One of those 'Wat'cha Listenin' To?' threads.

[Petra]

I know, I know...it's soo been done already, but I can't help myself. I became all inspired by liv's thread (http://www.freethought-forum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=249) in Politics and Law, and what I'm listening to now. :D

I've been getting into William Burroughs and his various collaborations lately. A new one I just discovered is Burroughs and Gus Van Sant on a track called The Hipster Be-Bop Junkie. It's a crazy recording. Burroughs lyrics create a typically surreal, narcotic image; and over what I guess is the chorus is a strange echo, intoning like Vogon poetry. And it's all set to a groove that has me imagining the subversive arts and street culture of the Beat Generation all the way to Warhol's Factory and the Velvet Underground. Burroughs twisted humour is as wry and subtle in the guitar lines, as it is not in the Vogon Poetry sounds. This track is a cool, funky, unexpected pleasure - even though I'm one to expect good things from everything Burroughs has recorded.

How 'bout you? What'chu listenin' to now, or what'chu herd lately that floats yer boat?

[JoeP]

William Burroughs? The dead author of Naked Lunch? Weird to find that he's on CD ... but that's rock and roll ...

Makes me feel all modern and with it listening to By The Way (RHCP). Strictly, I'm listening to the guys in the next office arguing about a proposal, but that was the last music I listened to.

[livius drusus]

Air America Radio. :) Burroughs is great on CD: funny and random and eminently quotable if you don't mind people thinking you're as crazy as he was.

[SharonDee]

The 80s channel on XM Radio. Current song: "So Wrong" by Patrick Simmons. I don't recognize it.

[Gawen]

At the moment...nothing. But let me plug in and see what pops up.....

LOL...advertisement....well....just have to wait and see....

Slaughter, You are the one. 1992

As sample:

Lookin' back on time
Ooh we had it made
Together we had the world
Just you and I
It begins to fade

Now I spend my time
Wishin' you were here with me
Oh I wanna tell you now
Wanna tell you now
Just look into my eyes

You are the one
The one I need
To make my dreams come true
Oh you should know
I love you so
And I can't go on without you

[Petra]

~ sample ~

You're one o'them sloppy, romantic types, aren't you? :yup:


Radiohead's Punch up at a Wedding for me, right now. No romance there - these things always end in tears - but I dig the piano and bass lines, and vocal layering. Nice sound. :)

[Petra]

William Burroughs? The dead author of Naked Lunch? Weird to find that he's on CD...

That's the one.

It's not so weird that he is on CD. I have 3 CD's from a book called Poetry Speaks, and contained therein are recordings of now dead poets reading their work, from Tennyson to Plath. And considering how uber-cool the likes of Burroughs, Keruoac, Ginsberg, and the rest of the Beat Gen were, and how they were connected with the Jazz and Be-Bop scene, and their influence still....makes sense to me that their would be recordings of Burroughs collaborating with various musicians. Hell, yeah. :pimp:

Burroughs is great on CD: funny and random and eminently quotable if you don't mind people thinking you're as crazy as he was.Indeed, Bella. :yup: :cool:

[Petra]

The 80s channel on XM Radio. Current song: "So Wrong" by Patrick Simmons. I don't recognize it.

Never heard of it.

Any good?

[Adora]

My New Uber Favourite Band: Franz Ferdinand. Track: 40'

These fuckers rock in a way that very few bands have done in the past 5 years.

[Petra]

My New Uber Favourite Band: Franz Ferdinand. Track: 40'

These fuckers rock in a way that very few bands have done in the past 5 years.

That they do. I've only heard 3 tracks of theirs so far, but my ears picked up on first listening. I'm gonna get me some. :cool:


The Veils' Lavinia is what's on now. Love that guy's voice - it's hauntingly beautiful and this song is perfect for him.

[JoeP]

Franz Ferdinand, ditto. Me atm: Fetish, a South African band now playing in London. "So Many Prophets"

[livius drusus]

Inspired by luna, this morning I popped a mix with a killer WSB track into the CD player. There's no audio file of it on the web that I could find, but you can score the original CD (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000001FYF/qid=1092322243/sr=8-1/ref=pd_ka_1/104-0468532-8150307?v=glance&s=music&n=507846) cheap on Amazon.

Ah Pook the Destroyer... Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
by William S. Burroughs
Itzama, spirit of early mist and showers.
Ixtaub, goddess of ropes and snares.
Ixchel, the spider web, catcher of morning dew.
Zooheekock, virgin fire patroness of infants.
Adziz, the master of cold.
Kockupocket, who works in fire.
Ixtahdoom, she who spits out precious stones.
Ixchunchan, the dangerous one.
Ah Pook, the destroyer.

Hiroshima, 1945, August 6th, 16 minutes past 8 AM
Who really gave that order?
Control. The ugly American. The instrument of Control.
If Control's control is absolute, why does Control need to control?
Control needs time.
Is Control controlled by its need to control?
Yes.
Why does Control need humans, as you call them?
Wait, wait. Time, a landing field.
Death needs time like a junkie needs junk.
And what does Death need time for?
The answer is so simple. Death needs time for what it kills to grow in for Ah Pook's sake.
Death needs time for what it kills to grow in for Ah Pook's sweet sake,
you stupid, vulgar, greedy, ugly American death sucker.
Death needs time for what it kills to grow in for Ah Pook's sweet sake,
you stupid, vulgar, greedy, ugly American death sucker.
Like this....

Bryon Gysin has the all purpose nuclear bedtime story.
The all purpose bedtime story, in fact.
Some trillions of years ago a sloppy, dirty giant flicked grease from his fingernails.
One of those gobs of grease is our universe on its way to the floor.
Splat.

[Petra]

Inspired by luna, this morning I popped a mix with a killer WSB track into the CD player. There's no audio file of it on the web that I could find,
Ah Pook the Destroyer... Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
by William S. Burroughs


Oh, yes there is. :D

Great stuff, liv. Thanks for the lyrics, it's hard to make them out on this rather low bitrate mp3.


:bow:

[Dlanod]

I'm working at home today so I have access to all my CDs and am playing one of my favorite Brazilian albums: Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben's Gil & Jorge. It is a wonderful record from the 1970s where they improvise extended takes on nine of their songs.

It has a spare production with just their two acoustic guitars, bass, a percussion accompaniment and their two voices. No overdubbing, no studio tricks. Both Gil and Jorge are fantastic vocal stylists and the way they trade vocal licks and scats throughout the songs draws me into the music every time.

This is from an era when both Gil & Jorge were well into their exploration of their African heritage and especially the musical influences of Africa. There is a lot of polyrhythmic playfulness along with a little funk and a little rock and roll. They perform one of my favorite Jorge Ben songs, Taj Mahal. In the northern hemisphere it is probably most recognizable through the plagiarized refrain in Rod Stewart's Do You Think I'm Sexy.

- Donald

[livius drusus]

Oh, yes there is. :D

I scoured the web for an hour this morning and made vm do it too, and neither of us found a file. You and your WinMX. :nono:

Great stuff, liv. Thanks for the lyrics, it's hard to make them out on this rather low bitrate mp3.

Damn. That must be really low bitrate, because Burroughs is a master reciter; like Demosthenes on acid. Lots and lots of acid.

[viscousmemories]

I scoured the web for an hour this morning and made vm do it too, and neither of us found a file. You and your WinMX. :nono:
Wait, I even DOWNLOADED and INSTALLED WinMX for this mission, and still found nothing. Did I forget the proper incantations or something?

[livius drusus]

Wait, I even DOWNLOADED and INSTALLED WinMX for this mission, and still found nothing. Did I forget the proper incantations or something?
Oh yeah... Didn't I mention the whole for Ah Pook's sweet sake bit? Sorry about that.

[Petra]

Try searching for it now.

I'll leave WinMX open while I get some sleep, and you should find it I guess.

[viscousmemories]

Speaking of Burroughs and Gysin, one of the few possessions I've held on to since my early 20's is this book (http://www.researchpubs.com/books/bgtgprod.shtml), which was where I first heard about Burroughs and Gysin's cut-up method. I used to keep a journal back then, and I did some experimenting along those lines myself. I didn't actually write prose then cut it up and rearrange it, but rather did it on the fly. In other words, I would start writing kinda stream of consciousness, then periodically glance back a sentence or two, grab a word or thought and run with it. Most of what I produced is nonsense, but some is kinda interesting (to me, anyway). Another of the few possessions I have from my early 20's is that stack of notebooks. In two years I managed to fill about a dozen 100 page college ruled notebooks. Maybe I'll post some excerpts here eventually, in case anyone is ever THAT bored.

Anyway that publishing company has put out some other really cool books, too. Angry Women, for example, is a compilation of really cool essays. I wish I knew who I loaned my copy to, 'cause I want it back. And I've always wanted to order their Modern Primitives book about body piercing and tatoos.

[Petra]

I'm working at home today so I have access to all my CDs and am playing one of my favorite Brazilian albums: Gilberto Gil & Jorge Ben's Gil & Jorge. It is a wonderful record from the 1970s where they improvise extended takes on nine of their songs.

It has a spare production with just their two acoustic guitars, bass, a percussion accompaniment and their two voices. No overdubbing, no studio tricks. Both Gil and Jorge are fantastic vocal stylists and the way they trade vocal licks and scats throughout the songs draws me into the music every time.

This is from an era when both Gil & Jorge were well into their exploration of their African heritage and especially the musical influences of Africa. There is a lot of polyrhythmic playfulness along with a little funk and a little rock and roll. They perform one of my favorite Jorge Ben songs, Taj Mahal. In the northern hemisphere it is probably most recognizable through the plagiarized refrain in Rod Stewart's Do You Think I'm Sexy.

- Donald


I'm rather jealous that you have a bona fide CD of this. I love Afro-Latin sounds, old and new. I have a later recording of Jorge Ben with David Byrne on a tape cassette here somewhere, and I would definitely play it if I had a working cassette deck. And out on loan is a CD of various artists called Red, Hot & Rio which has songs written by Gilberto Gil, among others. Thanks for reminding me of them.

