Tortoise - "Djed"

good poll!

This song is fab.

neu! part

Is the joke that it sounds like they're playing like a bunch of records one after another, so the title is a bastardization of "D.J.ed?"

My friend over AIM: i remember indie snobs chastizing me because "it's pronounced DEEJHED"

The Djed symbol is a pillar-like ancient Egyptian symbol representing stability. It has been interpreted as the backbone of the Egyptian god Osiris, especially in the form Banebdjedet (the ba of the lord of the Djedet). Djedu is the Egyptian name for Busiris, a centre of the cult of Osiris. During the Renewal Festival, the djed would be ceremonially raised as a phallic symbol symbolising the "potency and duration of the pharaoh's rule".[1] It has been compared to the Sumerian concept of temen. The hieroglyph for "djed" may have given rise to the letter Samekh.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fe/Djed.svg

lol at post rockers loving big phallic symbol

Cos I never read about bands I always assumed this was like "D.J.ed". Anyway, torn between Neu! and Steve Reich, tho I still love the bit where they make you think your stereo's fucked.

deejed

utter brilliance

they will perform the entire "millions" album at ATP

a friend of mine told me that she went to one show where she was the only female. guess which band lol

haha otm waht wankers

what about the ennio morricone part?

that's a different song

you goin to ATP cutty?

i truly would like to relive 1995 but it's a bit expensive. the thought of shacking up in kutsher's is kind of awesome!

that's a different song

oh, i forgot what it sounded like and watched some weird artsy film on youtube that said it used this track and that was on there.

are people buying post rock records on ebay for $$$ yet?

i truly would like to relive 1995 but it's a bit expensive. the thought of shacking up in kutsher's is kind of awesome!

-- cutty, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 4:13 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Link

Yeah, the bands are really like the third coolest thing about ATP!

Mini-LOL at Catsuppppp saying the ATP lineup is a snore and then crying that Stars Of The Lid sold out.

hey, if you wanna be bored for like 8 bands in a row, be my guest

are you inviting me to be your +1?

"more like YOU suck, loser, ha!"

Hey, you're the industry douchebag; I don't get +1s

what costume shall the bored girl wear?

i really tried to like all these post rock bands back in the late 90s.. but i just didn't get it

every tortoise show i've been to has been transcendental

total beardstroke but i'm being sincere

plus i would never wear a fucking beard

i ordered something from amazon and they fucked it up and sent me something called "beard lube"

cutty otm

i moved to chicago in 98 because of post rock

sort of

Did you own a vibraphone?

ive never heard this song. i saw godspeed ybe once and fell asleep, and i never liked mogwai, but i did a radio show with a dude who LOVED mogwai. i guess i dont love post-rock.

on the other hand, i like steve albini and some slint, so maybe ill eventually come around?

mogwai is for jocks

and weird anglophiles, dude liked elbow and south too wtf

im like who is gomez

a friend of mine told me that she went to one show where she was the only female. guess which band lol

-- bnw, Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:22 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Link

i love tortoise but this was the worst date i ever orchestrated. she hated it.

hey dickweeds thanks for making me listen to karate next i'm going listen to the dismemberment plan and cut off my cock

jk

mogwai are OK, they opened for pavement @ show I saw on brighten the corners tour (in charlottesville).. come on die young i like because it's so loud but lost interest after that. it's the jazzy post rock that i have no idea what that's about.

also i used to really like slint (maybe still do, its been a couple years since I heard them).. they are creepy in a good way. tweez is on vinyl & left in a drawer back @ mom's house, and spiderland in cd wallet left at old dc house.. i think i have some obscure reunion single somewhere? unless i lost it moving? every time i move a bunch of albums disappear.

reading Karate reviews on pitchfork is totally weird with today's american apparel banner ads.

ugh dplan DO NOT WANT

I've been listening to the RODAN record

I hope the dude from the dismemberment plan gets hit by a bus

College was so shitty.

i have teh rodan record too from the stack of vinyl i ordered from touch & go back in late 90s and can't play any of it :(

saw dplan @ fort reno and was like uh, i don't get it.. scene girl says back to me "WELL, I FILMED THEIR FIRST TOUR" all pissy and I'm like UH

The first record is ok if you like every every chord having a tritone

hey dickweeds thanks for making me listen to karate next i'm going listen to the dismemberment plan and cut off my cock

haha jesus people freaked out over karate when they first came out! I was like WTF this is boring bullshit.

i like the rodan record, haven't listened to it in awhile. they were cool live, too.

finally pulled out slint last week after not listening to it for years. wow, what a drummer.

oh and the promise ring. jesus christ.

i guess to get back on point, i never really "got" tortoise.

"i" "got" "tortoise"

they were really good live. I think the s/t is their best record. "onions wrapped in rubber."

I liked Rodan too.

never got into Godspeed or the Rachels or any of that stuff though

i moved to chicago in 98 because of post rock

I lived there the summer of 96 for the same reason.

When Millions Now Living came out, or before it, John Mcentire brought a pre-release copy on cassette to Oberlin for the people at the record store, one of whom I'm pretty sure pronounced it "DJ'd". The other side of the tape was all the Stereolab tracks he produced for Emperor Tomato Ketchup and singles.

the mogwai/gybe (and later explosions in the sky) branch of postrock really has nothing to do with the tortoises

crescendo rock is a better term for those jocks. friday night lights, anyone?

The Promise Ring is ok with me but I never listen to that shit. Rachels is pretty ok; record with Matmos good find a while back. Cutty otm

i listened to "very emergency" last week but i don't even know why we are talking about the promise ring here?

i think i'm entering the phase where i'm only going to listen to the music i listened to in high school (1993-1997) for the rest of my life

I downloaded the bad Mineral album the other day!

hahaha Mineral. next it will be Christie Front Drive

Please no.

The last SDRE ("The Rising Tide") is underrated. LP2 is the best tho

did someone say promise ring

http://www.cranktherecordlabel.com

Ha -- forgot it would turn BLUE

crank the record label had the vehicle birth. kudos.

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Neu! part is the best.

yeah vehicle birth were the raddest. also don't forget a minor forest. or fucking hoover. those years were totally my jam.

never liked mogwai tho.