Something Awful Digs on TMBG

Plain Old Jane · 06-23-2005, 10:14 PM

http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2987

While the less-successful follow-up Apollo 18 mostly treaded water, it did feature quite a heavy-handed gimmick. In a last-ditch effort to make the record memorable, The Johns included twenty very brief tracks labeled as

raublekick · 06-24-2005, 12:20 AM

That fingertips concept just sounds like Ween's "GodWeenSatan" but with less substance. I dunno, could be cool I guess. Never been too into TMBG.

thecreeper · 06-24-2005, 09:00 AM

i hope you don't read pitchfork jep, they aren't that much nicer to them.

johnny · 06-24-2005, 09:01 AM

hey, godweensatan has some quality songwriting on it. i like the pod and pure guava better though.

sharkz · 06-25-2005, 09:14 AM

poop ship
poop ship destroyer

raublekick · 06-25-2005, 09:36 AM

i think we should just change this to a ween appreciation thread.

johnny · 06-25-2005, 10:43 AM

they're releasing a new chocodog cd soon (i think it's supposed to be the first in a series of cds). it's called shinola, and it's a bunch of old b-sides and demo stuff i guess. but with improved quality i hope, because there are rough versions of most of the old stuff they could release on the weenftp website. in any case, it'll be neat if one of the shinola cds has that "young chou lin" tune from the chocolate & cheese sessions on it.

johnny · 06-25-2005, 10:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sharkz

poop ship
poop ship destroyer

i told ya
to jam the frequency

sharkz · 06-25-2005, 10:16 PM

"let's cruise! the chocolate stew was u know who"

i need mp3s of chocolate and cheese. i've heard the whole album a bunch. another reason for people to GET ON THE HUB already.

god it seems like we end up turning a music thread into a ween thread once a month at least.

johnny · 06-26-2005, 07:46 AM

i'll try looking for a direct client for linux, but if i can't find one then i can rip chocolate & cheese and upload to some.. other sort of place...

06-23-2005, 10:14 PM	#1
Plain Old Jane i hate vagina Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 841	Something Awful Digs on TMBG http://www.somethingawful.com/articles.php?a=2987 While the less-successful follow-up Apollo 18 mostly treaded water, it did feature quite a heavy-handed gimmick. In a last-ditch effort to make the record memorable, The Johns included twenty very brief tracks labeled as __________________ Scary Monsters and Nice Sprites.

06-24-2005, 12:20 AM	#2
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	That fingertips concept just sounds like Ween's "GodWeenSatan" but with less substance. I dunno, could be cool I guess. Never been too into TMBG. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

06-24-2005, 09:00 AM	#3
thecreeper Administrator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancaster, PA Posts: 2,330	i hope you don't read pitchfork jep, they aren't that much nicer to them. __________________ good-evil.net - ahh, wade boggs...goes down smooth.

06-25-2005, 09:36 AM	#6
raublekick Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Lancastuh, PA Posts: 1,678	i think we should just change this to a ween appreciation thread. __________________ http://www.good-evil.net slap that bitch, sell her coke

06-24-2005, 09:01 AM	#4
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	hey, godweensatan has some quality songwriting on it. i like the pod and pure guava better though.

06-25-2005, 09:14 AM	#5
sharkz Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: omg PA crew Posts: 389	poop ship poop ship destroyer

06-25-2005, 10:43 AM	#7
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	they're releasing a new chocodog cd soon (i think it's supposed to be the first in a series of cds). it's called shinola, and it's a bunch of old b-sides and demo stuff i guess. but with improved quality i hope, because there are rough versions of most of the old stuff they could release on the weenftp website. in any case, it'll be neat if one of the shinola cds has that "young chou lin" tune from the chocolate & cheese sessions on it.

06-25-2005, 10:16 PM	#9
sharkz Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: omg PA crew Posts: 389	"let's cruise! the chocolate stew was u know who" i need mp3s of chocolate and cheese. i've heard the whole album a bunch. another reason for people to GET ON THE HUB already. god it seems like we end up turning a music thread into a ween thread once a month at least.

06-26-2005, 07:46 AM	#10
johnny Moderator Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Upper Canada Posts: 1,276	i'll try looking for a direct client for linux, but if i can't find one then i can rip chocolate & cheese and upload to some.. other sort of place...