RANDOM FROG EYES OBSERVATIONS

[sashwap]

i was just gazing at the golden river vinyl (i had forgotten how beautiful that white vinyl is), and i noticed that on the A side is etched: "CANONIZE" while on the B side is etched "ORIGEN" which is a phrase also found in the lyrics to "fever of the patriots."

so i checked all my other frog eyes vinyl for interesting cryptic phrases. for the most part, i came up empty. paul's tomb has some, though:

A: we are
B: are here
C: as on a
D: darkling plain

related, i forgot how good the blackout beach single is. and it sounds a lot better than i thought it did. i think my opinion was tainted by carey himself, who told me that he thought it sounded crappy. but it sounds good, way better than the golden river vinyl.

[sashwap]

the folded palm should get issued on vinyl.

and the bloody hand.

[thommmmm]

the golden river pressing is subpar? i never spun it.

[ashinyobject]

Dan gave me one of his The Golden River white vinyls.
I've heard worse.
Much worse.

Thanks again, Danny!

[karpe]

i like the golden river on vinyl

[sashwap]

you guys are right, the golden river vinyl sounds good. it was my old system that was crappy

[pushuppop]

Tonight I was listening to Styled By Dr. Roberts, and for awhile I have thought that there is a certain part that is the climax, or best part of the song.

I think it is either at 2:47, 3:00, or 3:12-3:13.

So good!

[sashwap]

Sept 10, 2012 2:27:40 GMT -5 pushuppop said:

Tonight I was listening to Styled By Dr. Roberts, and for awhile I have thought that there is a certain part that is the climax, or best part of the song.

I think it is either at 2:47, 3:00, or 3:12-3:13.

So good!

i will consult with the doctor and get back to you on that

edit: ok i listened to the song, and i think 3:12, when that plinky piano comes in, is the best part of those specified parts. however, my personal favorite part is during the second verse at the line "when that bird beaks its blood on my windowsill" when that killer guitar line comes in, and then the ensuing noisy solo section.

but that's what i like about paul's tomb in general, there are these great climaxes. how about in "flower in a glove" at the "THE RIVER IS BAD THE RIVER IS COLD" part. so good!

[pushuppop]

Sept 10, 2012 19:33:36 GMT -5 sashwap said:

Sept 10, 2012 2:27:40 GMT -5 pushuppop said:

Tonight I was listening to Styled By Dr. Roberts, and for awhile I have thought that there is a certain part that is the climax, or best part of the song.

I think it is either at 2:47, 3:00, or 3:12-3:13.

So good!

i will consult with the doctor and get back to you on that

edit: ok i listened to the song, and i think 3:12, when that plinky piano comes in, is the best part of those specified parts. however, my personal favorite part is during the second verse at the line "when that bird beaks its blood on my windowsill" when that killer guitar line comes in, and then the ensuing noisy solo section.

but that's what i like about paul's tomb in general, there are these great climaxes. how about in "flower in a glove" at the "THE RIVER IS BAD THE RIVER IS COLD" part. so good!

Right on! Thanks for listening to the song and getting back to me.

I agree so many great climaxes on Paul's Tomb and so many great moments on Frog Eyes albums.

Like "New Tappy" could be deconstructed into a million great moments, and that's just one example...

[sashwap]

Sept 11, 2012 2:45:05 GMT -5 pushuppop said:

Sept 10, 2012 19:33:36 GMT -5 sashwap said:

i will consult with the doctor and get back to you on that

edit: ok i listened to the song, and i think 3:12, when that plinky piano comes in, is the best part of those specified parts. however, my personal favorite part is during the second verse at the line "when that bird beaks its blood on my windowsill" when that killer guitar line comes in, and then the ensuing noisy solo section.

but that's what i like about paul's tomb in general, there are these great climaxes. how about in "flower in a glove" at the "THE RIVER IS BAD THE RIVER IS COLD" part. so good!

Right on! Thanks for listening to the song and getting back to me.

I agree so many great climaxes on Paul's Tomb and so many great moments on Frog Eyes albums.

Like "New Tappy" could be deconstructed into a million great moments, and that's just one example...

"new tappy" is an EXCELLENT example!

[sashwap]

so, it feels like fall out, which means it's golden river weather!

[waferman]

I listened to the bloody hand today, and it struck me how much weirder (chromatic harmonies and asymmetrical phrase lengths) and maybe even ambiguous (although I'm not sure exactly what I mean by that) it is than today's frog eyes. Yep. I'm curious what the new album will sound like, considering the last one's style was so dramatically different than its predecessors.

[sashwap]

someone cleaned up the wikipedia article on carey mercer

here's the old version for posterity: en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Carey_Mercer&oldid=480230527

Carey Mercer (born c. 1975) is a Canadian musician and English teacher best known for his work as lead singer of the indie rock band Frog Eyes and his work in Swan Lake. He has an additional solo project called Blackout Beach. Once, when on tour with Sum 41 (opening), Mercer fell off stage and bruised his tailbone at a Daughters of the American Revolution picnic in Topeka, Kansas. This resulted in his patented slouchy posture and surly disposition, although through this he also earned his music scene moniker "Southern Lemonade". (This is contested, as certain sources indicate that is was the result of a high-school gymnastics accident, but Mercer will neither confirm nor deny either version.)

Following the breakup of the Canadian indie rock band Blue Pine in 2001, members Mercer and Michael Rak reunited to form a new group. Recruiting Mercer's roommate Spencer krugmeister and wife Melanie Campbell, the four began writing music under the moniker Frog Eyes.

Mercer also began writing music on the side for his solo project Blackout Beach, and in 2004, released the album Light Flows the Putrid Dawn through Soft Abuse Records. His follow-up, Skin of Evil was released January 27, 2009.

In 2006, Mercer teamed up with friends Spencer krugmeister (of Sunset Rubdown and Wolf Parade) and Dan Bejar (of Destroyer and The New Pornographers) to form the supergroup Swan Lake. The band released Beast Moans through Jagjaguwar Records on November 21, 2006. Enemy Mine, the second album from Swan Lake was released on March 24, 2009. as well as all of Carey's musical projects it is rumoured that he was one of the founding member's of the two person gang, "the Twixer Twins", and also fantasizes that he is actually a Sith lord.

In recent years Mercer has had to balance his musical work with his position as English teacher at Parkland Secondary in Sidney, British Columbia.

Mercer is currently hard at work on a record of cover songs that he has indicated he will entitle "The Greatest Covers". The collection will include versions of James Moody's "Great Day", Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire", Dolly Parton's "How Great Thou Art", The Ting Tings' "Great DJ", Burning Spear's "Great Men", Cat Power's "The Greatest", Whitney Houston's "Greatest Love of All", Kenny Rogers' "Greatest", R Kelly's "The World's Greatest", Smashing Pumpkin's "Today (is the Greatest)", John Prine's "Pretty Good" and Micky Dolenz' "Not That Bad". He will be playing all instruments himself, although indications are that there will be many special guest appearances on back-up vocal tracks. When asked about how it was coming along, Mercer told Seattle's THE STRANGER magazine, "It's going to be, well, pretty sweet."

He was also one of the primary architects of "Chocolate City".[citation needed]

[eyesonthetrail]

"It is unknown if Carey Mercer was or was not a wombat in a past life."

Ha ha.

[sashwap]

something mercer-esque about this dylan album cover



especially: