the door you hear just might be the BATF and DHS with their boomsticks and flashbangs at the ready.
Perhaps we’d all be better off if you’d just blow Jon instead of the RIAA shmuck that made you put that insulting “legalese” on your liner notes when you could have put a “thank you consumer, for spending your hard earned dough on our art”.
rant/
-d—

]]> By: Jon http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1702 Jon Sat, 11 Feb 2006 15:49:39 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1702 Tankboy: To say that just because Pitchfork hates the band, it doesn't fall in the hipster realm is a pretty narrow view. There are hipsters are everywhere (not just in the boonies) that don't know of or follow the gospel of Pitchfork. Pitchfork is one drop in a sea of hipster. And no band goes out to have 0 artistic merit. They can say that later, but none of them do. You can say it's meant to be trash, but I stand by Morningwood being White Stripes high on the Knack. I also have to disagree that a band has no say in the packaging of its album. If you you have artistic differences, you make a stink. If you don't make a stink, then you're on board. I'll try to check on that article that you mentioned, though. K: If I took advertising on this site and one of the advertisers put up an ad with a swastika on it, would you think I supported it if I didn't take it down? Of course you would! I've known a million minor label bands. They were all control freaks and willing to put up a stink about how their album looked and sounded before it came out. Whether this is different with the majors, I can't say, but I suspect that an angry artist could grind down a corporate shill if given enough time. Jsin: I know you aren't as narrow with respect to music as you pretend to be (lala lalala Bonito). And if you like songs about cock, then stick with turbonegro. It's just not my thing. Anyway, the haunted made me do it. Tankboy: To say that just because Pitchfork hates the band, it doesn’t fall in the hipster realm is a pretty narrow view. There are hipsters are everywhere (not just in the boonies) that don’t know of or follow the gospel of Pitchfork. Pitchfork is one drop in a sea of hipster. And no band goes out to have 0 artistic merit. They can say that later, but none of them do. You can say it’s meant to be trash, but I stand by Morningwood being White Stripes high on the Knack.

I also have to disagree that a band has no say in the packaging of its album. If you you have artistic differences, you make a stink. If you don’t make a stink, then you’re on board. I’ll try to check on that article that you mentioned, though.

K: If I took advertising on this site and one of the advertisers put up an ad with a swastika on it, would you think I supported it if I didn’t take it down? Of course you would! I’ve known a million minor label bands. They were all control freaks and willing to put up a stink about how their album looked and sounded before it came out. Whether this is different with the majors, I can’t say, but I suspect that an angry artist could grind down a corporate shill if given enough time.

Jsin: I know you aren’t as narrow with respect to music as you pretend to be (lala lalala Bonito). And if you like songs about cock, then stick with turbonegro. It’s just not my thing. Anyway, the haunted made me do it.

]]> By: jsin http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1700 jsin Fri, 10 Feb 2006 19:05:09 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1700 i bet your watching the OC now huh crap boy. the haunted would be disappointed in u. want real rock from the loins... turbonegro "apocalypse dudes" nothin better than norwiegen pill freaks in leather. don't say motherfucker motherfucker i bet your watching the OC now huh crap boy. the haunted would be disappointed in u. want real rock from the loins… turbonegro “apocalypse dudes” nothin better than norwiegen pill freaks in leather. don’t say motherfucker motherfucker

]]> By: K. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1698 K. Fri, 10 Feb 2006 16:33:01 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1698 This is ridiculously naive, and I suspect this is a band so new and so owned by their label that they have absolutely no say about what was written in their liner notes. This is ridiculously naive, and I suspect this is a band so new and so owned by their label that they have absolutely no say about what was written in their liner notes.

]]> By: tankboy http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1696 tankboy Fri, 10 Feb 2006 15:55:40 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1696 I have to disagree with you re: the artistic merits of Morningwood. There aren't any, really, and there aren't supposed to be. They're a pop band with tongue so firmly in cheek it threatens to poke a hole right on through. But that's the point. Pitchfork hates the band so I'm not sure where the hipster ref came from unless your source lives in Williamsburg and drinks at Union Pool. I've been championing the band at the forefront of the Midwestern "we're so cool we're beyond hipster" movement primarily because I think the rock and/or roll is sometimes best served with a side of attitude and ass-shakin'...and Morningwood accomplishes that quite nicely. As for the pre-packaged thing, I am told they are a four-piece but due to line-up changes during the recording there are only two "permanent" members noted. As for the whole Anti-Copying screed, the band has no say in that. You should check out the dude from OK Go's thoughts on just that subject that ran in Coolfer and few weeks ago before being picked up by (I think) The NYTimes. Wow, that was long-winded. I have to disagree with you re: the artistic merits of Morningwood. There aren’t any, really, and there aren’t supposed to be. They’re a pop band with tongue so firmly in cheek it threatens to poke a hole right on through. But that’s the point.

Pitchfork hates the band so I’m not sure where the hipster ref came from unless your source lives in Williamsburg and drinks at Union Pool. I’ve been championing the band at the forefront of the Midwestern “we’re so cool we’re beyond hipster” movement primarily because I think the rock and/or roll is sometimes best served with a side of attitude and ass-shakin’…and Morningwood accomplishes that quite nicely.

As for the pre-packaged thing, I am told they are a four-piece but due to line-up changes during the recording there are only two “permanent” members noted. As for the whole Anti-Copying screed, the band has no say in that. You should check out the dude from OK Go’s thoughts on just that subject that ran in Coolfer and few weeks ago before being picked up by (I think) The NYTimes.

Wow, that was long-winded.

]]> By: Michelle http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1694 Michelle Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:37:59 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1694 PS--the Morningwood and blow me pun was not lost on this quick girl! PS–the Morningwood and blow me pun was not lost on this quick girl!

]]> By: Michelle http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1693 Michelle Thu, 09 Feb 2006 23:37:22 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1693 Sadly...no, the hipsters know no better. *sigh* But, I hear ya preachin' brutha! Sadly…no, the hipsters know no better. *sigh* But, I hear ya preachin’ brutha!

]]> By: V. http://www.dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/why-morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1692 V. Thu, 09 Feb 2006 21:34:04 +0000 http://dyers.org/blog/archives/2006/02/08/morningwood-can-blow-me/#comment-1692 Word. Word. Word. That's a damn nice post and there's nothing I can say but WORD. Word. Word. Word. That’s a damn nice post and there’s nothing I can say but WORD.

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