SOUNDTRACK: A HOUSE-I Want Too Much (1990).
I Want Too Much saw a bit of a stylistic shift from the sort of generic indie rock of the first album. Dave Couse’s voice begins to really come into its own with a lot of yelping and higher notes.
The album overall is more experimental, a good stepping stone towards I Am the Greatest. This is probably the last A House record I bought (from Amoeba Records!). And again, had I bought it in 1990, I think I would have loved it.
As it is, it reminds me, once again, of the era (in fact, this album reminds me a lot of James circa 1990). The lyrics are slightly more deep than on the first disc, but I honestly can’t say that the songs really stick out for me.
I may have come to the party too late for this one.
[READ: August 20, 2010] “Los Malos”
This was something of a banner issue of Harper’s for me. I’d been kind of down on the magazine over the last several months as I felt the really good stuff just hadn’t been here. But this issue was packed with great articles.
I was keenly interested in this article because I have recently read Roberto Bolaños’ 2666. That novel is concerned with the senseless and random killings of so many women around Juarez, Mexico. That news story seemed to be just catching on in the mainstream press when it was supplanted by this new horror story that border cities in Mexico are hotbeds of drug-related murders (of men and women). Strangely, I don’t know if the Juarez situation has calmed down or if this is a concurrent mass murder scenario along the border. (more…)
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