Check out these guys (http://www.heavyloungesuite.co.nz/) if you feel like it. I think you will like them. :)

[Adora]

I'm currently being really really pop and listening to the Sugababes...

Yes, I know. SHAME!

*digs her grave deeper by singing along*

But on a more obscure note, does anyone know where I could get an MP3 of Eddie Hazel's Maggot Brain? I've been looking for it all over the place, and I can't find it anywhere. :(

[Petra]

I'm currently being really really pop and listening to the Sugababes...

Yes, I know. SHAME!

*digs her grave deeper by singing along*

Whaddaya mean, "shame"? Nonsense! I love the Sugababes. There's some great pop music out there, too, y'know. Those girls are so young, and they totally rock. hothothot.

But on a more obscure note, does anyone know where I could get an MP3 of Eddie Hazel's Maggot Brain? I've been looking for it all over the place, and I can't find it anywhere. :(

This line freaked me out. I've just finished playing minigolf in the arcade and thought I'd stroll on over to say that I'm juss chillin' and listenin' to Funkadelic's Maggot Brain. I kid you not. Weird.

Anyway, send me your email addy if it can handle a big file, and I'll send it to ya. Ask and ye shall receive. :yup:

[Petra]

Joni Mitchell and The Chieftans, The Magdalene Laundries (http://www.jmdl.com/glossary/magdalene.cfm).

Just heard it for the first time. Damned near made me cry, it's such a powerful lament.


I was an unmarried girl
I'd just turned twenty-seven
When they sent me to the sisters
For the way men looked at me
Branded as a jezebel
I knew I was not bound for Heaven
I'd be cast in shame
Into the Magdalene laundries

Most girls come here pregnant
Some by their own fathers
Bridget got that belly
By her parish priest
We're trying to get things white as snow
All of us woe-begotten-daughters
In the steaming stains
Of the Magdalene laundries

Prostitutes and destitutes
And temptresses like me--
Fallen women--
Sentenced into dreamless drudgery ...
Why do they call this heartless place
Our Lady of Charity?
Oh charity!

These bloodless brides of Jesus
If they had just once glimpsed their groom
Then they'd know, and they'd drop the stones
Concealed behind their rosaries
They wilt the grass they walk upon
They leech the light out of a room
They'd like to drive us down the drain
At the Magdalene laundries

Peg O'Connell died today
She was a cheeky girl
A flirt
They just stuffed her in a hole!
Surely to God you'd think at least some bells should ring!
One day I'm going to die here too
And they'll plant me in the dirt
Like some lame bulb
That never blooms come any spring
Not any spring
No, not any spring
Not any spring

[Adora]

W00t! Thanks so much luna!

[Petra]

Ah Pook the Destroyer... Brion Gysin's All-Purpose Bedtime Story
by William S. Burroughs


:woohoo:

Just scored a version of this with a higher bitrate. It's good to be able to hear it properly (well, as properly as an mp3 gets, anyway.)

:woohoo:

[Petra]

W00t! Thanks so much luna!

My pleasure. Check your email. :)

[viscousmemories]

:woohoo:

Just scored a version of this with a higher bitrate. It's good to be able to hear it properly (well, as properly as an mp3 gets, anyway.)

:woohoo:
What exactly are you searching for? I'm using the latest version of WinMX with the mapped TCP and UDP ports (so my hits should be maxxed) and coming up with nada. :(

[Petra]

Simply search for William Burroughs, and you'll get plenty of hits. If you see a user by the name of lunachick505, then upload from her, 'cos she's me.

It could be that we are going through different routers, or whatever they are, but hopefully, you'll see me there. Naturally, I'm going through Australia/Asia rather than the Americas.

It'll be open all night while I sleep, so you have time.

Good luck. :)


(If you have any trouble, send me an email addy that can handle big files, and I'll sent it to you)

[viscousmemories]

Simply search for William Burroughs, and you'll get plenty of hits. If you see a user by the name of lunachick505, then upload from her, 'cos she's me.
Ah, thanks dah'link. You're right that 'William Burroughs' brings a lot of hits, including a copy of that file (though not from you, oddly). Strange that 'burroughs', 'burroughs gysin', 'burroughs gysin destroyer', 'ah pook', 'ah pook destroyer', 'burroughs ah pook destroyer', etc. brought nada. :glare:

It could be that we are going through different routers, or whatever they are, but hopefully, you'll see me there. Naturally, I'm going through Australia/Asia rather than the Americas.
We probably are on different subnets. I don't seize you.

It'll be open all night while I sleep, so you have time.

Good luck. :)

(If you have any trouble, send me an email addy that can handle big files, and I'll sent it to you)
Hopefully I'll get it now. :)

[viscousmemories]

Ahhh.... I finally got it, and it was clear and awesome.

I think it's likely that the first time I heard Burroughs was in Sharkey's Night, by Laurie Anderson. Speaking of whom... I got this double CD of hers called Live in New York, which is a recording of her performance at NY's Town Hall a week after the 9/11 attacks. Enclosed in the CD was a little piece of paper with her thoughts on the show, which ends with this:

I know many artists had the feeling last fall that their work took on new meaning. For me, singing lines from "O Superman" like "Here come the planes. They're American planes. Made in America." felt like I had written it yesterday. In fact, I wrote that song in 1980 during the Iran-Contra affair, which now seemed like part of a longer conflict that continues to rage between the worlds of Islam and the West. It wasn't that the songs were "prophetic" as several reviewers pointed out. It was simply that this war was still going on. Loss, betrayal, death, technology, anger and angels, these have often been the things I have written about. At Town Hall in New York I was singing for once about the absolute present.

[D. Scarlatti]

The Magdalene Laundries ... Just heard it for the first time.

Joni Mitchell ... is a genius.

I just came across something I'd forgotten I had, the complete version of The Guess Who's 1972 album Live At The Paramount (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004VW2I/qid=1092411384/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9257837-2517449?v=glance&s=music), which contains a half a dozen more songs than the original release. I scored the mp3s a few years ago off Napster. There is a pretty funny review of Live At The Paramount in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679720456/qid=1092412315/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9257837-2517449?v=glance&s=books), a brilliant and hilarious collection of Lester Bangs' articles from old Creem magazines and elsewhere. Bangs gave the live album full marks, and may have been the only rock critic to refer to Burton Cummings as a "punk," on the strength of the 17-minute version of American Woman, which features Cummings' extemporaneous musings: "American bitch, American lesbian, American slut, American nurse."

I don't know what the hell ever happened to Burton Cummings, apparently he became a Vancouver real estate mogul or something, but in his day he was one of the best singers to come out of Winnipeg, or anywhere else for that matter. The line-up on Live At The Paramount (and several other albums) also featured probably one of the most underrated guitarists ever, the late Kurt Winter, who also wrote or co-wrote a load of the GW's biggest hits.

Live At The Paramount is the band at its best, from their heaviest to the gorgeous Cummings ballad Sour Suite. That was one hell of a versatile band.

[JoeP]

Nothing wrong with Sugababes ... except ... going along with this evil trend of sampling classics from my youth and sticking out-of-character lyrics over them. I'm thinking of their song which uses Gary Numan's Are Friends Electric. I heard another song, which fortunately I don't know any details of, in a music store which was over Bela Lugosi's Dead. Heresy! How dare they!

Anyway, have just removed Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" from the CD player and started on Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins).

[Dlanod]

I'm rather jealous that you have a bona fide CD of this. I love Afro-Latin sounds, old and new. I have a later recording of Jorge Ben with David Byrne on a tape cassette here somewhere, and I would definitely play it if I had a working cassette deck. And out on loan is a CD of various artists called Red, Hot & Rio which has songs written by Gilberto Gil, among others. Thanks for reminding me of them.

Check out these guys (http://www.heavyloungesuite.co.nz/) if you feel like it. I think you will like them. :)

Thanks for the link. They sound like they would be a lot of fun to hear live. It will probably be a few more years before I get to NZ, however.

I'm not familiar with Jorge Ben and David Byrne working together. I know a number of Jorge Ben's songs appeared on Brazil Classics Vol. 1 that David Byrne put together on Luaka Bop. If you run across that tape sometime I would be interested in knowing what it is.

- Donald

[Petra]

Thanks for the link. They sound like they would be a lot of fun to hear live. It will probably be a few more years before I get to NZ, however.

Yeah, they're great. :)

If I see them around anywhere, I'll ask when and where they'll be playing in the States. They're in Europe at the moment, though, so probably won't see them till the summer.

I'm not familiar with Jorge Ben and David Byrne working together. I know a number of Jorge Ben's songs appeared on Brazil Classics Vol. 1 that David Byrne put together on Luaka Bop. If you run across that tape sometime I would be interested in knowing what it is.

- Donald

Luaka Bop is the one, and after a quick rummage I've found the tape. It's a homemade tape with Coupé Cloué's Maximum Compas from Haiti on the other side.

The track from Jorge Ben on A Luaka Bop is Ponta de Lanca Africano and it's my fave track on the album.

Another great on the album is Caetano Veloso, who has a new album out called A Foreign Sound. I haven't heard it, but read a good review of it recently.

[Petra]

Joni Mitchell ... is a genius.

Yup.

I just came across something I'd forgotten I had, the complete version of The Guess Who's 1972 album Live At The Paramount (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00004VW2I/qid=1092411384/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9257837-2517449?v=glance&s=music), which contains a half a dozen more songs than the original release.Hey, I used to have that on vinyl! Loved it. I have no idea which version it was, though. We used to play America Woman at mega-decibels, and rawk.

