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We finally made our way back to Nice and it’s great to be home with all my clothes and all my leather lingerie.
I do need to take some time to reacclimate and reorganize, so there will be no review this week. I hope to return in early December and publish at least two reviews before the holidays. I’m sure you will all be delighted to hear that I will continue a cherished Christmas tradition by re-posting my review of Bobby Sherman’s Christmas Album on the home page on Christmas Eve.
Before I forget, I want to apologize to subscribers for the email that announced a review of Little Richard’s The Georgia Peach. I’ve been going through all my old reviews, fixing typos, broken links and YouTube screw-ups, and much to my surprise, I found that The Georgia Peach—a review I published ten years ago—was in “draft” status. I mistakenly assumed that keeping the original date of publication would prevent WordPress from sending out emails, but I was wrong. Sorry!
I do have one important announcement. Due to an influx of hateful comments from the MAGA crowd I’ve had to tighten restrictions on user commentary by turning on the “Comment author must have a previously approved comment” option. This will not affect any of you who have commented before but comments from first-timers will be held in purgatory pending review. If you’re a new commentator and run into any problems posting a comment, use the Contact Arc spot in the menu bar and send me a message.
One more thing before I vanish into the ether. I often receive requests for new reviews from readers (thank you very much) but I have to warn you that my review schedule is already booked six months out. Your patience is deeply appreciated.
Cheers!
Fuck MAGA dipshits! With that being said I’ve had a band on my mind and in my ears quite a bit lately and feel I’d be doing a disservice not mentioning them. I know it’s hard to find really good modern music which is half the reason I figured I’d mention them as I find them to be the greatest band I’ve heard in a long, long while. That band is called king gizzard and the lizard wizard and I genuinely adore them. They have very fun and often revealing lyrics about the shitty state of the world that I find easy to attach onto while also creating fun full album concepts; murder of the universe tells 3 stories describing the end of the universe! These are a handful of songs that hopefully you’ll enjoy. I’d these don’t convince you nothing will.
https://youtu.be/ql_z7t6WGPg?si=7vexZj2rHbV4lvfQ
https://youtu.be/ARJz9LWgjJU?si=bYXbYwSNvxk9yOkC
https://youtu.be/6f78_Tf4Tdk?si=rXhvYhVPNzln4sbN
https://youtu.be/bNpEUbWOBiM?si=kkAAfm2Xw8VGIfdf
https://youtu.be/2bBadex_T1A?si=nsvxbCC4NZCg103a
Happy listening! And as a side note on your review of the big express, I left no comment because besides me agreeing the review there wasn’t much else to say. Although I might be a bit more of a fan of it in spite of it’s flaws. Cheers!
I’m intrigued . . . I’ll have to do more research before committing to a review (and I noticed that their discography is quite lengthy). I’m pretty much booked until late April but I’ve placed them on my “maybe” list so I don’t forget.
Yay! Thanks for the update. It all makes perfect sense. Hope you have a wonderful holiday season and that Nice is nice (sorry). Looking forward to whatever you have in store next.
Not their best song, not even one of their better songs, but please cue Strangler’s “Nice in Nice” with my best wishes for your return home.
I’d never heard it before and I wished I’d only listened to it instead of watching the video with all the guys in bee-like costumes. I noticed that the song is on one of their compilation albums so I’ll probably get to it some time next year.
Hi, love your reviews. How about a review on the Beach Boys Pet Sounds album? It’s got to be one of the top 5 albums all time. Love ya, and have happy HOLIDAYS
You might not love me anymore after you read my review of Pet Sounds, published seven years ago: https://altrockchick.com/2016/09/26/pet-sounds-by-the-beach-boys/