well, save it then. I loved that album

It's up against some pretty stiff competition for the money.

Old North Church, for one, the church where lanterns ("One if by land; two if by sea") alerted Paul Revere to the British leaving Boston.

Paul Revere's House

New England Aquarium

The carousel looks pretty good too.

It's a shame they can't all be funded.

the "J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock"? Are you farking kidding me? Ah, J.D. Salinger, icon to 16 year olds everywhere in a world of phonies.

I'm sitting here listening to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Is it a good album? Yes, I enjoy it, but do these guys deserve even a tenth of the praise their aging hipster fans pile on them? Yeah, no.

The Paragon is not all that creaky.

Jesus Christ, I love that carousel.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: the "J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock"? Are you farking kidding me? Ah, J.D. Salinger, icon to 16 year olds everywhere in a world of phonies.

I'm sitting here listening to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Is it a good album? Yes, I enjoy it, but do these guys deserve even a tenth of the praise their aging hipster fans pile on them? Yeah, no.

I think it's an album that you'll get or you won't.

I see you're from Texas, and you seem to like American Dad.

That's great.

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Soumac: HotLonelyTeenageGirl: the "J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock"? Are you farking kidding me? Ah, J.D. Salinger, icon to 16 year olds everywhere in a world of phonies.

I'm sitting here listening to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Is it a good album? Yes, I enjoy it, but do these guys deserve even a tenth of the praise their aging hipster fans pile on them? Yeah, no.

I think it's an album that you'll get or you won't.

I see you're from Texas, and you seem to like American Dad.

That's great.

You're funny.

He's not in reclusion, he just doesn't like people knowing what he's up to. My friend said Jeff and a number of other Elephant 6 artists (less recognizable names, that is) were at a house party he was at, and some guy took out a camera, and the room went quiet and one of the guys approached him like, "there does not need to be pictures of this."

Other than that, he said they were really nice.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: the "J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock"? Are you farking kidding me? Ah, J.D. Salinger, icon to 16 year olds everywhere in a world of phonies.

I'm sitting here listening to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Is it a good album? Yes, I enjoy it, but do these guys deserve even a tenth of the praise their aging hipster fans pile on them? Yeah, no.

So are you are saying that J.D. Salinger is bad, Neutral Milk Hotel is good, and you are mad that they are praising NMH too much by comparing Mangum to Salinger. There must be some sarcasm/irony I'm missing because the whole thing seems illogical to me.

The comparison seems apt to me. Reclusive artists with one really well known work each. But that's just, like, my opinion, man. (Love on Avery Island too, but everyone tends to treat NMH like they have only one album worth listening to. Salinger wrote some other stuff too, that everyone more or less ignores.)

Soumac: HotLonelyTeenageGirl: the "J.D. Salinger of Indie Rock"? Are you farking kidding me? Ah, J.D. Salinger, icon to 16 year olds everywhere in a world of phonies.

I'm sitting here listening to "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea". Is it a good album? Yes, I enjoy it, but do these guys deserve even a tenth of the praise their aging hipster fans pile on them? Yeah, no.

I think it's an album that you'll get or you won't.

I see you're from Texas, and you seem to like American Dad.

That's great.

Oh no! My tone deaf ears and cold, chilled heart just don't get the album. I also have no understanding of psychedelic rock.

Nowhere once did I say it was a bad album. What I *did* say is that they do not deserve the level of adulation that they get.

Ah, fans.

jhva3:

The comparison seems apt to me. Reclusive artists with one really well known work each. But that's just, like, my opinion, man. (Love on Avery Island too, but everyone tends to treat NMH like they have only one album worth listening to. Salinger wrote some other stuff too, that everyone more or less ignores.)

I find J.D. Salinger shallow and pretentious, much like I find most of "indie" rock. I will say again for the third time that I don't dislike Neutral Milk Hotel. I have had the album for almost 10 years. I have never disliked it, but I have never fallen in love with it.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: jhva3:

The comparison seems apt to me. Reclusive artists with one really well known work each. But that's just, like, my opinion, man. (Love on Avery Island too, but everyone tends to treat NMH like they have only one album worth listening to. Salinger wrote some other stuff too, that everyone more or less ignores.)

I find J.D. Salinger shallow and pretentious, much like I find most of "indie" rock. I will say again for the third time that I don't dislike Neutral Milk Hotel. I have had the album for almost 10 years. I have never disliked it, but I have never fallen in love with it.

I think I understand now. So you're saying you hate J.D. Salinger, but you know that the author meant it as a compliment to NMH, and he meant it as a really big compliment that they are undeserving of because the album is merely good, whereas the author probably thinks that Catcher in the Rye is great?

okay, somebody explain to me, how they hell did they come up with that band name?

were they sitting in a hotel one day, trying to come up with a name while drinking some milk, and just happened to ask themselves how they felt about it?

if that's the case, then that is awesome. if not, then it better be good.

Lumber Jack Off: okay, somebody explain to me, how they hell did they come up with that band name?

were they sitting in a hotel one day, trying to come up with a name while drinking some milk, and just happened to ask themselves how they felt about it?

if that's the case, then that is awesome. if not, then it better be good.

It started as Milk, the rest is mysterious.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl
I find J.D. Salinger shallow and pretentious,

how many books by J.D. Salinger have you read?
if the answer is "just Catcher in the Rye", then i highly suggest you read his other novels, they're just as good, if not better:
"Franny and Zooey" [7.5/10]
"9 Stories" [short stories] [9/10]
"Seymour" and "Raise high the Roofbeam, Carpenters" [?/?] [haven't read those yet].