I'm pretty sure Burton Cummings did some solo stuff after The Guess Who, but my memory is hazy. There is a pretty funny review of Live At The Paramount in Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0679720456/qid=1092412315/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/103-9257837-2517449?v=glance&s=books), a brilliant and hilarious collection of Lester Bangs' articles from old Creem magazines and elsewhere.That book looks excellent. Wish I had a darned credit card, I'd buy a copy for myself and a copy for my old mate, Paul, who is a drummer and avid reader of anything to do with music.

I don't know what the hell ever happened to Burton Cummings, apparently he became a Vancouver real estate mogul or something, but in his day he was one of the best singers to come out of Winnipeg, or anywhere else for that matter.Seems to happen to so many - restauranteurs, real estate, club owners...where's the punk and anti-establishment in that?! Ahh, well, I guess that's reality, eh, and reality ain't rock'n'roll.

(I was hoping you'd show up in this thread, Scarlatti. :))

[Petra]

Anyway, have just removed Sheryl Crow "Sheryl Crow" from the CD player and started on Adore (The Smashing Pumpkins).

I'm not going to talk about Sheryl Crow, as I'm not into her stuff at all.

Smashing Pumpkins have their moments, though. I haven't heard Adore yet - what are your thoughts on this album as a stand alone work, and in comparison with their other work?

I downloaded some Zwan last weekend, and rather liked it. I'll have to hear it a few more times before commenting further, though - as rock goes it largely got lost amongst the other rock/alt. rock tracks on the playlist. One or two songs really caught my attention, but fucked if I can remember which ones.

[D. Scarlatti]

I'm pretty sure Burton Cummings did some solo stuff after The Guess Who, but my memory is hazy.

Yeah he did, but it sucked. I have his first solo record, which is pretty pedestrian except for the lounge/big band version of his erstwhile compadre Randy Bachman's You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet. Last record of his I saw was called Dream Of A Child or some such shit. I read an interview with him one time and he said The Guess Who would basically ingest any drug they could get their hands on, so I guess that fucked his head.

That book looks excellent.

It is. There's an entire section dealing with his unhealthy obsession with Lou Reed, a review of a Barry White concert that is just hysterical, plus loads of other stuff. He was a brilliant writer, even though a lot of his subject matter was completely absurd.

I might be listening to Tom Waits' Big Time in a couple of hours, since one of the old repertory cinemas is showing it at midnight for four bucks. I saw it when it first came out, which was 1988 I think, in Calgary, where I was working. I still laugh at that story about the soldier who impregnated the girl after a bullet passed through his testicle into her ovaries: "It's a form of intercourse but ... not ... for everyone." "She's fine, the baby's fine ... the soldier was a little pissed off ..."

[Adora]

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere over the Rainbow/It's a wonderful world.

You can't believe a guy that was so fat could play the ukelalee(sp?) so well.

[wade-w]

Right now, I have Frank Zappa's Make a Jazz Noise Here playing. It's from his last tour, circa 1988. While many of the tracks are pieced together from various performances, there are NO overdubs anywhere on the CD. So what you hear is ALL live music, as it was performed on stage. And it just points up how incredibly tight this band was. There are several CD's out consisting of material from the same tour, my other favorite example being The Best Band you Never Heard In Your Life. All of them are overdub free. One thing that I find amusing about Make a jazz Noise Here is the intro. Zappa is addressing the audience, and says:

Did everyone hear the great news today? Jimmy Swaggart under investigation! Maybe one day all of those cocksuckers will get caught!

He then goes on to quote Cal Thomas about how there were not multiple prostitutes involved.

Next up will be anther Zappa CD, You Can't Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol. II. Most of that series is compiled live stuff from all over the map. On most of the CD's, you'll find stuff from the early mothers right next to stuff from his solo career. All of it is sans overdubs as well. Vol II, however, is the complete Helsinki show from 1974.

If you can't tell, I'm a huge Zappa fan. I especially enjoy his live albums. They combine the passion and electricity of a live performance with a precision that many bands couldn't achieve with months in a studio. They're an amazing demonstration of musicianship.

[Petra]

I might be listening to Tom Waits' Big Time in a couple of hours, since one of the old repertory cinemas is showing it at midnight for four bucks. I saw it when it first came out, which was 1988 I think, in Calgary, where I was working. I still laugh at that story about the soldier who impregnated the girl after a bullet passed through his testicle into her ovaries: "It's a form of intercourse but ... not ... for everyone." "She's fine, the baby's fine ... the soldier was a little pissed off ..."

Hmmm. I was living in the Aussie rainforest in 1988, and I mean that quite literally, so missed a lot of what was going on in the outside world. But I shall make amends and look for the rental video, which I hope exists if just for that faster-than-a-speeding-bullet intercourse story. :D

I'm a huge Tom Waits fan, ever since I first heard 16 Shells From A Thirty-Ought-Six back when I was about 20 or so. The album that the track is on, Swordfishtrombone, is still one of my fave Tom Waits albums. His much later Mule Variations is also a favourite, and given that I own it in the modern digital compact disc format, rather than the old groovy vinyl slab format, I'm happy to say I still get to hear it. :)

[Petra]

Israel Kamakawiwo'ole- Somewhere over the Rainbow/It's a wonderful world.

You can't believe a guy that was so fat could play the ukelalee(sp?) so well.

Sounds interesting. Where is he from?

[Petra]

Frank Zappa

Frank Zappa is a genius, and I'm in full agreement as to the tighness of The Mothers.

I have a video of Zappa performing Cosmic Debris live on my pc. You wannit? :wink:

[Adora]

Sounds interesting. Where is he from?

Hawaii. He's dead now. The whole family are Hawaiian music stars.

[Petra]

Under duress, I'm listening to Blink 182's album. Hugo kindly made Zoe some CD's of her favourite music - Blink 182, Linkin Park, etc - and as she has volunteered to clean my car, the playlist for the afternoon is her call.

So Blink 182 it is. I'm not a fan, but after listening through the album I can see the appeal this band has. I'm sure if I was a young teen all over again, I'd probably like these guys as much as I liked Plastic Bertrand and Gary Numan way back when dinosaurs roamed the earth.

The song playing from Blink's album now is Easy Target, and has some rather pleasant overtones of The Cure. It ain't me, but it ain't bad.

[Petra]

Hawaii. He's dead now. The whole family are Hawaiian music stars.

Ahhh, the Lu'au. I'd like a little more rum in my pineapple and coconut, please.
:D

[Petra]

Zoe and I now both agree that the best thing to listen to while folding laundry is Supergroove's Traction.. Supergroove (http://www.muzic.net.nz/artists/93.html) was probably the first Kiwi thing I'd heard after returning to NZ mid-1994 after almost 10 years abroad. I remember lying in bed in an apartment my mum owned in Rotorua, watching a NZ music tv show while my new baby slept peacefully in a cot less than a metre from me. I had been back in NZ less than a month and was quite depressed at the turn my life had taken - I needed to be back in NZ, but didn't want to be. But, then, Supergroove burst into the room! Damn, I was impressed - perhaps NZ wasn't so dull after all!

Supergroove were like a supernova - they burned so bright, but didn't last. Che Fu has continued to impress me, though, even if his hard-rockin-funk-beat sound has become more mellow and polynesian/almosthiphop influenced since those earlier Supergroove glory days.

If you can, check 'em out.

Recommended. :)

[wade-w]

I have a video of Zappa performing Cosmic Debris live on my pc. You wannit? :wink:

/me drools!

Most definitely!

[JoeP]

I'm not going to talk about Sheryl Crow, as I'm not into her stuff at all.

Smashing Pumpkins have their moments, though. I haven't heard Adore yet - what are your thoughts on this album as a stand alone work, and in comparison with their other work?

I downloaded some Zwan last weekend, and rather liked it. I'll have to hear it a few more times before commenting further, though - as rock goes it largely got lost amongst the other rock/alt. rock tracks on the playlist. One or two songs really caught my attention, but fucked if I can remember which ones.
I'm still getting into Zwan and not sure.

Adore has been billed as a big disappointment to Pumpkins fans who liked the loud, aggressive stadium-rock style songs, but - while it has a couple of very quiet and sparse tracks (e.g. To Sheila) that don't really have precedents in their work - it shows the same kind of dynamic range: multiple layers of attacking distorted guitars and vocals, then piano with acoustic echo, sometimes in the same song (e.g. For Martha, which I think is about his mother's death).

In its own right I find it lacking something as a record to listen to as a whole - patchy perhaps - but there are three or four songs which I could listen to on repeat for a long time. Say Tear, Shame and For Martha. They're powerful, expressive, dig-inside-you songs - and maybe only so after a number of listenings.

Anyway, I've swapped it for MACHINA which is more of the older style with some curiously melodic stuff mixed in.

[pescifish]

Bedroom CD/DVD player: one of the Dead Can Dance CDs
Metallica Black music DVD
Moby Play

Living Room CD/DVD player: one of the Loreena McKennet CDs
Dead Milkmen DEATH RIDES A PALE COW - The Ultimate Collection
Baaba Maal Nomad Soul


Car CD: Brian Eno collection made by my sister
Norah Jones come away with me
Chris Isaak something


Truck CD: No Doubt something or another
Madonna American Life


Work: Annie Lennox Bare
Gloria Estefan mi tierra
Lisa Gerrard & Pieter Bourke Duality
Joan Osborne Righteous Love

[livius drusus]

Joan Osborne can sure sing her some classics. Have you seen Standing in the Shadows of Motown, by any chance?

[pescifish]

Joan Osborne can sure sing her some classics. Have you seen Standing in the Shadows of Motown, by any chance?
I think I have it, maybe. I have definitely heard her covers of some classic songs, but I can't remember if it was on that CD or radio. I liked her covers because they weren't different enough from the original to be disturbing/disappointing, but they still had some bit of unique Joan Osborne-ness to them.

As with most things in my life, I am very ...uhm... haphazard about my music. I tend to glom onto an artist and buy several CDs, then bury them under a pile of something and buy some of them again by accident when I go to buy that artist's latest CD.

