Hey I'm Jeremy Bolm, I'm from the band Touché Amoré.
I'm at Amoeba Hollywood, and this is What's In My Bag.
I'm excited actually that it landed on today to film this
because I'm a big Mark Kozelek/Sun Kil Moon fan
and he put out... or the vinyl version of his last record came out.
He was the singer of Red House Painters and he's just been putting out stuff under Sun Kil Moon
and then also Mark Kozelek. So he'll put out a Sun Kil Moon record
and then three months later put out a Mark Kozelek record
and then announce another Sun Kil... it's just non-stop.
I respect that sort of output, but genuinely at this point, it's just him talking about his day.
And he's blatantly open about how he hates vinyl.
He has no interest in it. He's just like, I'm just gonna keep putting out music.
He puts up pre-orders for CDs, he always says 'vinyl TBA.'
Like he hasn't promoted that this came out today at all.
I just happened to catch it. And he only does like a one time press of these things
'cause he's just like on to the next thing.
Some people have definitely fell off but I'm along for the ride.
I'm enjoying it as it goes.
I was just stoked to find a promo version of this.
I really like Shudder To Think, and this is one of the early records
that Dischord decided to just randomly reissue.
I have an original version of it but it has different artwork and I'm a sucker.
I got into a lot of the bands that they influenced first.
I'm a big Cursive fan, and Cursive notably takes a pretty big influence from Shudder To Think.
Also I'm a huge fan of that show 'The State' that was on MTV in the early 90s.
Craig, the singer of this band, he did the theme song for 'The State.'
Which was also a mix of a Nation of Ulysses song, another Dischord band.
Since then he's done all the music for 'Wet Hot American Summer' and all of those things.
So not only am I a fan of the music he's made with this
I just appreciate him being such an important part of the things that make me laugh.
I have to do full disclosure. I am a 100% jazz poser, right?
Complete poser. I'm in my mid-30s and it was last year when I had the moment
where I was like, I think I have the attention span for jazz now.
Which, I think one of the best things, if not the best thing about music
is that there's no wrong time to get into something.
Y'know I had a talk with somebody recently about...
he was like, man, I feel embarrassed. I just realized I like Neil Young.
I was like, there's no wrong time to decide you like Neil Young, y'know?
So I'm trying to buy one jazz record every month
and give it the attention it deserves and really take it in.
I'll just research where I should go next.
And this has always been one of those records that pops up.
I have not heard this before.
I'm sure people watching this are going, you haven't heard that record? It's the best.
I was making some extra money doing courier work for my girlfriend's company.
And I was traversing Los Angeles, I was doing like 200 miles just around Los Angeles
starting at 7:00 in the morning, driving 'til 9:00 p.m.
I had listened to so much music and so many podcasts
that I had a breaking point where I was like, I can't hear another voice.
What is the most poser thing to put on that everybody has to like?
So I put on Miles Davis 'Kind Of Blue,' and I got a hot coffee and I was driving home
and it was raining and it just like came together. I was like, ok, I like this now.
And it's been a fun exploration since.
It's just like what I was saying with the Neil Young thing, I got into Townes Van Zandt a couple years ago.
And I started with the 'Live in Houston' record, which is a staple.
Y'know everyone kind of says it's a great place to start.
I absolutely love all the records I've got so far but I don't own this one.
A lot of his records have a lot of the same songs on it. It's just like he does different renditions of them.
So I've heard this one but I guess he's playing with a different sort of backup band
Or it's a different performance of a lot of these songs that I haven't heard before.
And lastly
this falls under one of those records where I was like
every time I go to a record store, I look at it and I'm like, I need to buy that.
But I just hadn't got around to it.
And I can't think of a better situation than having a gift certificate
and just being like, ok today's the day.
I have to give my hats off to Thom Yorke for taking a stab at such a beloved soundtrack.
Obviously Goblin did the original and it's such a staple in the realm of horror scores.
So for him to do his own rendition of that soundtrack I think is very cool.
I did enjoy the film a lot and the music was very striking.
Obviously he did his own take on everything and it's very much him.
But it's very haunting and I'm here for it.
Thank you so much.
No problem. I hope that was enough.
Yeah that was great.
Ok, cool.