I rode on that carousel as a kid. Good times.

axd: I AM SCREEEEEEEAMING AND PLAAAAAAYING GUITAAAAAAAAR!

yeah, don't go there.

axd: I AM SCREEEEEEEAMING AND PLAAAAAAYING GUITAAAAAAAAR!

wut?

Paragon Park was awesome back in the day.

http://www.paragonparkmemories.com/Index.html

Lumber Jack Off: okay, somebody explain to me, how they hell did they come up with that band name?

were they sitting in a hotel one day, trying to come up with a name while drinking some milk, and just happened to ask themselves how they felt about it?

if that's the case, then that is awesome. if not, then it better be good.

not as cool as "Steel Pole Bath tub Sour Boot Voodoo Milk Cult"

got it from cutting up news papers that they would paster them on the wall.

They are from the same time frame. In the early 90's people just loved milk.

axd: I AM SCREEEEEEEAMING AND PLAAAAAAYING GUITAAAAAAAAR!

Ok - that's funny.

:)

Cake Hunter: Jesus Christ, I love that carousel. "JEEEEESUS CHRIIIIIIIIISSSSST I LOOOOOOVEE THAAAT CAROUSELLLLL, YES IIIII DOOOOOOO!"

/FTFY :)

I have heard of this Jeff Magnum guy and I never liked the forced quirkiness of his music and especially his lyrics but the carousel seems pretty cool and I hope it doesn't get torn down.

/I see I'm late with the JEEEEEESUS KER-RIIIIIST I LOOOOVE YOUUUU jokes.

THE ONLY CAROUSEL I'VE EVER LOVED
WAS BUILT WITH CREAKY JOINTS
BUT THEN THEY BURIED IT ALIVE
ONE DAY IN 2005
WITH A SMALL SWING-SET BY IT'S SIDE
ONLY YEARS BEFORE JEFF MAGNUM
CAME AND SOLICITED EVERYONE
TO DONATE MONEY

holiday_inn_in_cambodia: THE ONLY CAROUSEL I'VE EVER LOVED
WAS BUILT WITH CREAKY JOINTS
BUT THEN THEY BURIED IT ALIVE
ONE DAY IN 2005
WITH A SMALL SWING-SET BY IT'S SIDE
ONLY YEARS BEFORE JEFF MAGNUM
CAME AND SOLICITED EVERYONE
TO DONATE MONEY

Mangum. ftfm

axd: I AM SCREEEEEEEAMING AND PLAAAAAAYING GUITAAAAAAAAR!

Thread over. Thanks for playing.

I think this picture encapsulates everything that is wrong with
indie rock.

/Never heard of the band or the album.

HotLonelyTeenageGirl: I find J.D. Salinger shallow and pretentious, much like I find most of "indie" rock. I will say again for the third time that I don't dislike Neutral Milk Hotel. I have had the album for almost 10 years. I have never disliked it, but I have never fallen in love with it.

I think the problem with indy rock isn't the music, but the fans and the reviewers. I like Neutral Milk Hotel, I enjoy the albums, but they're not the religious experience that you either "get or don't get" that some people claim.

These are the same people who complain endlessly if a bad gets national exposure, actually makes money / sells out, or has their name known by random people on the street.

//the Cure's fans also give the band a bad name
//same w/ the Grateful Dead

Pullen park carousel in Raleigh NC approves


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Satanic_Hamster: HotLonelyTeenageGirl: I find J.D. Salinger shallow and pretentious, much like I find most of "indie" rock. I will say again for the third time that I don't dislike Neutral Milk Hotel. I have had the album for almost 10 years. I have never disliked it, but I have never fallen in love with it.

I think the problem with indy rock isn't the music, but the fans and the reviewers. I like Neutral Milk Hotel, I enjoy the albums, but they're not the religious experience that you either "get or don't get" that some people claim.

These are the same people who complain endlessly if a bad gets national exposure, actually makes money / sells out, or has their name known by random people on the street.

//the Cure's fans also give the band a bad name
//same w/ the Grateful Dead

You don't get it, do you?

"In the aeroplane over the sea" is one of my favorite albums ever. If they really wanted to save it, they could hold a reunion concert with the proceeds going to the cause.

I would fly there and pay whatever they charged for a ticket, and there are a lot more people like me that would do the same.

I doubt anyone is reading this that could pass along that message to Jeff, but pretty please, with sugar on top, do a concert!

Wish they had saved the Bermuda Triangle ride from Paragon Park instead.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_VPefiPGSM


Jesse Lacey covers NMH a lot for his solo shows. I couldn't find the quality version of oh comely I have on my itunes, but I definitely enjoy his covers.

/he covers two headed boy as well

I second this. I have a limit on what I would pay for a ticket but there are certain bands that I feel like I have to see before I die. I saw the Pixies (spectacular even though it was an arena show), I saw Modest Mouse (sadly, eh), I saw Sunny Day Real Estate (before they broke up! amazing!), I saw Menomena (I was on cloud 9) and I would love love love to see Neutral Milk Hotel. I love the raw edges of their albums and I'd love to see how that would translate in a live performance.


Jaromayo: "In the aeroplane over the sea" is one of my favorite albums ever. If they really wanted to save it, they could hold a reunion concert with the proceeds going to the cause.

I would fly there and pay whatever they charged for a ticket, and there are a lot more people like me that would do the same.

I doubt anyone is reading this that could pass along that message to Jeff, but pretty please, with sugar on top, do a concert!