[Adora]

Daddy Cool- Boney M *boogies around* and I'm currently downloading Bahama Mama.

[livius drusus]

I think I have it, maybe. I have definitely heard her covers of some classic songs, but I can't remember if it was on that CD or radio.

I meant the documentary (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00008J2HC/qid=1092705503/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-0468532-8150307?v=glance&s=dvd), although she may well have a CD out based on those songs for all I know. :)

I liked her covers because they weren't different enough from the original to be disturbing/disappointing, but they still had some bit of unique Joan Osborne-ness to them.

Yes, that was exactly my impression too. She seemed to really love the original songs and knows them so well.

As with most things in my life, I am very ...uhm... haphazard about my music. I tend to glom onto an artist and buy several CDs, then bury them under a pile of something and buy some of them again by accident when I go to buy that artist's latest CD.

I just might possibly have done that once or twice meself.

[Petra]

Hmmm. I was always a bit dismissive of Joan Osborne. Looks like I might have to add that to my "check it out" list. Same with that Smashing Pumpkins album, Adore.


Right now, I'm listening to The Generator. (http://www.thegenerator.co.nz/audiostream.htm) It's a small, local alternative rock station that plays a lot of NZ music, too. I'm supposed to be their advertising rep, but I can't see that working out for long, though - I'm gonna need a real proper salary very soon. Which is a shame, 'cos they're good people and I could have some fun working with them. Alas, money I can depend on is a little more important than fun right now. Which is a bummer, 'cos I really like fun.

[Shake]

Just see my sig.

[Petra]

Just see my sig.

I love that album. :)

Right now I'm listening to Tool's cover of Led Zeppelin's No Quarter. I loved that track, especially the live version on Song Remains the Same. Tool breathe new life into it, even though they've kept it pretty true to the original live version. It rocks, like, totally.

Ooops, just finished - now it's Santa Claus is Smoking Reefer by the Squirrel Nut Zippers...


darn...short song, slow typing...


It's NZ's own The Datsun's with In Love, from their debut album, recorded in London with Led Zep's old bassist, John Paul Jones - how cool is that! The feel of this track is very much early Deep Purple with that heavy organ influence. It also rocks, like, totally.

:cool:


Okay, okay - it's the Chemical Brothers with Brad Pitt from the soundtrack to Fight Club.


Woohoo! Friday Night - I might go get me some brewskis. :D

[Adora]

Hendrix. Just Hendrix. Pure fucking guitar sex.

[Petra]

Hendrix. Just Hendrix. Pure fucking guitar sex.

Indeed. I'da shagged Hendrix.
:cool:


Just finished listening to Dr. John's How come my dog don't dark when you come around. Great story telling and dark, wry humour.


But right now, Kiwi band Good Shirt's Not a bad place to be.



I love these hours of random mp3 mixes.


oooh, Aerosmith's Dream On...


I think it's time to grab a beer. :cool:

[Petra]

I'm on a roll...

Frank Zappa's Cosmic Debris.

Nuff said.

[Petra]

Nick Cave, Do you love me?

Well, do ya? Punk.




I love Nick Cave. I think he is the genius of dark tales with accompanying music that is cool as fuck. He's classical literature meets soundtrack. It's art, baby, and while he isn't a handsome man in the 'traditional' sense, I think he's sexy as hell.


Still typing too slow...

The Vines, covering The Rolling Stone's Paint it Black

[Petra]

Ooooh...a verrry oldie but goodie.


David Essex, Rock On.

At something like 10 years old this aroused me. David Essex posters, coupled with this track, was like sex to this particular prepubescent.

But, shhh, don't tell my mum. :wink:

[Petra]

Jello Biafra and Mojo Nixon, Love Me, I'm a Liberal. LOL!



Okay, I'll stop now. :blush:

[beyelzu]

Nick Cave, Do you love me?

Well, do ya? Punk.




I love Nick Cave. I think he is the genius of dark tales with accompanying music that is cool as fuck. He's classical literature meets soundtrack. It's art, baby, and while he isn't a handsome man in the 'traditional' sense, I think he's sexy as hell.


Still typing too slow...

The Vines, covering The Rolling Stone's Paint it Black

you didnt post in my nick cave thread at ii
http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=98510


nick cave and the bad seeds is my favorite band.

right now I am listening to alix olson.

a lesbian feminist militant folk singer who much more importantly is a hell of a word smith.

her feminist take on fairy tales is awesome.

"it's a joke a lie an exagerration a fib, I aint gonna believe that I came from his rib."

[Godless Dave]

I'm at work now so I'm not listening to anything. But on heavy rotation in my car's 6-disc changer are:

The Beastie Boys' latest, "To the Five Buroughs". Good stuff from the Boys. And if you don't like it, then hey, fuck you.

A live Cure show from the Bloodflowers tour (downloaded via Furthurnet).

A mix of various REO Speedwagon classics.

"Punts" by Todd Menton (http://toddmenton.com/), solely because my band wants to cover the song 1952 Vincent Black Lightning (written by Richard Thompson) and I'm going crazy trying to learn the rhythm.

[Petra]

Richard Thompson as in Mannfred Mann an' shit?

[Godless Dave]

Richard Thompson of the Fairport Convention and various albums recorded solo and with his then wife Linda. This page (http://www.richardthompson-music.com/bio.asp) does not mention Mannfred Mann so AFAIK there is no connection. He was born and raised in London but Fairport Convention was a California band. Not sure where he lives now.

I'm not super into his music, but he's popular among the local folkies. "1952 Vincent Black Lightning" is a ballad about a motorcycle-riding criminal and the woman he loves.

Oh says Red Molly to James "That's a fine motorbike.
A girl could feel special on any such like"
Says James to Red Molly "My hat's off to you
It's a Vincent Black Lightning, 1952.
And I've seen you at the corners and cafes it seems
Red hair and black leather, my favourite colour scheme"
And he pulled her on behind and down to Boxhill they did ride

Oh says James to Red Molly "Here's a ring for your right hand
But I'll tell you in earnest I'm a dangerous man.
For I've fought with the law since I was seventeen,
I robbed many a man to get my Vincent machine.
Now I'm 21 years, I might make 22
And I don't mind dying, but for the love of you.
And if fate should break my stride
Then I'll give you my Vincent to ride"

"Come down, come down, Red Molly" called Sergeant McRae
"For they've taken young James Adie for armed robbery.
Shotgun blast hit his chest, left nothing inside.
Oh come down, Red Molly to his dying bedside"
When she came to the hospital, there wasn't much left
He was running out of road, he was running out of breath
But he smiled to see her cry
He said "I'll give you my Vincent to ride"

Says James "In my opinion, there's nothing in this world
Beats a 52 Vincent and a red headed girl.
Now Nortons and Indians and Greeves won't do,
Ah, they don't have a soul like a Vincent 52"
Oh he reached for her hand and he slipped her the keys
Said "I've got no further use for these.
I see angels on Ariels in leather and chrome,
Swooping down from heaven to carry me home"
And he gave her one last kiss and died
And he gave her his Vincent to ride.

You should be able to find it on the Gnutella network. His version, off 1991's Rumor and Sigh, is the best, but the one my band leader knows was recorded by Todd Menton, a Minnesota musician (formerly of Boiled in Lead). Todd's version isn't nearly as good IMHO. Both versions have guitar parts that my right hand can't handle.

[JoeP]

atm, Evanescence.

Before that, Travis, The Invisible Band.

Time exists
Just on your wrist so don't panic
Moments last
And lifetimes are lost in a day
So wind your watches down please
Cos there is no time to lose

Before that, Machina, The Smashing Pumpkins

And all the spiders wonder
What we've got us in

[Farren]

Franz Ferdinand, ditto. Me atm: Fetish, a South African band now playing in London. "So Many Prophets"

What kind of sound do they make Joe? I've seen their name in the papers a few times and read some praise but never heard them. They sound gothic.

[Petra]

Richard Thompson of the Fairport Convention and various albums recorded solo and with his then wife Linda.

My bad. I was thinking of Chris Thompson, who penned The Mighty Quinn and Blinded by the Light. He used to be in a band called Mandrake with old boyfriend of mine, back when he still lived here in Hamilton in the early 70's, just prior to joining Mannfred Mann. Nice guy.

I used to have record of Richard and Linda Thompson, but I can't really recall ever listening to it. I know I have an mp3 of Richard solo here somewhere.

That can be the problem of having too many records, tapes, etc - some of them never make it to actually getting listened to.

[Petra]

atm, Evanescence.

Before that, Travis, The Invisible Band.

Time exists
Just on your wrist so don't panic
Moments last
And lifetimes are lost in a day
So wind your watches down please
Cos there is no time to lose

Before that, Machina, The Smashing Pumpkins

And all the spiders wonder
What we've got us in


Oooh, I like Travis. Can't friggin' stand Evanescence though. There's just something about that woman's voice that makes me wanna beat her up. :yup:

[Petra]

Franz Ferdinand, ditto. Me atm: Fetish, a South African band now playing in London. "So Many Prophets"

What kind of sound do they make Joe? I've seen their name in the papers a few times and read some praise but never heard them. They sound gothic.

I dig Franz Ferdinand, too. They're great.


What South African bands, new and old, would you recommend to an ecclectic aural junkie such as myself? Doesn't even have to be from the South of Africa - anything from anywhere. I'm all ears. :)

[Petra]

I'm currently listening to some Velvet Revolver. Before that I gave Tori Amos and Beth Orton a whirl. I had a binge night last night, so have been listening to fairly laid back stuff today.

Oooh, ooh, and I listened to William Burroughs read from Naked Lunch for about an hour this afternoon. Too cool.

[Petra]

you didnt post in my nick cave thread at ii
http://www.iidb.org/vbb/showthread.php?t=98510


nick cave and the bad seeds is my favorite band.

right now I am listening to alix olson.

a lesbian feminist militant folk singer who much more importantly is a hell of a word smith.

her feminist take on fairy tales is awesome.

