A collection of ideas, quotes, links and photos by Andrew BurgessTumblr (3.0; @holdthatthought)http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/tailors_1109.htm">The Tailors - Come Dig Me Up | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: </b><i>Come Dig Me Up</i>, the second album from <b>The Tailors</b>, plays like an English take on American alt-country spun round through a bit of power-pop with an unshakably sunny disposition. The record’s nine songs breeze by in an all too fast, delightfully lazy and hazy 32 minutes but, in that time, The Tailors make a well-weighted case for simplicity as the key to staying power.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/263742126http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/263742126Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:00:13 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/beyonce_1109.htm">Beyoncé - I Am... Sasha Fierce (Platinum Edition) | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: </b>In the year since <b>Beyoncé</b> released her somewhat schizophrenic double disc magnum opus, <i>I Am… Sasha Fierce</i>, any number of would-be pop divas have sprung up to seemingly instant super-stardom, twittering and smiling their way into our hearts and headphones (<b>Lady Gaga</b> and <b>Ke$ha</b> to name a couple). This new class of starlets may have swagger to spare, but Beyoncé brings a few more important pieces to the equation: genuine star power, an air of mystery, and untethered musical ambition.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/263741407http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/263741407Mon, 30 Nov 2009 13:59:22 -0500““See, the luck I’ve had can make a good man turn bad.””<br/><br/> - <em><p>The Smiths, “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want,” <i>Hatful Of Hollow</i>, 1984</p> <p><img src="http://10minuteramble.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/the-headmaster-ritual.jpg" height="334" width="500"/></p> <p> <object height="70" width="220" data="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" id="lalaSongEmbed"> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all"> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"> <param name="flashvars" value="songLalaId=360569578316856641&host=www.lala.com&partnerId=membersong.5830%4082597"> <param name="src" value="http://www.lala.com/external/flash/SingleSongWidget.swf"> <param name="name" value="lalaSongEmbed"></object> </p> <p><a title="Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want - The Smiths" target="_blank" href="http://www.lala.com/song/360569578316856641">Please, Please, Please Let Me …</a></p></em>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251073415http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251073415Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/moi-non-plus_1109.htm">The Moi Non Plus - The Moi Non Plus | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: The Moi Non Plus</b> need not be compared with other guitar-and-drum-only combos like <b>The White Stripes</b> or <b>The Black Keys</b>. On their debut self-titled album, this Dutch duo doesn’t even cast a cursory nod to either of the aforementioned color-coded bands or their blues roots. Instead, The Moi Non Plus are interested in noise.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251006329http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251006329Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/stereophonics-5_1109.htm">Stereophonics - Keep Calm And Carry On | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: Stereophonics</b> are back, and with an album title as safe as <i>Keep Calm And Carry On</i>, they’re not about to surprise. It seems Kelly Jones and company have aptly titled this, their seventh studio outing, in which the goal seems to be only to produce safe, middling tunes for the legions of fans who’ve been waiting on them. Indeed to merely carry on.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251005253http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251005253Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:25:29 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/invasion_1109.htm">Invasion - The Master Alchemist | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: Invasion</b> have reinvented the heavy metal genre, stripping it of all the frills and trills brought on by bloated ’80s hair acts, and infusing their sound with a little bit o’ soul by way of starchild diva front woman Chan Brown. In taking metal back to its thrashing, writhing early days, Invasion’s debut album, <i>The Master Alchemist</i>, proves itself to be a sleeper hit, a sludgy though short-lived glimpse of what the future may have looked like if metal had never allowed itself to be weighed down by Aquanet.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251004422http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251004422Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:24:13 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/charlotte-hatherley-3_1109.htm">Charlotte Hatherley - New Worlds | album reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><b>From my review: </b>New Worlds, the third solo release from former Ash guitarist and touring Bat For Lashes member <b>Charlotte Hatherley</b> is a true indie-pop gem. Here, Hatherley - whose sweet and often lilting voice is a perfect counterpoint for her brash and destructive guitar playing - demonstrates a talent for graceful genre skipping, bouncing from angular, aggressive rock ‘n’ roll to lush, whimsical pop and back.