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The Cloud Cult fanclub (cult), 2005 lists & tickets
CULT
Members of the Cloud Cult fanclub (also known as the CCC) are: Pitchfork writer Marc Hogan, Jeff from Heartonastick, Jeff from Central Village, and myself. Jeff, Jeff & Marc don't actually know about the club because I created it without telling them (now the'll know though). Membership was based on love for 2005's Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus.
EVIDENCE
Marc Hogan, reviewer of AFTHH for Pitchfork, was the only critic to vote for the album in the 2005 Jazz and Pop. Blogger Jeff from Central Village named it his favorite album of 5765. Jeff Heartonastick himself was the only other blog that listed Cloud Cult as 'top 10' in Heartonastick's 2005 Bloggregate. I never made a list, but Cloud Cult's lack of representation almost motivated me to. Marc gets bonus points for using (three of my faves) Cloud Cult, Arcade Fire and Antony & The Johnsons in the same sentence in his recent Pitchfork feature.
HONORARY MEMBERS: EarFarm and Yeti
Let me know if you think you should be a member of this non-exclusive cult-club. Tickets are on sale for Cloud Cult's upcoming NYC show. Check out all their tour dates.
DOWNLOAD (MP3s)
Living on the Outside of Your Skin
Car Crash
Previously
Econo Culture | A Cloud Cult Interview from Tonic
Cloud Cult @ 169 Bar, NYC | CMJ 2005 | pics
BMJ - Soundcheck @ Tonic, NYC | pics
Cloud Cult MP3s, News & Tour Dates
BMJ: pre-CMJ Show w/ Doveman & Cloud Cult @ Tonic
Cloud Cult | Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus
Posted on February 28, 2006 12:49 PM
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hey! im in that club too! maybe you didn't see me because i was sitting in the shade humming the melody of Transistor Radio
Posted by wes | February 28, 2006 3:31 PM
count me in! cloud cult is definitely in the top five for me last year. amazing stuff. i stayed up until midnight last night to make sure i got my tickets!
Posted by matt | February 28, 2006 3:39 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 4:54 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 4:57 PM
Oh boy, count me 100% glad to be in on the Cloud Cult Cult, I LOVE Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus. If I had gotten the album sooner (meaning in 2005) it would definitely have made my tops of '05 list. Also, I'm pretty darn excited for the Knitting Factory show. An aside to illustrate lack of love: when I went to a certain very well known indie record store here in NYC to buy the album, three of the clerks had not heard of the band and they couldn't find it in their database. They acted like I was asking for an album that had like 100 copies of it pressed in Djibouti so I came home and bought it from Amazon.
Posted by EAR FARM | February 28, 2006 5:00 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 5:01 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 5:04 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 5:08 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 5:12 PM
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Posted by Anonymous | February 28, 2006 6:26 PM
It's a shame this conversation is happening on this thread. The Happy Hippo deserves better. This'll be a great show.
Posted by jerry | February 28, 2006 7:07 PM
I fell in love with them at the 169 CMJ show. They edged Sufjan at Bowery for my favorite show of the year and made the Final Four of my 2005 album tournament by knocking off Stars in the quarterfinals. They also posted a huge first round upset of highly ranked Animal Collective. For those of you who never get tired of lists (VH1 still exists for a reason) my 2005 musings are linked below on what is pretty much the worst website ever. Domain now, design... eventually.
Posted by Ryan | March 1, 2006 3:05 AM
Definitely a member. Hippo was on my year end list. The 169 bar show rocked! Looking forward to "the hype".
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Posted by Anonymous | March 2, 2006 9:05 AM
Thanks for letting us know that the tickets are on sale now. I kept checking but they kept not being there yet. I am so psyched for this show!
Posted by k | March 2, 2006 3:06 PM
Count me in as well! Too bad that they didn't swing by Vancouver - Seattle was just a bit too far away to go and see them.
Posted by Rick Vugteveen | May 19, 2006 3:40 AM
, I'm pretty darn excited for the Knitting Factory show. An aside to illustrate lack of love: when I went to a certain very well known indie record store here in NYC to buy the album, three of the clerks had not heard of the band and they couldn't find it in their database
Posted by oynanan oyunlar | May 9, 2009 2:08 PM