"it's a joke a lie an exagerration a fib, I aint gonna believe that I came from his rib."


I missed this post. And missed your Nick Cave thread. I'll contribute to it a bit later - after my poor ol' drunken head clears a little more.

Never heard of Alix Olson, but she sounds like something I might like. WinMX here I come! :D

[clinttaylor]

Hmm....Tonight has included anything from Bob Marley, to Dead Kennedys, to BOC, to Disturbed, to King Crimson, to Primus, to Cheap Trick, to Cake, ect.

I like both kinds of music.....rock and/or roll.

[D. Scarlatti]

I was thinking of Chris Thompson, who penned The Mighty Quinn and Blinded by the Light.

That would be Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, respectively.

Bit off topic, but this is pretty comical:

Matchbox Twenty Finally Finishes Watering Down Long-Awaited New Album (http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4038&n=1)

According to band members, hundreds of hours were spent in the studio trying to render the sound adequately benign.

"No matter how many times we recorded the new single 'Sitting Down (Hands At My Side),' there was still a certain 'oomph' coming through in the drums, a loud-ish, slightly gripping sound that we couldn't remove," drummer Paul Doucette said. "Finally, after running them through about two dozen filters, we managed to get that 'plastic spork hitting mashed potatoes' sound we were after."

[Adora]

Public Enemy - 911. Hee *breaks out the oversized clocks*

[Petra]

I was thinking of Chris Thompson, who penned The Mighty Quinn and Blinded by the Light.

That would be Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen, respectively.Really?

Come to think of it, The Mighty Quinn does sound very Dylan. Are you sure about Blinded by the Light, though? I'd always heard that Chris wrote those songs, and so just believed it. :shrug:

Bit off topic, but this is pretty comical:

Matchbox Twenty Finally Finishes Watering Down Long-Awaited New Album (http://www.theonion.com/news/index.php?issue=4038&n=1)

According to band members, hundreds of hours were spent in the studio trying to render the sound adequately benign.

"No matter how many times we recorded the new single 'Sitting Down (Hands At My Side),' there was still a certain 'oomph' coming through in the drums, a loud-ish, slightly gripping sound that we couldn't remove," drummer Paul Doucette said. "Finally, after running them through about two dozen filters, we managed to get that 'plastic spork hitting mashed potatoes' sound we were after."

LMAO! That was some funny shit. I've never liked Matchbox 20, and I give my sister a hard time as she bought one of their albums and likes it. Heh. I've sent the article to her. :D

The release has been eagerly awaited by Matchbox Twenty's enormous fan base, composed of American record buyers who have a limited interest in music but enjoy the act of shopping. In order to satisfy the undemanding non-tastes of this lucrative market, Matchbox Twenty has made every effort to create what record-industry insiders say is the band's least distinctive album yet.

"Our goal was to follow in the tradition of great multi-platinum artists like Elton John, Phil Collins, and the Dave Matthews Band—sales powerhouses who relied on the musical ignorance of their fans," Thomas told reporters following Monday's announcement. "We knew that if we wanted to match those historic giants for sheer lack of energy, we couldn't settle for anything less than total banality. And, though it took a lot of time and effort, I think we achieved that—an album that sets a new standard for trite crapola."

There was a similar problem, band members said, with the guitar solos, some of which contained trace elements of what musicians call "passion." In addition, the interplay among bass, drums, and guitars occasionally produced uncomfortable polyrhythmic effects that provoked unintentional toe-tapping or head-bobbing in listeners. The problems were fixed through extensive re-recording.

"I'm satisfied that all the watering-down we put into this album was worth it," Thomas said. "My lyrics are super-bland, the bass might as well have been recorded on a keyboard, and just wait until you hear how dull we managed to make the guitars sound. It's amazing."

ROFL!

I always wondered what the appeal with Dave Matthews was, too. He played with some awesome people here and there, and played sold out ENORMOUS gigs, and yet he himself is dull as fuck. What was that all about? Why him? :shrug:


Thanks for the laugh, Scarlatti. :)

[Petra]

Right now, I'm listening to Steely Dan's Aja album.

I'm a big fan of Steely Dan, have been since I was a young'un. Listening to them today has me appreciating how great those two guys were, and how ahead of it's time their music was.

I watched a vid that had interviews with Fagan and Becker (Brecker? can't remember) and they struck me as highly intelligent, creative genuises. I'd imagine they would have been quite difficult to work with if you're one of those "she'll be right" people, though, as they are fastidious perfectionists. I cannot recall a dud song from them, and they put out plenty.

[beyelzu]

I always wondered what the appeal with Dave Matthews was, too. He played with some awesome people here and there, and played sold out ENORMOUS gigs, and yet he himself is dull as fuck. What was that all about? Why him? :shrug:



indeed, if one more person ever tells me what a fucking genuis dave mathews is and that I played an instrument I would worship him like a I god,

I will go on a fucking rampage.

[beyelzu]

I am listening to to nick cave covering joy division according to file I just downloaded.

[Ymir's blood]

indeed, if one more person ever tells me what a fucking genuis dave mathews is and that I played an instrument I would worship him like a I god,

I will go on a fucking rampage.

ahem...

Dave Matthews is a fucking genius and if you played an instrument, you would worship him like a god.

:wink:

[beyelzu]

indeed, if one more person ever tells me what a fucking genuis dave mathews is and that I played an instrument I would worship him like a I god,

I will go on a fucking rampage.

ahem...

Dave Matthews is a fucking genius and if you played an instrument, you would worship him like a god.

:wink:


fuck y:D o


:bonghit: :D

[beyelzu]

Heather Nova,

Hes too scared to hit me now, he'll bring flowers instead.

I need an island somewhere to sink a stone.




god I really like her.




song change,


now
unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity

by type 0 negative



great fucking song.

[Adora]

I am currently listening to JAG on the TV over my shoulder but I wish I was listening to Gorecki by Lamb.

Anyone want to help a fellow board-member out? *makes big pleading puppy-dog eyes* Pllleeaassseee?

[Petra]

I am currently listening to JAG on the TV over my shoulder but I wish I was listening to Gorecki by Lamb.

Anyone want to help a fellow board-member out? *makes big pleading puppy-dog eyes* Pllleeaassseee?

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.


Although, I could not find any Alix Olsen there. Beyelzu, we gotta talk, man.

[livius drusus]

now
unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity

by type 0 negative



great fucking song.

YOU MAKE ME HATE MYSELF! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

One of my top 10 favorite songs of all times.

[Socratoad]

Listening to a play on BBC radio4 via the internet, unfortunately I have been preoccupied and so I do not know what the hell I'm listening to.

I usually have radio 4 playing continuously on my computer. When their program day draws to a close I switch to BBC radio7

Occasionally I listen to NPR or AAR or BBC interational service

All the above via the internet.

Please read carefully .....there will be a written test, and not multi-choice.

Now if I can just program this beast to clean house and cook then I need not ever leave the machine forever and ever.

[beyelzu]

I am currently listening to JAG on the TV over my shoulder but I wish I was listening to Gorecki by Lamb.

Anyone want to help a fellow board-member out? *makes big pleading puppy-dog eyes* Pllleeaassseee?

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.


Although, I could not find any Alix Olsen there. Beyelzu, we gotta talk, man.
it turns out that you evidently have to be part of the militant lesbian/feminist network to own her cd.

on the other hand, she was on an episode of hbo's def poets. which is pretty bad ass.

I cant find shit by her online.

I will be glad to rip it later today so it will exist in winmx

[beyelzu]

now
unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity

by type 0 negative



great fucking song.

YOU MAKE ME HATE MYSELF! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh!

One of my top 10 favorite songs of all times.


I have always felt that even if the song sucked, which, of course, it doesnt, the title and content are so kickass that it deserves great praise.

[D. Scarlatti]

Are you sure about Blinded by the Light, though?

Yep (http://www.brucespringsteen.net/albums/greetings.html).

http://www.brucespringsteen.net/art/minis_175/greetings.jpg

[JoeP]

Me atm: Fetish, a South African band now playing in London. "So Many Prophets"

What kind of sound do they make Joe? I've seen their name in the papers a few times and read some praise but never heard them. They sound gothic.
I don't know how to describe them in terms of genres or other bands because they're not like anything else I know. Someone compared them to Portishead but I have yet to get any of that. They're not gothic in the sense of The Cure or Evanescence; not "heavy". They are very into multi-layered electronic textures, with subtle and plaintive (hmm, not the best word) vocals. I heard them described as "ambient" but that implies new-agey background music to me, which they're not.

Oooh, I like Travis. Can't friggin' stand Evanescence though. There's just something about that woman's voice that makes me wanna beat her up.
Travis! Yay!

I love Amy Lee's voice, but I totally respect anyone who doesn't. For continuity with my reply to farren, I'm a great fan of The Cure but I respect anyone who can't stand Robert Smith's whining and wailing.

What South African bands, new and old, would you recommend to an ecclectic aural junkie such as myself? Doesn't even have to be from the South of Africa - anything from anywhere. I'm all ears.If you're truly eclectic, all of them! :D

I have been a bit busy to post much recently and this question troubles me. It deserves a fair answer, and that's hard because the SA music scene has grown a lot recently. Local musos seem to have moved on from whinging about lack of airplay and promotion to producing some real stuff. And the range is huge; a lot of what I relate to is not African in any way you'd recognise; typically white artists. There's punk, rock, heavy metal, soul, you name it (OK no bluegrass, but some of the Afrikaans country music is completely stupid :innocent: ). I'll have to give some thought to good names to send you searching for.

SA has a long tradition of excellent jazz, which to my shame I hardly know, but the new thing is kwaito (http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/artsmediaculture/pages/music/kwaito.htm). If you want to get into something truly African but at the same time urban and modern, try Mandoza.

[Adora]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.

