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Title: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: karl gambolputty... on 07 Oct 2009, 11:52: http://www.avclub.com/articles/jawbox-to-reunite-for-oneoff-performance-on-jimmy,33791/

Jimmy Fallon just jumped onto my Good-List
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Post by: michaelicious on 07 Oct 2009, 18:10: I hope they play "Spit-bite".
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Post by: Tehz on 07 Oct 2009, 19:04: :-o
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Post by: Christophe on 07 Oct 2009, 22:34: Ok what the fuck is with everyone on the comments section all hatin' on Jawbox. That is expressly not cool and fucking lame, I'm pretty hungover right now and if I knew the individual addresses of all of the dickbags involved in bad taste I'd smite them one by fucking one.

But yeah Jawbox reunion! Fuck yes!
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 08 Oct 2009, 04:02: i REAAAALLLLY hope they play "iodine" and "tongues."

although ANY jawbox stuff is gonna be awesome! i figured out a complex musical equation t'other day:

j. robbins + anything, ever = AWESOME.
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Post by: valley_parade on 08 Oct 2009, 07:12: Quote from: michaelicious on 07 Oct 2009, 18:10
I hope they play "Spit-bite".

I could never get into Jawbox, but Colossal's cover of this song is pretty good.
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Post by: karl gambolputty... on 08 Oct 2009, 08:23: They're also a pretty perfect case study of the mid-90's "beloved indie rock band signs with a major label; major label proceeds to have no idea what to do with them because their thought-process ended with 'hey these guys sound kinda like Nirvana, we'll just..... Nirvana them. How did Geffen do that again? We should figure that out'; band is shunned by their original fanbase of rocknroll assholes for jumping ship; band gets boned in both ends" phenomenon.
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Post by: Christophe on 08 Oct 2009, 09:55: YOU'RE NOT PUNK AND I'M TELLING EVERYONE

wait guys, sorry

wrong band
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: karl gambolputty... on 08 Oct 2009, 09:57: Quote from: Ptommydski on 08 Oct 2009, 08:56
I don't think that's entirely accurate. Jawbox and Shudder to Think are both anomalies because they made their best work once they had both left Dischord, whereas most other bands created newer material which wasn't as good and suffered as a result. Without major label funding, For Your Own Special Sweetheart and Pony Express Record would not exist. Dischord would never have funded either band to stay in the studio for a couple of months spending thousands of dollars, which actually happened to work pretty well for these two bands specifically. Temporarily freed from the constraints of budget, they produced their respective masterpieces. It did lead to the disillusion of both bands but there's an argument to be made that it was ultimately worth it to see those records made because they are practically unique.

That's certainly true, but I'd argue that just makes it all the more interesting a case-study, since the end result was no different than that of the bands who went major and released watery, compromised albums.
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Post by: MrBlu on 11 Oct 2009, 20:09: Hello, awesome news.
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Post by: Sox on 12 Oct 2009, 08:06: Quote from: karl gambolputty... on 08 Oct 2009, 09:57
That's certainly true, but I'd argue that just makes it all the more interesting a case-study, since the end result was no different than that of the bands who went major and released watery, compromised albums.

Or bands that stayed with their indie roots and broke up anyway. No band lasts forever, but it's great if they record a masterpiece or two before breaking up. These bands wouldn't had they not jumped ship for a major. Sure, they'd have pretty good records. But not the amazing records they managed to produce. You could argue that the jump actually prolonged the life of the band beyond that which it would have been had they not done it.
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 12 Oct 2009, 10:37: i seem to remember j robbins mentioning in an interview that jawbox probably would've broken up sooner if it weren't for the move to the major label, so you've definitely got a point there.
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Post by: Sox on 12 Oct 2009, 11:33: Jawbreaker said the same thing after 24 Hour Revenge Therapy.
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 12 Oct 2009, 12:22: actually, i could be confusing my jaw-bands there... unless they did both say that in interviews...
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Post by: valley_parade on 13 Oct 2009, 07:34: Speaking of J. Robbins..

He just wrote a song with DCfC's Chris Walla (http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113659105).
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Post by: ImRonBurgundy? on 14 Oct 2009, 14:35: We should compile a list of bands we'd like to see reunite and send it to Jimmy Fallon.
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Post by: Kyros on 14 Oct 2009, 19:14: This news made me go and dig up Mission: Control! again, and for that I am extremely thankful. Burning Airlines were awesome.
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Post by: michaelicious on 14 Oct 2009, 19:31: This thread is about Jawbox, dude.
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Post by: David_Dovey on 15 Oct 2009, 02:16: they're basically the same band am i right
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Post by: Inlander on 15 Oct 2009, 02:34: Did somebody say something about a Matchbox?
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Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 15 Oct 2009, 14:48: Quote from: Kyros on 14 Oct 2009, 19:14
This news made me go and dig up Mission: Control! again, and for that I am extremely thankful. Burning Airlines were awesome.

did you ever hear their second album, Identikit? it gets a lot of slack, but for my money, it's the best thing robbins has been involved in. i love it so goddamn much i even wrote about it. (http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=20680)
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: michaelicious on 15 Oct 2009, 15:17: "Outside the Aviary" is one of my favourite album-openers of all time.
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 16 Oct 2009, 13:49: damn straight! i can't ever listen to it just once, has to be repeated a few times!!!

how good/bad an idea would it be for me to start a burning airlines thread? i did an huge post on them on another forum, complete with youtube links to their songs etc. and that forum's users pretty much decided at that point to abandon the "forced listening" thread that it was posted in - would be a shame to waste it...
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: Sox on 16 Oct 2009, 14:55: Just start a J Robbins thread and pack it with all the info you can, from Jawbox to Channels with everything inbetween.
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: spoon_of_grimbo on 16 Oct 2009, 16:02: i'll be adding this^ to my "to do" list for tommorrow. meaning "drinking" is no longer the sole entry! hooray for progress!
Title: Re: Jawbox Reunion
Post by: Ptommydski on 08 Dec 2009, 10:12: BUMP.

Watch Jimmy Fallon tonight, Yanks.