Adequacy front page
Stories Diaries Polls Users
Google

Web Adequacy.org
Home About Topics Rejects Abortions
This is an unofficial archive site only. It is no longer maintained. You can not post comments. You can not make an account. Your email will not be read. Please read this page or the footnote if you have questions.
Poll
Portishead?
Yes 50%
No 50%

Votes: 6

 Portishead

 Author:  Topic:  Posted:
Jul 27, 2001
 Comments:
I'm listening to their self-entitled album.

It's really fucking good.

Fnord.

diaries

More diaries by sventhatcher
Why Bother?
My Submission
I'm Pleased
Pot->Kettle == Black
MetaChao
OSM, Why do you hate me?
Hey, Admins



Dummy (5.00 / 1) (#1)
by samth on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 06:32:28 AM PST
I actually like Dummy, their first album, better than Portishead. But their live album kicks the most ass.

And can we agree that anyone with a voice like that has to be damn hot? I knew we could.


No, we can't (3.00 / 2) (#2)
by zikzak on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 09:29:46 AM PST
We can agree with your first sentence completely, but not your second. She's not a dog, but she's definitely not hot, either. Just sort of average looking.

Oops (3.00 / 2) (#3)
by zikzak on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 09:31:16 AM PST
T'was the third sentence that I took issue with. The second is not to be disputed.

 
there oughtaa be a law . . . (none / 0) (#12)
by samth on Wed Aug 1st, 2001 at 08:52:43 AM PST
against people having a voice like that and not being hot. Bjork, for example, has as really hot voice, and is hot (see cover picture for 'Violently Happy', IIRC). Even if she does have a kid as old as me.


 
Portishead (3.00 / 2) (#4)
by sventhatcher on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 11:29:19 AM PST
The self-titled one is currently the only that I own as I bought it somewhere around a week ago.

I had been busy this week, and thusly hadn't really got a chance to listen to it all the way through. After doing so, I was properly amazed and astounded.

At some point, rest assured, I'll get the rest of their albums. All two of them. And the fourth when it comes out.

--Sven (now with bonus weblog vanity site! (MLP sold seperately))

Don't hold your breath (3.00 / 2) (#5)
by zikzak on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 11:48:41 AM PST
Three years between the first and second studio releases, and 4 years since the last one, plus much rumor of infighting and dissatisfaction amongst members. There may never be a 3rd studio album, although the group still seems to be together, at least in name.

Actually (3.00 / 1) (#6)
by sventhatcher on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 11:57:06 AM PST
On every CD release list I can find, it's scheduled to come out this year despite not having a title of distributor.

I assume that means they've at least worked on it, and perhaps it's even in the latter stages of post-production.

I could be wrong though since I've not really poked around for info on it.

--Sven (now with bonus weblog vanity site! (MLP sold seperately))

 
Hmm (3.00 / 2) (#7)
by sventhatcher on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 12:00:45 PM PST
I poked around and apparently in April Portishead hit the studio again in Australia.

--Sven (now with bonus weblog vanity site! (MLP sold seperately))

Wow (3.00 / 1) (#8)
by zikzak on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 12:09:00 PM PST
Cool. I've never been happier about being wrong ;)

You should check out Bowery Electric's Lushlife as well. Vaguely similar and almost equally as good.

Many (3.00 / 2) (#9)
by sventhatcher on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 12:46:57 PM PST
There are many many things I should check out.

Slowly I shall actually get around to them. =)

--Sven (now with bonus weblog vanity site! (MLP sold seperately))

 
You're just now figuring this out? (none / 0) (#10)
by suick on Fri Jul 27th, 2001 at 11:31:10 PM PST
The cd's like four years old already. Goddamn.

Excuse me while I go rate all your comments down to one--maybe I'll raise them if you've heard Mogwai's kicking a dead pig or anything Brainiac...but probably not.

c'mon, lower.

Yeah. Yeah. (none / 0) (#11)
by sventhatcher on Sun Jul 29th, 2001 at 01:25:15 AM PST
It's not exactly like Portishead gets a lot of radio play or anything.

I didn't exactly have musically diverse friends back in 1997 either. We're talking "My favorite song is NIN's 'Hurt'." types. I can't conjur the names of good bands out of thin air, or buy everything in the fucking building or anything.

At least I knew I should own OK Computer the second I heard "Paranoid Android".

--Sven (now with bonus weblog vanity site! (MLP sold seperately))

 

All trademarks and copyrights on this page are owned by their respective companies. Comments are owned by the Poster. The Rest ® 2001, 2002, 2003 Adequacy.org. The Adequacy.org name, logo, symbol, and taglines "News for Grown-Ups", "Most Controversial Site on the Internet", "Linux Zealot", and "He just loves Open Source Software", and the RGB color value: D7D7D7 are trademarks of Adequacy.org. No part of this site may be republished or reproduced in whatever form without prior written permission by Adequacy.org and, if and when applicable, prior written permission by the contributing author(s), artist(s), or user(s). Any inquiries are directed to legal@adequacy.org.