Hotel P was recently reissued in a jewel case. I beleive that skimo, bent
crayon and forced exposure all have copies (at a reasonable price).
for those that compare it to seefel: I don't get it. this is glitchy
guitar with a nod to abstract techno. Seefeel to me was never that.
-daniel
Head Monkey
Mad Monkey Records
http://monkey.eliteware.com
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, david turgeon wrote:
quoted 23 lines what's the fucking deal? can somebody tell me what about "plays" they think
> > what's the fucking deal? can somebody tell me what about "plays" they think
> > is so special? i've never felt compelled to listen to it more than the one
> > or two times it took to come to terms with it, and an additional dozen or
> > so times to try and understand (fruitlessly) what about it everybody seems
> > to love so much...
>
> i actually really enjoy 'plays', especially the cover of 'paint it
> black'. i don't even know the rolling stones original (or if i do, i
> didn't notice), so to me it sounds like a new piece. on a first listen,
> the build-up & song construction struck me as awesome, but as this is
> the only fennesz thing i've heard... i thought it was catchy, in the
> very least, & with a very pleasing structure.
>
> though, if 'hotel parallel' is even more complex, intricate & varied
> than 'plays', as you say it is, i'd certainly love to hear it.
> unfortunately, this seems to be the only recent mego release that's
> impossible to find anywhere. ironically, i've had better luck finding
> the original tray edition of 'fsck' _after_ they decided to repress it.
> :)
>
> --
> david
>