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I was originally outraged, but ultimately realized there was no way I was going to get all the details behind the feud or be able to take a side with an informed opinion. Dweezil's blog post in May made me hopeful they've reached a resolution: https://www.dweezilzappa.com/posts/1983868-good-news "Recently, we Zappa siblings (Diva, Ahmet and Dweezil) got together with the goal of resolving our differences. Once we sat down and actually listened to one another, we found a much greater understanding of each other's intentions. We regret that our communication broke down and that things were misconstrued. It may be a bumpy road at times - we are a passionate Italian family - but we have decided to work toward privately discussing issues rather than using public forums and lawyers. We are hopeful that if any of our father's fans have felt conflicted, they can join us in the peace of our resolution. With our best feet forward, we are moving ahead and will faithfully deliver much more of our father's indefinable brilliance, also known as the "World's Finest Optional Entertainment." Thank you for your passion and love for our father. We can assure you, we all feel the same about him."

This is cool, I didn't expect signatures from any older members. I think the mock-up only showed the current five.

It's all acoustic, isn't it?

I've always enjoyed Seaweed, the song they had on the Jabberjaw compilation in the mid-90's was a favorite. I'm going to pull that album out when I get home tonight. This PO has motivated me to track down a copy of Spanaway.

Holy God, I would gladly pay $40 for that.

I'll check this out. I had never heard of Cartel before the recent reissue and fallout, but the thread dedicated to Chroma was absolute gold.

Just want to say thanks to all who have made this a great thread.

Bravo.

Oh, that Duran Duran tribute would have been sweet. Those were still the Riverfenix days. That said, I'm really excited to finally see this album pressed. Can't wait for it to arrive.

I just listened to STWB and could not believe how different some of the songs sound. I put on my original copy to compare while I read the new liner notes by Jake, and unless I'm reading them wrong at least his guitar parts on the reissue of STWB are different from the ones on the original copy. It seems most of the tracks on the new copy use guitar parts Jake recorded at Rumbo Recorders, while the original used guitar parts Rob recorded at Fat Planet. It makes me wonder if any other alternate tracks were used on these.

As much as I don't want to, I tend to agree with you. Not everything about the new mixes is bad, but the gratuitous echo added to the end of vocal lines drives me nuts. I'm actually surprised at how different some of the new mixes sound compared to the originals. Maybe I notice it because I've listened to these songs so many times, but it seems like the Strung Out remixes are more drastic than most. When I first listened to Top Contenders I thought some of the tracks had been re-recorded. That said, I guess it's not the worst thing for super fans to have different sounding versions of these albums. Some of the tracks sound different enough that it's almost like getting a new Jim Cherry recording. It also means the Fat color represses of ADIP and TBD from a few years ago will still have an important place in the collections of Strung Out fans.

Agreed, I'm in the same boat. I need to check out their podcast.

These look pretty sweet, can't wait for them to arrive. I'm surprised STWB didn't get a more exotic treatment, though. Especially since this is the first time it has been pressed on colored vinyl. Half yellow is not as exciting a design as the other three albums.

Tight, thanks for the heads-up.

Interpunk listed March 18.

As bad as that scene was, the most cringeworthy scene of the entire series is Audrey getting onto John Justice Fucking Wheeler's airplane. I can't believe she slept with that guy. Billy Zane's face throws me into a rage to this day.

The Lagwagon albums were spread across two disks because they added extra tracks, right? I wasn't expecting any extra material to be included with the Strung Out box. Still had to order it, though.

I got excited to see this going for less than $250 on Discogs yesterday, but balked at picking it up when I couldn't find anything mentioning a legit repress. I might try picking up the Sleuth Records copy if I can find it locally, but I don't want to pay for shipping from Belgium to find out it's a shoddy bootleg.

I'm in a similar boat. When my girlfriend and I started dating I sent her a link to the "Laughing with Kafka" piece written by David Foster Wallace. I'm having my sister read the short Kafka story that DFW references in that called, "A Little Fable." "Alas," said the mouse, "the whole world is growing smaller every day. At the beginning it was so big that I was afraid, I kept running and running, and I was glad when I saw walls far away to the right and left, but these long walls have narrowed so quickly that I am in the last chamber already, and there in the corner stands the trap that I must run into." "You only need to change your direction," said the cat, and ate it up. It may not work for you, but I'm excited to use it.

Well played, Tom.

Sorry, misunderstood the original question. I just remembered he did a cover of MU330's Lincoln on the Asian Man #250 album. http://asianmanrecords.bandcamp.com/track/lincoln-mu330

Damn, you just beat me to the Felumlee suggestion.

There was that split he did with Mike Felumlee in 2002. What about Slapstick? I don't recall him doing a lot of lead vocals, but there's plenty of classic Dan backup vocals and bass noodling. I recall him being pretty obvious in the chorus of She Doesn't Love Me. SHE DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE'S GOT! There's The Falcon, too, but I think Brendan did most of the vocals.

Got my 367 today.

Great news, I've been waiting for this to go up since springtime when I read it was being reissued. I understand the opinion that it's a bit boring, but I think it has some redeeming moments. If nothing else, the cd is a great tool for tweaking speaker placement to find the ideal setup in a room. When everything gets dialed in this album is tits for showcasing what your stereo can do.