Comments on: Gratitude – 04/09/2009 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/ Adventures of the antithetical road warrior Tue, 04 Oct 2011 04:34:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » The aftermath http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-283 Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » The aftermath Sat, 09 May 2009 13:59:15 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-283 [...] night, as promised, we went to see The Hip live in NYC.  I must be getting old, because my ears are still ringing [...] [...] night, as promised, we went to see The Hip live in NYC.  I must be getting old, because my ears are still ringing [...]

]]> By: Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » The Birthday http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-271 Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » The Birthday Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:34:38 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-271 [...] can expect to read about the fallout from said birthday for a while, between the concert Elizabeth is taking me to, the album that my sister and brother-in-law got me, the vacation [...] [...] can expect to read about the fallout from said birthday for a while, between the concert Elizabeth is taking me to, the album that my sister and brother-in-law got me, the vacation [...]

]]> By: Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » Music, place, and space http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » Music, place, and space Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:56:34 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-267 [...] out, and here we are in New York.  As an added bonus, I’ll also be seeing the Hip at their show in New York in [...] [...] out, and here we are in New York.  As an added bonus, I’ll also be seeing the Hip at their show in New York in [...]

]]> By: Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » Gratitude - 04/23/2009 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-262 Siege Curmudgeon » Blog Archive » Gratitude - 04/23/2009 Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:47:03 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-262 [...] in some gaming time now and then.  Over the weekend, Diggory and I spent some quality time with BioShock while Elizabeth napped or read Harry Potter, and I feel we are all better persons for [...] [...] in some gaming time now and then.  Over the weekend, Diggory and I spent some quality time with BioShock while Elizabeth napped or read Harry Potter, and I feel we are all better persons for [...]

]]> By: Siege http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Siege Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:01:45 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-250 I agree, I still don't think I've fully digested 'World Container' yet. Perhaps it's a lifestyle change on my side, as well -- being married, I now take fewer solo car rides with the CD player cranked. iTunes just isn't quite the same when it comes to really savouring an album. This album, like all Hip albums, will need to grow on me. With the exception of 'The Last Recluse', none of the songs leaped out and grabbed me like 'Music@Work' or 'Nautical Disaster', but I am appreciating them more with each listen through. Personally, I didn't really like 'Poets' that much, so I would say 'Coffee Girl' is the better track. I agree, I still don’t think I’ve fully digested ‘World Container’ yet. Perhaps it’s a lifestyle change on my side, as well — being married, I now take fewer solo car rides with the CD player cranked. iTunes just isn’t quite the same when it comes to really savouring an album.

This album, like all Hip albums, will need to grow on me. With the exception of ‘The Last Recluse’, none of the songs leaped out and grabbed me like ‘Music@Work’ or ‘Nautical Disaster’, but I am appreciating them more with each listen through.

Personally, I didn’t really like ‘Poets’ that much, so I would say ‘Coffee Girl’ is the better track.

]]> By: Brad W http://siege-curmudgeon.com/2009/04/09/gratitude-04092009/comment-page-1/#comment-249 Brad W Fri, 10 Apr 2009 02:13:23 +0000 http://siege-curmudgeon.com/?p=152#comment-249 I'm excited about this new Hip album, though I feel like I still haven't really connected with 'World Container'. That could be more my fault than that of the Hip -- I'm aging, my lifestyle (kid one and kid two) no longer allows for quality time with an album, plus it's the first Hip album that I don't actually have a hard-copy of... I love iTunes, but it's perhaps a little impersonal. I wonder whether or not you agree with <a href="//www.thestar.com/Entertainment/article/614687" rel="nofollow">Ben Rayner's assessment</a>, in the Toronto Star, of this new album? Is 'Coffee Girl' the best new tune since 'Poets'? I’m excited about this new Hip album, though I feel like I still haven’t really connected with ‘World Container’. That could be more my fault than that of the Hip — I’m aging, my lifestyle (kid one and kid two) no longer allows for quality time with an album, plus it’s the first Hip album that I don’t actually have a hard-copy of… I love iTunes, but it’s perhaps a little impersonal.

I wonder whether or not you agree with Ben Rayner’s assessment, in the Toronto Star, of this new album? Is ‘Coffee Girl’ the best new tune since ‘Poets’?

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