[Socratoad]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and efficient. Which mine isn't. I use winmx and Limewire. What one does not have the other does. Fortunately for me I have an ass wupping Internet connection. I do not use them as much as I used to though as I am, at present, into streaming radio.

[Godless Dave]

I haven't heard many of Heather Nova's songs, but I want to marry her.

[beyelzu]

I haven't heard many of Heather Nova's songs, but I want to marry her.
it's nice to know that it isnt just some phsyical thing with you,

so many of us guys are just hormonally challenged and like some chick because shee is hot, but not you,

:D

[viscousmemories]

I haven't heard many of Heather Nova's songs, but I want to marry her.
it's nice to know that it isnt just some phsyical thing with you,

so many of us guys are just hormonally challenged and like some chick because shee is hot, but not you,

:D
:roflmao:

[JoeP]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.
Do you get DSL and fast stuff like that where you are? And if not, where are you? I still bet I have slowest connection of anyone here: 16.8K (14.4 or 12.0 on a bad day). (Actually, on a bad day, no dial tone.)

[beyelzu]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.
Do you get DSL and fast stuff like that where you are? And if not, where are you? I still bet I have slowest connection of anyone here: 16.8K (14.4 or 12.0 on a bad day). (Actually, on a bad day, no dial tone.)
I dont know what I would do if I didnt have a cable modem,

well, I would probably go out more.


but waiting more than 2-3 secs for a page to completely load, the horror.

[JoeP]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.
Do you get DSL and fast stuff like that where you are? And if not, where are you? I still bet I have slowest connection of anyone here: 16.8K (14.4 or 12.0 on a bad day). (Actually, on a bad day, no dial tone.)
I dont know what I would do if I didnt have a cable modem,

well, I would probably go out more.


but waiting more than 2-3 secs for a page to completely load, the horror.
fuck you :fuming: :fuming: :fuming:

[JoeP]

Me atm: Fetish, a South African band now playing in London. "So Many Prophets"

What kind of sound do they make Joe? I've seen their name in the papers a few times and read some praise but never heard them. They sound gothic.
I don't know how to describe them in terms of genres or other bands because they're not like anything else I know. Someone compared them to Portishead but I have yet to get any of that. They're not gothic in the sense of The Cure or Evanescence; not "heavy". They are very into multi-layered electronic textures, with subtle and plaintive (hmm, not the best word) vocals. I heard them described as "ambient" but that implies new-agey background music to me, which they're not.
Find out for yourself at http://www.fetishsounds.com/music.html (I'm a bit disturbed by the number of dead sites for this band but this one's still there).

[beyelzu]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.

Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.
Do you get DSL and fast stuff like that where you are? And if not, where are you? I still bet I have slowest connection of anyone here: 16.8K (14.4 or 12.0 on a bad day). (Actually, on a bad day, no dial tone.)
I dont know what I would do if I didnt have a cable modem,

well, I would probably go out more.


but waiting more than 2-3 secs for a page to completely load, the horror.
fuck you :fuming: :fuming: :fuming:
dont be that way, baby

seriously, how long does it take for one page to load for you, 10-15 secs, longer?

I agree that it sucks.

Plus I use my comp constantly for various bits of pop culture, movies comics, music, etc....

can you not get a cable modem in south africa?

or is it a local problem or is it just too fucking expensive?

[Adora]

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.
Except it doesn't on slow-as-asshat-dialup. This is the reason I gave up P2P a long time ago. There simply isn't any point unless your connection is fast and effiencent. Which mine isn't.
Do you get DSL and fast stuff like that where you are? And if not, where are you? I still bet I have slowest connection of anyone here: 16.8K (14.4 or 12.0 on a bad day). (Actually, on a bad day, no dial tone.)

Oh, um, well, it's not *that* bad. My dialup has been moody-as-fuck lately, but we can't get DSL in my neighbourhood yet I don't think... or maybe it's ISDN. I can never remember. *shrugs* Anyway, whatever one we can get, we can't afford. So *shrugs again*.

[beyelzu]

I am currently listening to JAG on the TV over my shoulder but I wish I was listening to Gorecki by Lamb.

Anyone want to help a fellow board-member out? *makes big pleading puppy-dog eyes* Pllleeaassseee?

WinMX (www.winmx.com). It rules.


Although, I could not find any Alix Olsen there. Beyelzu, we gotta talk, man.
try now

and its alix olson, sry if I fucked that up earlier in the thread.


I updated my shared crap on winmx so you should be able to find it.

after ripping the cd I didnt bother actually renaming the files and so you will have to deal with track numbers, but make sure you get track 1, 7 and 22.

although its all pretty good.

[Dlanod]

now
unsuccessfully coping with the natural beauty of infidelity
by type 0 negative

great fucking song.

What do you listen to when you are not fucking?

[JoeP]

Earlier, August and Everything After (Counting Crows).

Now, Waiting for Cousteau (Jean-Michel Jarre, 1990). 47 minutes of a very simple melody at about 2bpm backed with whale noises and oceanic creaks. I think he may have set off some of the new age music crap - but this was still experimental. Works for relaxation.

[Ymir's blood]

Lacuna Coil ~ Veins of Glass

[JoeP]

Well we know where we’re going
But we don’t know where we’ve been
And we know what we’re knowing
But we can’t say what we’ve seen
And we’re not little children
And we know what we want
And the future is certain
Give us time to work it out


One of those songs that, when I'm listening to it, I think this is the greatest song ever.

[Ymir's blood]

Sarah MacLachlan ~ Angel

[Adora]

Jeff Buckley - Eternal Life.

[Petra]

I'm kicking back in the arcade while listening to Philosophy: The Best of Bill Hicks.

Funny as hell, but a little manically aggressive in places; which in my current laidback mood is a bit OTT. Still has me laughing heartily at his brutal perspectives and his almost wistful insights, though. Good stuff.

:cool:

[Petra]

Lazy Boy, Underwear goes inside the pants.

It's a great rant. Fucking excellent rant. Who is this guy? His voice sounds familiar...

Editing in the rant lyric:

Why is marijuana not legal? Why is marijuana not legal?
It’s a natural plant that grows in the dirt.
Do you know what’s not natural?
80 year old dudes with hard-ons. That’s not natural.
But we got pills for that.
We’re dedicating all our medical resources to keeping the old guys erect,
but we’re putting people in jail for something that grows in the dirt?

You know we have more prescription drugs now.
Every commercial that comes on TV is a prescription drug ad.
I can’t watch TV for four minutes without thinking I have five serious diseases.
Like: “Do you ever wake up tired in the morning?”
Oh my god I have this, write this down. Whatever it is, I have it.
Half the time I don’t even know what the commercial is…
people running in fields or flying kites or swimming in the ocean.
I’m like that is the greatest disease ever. How do you get that?
That disease comes with a hot chick and a puppy.

The schools now… It is all about self-esteem in the schools now.
Build the kids’ self-esteem, make them feel good about themselves.
If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What’s going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don’t just grown on trees.
It takes lots of drunk daddys missing dance recitals before you decide to blow a goat on the internet for fifty bucks.
And if that disappears, where does that leave me on a Friday night with my new high speed connection?

CHORUS: baby sing, sing, sing, sing, sing your song,
sing for me,com'mon now sing, baby sing sing sing, sing your song,
sing to me, sing a song

Masterminds are another word that comes up all the time.
You keep hearing about these terrorists masterminds that get killed in the middle east.
Terrorists masterminds.
Mastermind is sort of a lofty way to describe what these guys do, don’t you think?
They’re not masterminds.
“OK, you take bomb, right? And you put in your backpack. And you get on bus and you blow yourself up. Alright?”
“Why do I have to blow myself up? Why can’t I just…”
“Who’s the fucking mastermind here? Me or you?”

Americans, let’s face it: We’ve been a spoiled country for a long time.
Do you know what the number one health risk in America is?
Obesity. They say we’re in the middle of an obesity epidemic.
An epidemic like it is polio. Like we’ll be telling our grand kids about it one day.
The Great Obesity Epidemic of 2004.
“How’d you get through it grandpa?”
“Oh, it was horrible Johnny, there was cheesecake and pork chops everywhere.”

Nobody knows why we're getting fatter? Look at our lifestyle.
I’ll sit at a drive thru.
I’ll sit there behind fifteen other cars instead of getting up to make the eight foot walk to the totally empty counter.
Everything is mega meal, super sized. Want biggie fries, super sized, want to go large.
You want to have thirty burgers for a nickel you fat mother fucker. There’s room in the back. Take it!
Want a 55 gallon drum of Coke with that? It’s only three more cents.

CHORUS: baby sing, sing, sing, sing, sing your song,
sing for me,com'mon now sing, baby sing sing sing, sing your song,
sing to me, sing a song

Sometimes you have to suffer a little bit in your youth to motivate yourself to succeed in later life.
Do you think if Bill Gates got laid in high school, do you think there’d be a Microsoft?
Of course not.
You got to spend a long time in your own locker with your underwear shoved up your ass before you start to think,
“You’ll see. I’m going to take over the world with computers! I’ll show them.”

We’re in one of the richest countries in the world,
but the minimum wage is lower than it was thirty five years ago.
There are homeless people everywhere.
This homeless guy asked me for money the other day.
I was about to give it to him and then I thought he was going to use it on drugs or alcohol.
And then I thought, that’s what I’m going to use it on.
Why am I judging this poor bastard.
People love to judge homeless guys. Like if you give them money they’re just going to waste it.
Well, he lives in a box, what do you want him to do? Save it up and buy a wall unit?
Take a little run to the store for a throw rug and a CD rack? He’s homeless.
I walked behind this guy the other day.
A homeless guy asked him for money.
He looks right at the homeless guy and says why don’t you go get a job you bum.
People always say that to homeless guys like it is so easy.
This homeless guy was wearing his underwear outside his pants.
Outside his pants. I’m guessing his resume isn’t all up to date.
I’m predicting some problems during the interview process.
I’m pretty sure even McDonalds has an “underwear goes inside the pants” policy.
Not that they enforce it very strictly, but technically I’m sure it's on the books.

