#HGPlaylist 39: Anil Kably Walks Us Through His Shoegaze Obsession

#HGPlaylist 39: Anil Kably Walks Us Through His Shoegaze Obsession
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“Jackie T said, she saw death She's done it fifty ways But she's been off that medicine For almost fifteen days.” 

- The Jesus And Mary Chain

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Sometimes, however, you can convince him to do things out of his (anything but comfortable) comfort zone—like compile a playlist for Homegrown in lieu of a vinyl-themed party they’re trying to throw. But you can be dam sure he won’t do it your way. Send him your required ‘format’ in an email and he’ll scribble stray thoughts on green paper and leave you to decipher them while sending you articles like this in response.

But first, here he is on his relationship with records over the years:
“I grew up listening to records. We called them records or LPs. Today, everyone calls them vinyl. The word vinyl was then too technical and tech, technical, technology was something only those acid heads from IIT Powai knew about. I stopped listening to records after I had sold almost all of them to buy opiates and through the years (the ones that no one wanted) survived. I spent countless hours as a teenager looking through my collection everyday, lending what I wanted to listen to.
LPs/ Records were not all I had. I had cassettes too and we spent many afternoons transferring music from records to cassettes for friends and for myself. Making mixed tapes of the best songs, all on one tape.
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Records are special to me because they are music and like many people I know, ‘RockN’ Roll saved my soul. So what is this new found vinyl thing? For me, it is just as natural as turning on your iPod. It’s really about safety. Im safe with vinyl because I know it well, it’s an old friend. Is the sound better?? I don’t know how many people really know about the difference between vinyl quality and CD quality, I don’t give a fuck! But if you put a gun to my head and asked me to choose, I choose ‘records.’
There’s so much said now about the warmth and perfectly imperfect sound quality blah blah blah. If you like listening to vinyl, then do it. If you can afford to buy vinyl, then do it. Holding a record is like making love to the woman of your dreams as opposed to downloading porn and doing yourself a selfie.
All this being said, here’s The Mary Chain, The Mary Chain, The Mary Chain.

I. The Jesus & Mary Chain Album: Automatic Track: Head On

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II. The Jesus & Mary Chain Album: Automatic Track: Between Planets

"Suicide standing sucking in her cheeks
Too much lips and too much eyes
Hasn't slept for weeks."

III. The Jesus And Mary Chain Album: Psycho Candy Tracks: Just Like Honey & Taste Of Cindy

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IV. The Jesus And Mary Chain Album: Darklands Tracks: Happy When It Rains & April Skies

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V. The Psychedelic Furs Album: Book Of Days Track: Book Of Days

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“She is leaving someday. Someday never comes.”

VI. The Psychedelic Furs Album: Book Of Days Track: Entertain Me

“speak, talk to me, show what i am, and cannot be, talk. Entertain me”
Words: Mandovi Menon

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