Pond - Rock Collection (1997)

Pond's first album (self titled on Sub Pop) was a slow grower for me, but after witnessing a killer live performance in 1993, I was nothing short of enamored with them and eventually their record, which at this stage in the game I regard as nothing less than astonishing, and one of the single best debuts of the '90s.  Tight, kinetic guitar rock with a barbed wire exterior cloaking a sickeningly sweet harmonic core.  That little summation hardly does Pond justice, but it's a start.  IMO, their most crucial asset was Charlie Campbell, whose distinctive fretwork was about as fluid and agile as it came.  However, since the Portland, OR trio wasn't quite sludgy enough for the grunge set, they only managed to cast their net so far. 

In about two years time, they pitched a curve ball with the insular, idiosyncratic, and often alienating The Practice of Joy Before Death, a record that hardly played to any of their former strengths.  Creatively, they redeemed themselves on their third and final go around, Rock Collection, which ironically was delivered courtesy of Sony Records, well after Pond's meager industry buzz had quelled.  I regard R/C as a cornucopia of everything Pond had meddled with before, good and otherwise.  Near-perfect dispatches "Flawed" and "Golden" are plenty spry and hooky, but it's only on comparative 'throwbacks,' like "Filterless" that they revisit their trademark rhythmic scheme, which colored so much of their intoxicating early endeavors.  Several other selections, mostly residing on Collection's first half, are nearly as admirable, but a handful of half-baked song-things gum up the works throughout, leading me to believe this disk would have been stronger had it been whittled down to a more concise ten or eleven tracks.  At any rate, you can judge for yourself, and I would further recommend that you treat yourself to Pond's first album if you haven't already.  Oh yeah, don't forget their Moth single (featuring their best b-side), which I'm also hosting.

01. Spokes
02. You're Not an Astronaut
03. Scoliosis
04. One Day in the Future
05. Twins
06. You're Not a Seed
07. Flawed
08. My Dog Is An Astronaut, Though
09. Forget
10. Golden
11. Greyhound
12. Rebury Me
13. Filterless
14. untitled 1
15. untitled 2
16. Ugly

http://rapidshare.com/files/981235412/pond_rockcollection.rar

Dress up for the apocalypse - today!

Last ramble before the New World begins.... Whether or not the rambles will 

continue after that, I have no idea! But things feel very positive when I get away 

from the news and Hollywood, and talk to people around me, and people I come across 

in my day to day life. 
 
The Jewel In The Crown...

 
The Red Crystal organisation is a version of the Red Cross, specific to Israel. It's symbol 

is the star of David. In red. It's the jewel in the crown.  Jewel is Jew.el is Jew god. The Jew 

God in the Crown. And it's in Israel. The Star of David is 6 pointed. You can make a 6 pointed 

crystal shape by putting two square pyramids together, their bases joined. Or you can treat 

the Star of David as a cutout shape to make up to a 3 D shape. Why else does it have 

internal lines? Then you make it up to be a hexagonal pyramid, with a hexagon base, and 6 

sloping triangle sides going to a point. Just like a jewel. 
 
The BANES 6 pointed star...

 
So lucky are we here in Bath and North East Somerset. The symbol of our council is a 6 

pointed star, sideways on, made up of two interlocking triangles in two hues of blue. It 

wouldn't make a hexagonal pyramid, but it could easily represent a 6 pointed crystal made of 

two square pyramids. I am sure every council will have some sort of esoteric symbol, and it 

gives us a clue to its purpose. 
 
Good signs...

 
People are cutting down on Christmas, not planning quite as much, fed up with it. It's as if 

they subliminally know that things may change. 
 
The Festival of Britain, Main Stage...

 
The show continues and gets increasingly ludicrous and obvious. This time the Queen is 

pictured at 10 Downing Street in the cabinet meeting! I think this is set up to show people that 

the Queen and politicians are interchangeable. And you can add celebs and religious leaders 

into that list too. Not many people realised the PM visits the Queen every week. But they do 

now! Kate was on TV the other day like a celeb, presenting some awards. It's all part of the 

stage show. Their acting is getting more and more hammy. All the stage curtains are dropping 

away. Everything is coming to the fore, as it must do. It's as if there is a contractual obligation 

for the elites to reveal everything! Apocalypse means revealing of the hidden. 

TAP - Kate's meant to be the Diana replacement,  She shows more interest in being a 

Victoria Beckham/Hello Magazine cash aware clothes horse, than in the DIana role of earth 

mother.  Diana said to the world 'you are wonderful', which was unacceptable to the Zionist 

Windsors.  The only permitted message to the plebs is 'aren't we wonderful?'  William looks 

tired of the whole thing. 

 The next two days...

 
I am personally looking forward to the next two days. I will be meditating as much as I can 

tomorrow. We have all day while the lines are in harmony. Meditating can be done whatever 

you are doing. You can just do it in a focused joyful loving way. Its not what you do, its the 

way that you do it!  It seems important to enjoy the day, because joy is a high vibration. 

Though you will almost certainly get more power if you can get to a special place, and be in a 

more prayer like state. I personally won't be able to keep that up all day, but I will be for some 

of the day. For some reason I am drawn to wear certain colours tomorrow! 

(See http://suliwrites.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/apocalypse-20-12/)
 
A diamond is forever...

 
A diamond is a star. The stars are forever. There are billions of stars. Do we each have our 

own star? 
 
Seeing numbers...

 
I had a big dose last night. Logged on, computer clock said 20:12. Then as I logged off, it 

said 20:21. These synchronicities seem to be getting more and more frequent for many 

people. 
 
Wells and Obelisks...

 
Wells are round holes in the ground. Obelisks are square pegs pointing to the sky. Square 

pegs and round holes? 

Julia 

TAP - blog won't post any new stuff at the moment.  Have they shut us down? 

The apocalypse welcomed by Google.   I'll wear a bright shirt tomorrow!

 
New on SuliWrites...
http://suliwrites.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/the-field-of-fires/
http://suliwrites.wordpress.com/2012/12/19/the-new-commandment/