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251003522http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251003522Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:22:49 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/films/serious-man_1109.htm">A Serious Man | film reviews | musicOMH</a>: <p><img src="http://lodim.files.wordpress.com/2009/09/a-serious-man-poster.jpg" height="738" width="482"/></p> <p><b>From my review: </b><img src="http://musicomh.com/block.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"/> In recent years, the Coen brothers have been all over the cinematic map. Most notably, they’ve written and directed one of the major cult comedies of the last twenty years with <i>The Big Lebowski</i>, revitalised popular interest in bluegrass music with <i>O Brother, Where Art Thou?</i>, and earned an Oscar for best picture with 2007’s <a href="http://musicomh.com/films/no-country-for-old-men_1107.htm" target="_blank"><i>No Country For Old Men</i></a>. The slapstick spy spoof, <a href="http://musicomh.com/films/burn-after-reading_1008.htm" target="_blank"><i>Burn After Reading</i></a>, felt like something of a misfire, and it’s become increasingly impossible to pin those wily Coens down.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251001832http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/251001832Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:20:00 -0500<p><img src="http://i41.tinypic.com/29dczuo.jpg" height="500" width="350"/></p> <p>Wire In The Blood is an excellent - though not for the squeamish - British psychological murder mystery series I discovered through <a href="http://netflix.com" target="_blank">Netflix</a>. The characters - and some of the episodes - are based on novels by Val McDermid (something else to look into?). Robson Green plays psychologist (and reluctant profiler) Tony Hill, and he is constantly dragged into helping the local police solve brutal serial cases. He’s one of the most bizarre and complex television protagonists I’ve ever seen.</p> <p>It ran from 2001 to 2007, and has apparently been seen on BBC America. Read all about it at Wikipedia <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wire_in_the_blood" target="_blank">here</a>.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/244380579http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/244380579Sat, 14 Nov 2009 23:35:31 -0500<img src="http://18.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt2eo3bohf1qzmxkpo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Tonight’s plans, obviously…</p> <p>Jason Voorhees’ permeation of American popular culture is something I’ve thought a lot about. I’ve got plenty of theories on why the Camp Crystal Lake mythology plays so heavily in the collective unconscious, and why Jason is the scariest creation of the oft-parodied slasher genre.</p> <p>Ask me about it sometime.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242858983http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242858983Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:38:27 -0500“I’m dealing in rock ‘n’ roll. I’m, like, I’m not a bona fide human being.”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Phil Spector</p> <p><img src="http://i294.photobucket.com/albums/mm112/elizbethc/phil-spector.jpg" height="400" width="333"/></p></em>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242748637http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242748637Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:06:17 -0500<img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt27g62Enk1qzmxkpo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p> <object height="344" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ONH3hIjO3c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/8ONH3hIjO3c&hl=en_US&fs=1&rel=0"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"></object> </p> <p>“Be My Baby” by The Ronettes is one of my favourite songs of all time. You should know this about me. There’s something about a perfectly executed pop song, and I think the early sixties produced quite a few of these. It seems like a simpler time in retrospect, but there’s complex emotion being portrayed by here. This song hits on all the right levels.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242745872http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/242745872Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:02:27 -0500<img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kt0mtmhNx61qzmxkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Watching this tonight as the closing of my fall tour of Universal Monster movies, as I transition into the more warm-hearted territory of holiday fare.</p> <p>I’ve heard tell that some of it was filmed at our very own <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wakulla_Springs" target="_blank">Wakulla Springs</a>.</p> <p>Last time I saw this film was Hallowe’en, 1993. I remember a mad dash to get 3-D glasses from 7-11. We must’ve driven our parents crazy about it.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241824073http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241824073Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:39:22 -0500<a href="http://www.musicomh.com/albums/gabby-young_1109.htm">musicOMH / albums / Gabby Young And Other Animals - We're All In This Together</a>: <p><img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51mkANlOq4L._SL500_AA280_.jpg" height="280" width="280"/></p> <p><b>From my review: </b>Wiltshire native <b>Gabby Young</b> comes across alternately as a brash, smart-mouthed feminine answer to <b>Morrissey</b>, and as a tender, fragile chanteuse with a gift for teasing a complex tapestry of emotion out of her voice without sounding too highly strung.