Comments on: Howe Gelb – Upside Down Home http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/howe-gelb-upside-down-home/ Independent and alternative music in Scotland - with a shitload of gin. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:59:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Matthew http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/howe-gelb-upside-down-home/#comment-1228 Matthew Fri, 07 Sep 2007 08:31:50 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/06/howe-gelb-upside-down-home/#comment-1228 This is very nicely put: <i>"you have to take the kind of time he take producing the music to listen to it"</i>. I loved Sno Angel too, but anyone starting with that is likely to get a false impression. Chore of Enchantment is fantastic, but I was shocked when I saw the sheer length of his discography. This is very nicely put: “you have to take the kind of time he take producing the music to listen to it”.

I loved Sno Angel too, but anyone starting with that is likely to get a false impression. Chore of Enchantment is fantastic, but I was shocked when I saw the sheer length of his discography.

]]> By: Alan http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/howe-gelb-upside-down-home/#comment-1229 Alan Fri, 07 Sep 2007 01:22:49 +0000 http://songbytoad.com/2007/09/06/howe-gelb-upside-down-home/#comment-1229 I've been listening to Howe/GS/OP8/Blackie/AAA since 1989 and he gets ever more subtle, which at times drives me nuts since I love the explosive power embedded in 1994's Glum and other work of that era. At the same time, the key to Howe is that -- as the review above points out -- he is to pop music what the Slow Food Movement is to fast food... you have to take the kind of time he take producing the music to listen to it, savor it, and it is often best to do so with friends (as he does). Anyone looking to get started might want to look at Chore of Enchantment first, then Glum, then the OP8 album or the 80s collection, Giant Sandwich, and then the tribute to Rainer Ptacek, Inner Flame -- if those tweak your interest, just go hog wild. A serious fan living in the not-at-all-wilds of Mid-Michigan, USA I’ve been listening to Howe/GS/OP8/Blackie/AAA since 1989 and he gets ever more subtle, which at times drives me nuts since I love the explosive power embedded in 1994’s Glum and other work of that era. At the same time, the key to Howe is that — as the review above points out — he is to pop music what the Slow Food Movement is to fast food… you have to take the kind of time he take producing the music to listen to it, savor it, and it is often best to do so with friends (as he does). Anyone looking to get started might want to look at Chore of Enchantment first, then Glum, then the OP8 album or the 80s collection, Giant Sandwich, and then the tribute to Rainer Ptacek, Inner Flame — if those tweak your interest, just go hog wild.
A serious fan living in the not-at-all-wilds of Mid-Michigan, USA

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