CHORUS: baby sing, sing, sing, sing, sing your song,
sing for me,com'mon now sing, baby sing sing sing, sing your song,
sing to me, sing a song

[Petra]

The very wonderful Dr. John: How come my dog don't bark when you come around


Great stuff. :cool:

[Petra]

Derek and Clive, Joan Crawford, Ross McFarter, and Labels.

:hysteric:





I seem to be all alone in here now. I hope they've not all gone deaf! :o

[Brimshack]

Bandit Blues radio.

"I ain't loved by four women in my life. My Mother, and my Sister, Dead gal, and my Wife...."

[Shake]

Fear Factory - Obsolete

[pescifish]

Laurie Anderson, Strange Angels

[RedShift]

This week I have been listening to:

Ryan Adams, Gold
Ryan Adams, Heartbreaker
Gillian Welch, Time (The Revelator)
Gillian Welch, Soul Journey
Bob Dylan, Live 1966
John Hiatt, Slow Turning
Buddy Miller, Universal United House of Prayer
Hank III, Risin' Outlaw
Bruce Springsteen, The Essential
Johnny Cash, Unearthed
Guy Clark, Old No. 1
The Blazers, Puro Blazers

[livius drusus]

My downstairs neighbor's fucking music. :bull:

[Petra]

My downstairs neighbor's fucking music. :bull:

Be very grateful that I am not your neighbour. :D :rockout:


Groove Armada's Love Box album.

First time I've heard it and I'm digging on it. It's keeping me awake, and I think it may even help me get things done. Always a good thing. :)

[JoeP]

This evening, Dido.

Before that, silence. Most apt to my mood.

[Petra]

I'm getting my second wind.

Old school mood. Grandmaster Flash The Message


Don't push me
cos I'm close to the edge
I'm tryin
not to lose my head
it's like a jungle sometimes
it makes me wonder how i keep from goin under

[JoeP]

Now that takes me back, luna.

[Petra]

Now that takes me back, luna.


Yeah, me too.


Now get in the chat room, Joe. Me'n'pesci'n'fred are waiting for ya. :yup: :cool:

[HarryLime]

Pulp's CD Common People. I just got the Pulp discog. off of DC++ the other day, and they're really fantastic. I finally see what everyone was raving about. Especially the track F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E. Good stuff.

Will

[Ymir's blood]

Rhea's Obsession ~ Between Earth and Sky

[JoeP]

Just now: a rush of blood the head (Coldplay).
Now: by the way (Red Hot Chili Peppers)

[lady cop]

haven't read this thread, sorry, but shaguar told me i will love the POGUES "fairy tale of new york" so i am ordering it, this backwater i live in has nothing that good. the lyrics he sent me are exactly right. passionate, sexy, christmasy, causes full-scale havoc in Brit pubs, and cynical as hell. my kind of song. but i also LOVE italian opera, blues, gilbert and sullivan, rock and roll, and 40's big band. excuse me if i digress from thread subject.

[Ymir's blood]

ooh, The Pogues. Are you ordering the album, 'If I Should Fall From Grace With God,' or is this another release? That album is great. My favorite songs on it are the title track, Turkish Song of the Damned, Thousands are Sailing and Worms.

and here's the singer's picture for you ladies. :wink:

Shane McGowan (http://www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk/manchester_irish_festival_graphics/shane.jpg)

[lady cop]

ooh, The Pogues. Are you ordering the album, 'If I Should Fall From Grace With God,' or is this another release? That album is great. My favorite songs on it are the title track, Turkish Song of the Damned, Thousands are Sailing and Worms.

and here's the singer's picture for you ladies. :wink:

Shane McGowan (http://www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk/manchester_irish_festival_graphics/shane.jpg)
i have ordered 'best of the pogues' for that one song. but i admit i am tempted by other title "rum and sodomy". someone pc literate, post lyrics to fairy tale of new york? please? they are brilliant.

[Dingfod]

i have ordered 'best of the pogues' for that one song. but i admit i am tempted by other title "rum and sodomy". someone pc literate, post lyrics to fairy tale of new york? please? they are brilliant.
From this site: (http://www.lyricsfreak.com/p/pogues/109730.html) It was christmas eve babe
In the drunk tank
An old man said to me, won’t see another one
And then he sang a song
The rare old mountain dew
I turned my face away
And dreamed about you

Got on a lucky one
Came in eighteen to one
I’ve got a feeling
This year’s for me and you
So happy christmas
I love you baby
I can see a better time
When all our dreams come true

They’ve got cars big as bars
They’ve got rivers of gold
But the wind goes right through you
It’s no place for the old
When you first took my hand
On a cold christmas eve
You promised me
Broadway was waiting for me

You were handsome
You were pretty
Queen of new york city
When the band finished playing
They howled out for more
Sinatra was swinging,
All the drunks they were singing
We kissed on a corner
Then danced through the night

The boys of the nypd choir
Were singing galway bay
And the bells were ringing out
For christmas day

You’re a bum
You’re a punk
You’re an old slut on junk
Lying there almost dead on a drip in that bed
You scumbag, you maggot
You cheap lousy faggot
Happy christmas your arse
I pray God it’s our last

I could have been someone
Well so could anyone
You took my dreams from me
When I first found you
I kept them with me babe
I put them with my own
Can’t make it all alone
I’ve built my dreams around you

[lady cop]

Warrenly, thankyou so much! that is one badass song. so good of you to post! happy christmas to you!

[Ymir's blood]

The female vocals on Fairytale... are by Kirsty MacColl and work perfectly for the song.

Rum, Sodomy and the Lash refers to the early days of the British Navy. They were, as I recall, supposed to be the three things that kept its ships running smoothly.

The compilation you ordered looks pretty good to me, despite not having some of my favs. I hope you enjoy it. The Pogues were a weird cross between traditional Irish and punk and not at all a typical band.

[Petra]

I love the Pogues (short for "Pogue Mahone", which is Gaelic for "Kiss my Arse"), and Fairytale of New York is a great song. :yup:


Right now, I'm listening to John Coltrane's Blue Train; a brilliant album from a true musical genius.

[viscousmemories]

and here's the singer's picture for you ladies. :wink:

Shane McGowan (http://www.manchesteririshfestival.co.uk/manchester_irish_festival_graphics/shane.jpg)
I didn't know Sean Penn was in the Pogues.

[Petra]

I'm in a classical mood. Right now, it's Beethoven's Piano Sonata #23 in F minor - 'Apassionata'.

Soon I'll probably switch to the Baroques - Bach or Handel or something.

[Beth]

Clay Aikins's Christmas cd. :D So purty.

[Ymir's blood]

misread something, ignore this.

[Petra]

Motorhead doing a Sex Pistols cover - God Save the Queen.

Yeah, man. Kicking into my New Year's Eve evening. Woohoo!

:headbang:

[Petra]

Oop, make that Imani Coppola. Legend of a Cowgirl.

I reckon I'm that cowgirl, an'all. :yup: :cool:

:cowboy:

[Brimshack]

Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee, "Mean Old Frisco (and that Low-down Santa Fe...)"

[Petra]

Holey moley. It must be 20 years since I last heard any Sonny Terry and Brownie McGee.


I got Lenny Kravitz' Fly Away going on here. Next up is Leon Redbone's A Hot Time In The Old Town Tonight.


Man, FF is going super slow at the moment!

But anyway, love those latins - now we got Los Lobos and Antonio Banderas (swoon) with Cancion Del Mariachi. Ole!


.....hours later....


Victor Wooten. Plays bass like Stanley Jordan plays guitar. Plucks and taps the strings on the neck. Sounds like more than one player/one instrument. The dexterity of genius never fails to humble and enchant.


That said, in rocks Low Rider. Remember Cheech & Chong? :D


Edit: Hash Pipe, Weezer. Ok, so where's the party? :git:

[JoeP]

Bohemian Rhapsody, The Great Beyond (REM), All I want is you & One (U2) ...

[Adora]

Poets of the Fall - Maybe Tomorrow is a Better Day. I really love these fellas, even though I've only head about 4 or 5 of their songs. They're a kind of poprock band from Finland that I was put onto by the bloke who built my computer, and I think they're best known for the song Late Goodbye that was on the Max Payne soundtrack. You can get Maybe... from here (http://www.poetsofthefall.com/index.php?p=429), if anyone's interested.

And now the track's changed to Beth Orton's Stolen Car, which everyone knows the beauty of ^^. I adore her music so much...

[Gawen]

Breaking Benjamin
So Cold

[Shake]

Breaking Benjamin
So Cold
Ooh! Good song!

Me? Machine Head (http://www.machinehead1.com/) - The More Things Change...

[Ymir's blood]

The Crazy World of Arthur Brown ~ Fire

:fuming: :fire2: :pitch: :fire: :demon: :onfire: :fuel:

[Ensign Steve]

:beavis: heh-heh-heh-heh-heh. Fire! / :beavis:

I'm listening to my 'smoov toons' playlist in WMP. Now playing: Kool Keith's "Don't Crush It."

[Brimshack]

Hava Nagila, The Christmas Remix

Yes, I necromancied this thread for the sole purpose of declaring that to the world.

[lady cop]

Brimshack, you are such a non-conformist! ....ok don't make fun of me, but i am playing jimmy buffett's "southern cross". it means something to me. "got out of town on a boat for the southern islands, sailing a reach before a following sea, she was making for the trades on the outside...." :sailing:

[Crumb]

"Everyday" Buddy Holly

[Ymir's blood]

Winter Born (This Sacrifice) by The Crüxshadows

[Crumb]

Has Been by William Shatner! :rofl: Which you ALL must hear. It is hilarious.

[pescifish]

Souka Nayo ("Nomad Souls" CD) by Baaba Maal

[Ymir's blood]

Baaba Maal? Isn't he in the next Star Wars flick?