</p> <p><i>Click the title above to read it all at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241813106http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241813106Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:27:03 -0500<a href="http://store.boxofvision.com/">Box Of Vision</a>: <p><img src="http://store.boxofvision.com/images/sites/45/image_artbook.jpg" height="220" width="383"/></p> <p><img src="http://store.boxofvision.com/images/sites/45/image_catalography.jpg" height="197" width="306"/></p> <p><img src="http://store.boxofvision.com/images/sites/45/storage_image.jpg" height="193" width="302"/></p> <p>I just ordered this… For a self-diagnosed OCD Beatles collector, this thing seems to be perfect. It’s got a complete book, cataloging every release (UK and US) The Beatles ever did in chronological order. It also feature a massive, LP-sized book with pristine reproductions of all artwork and liner notes from every album, including the booklets from <i>Magical Mystery Tour</i> and <i>Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band</i>. Needless to say, I’m giddy.</p> <p>We’ll see for sure when it arrives in four to six days…</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241588286http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/241588286Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0500<img src="http://5.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kswnx8JlBV1qzmxkpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>R.A.M.O.N.E.S.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/239325863http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/239325863Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:12:43 -0500<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="300" data="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7477048&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF"><param name="quality" value="best" /><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><param name="scale" value="showAll" /><param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7477048&server=vimeo.com&fullscreen=1&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF" /><embed src="http://www.vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=7477048&server=www.vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=0&show_portrait=0&color=00ADEF&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="300"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>MBA 1066 Campaign on Vimeo (via <a href="http://vimeo.com/7477048" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>)</p> <p>I animated this video for my job at FSU’s College of Business. I did everything here - script, artwork, logo, animation, score.</p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/239267687http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/239267687Tue, 10 Nov 2009 11:50:40 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/biffy-clyro-4_1109.htm">musicOMH / albums / Biffy Clyro - Only Revolutions</a>: <p><img src="http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/images/uploads/51o-Z2Da3dL._SS500__.jpg" height="500" width="500"/></p> <p><b>From my review: </b><i>Only Revolutions</i> is a battering ram of a record. <b>Biffy Clyro</b>, on their fifth album, have traded in all the unfocused noise and fuzzy aim of their early work for arena-ready, all singable, all danceable rock ‘n’ roll with an extra sheen of polish, just in case anyone wondered about its radio-friendliness.</p> <p><i>Click title above to read it all at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238329063http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238329063Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/flight-of-the-conchords_1109.htm">musicOMH / albums / Flight Of The Conchords - I Told You I Was Freaky</a>: <p><img src="http://4.media.tumblr.com/oUVPjZYNoqaegmicrCH0FBIAo1_500.jpg" height="452" width="452"/></p> <p><b>From my review: </b><img src="http://musicomh.com/block.gif" border="0" height="10" width="10"/> On their second full-length studio album, I Told You I Was Freaky, New Zealand’s <b>Flight Of The Conchords</b> can’t afford to rest on the success of their past efforts. As a comedy-band-from-television, the Conchords are no longer the only band in town - see Andy Samberg’s shamelessly star-driven and wildly popular <b>The Lonely Island</b> - and in the fight to stay hungry, Bret and Jemaine have had to step out from the comfortable shelter of the usual we’re-Kiwis-not-Aussies jokes.</p> <p><i>Click title above to read the whole thing at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238326968http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238326968Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:54:47 -0500<a href="http://musicomh.com/albums/j-tillman-2_1109.htm">musicOMH / albums / J Tillman - Year In The Kingdom</a>: <p><img src="http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/tillman.jpg" height="452" width="452"/></p> <p><b>From my review:</b> Fleet Foxes drummer <b>J Tillman</b> has got a knack for quiet acoustic balladry, but he also carries an unshakable penchant for weighing down his loose, meandering tunes with heavy-handed earnestness. Trading in the Foxes’ tight harmonies and glistening arrangements for his own stark, worn voice and a wash of ambient noise, Tillman’s Year In The Kingdom achieves a sort of stripped down laziness and <i>Five Leaves Left</i> sobriety.</p> <p><i>Click title above to read it all at musicOMH.</i></p>http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238324362http://holdthatthought.tumblr.com/post/238324362Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:51:10 -0500