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Inlander:
Why didn't I cover any of the Tren Brothers recordings? Why didn't I cover any of Warren Ellis's soundtrack work? Because it's an article about the Dirty Three. Not the various side-projects undertaken by the members of the Dirty Three, but the Dirty Three. There's more than enough material to cover there without shooting off into tangents.

I can't believe I got the name of the song wrong. Must have forgotten to proof-read that bit. I'll fix that straight away.

As for She Has No Strings Apollo, I don't expect you meant your comment as a criticism, but I tried to make it clear that my feelings about the album are just one of a variety of possible reactions. I love Ocean Songs, you love Apollo. No worries!

Also, it seems that Lowlands is no longer in print. It's really good, so I'll stick it up in the Sendspace/Mediafire/whatever thread in the near future. Keep an eye out!

Jackie Blue:
Eh it kind of came across to me that you were saying that almost nobody could like Apollo better than Whatever, and I consider it their second best album behind Horse Stories.

Anyway I just meant maybe you could have at least mentioned the side projects, I didn't mean you should have reviewed all of them.

Inlander:
The problem with mentioning side-projects is that it's a slippery slope: once you mention one of them, you're pretty much compelled to mention them all lest you leave yourself open to the criticism that you're only doing half a job. With musicians as busy as Ellis, Turner, and White that's gonna result in a pretty lengthy list of records, which while it might be interesting to the completist is going to be pretty stultifying to the other 95% of people reading the article. Having read Count Basie's autobiography, I can attest that a long string of "what was recorded by who and when" makes pretty tedious reading! I felt that in a retrospective that already stretched to three articles and several thousand words, I had to put my foot down somewhere.

I can easily see how people could love She Has No Strings Apollo, and I very deliberately finished the review of that album with the observation that other people would have different opinions on it from myself, but I'd also hope that anybody who reads music reviews on a blog will take everything said there with a grain of salt, knowing that it's only one person's opinion.

Out of curiosity, what do you think of Cinder?

Jackie Blue:
Eh, Cinder is alright, it just doesn't sound like a Dirty Three album.  It sounds like a side project.  It's no bad, but it's my second least favorite behind Ocean Songs.

Ishotdanieljohnston:
Cinder was really dissappointing.

Overlong and lacking the intensity of their best efforts.

I'm fucking pissed off because I realised ON THE NIGHT that I was missing out on seeing them support low at the East Brunswick club. Fuck. This makes me angry. It helps me slightly to know that at least I'll see Jim White playing with Cat Power next month.

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