R. STEVIE MOORE: Hobbies Galore

R. Stevie Moore

Hobbies Galore

© 2003 R. Stevie Moore

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R. STEVIE MOORE has been an eccentric, reclusive home recording artist for over 30 years. Considered the grand-daddy of DIY home recording, Stevie has self-produced over 250 original tape/CDR "albums" and commercially released 16 compilations (on eleven labels in four countries). He has a catalog of over 1000 songs -- at least 435 of which are worth hearing.

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R. Stevie Moore press niblets:

Ira Robbins in the Trouser Press Record Guide: "The American record industry¹s failure to recognize and promote the unique gifts of this giant talent is a case of criminal neglect."

Rolling Stone's Alt-Rock-A-Rama dubs RSM's 1976 LP Phonography one of "The Fifty Most Significant Indie Records" (March 1996): "[Moore is] the man who can safely be credited with bringing home recording to the forefront."

David Fricke on R. Stevie in The New Rolling Stone Record Guide (1983): "He... works in a peculiar corner of pop music space where the alien progressive rock strains of Eno and Fripp, the prankish gags of the Residents, and wholesome American sixties rock & roll intersect. What's even more peculiar is that for the most part it works."

Kurt Loder in Trouser Press on Delicate Tension LP (August 1979): "...a broadly eclectic album unified by a seductive pop-rock logic..."

Tower Pulse on Everything... LP (March 1985): "...an offbeat delight and true sleeper from a founding member and crusader of the growing independent cassette underground."

Underground reviews Teenage Spectacular LP (1987): "R. Stevie should be sponsored by the American people as one of the few realistic pieces of rock 'n' roll history they have left."

The Archive of Contemporary Music reviews Teenage Spectacular LP (1987): "...the crispness of the production only highlights those characteristics which endear him to his listeners: his cantankerous wit, his love of radio montage, and the incredible scope of his musical vocabulary."

The New York Times on a 1986 "Sings at Speakeasy" show: "Some of his selections... were only shards, a few lines long; others had recurring verses and choruses that expanded or shifted in asymmetrical designs."

Sounds (UK) on Verve LP (August 1985): "I believe this man is almost off his trolley, and if he didn't have a creative outlet for his fears Stevie would need an iced bath and a cattle prod in the genitals."

OP on What's the Point?!! LP (1984): "He does things within the standard forms that alter and slightly mutate them into something truly interesting."

Sounds (UK) reviews What's the Point?!! LP (August 1984): "What's the Point?!! is a wry and cutting document of a man with problems who hasn't lost his sense of humour." Five stars out of five!

Melody Maker reviews What's the Point?!! LP (August 1984): "...if only Stevie didn't feel it necessary to skirt half a dozen styles along with the same number of time changes in the space of a single song."

The Boston Phoenix reviews Everything... and What's the Point?!! LPs (May 1984): "...if it tries to cast Moore as a whimsical hermit, a coy Zappa clone, it also demonstrates the breadth of sources he commands..."

Profile in Goldmine (February 1984): "...his tapes... are stunning, atmospheric collages intricately woven with pieces of... styles, influences, gimmicks, passing fancies and trends juxtaposed (or simply hodgepodged) by the stamp that is undeniably Moore's."

Musician gets inside Stevie's gearbox (June 1983): "He gets by just dandy in one cramped corner of a room, nestled into a rat's nest of old boxes and electrical wiring that resembles nothing so much as the DANGER, DON'T DO THIS TO AN OUTLET drawings they used to show us in fire prevention classes."

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  • It cured my rickets.
    author: Trev Order

    I listened to this and it cured my rickets, and my bunions fell off, too. And I can pee without it burning.

  • Underappreciated Gem
    author: Mike Marshall

    R Stevie has created some of the best music ever in the past 30 years. This CD represents his best of the best, although he could easily fill 20 CDs with his best material. Not one bad song on this 78 min album. Worth every penny!

  • author: Burk Sauls

    You know that dream you have sometimes - the one where you notice a door in your house that you never knew was there? Then you open the door and discover a whole new part of your house? That's where R. Stevie Moore lives. Sadly he's one of those musicians who is too often described as undiscovered or overlooked. So, I'm tellin ya, if you want to discover a whole new thing - glittery, clever pop gems that will get stuck in your head for days, check out Mr. Moore's wildly diverse panorama. Yeah, there's a little Brian Wilson and a little Zappa in there, but this stuff is unique... in a good way.

  • R. Stevie's 24 Best Songs CD
    author: Dale Kiddoo

    This is the only compilation I own by R. Stevie Moore. The CD is a good value with over 78 minutes of music. It's great to see R. Stevie Moore using CD Baby to market his CD. I hope he does more of it. The song samples are a great marketing tool to give the listener an idea of what he or she is purchasing. My favorite song is "Part of the Problem".

  • THIS is the guy.
    author: Jeth Nektush

    And THIS collection is the one everybody's been talkin about. Hear for yourself. Undeniable.

  • His Best Yet? Try It.
    author: Jay Eye

    I became aware of R. Stevie Moore over 20 years ago and fell in love with his music straight away. Mostly unavailable until the advent of the internet and maddingly inconsistent to the unadventurous, Stevie inhabits any number of musical guises from new wave, powerpop, glam rock, ersatz punk, ambient soundscapes, avant garde noise, folk, country the list goes on..... So what do we get here? Well, this collection focusses mainly on Stevies New wave and pop sensibilities, from the lush mournings of "Wet Nap" to the low key musings of the title track Stevie takes us on his musical journey through some of his best material and guises. Highlights are too numerous to mention although I especially have a soft spot for "Colliding Circles" one of the so called legendary "lost Beatle songs". In my humble opinion his best collection yet........ apart from possibly "Nevertheless Optimistic". Try it.

  • author: All Music Guide

    AMG REVIEW: Newcomers to R. Stevie Moore's almost overwhelming recorded oeuvre can often throw up their hands in frustration when trying to decide where to begin. As a result, Moore has occasionally put his best stuff on compilation albums, many of which are in fact excellent introductions (1993's Contact Risk is particularly fine). For 2003's Hobbies Galore, however, Moore handed over the compilation reins to his friend Mitchell Friedman, who compiled and sequenced this 24-track collection from the artist's preceding 289 self-released albums, boiling them down into one 80-minute selection of prime R. Stevie Moore. There are none of the spoken word interludes, the found-tape oddities, the oddball covers, the just plain weird experiments, the 20-minute instrumentals, or the comedy skits: just two dozen songs that highlight R. Stevie Moore's very real talent as a pop singer/songwriter and amazingly inventive one-man-band D.I.Y. pioneer. Longtime Moore fans undoubtedly have at least as many personal favorites that are just as suitable for a collection like this ("Manufacturers" and "California Rhythm," for example), but there is no arguing about what's here. From haunting ballads like the hushed title track and the dreamily romantic "Play Myself Some Music" to sturdy power pop like "Why Should I Love You," "Part of the Problem," and the jangleriffic "I Wanna Hit You" to the quirky Sparks-like art pop of "Don't Let Me Go to the Dogs" and "I Wish I Could Sing," every song is a winner. This is, at long last, the absolutely perfect introduction to R. Stevie Moore for the curious but daunted. --Stewart Mason, All Music Guide

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