:fett: :maul:

:popcorn:

Sisters of Mercy ~ Dominion/Mother Russia

[pescifish]

Heh! :clap:
Truly a match made in heaven. Or at least a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...





Don't Tread on Me ("Black" CD), Metallica

Anyone else think the opening to this song sounds just like the song America in the movie "West Side Story"?

[Shake]

Dig - I Mother Earth

[Ymir's blood]

The Sisters of Mercy ~ Driven Like the Snow

[Petra]

There's a private party going on at the stadium not far from me, just across the gully. This weekend is the National Hog Weekend. lol. So the place is swarming with loadsa people in black leathers, riding Harley's. They have had endless bands since about 7pm (it's 11pm now). The bands are all cover bands, but sound pretty good. It sure as hell must be frikkin' loud in there, 'cos I can hear it all clear as day. Right now, the band is has just finished playing a Queens of the Stone Age song, and have just launched into Another Brick in the Wall. It sounds like a helluva party! :motor: :band: :rockout: :headbang: :git:

[Ymir's blood]

That would drive me crazy, regardless of whether the music appealed to me.

Switchblade Symphony ~ Wallflower

[Weaselboots]

I have three CD's on random
Greatest Hits- Leonard Cohen
Secret South- Sixteen Horsepower
No More Shall We Part- Nick Cave

Went to Opera House 2 weeks ago and saw "Came So Far For Beauty" a Leonard Cohen tribute. Nick Cave singing Suzanne, went all weak at the knees.

[JoeP]

Animals, Pink Floyd ... "who was dragged down by the stone"

Before that, Hotel Paper Michelle Branch

[Ymir's blood]

Bauhaus ~ The Passion of Lovers

[Ensign Steve]

Star Trek: TNG, playing just audibly in the next room. It counts because there was a concert and they played Eine Kleine Nachtmusik and I went to the other room to listen to it.

[pescifish]

Rakim - Dead Can Dance
:techno:

[pescifish]

Slip Away - Laurie Anderson (Life on a String CD)

[Petra]

Rakim - Dead Can Dance
:techno:

I love that song!



I'm listening to Marilyn Manson's cover of Depeche Mode's Personal Jesus. It's good for stress. I see the light.

[Ensign Steve]

I have Marilyn Manson's "Plastic Jesus" on MP3. Ya want it?

[Petra]

That would drive me crazy, regardless of whether the music appealed to me.



It would drive me crazy if it happened every weekend, but once in awhile doesn't bother me at all.

They partied it up on Saturday night, too, but wound it down about 2am.

[Petra]

I have Marilyn Manson's "Plastic Jesus" on MP3. Ya want it?

I got it. :D


Thanks, though.


Anything you're after?

[Ensign Steve]

That's a loaded question. ;) I'll let you know, thanks.

Wait! Yes! I still want that Wendy Testaburger version of Miss Lucy! :P

[Petra]

Oh, hang on....are you talking plastic or personal?


I don't have plastic 'ceptin' by whatsisname from the Dead Kennedy's....fuck I can't think of his name!



Jello Biafra! heh. I 'membered.

[Petra]

Wait! Yes! I still want that Wendy Testaburger version of Miss Lucy! :P


Oooohkay. Can I give you the Schnappy-schnappy-schnappy song instead? :D

[Ensign Steve]

Huzzah! I found it! See the other thread. ;)

[Lauri D]

The CD in my car right now is Jet, the "Get Born" album. I am currently obsessed with track #13, "Timothy".

[Petra]

What other thread?

sorry for delayed reply, but [i]The Simpsons came on...and then there was a really cool 60 Minutes segment on a young kiwi guy called John who came out to his 4th form (9th grade) class as Julie and began hormone therapy at 14. But that's for another thread, too. His family were cool, by the way - the complete opposite of Mr. "Family Values" Keyes. ;)


Jet rock, Lauri. :super: :cool:

[Ensign Steve]

The one about the silly songs. Sorry, for some reason I thought you had been posting in that one as well. I am very very sleepy. g'nite! :)

[Petra]

The one about the silly songs. Sorry, for some reason I thought you had been posting in that one as well. I am very very sleepy. g'nite! :)

Yup! Caught it in the end. :)


I'm sleepy, too. G'night. :wave:

[pescifish]

Who'll be the next in line - The Kinks


lunachick, I've recently discovered that Dead Can Dance are starting a 2005 tour (http://www.4ad.com/artists/catalogue/deadcandance/) in Europe. I doubt they will be producing any new music for it, but still! Since I barely found out about them right around the time they disbanded, I'm considering braving the drive and the crowd to attend a performance when they get to North America. They haven't announced any dates or venues, but I'm sure they will play at least once within 70 miles of me in southern California.

Ok, now I've moved on to:

Sunny Afternoon - The Kinks

[Crumb]

Nick Cave :rofl:

[Ensign Steve]

Oh my dear god. The radio is playing some live version of Pearl Jam's "Black." It is way slower (and I'm guessing it will be longer) than the original, and this is one of those stations that does not edit their songs. That instrumental at the end will probably take up the rest of my afternoon. I've never heard this before. I'm loving it!

:homdrool:

[Ymir's blood]

I'm currently listening to The Headless Waltz by Voltaire.

[Ensign Steve]

Wow, that was amazing. I was incorrect about the length of the instrumental (shorter than the original) but I suppose an edit was possible. Must. Kazaa. IMMEDIATELY!

[Petra]

A Tribute to Sister Rosetta Tharpe.

I saw it out there, and took a punt on it. I am not disappointed so far.

[John Carter]

Right now, I'm listening to the legendary 5/8/77 performance of the Dead at Barton Hall at Cornell. Considered by many deadheads to be the finest show they ever did, it's certainly up there. The jam at the end of the cover of Dancin' in the Streets is absolutely breathtaking.

[Petra]

Radiohead - Punchup at a Wedding.

It's a prelude to a bedtime Maggot Brain. Thank you Funkadelic.


G'night. Ka pai moi. :snoopy2:

[slimshady2357]

Nothing :sadcheer:

My co-workers would rather have silence.

Soon, though I'll be alone for a couple of hours and can listen to some Monster Magnet :cool:

Adam

[slimshady2357]

Ahhhhhh that's better! :cheer:

:techno:

:stickman: :stickman: :stickman:

[HighOnHotSauce]

I managed to get my hands on the Jaco Pastorius anthology which is a two CD set. It has "stuff' on it from when he played with Pat Metheny and as a member of Weather Report as well as some home recordings and live solo material. In case your wondering, Jaco is considered to have been one of "the" most talented jazz bassists of all time.

[curses]

This second it's Locust's version of Master and Servant. Mmm, lounge. Well, actually the guy who's here to fix the copier is louder than my music. I wish he'd hurry up.

[Sigma]

Judas Priest's latest album - Angel of Retribution. Can't get enough of it.

[Ymir's blood]

Internet radio. Currently playing is a cover of Dear Prudence by Siouxsie and the Banshees.

[Godless Wonder]

I'm listening to these mp3's of old videogame music, from the Sega Genesis game "Herzog Zwei" (see http://www.flummox.com/archives/words/000222.php ) "The Super Fighter Invigorated Us" is especially good stuff.

[Petra]

I managed to get my hands on the Jaco Pastorius anthology which is a two CD set. It has "stuff' on it from when he played with Pat Metheny and as a member of Weather Report as well as some home recordings and live solo material. In case your wondering, Jaco is considered to have been one of "the" most talented jazz bassists of all time.

Indeed. :yup:

Sadly, he died penniless - beaten to death in the gutter. :(

[Adora]

Gotye - Thanks for your time. (Download here (http://www.abc.net.au/triplej/listen/mp3s.htm))

This is the perfect song for anyone who knows the frustration of trying to get decent customer service. I'm currently trying to invent a way to reach through the internet and bear people over the head with their keyboard when they don't deliver on time, and provide no apologies or explanations, and make spelling mistakes in one-line emails they send to you when you ask where the fuck your tablet is.

[HighOnHotSauce]

Judas Priest's latest album - Angel of Retribution. Can't get enough of it.
I honestly didn't know they were making new music. When did that album come out?

[Sigma]

I honestly didn't know they were making new music. When did that album come out?

March or April I think. I hadn't even heard the album until I went to the 'Priest gig - after that, I ran out and bought it straight off.

[BronxBriar]

Just threw on Sleater-Kinney's new CD The Woods. Those ladies can ROCK!

[Shake]

Oh my dear god. The radio is playing some live version of Pearl Jam's "Black." It is way slower (and I'm guessing it will be longer) than the original, and this is one of those stations that does not edit their songs. That instrumental at the end will probably take up the rest of my afternoon. I've never heard this before. I'm loving it!

:homdrool:
Oh, that's cool! I love that song!

In fact, it was on just as I was pulling into work this morning.

[curses]

Internet radio. Currently playing is a cover of Dear Prudence by Siouxsie and the Banshees.
I love that song! What station were you listening to at the time? I'm trying to expand my internet radio horizions past Radio Ghoul School.

[HighOnHotSauce]

I managed to get my hands on the Jaco Pastorius anthology which is a two CD set. It has "stuff' on it from when he played with Pat Metheny and as a member of Weather Report as well as some home recordings and live solo material. In case your wondering, Jaco is considered to have been one of "the" most talented jazz bassists of all time.

Indeed. :yup:

Sadly, he died penniless - beaten to death in the gutter. :(
His demise was quite tragic indeed. It seems as though he had some really deeply rooted psychological problems that lead him to an unhealthy place in life. According to most of what I've read, Pastorius was “getting himself together” when that douche bag bouncer beat him into a coma. Some “alpha male jack-off” (borrowing a phrase from the master George Carlin) ultimately killed a fine creative individual whose equal in the world of jazz bass has yet to be heard.

[JoeP]

Me: "Adore" by The Smashing Pumpkins.

Who am I to need you when I'm down