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...under the moniker Sentridoh in the late ’90s—it is very much a classic Barlow work, particularly when performed. In recorded form, the new disc’s sonic clarity is a clear contrast to the rest of his catalog’s muffled lo-fi recordings. Performed live, the sound is still very stripped-down, allowing the soft earnestness of the songs to shine through. Barlow even employed two microphones, one clean and one muffled, switching back and forth while calling to mind the insulated, distant sound of his work with Sebadoh...
Nowhere on the album is this more apparent than on the track “Ringway to Seatac,” where a guitar intro reaches back for the lo-fi grindy sound of the pre-Albini Wedding Present albums of the ’80s. Like the songs of that era, Gedge’s voice doesn’t dominate, and is sometimes barely intelligible underneath the crunching guitars. It’s a vintage Wedding Present move, and this song, with lyrics emerging about “being five hundred miles away?...
Well, some of the guests can ask for some pretty crazy stuff in their dressing rooms. J-lo had the most ridiculous list of things she needed, from a dozen long-stemmed roses to mangoes...
...thing I learned was how much he idolizes Johnny Carson. Johnny was another guy who kept to himself outside of his show. Not to knock J-Lo again, but when you know everything about a person’s life, there’s no air of mystery. It’s so easy to be cheapened by celebrity...
...lo and behold, just 2:59 into Saturday’s game against St. Lawrence, Cavanagh gave Harvard a 1-0 lead. The Crimson would never trail the Saints...