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Written by Al Kunz
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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My day had started just south of the Montana-Alberta border where I woke up way too early and severely sleep deprived. After hightailing to Edmonton, checking into a hotel, and heading for the festival, my temples were throbbing and my eyelids were heavy. |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Nothing is more consistant than end of the year lists from critics, music lovers, and geeks. We at PLAYBACK:stl are no different. Each of us sees the end of a year as an opportunity to look backward at the music, films, books, theater, and other events that made our year special. It also sets the bar for 2006, and judging from the lists that follow, 2006 has its work cut out for it.
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Written by Jim Dunn
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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He hesitates as to find the most diplomatic way of defining them. “Less forthright than the people I choose to hang out with now.” |
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Written by John Kujawski
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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People who are maybe in their mid-30s really love it, or maybe people in their late 20s. We played it at a show—I think it was at the Creepy Crawl—and we got done playing it for a bunch of kids and I don’t think hardly anybody clapped. |
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Written by Jason Green
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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I think we wear our influences a little more on our sleeve with this record. |
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Written by Laura Hamlett
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
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“That was our way of telling to the record company, well, you made the mistake, because this record is better than the one you got.” |
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Written by Mike Wachsnicht
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Wednesday, 04 January 2006 |
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“I hope we keep making records that are great in and of itself, not ‘They’re doing this, and they’re so young.’ We just want people to say, ‘They’re doing this, and it’s great.’” |
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Written by Kevin Renick
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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“I said that phrase in the shower one day and liked the sound of it.” |
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Written by Sean Moeller
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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 FROM THE PLAYBACK:stl ARCHIVE: “It’s just a beautiful country. Seeing the cowboy landscape was great,”
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Written by Kevin Renick
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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“Sometimes we had that pure magic where you have no doubts—not while you record, not while you listen the first time, not while you listen again and again during mixing.” |
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Written by Sean Moeller
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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“There are all these big things, but it’s the little things that kind of end up being the meaning of the day.” |
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Written by Laura Hamlett
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
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It was an uneasy marriage of convenience, in some ways,” he continued, speaking of the decision to release Coma. “[Universal] felt it was time to do it. And I agreed, primarily because I thought it would be a great way to end a chapter. |
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Written by Laura Hamlett
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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“It’s not pretending to get people on the dance floor or anything like that. It really is about, for me, touching people, inspiring people.” |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Aside from having two too many good films this year (as if that were possible), I was surprised to find half of the films on my list from Eastern Asia. |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Written by PLAYBACK:stl
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Saturday, 31 December 2005 |
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Written by Kevin Renick
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Friday, 30 December 2005 |
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The band spent considerable time with the track selection, and the results paid off. The flow on Vit ri fied is almost liquidy, it’s so smooth and natural. |
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