Nellie McKay -- jazz/pop wunderkind described by one critic as "Doris Day meets Eminem." Wittiest wise- lyrics I've heard in a while, paired with really catchy melodies. Also, enjoying the last two Fountains of Wayne albums -- they're powerpoptastic!
Muse / "Bliss" Dream Theater / "Strange Deja Vu" Go Home Productions / "Paperback Believer" Electrelane / "The Valleys" Built To Spill / "Sidewalk" Norah Jones / "Sunrise" UMASS Front Percussion Ensemble / "Paranoid Android"
Just went to an off the hook John Pointer show last night here in NYC. (beatbox stompbox guitar and vocals all at once -- truely unreal) These links are guaranteed to make you smile: Vocal Percussion 1 Vocal Percussion 2 And his website.
Randy
And Buddy Guy's Blues Singer. Listen online at: http://www.hyfntrak.com/buddyguy/jive/buddy.html
I'm kerning, for which I find I need something upbeat (to keep my brain active) but consistent (so I'm not distracted). Five Chumbawumba CDs in rotation does the trick.
I've been streaming Air America Radio for the past two weeks. I can't seem to get over having a lefty talk radio network on tap. Other than that, I find that I've been in the mood for the New Pornographers a lot recently.
streamed Air America Radio Nosei Sakata John Adams - London Chamber stuff Bernstein with the New York philharmonic And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead Kid 606 Deadguy
Not too interested in music these days, so I work in (relative) silence.
For the more repetitive font chores, like kerning, I'll put on some classical piano. Messiaen's "Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus" is preferred. It's very long...
Express Rising - Express Rising* Kill Bill, v1 Soundtrack - Various Solid Steel presents The Herbaliser - Various, mixed by The Herbaliser Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
*hard to find, but if you like DJ Shadow/ trip-hop/ downtempo, it's a great find
In the 'esoteric multitasking' category, I spent several days around Easter designing Thai letters while improving my ecclesiastical Latin by singing along with Gregorian chant CDs.
I'm a house/techno/electronica fiend. Moreover, I find listening to 130 BPM at (nearly) full volume to be strangely soothing...
Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art Various (Novamute): 2CDs & Mp3s Fischerspooner: #1 Various (Force): Digital Disco 2 Todd Terry: Greatest Hits Cabaret Voltaire: Plasticity Propaganda: Outside World
I have been listening few music since my computer started crashing while handling corel draw and mp3 files together. However I usually listen things at least five years old. The last cd I bought was Manu Chao
Hm, Friday. I think I'm feeling a bit Beck-ish this morning. Then maybe a splash of Homescience and Freezepop. Perhaps some Latin American electronica later on to finish out the afternoon.
Air America Radio (periodically, just for laughs) old random Modest Mouse Beethoven's 7th Presidents of the United States of America II (I'm a patriot, what can I say;) )
for today: Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers Super Numeri - Great Aviaries Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners
Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science Chet Baker - The Italian Sessions Billie Holiday - Lady Day (Best Of) Isobel Campbell - Amorino Sonic Youth - Nurse M
Pink Martini's Sympathique & of course Radiohead, Hail to the Theif to be exact. Thanks for the tip on Modest Mouse Nathan, I'll hafta pick that one up.
M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)? I don't have a problem with bashing people's tastes, I do have a problem with bashing people's time.
It's like the earlier thread about the way language is destroyed/deteriorating, language has always been destroyed, the previous generation will always hate the way youngsters use language. And the music they listen to. And the way they dress. And the amount of metal they choose to ram through their bodies.
BTW. I'm listening to 2Raumwohnung 'Kommt zusammen' now.
"M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)?"
Kenn, No. Sorry it read that way. I was teasing -- bashing anyone was not my intent. The happy face and quote marks around rant are supposed to mean I'm not serious; I fully expected to be teased back about being a music dinosaur, which I am.
Yeah, you know, at the risk of getting myself in more trouble, never a huge Elvis fan. Ditto Bob Dylan. They were huge -- mega-important -- but not my cup of tea.
I am being exposed to some different (newer) music (as well as massive doses of NPR) by my new office mates so perhaps there's hope for me yet.
Speaking of music 'dinosaurs', I've been listening to some Rush lately (specially 'Moving Pictures'). And a few weeks ago I finally discovered PIL's 'Second Issue'. The 'Swan Lake' song is just great.
Alyce, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only dinosaur around. Most of these youngsters are too hip for me.
I must confess that my popular music development was effectively arrested in the late 80s when I lived in an ashram. When I listen to anything with lyrics, it's most likely to be nostalgic. Plenty of James. Cat. Paul & Art.
Or Elvis (C, not P). Sometimes Sting Andy & Stewart. Or even David Jerry Tina & Chris (anyone remember them?).
More often than not, however, it'll be purely instrumental -- Wolfgang, Joseph, Ludwig. Or Antonin, Camille, Sergei.
In the afternoons, maybe Benny, Duke, Dizzy, Monk, Miles, Metheny. Or possibly Weather Report.
Hey Kent, Well take me to the river and burn down the house! One of the problems I have with music is putting the artist with the music. I've listened to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris without realizing I was listening to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris. (Google is just wonderful for solving a question like this. Search David, Jerry, Tina, Chris and Rock 'N' Roll and you've got your answer.)
Oh, and BTW, Cat definitely belongs on the list too. Good call. Sting too.
And somehow I just forgot all about Motown. Some of them too.
Re Paul and Art: saw the concert in Central Park somewhat recently on PBS and went around with the lyrics to "America" and "I am a Rock" in my head for days.
>No John, Paul, George or Ringo? >No Sir Elton? No Mr. Clapton? >No Neil? No Joni?
Ahh, but some were mentioned by me earlier. What I would like to share is that I think every country has their own equivalent to these wonderful musicians. In our case, it is the Mutton Birds, Split Enz, Mr Dobbyn, Ms Runga and many others. Well, that's what I reckon anyway. The songs these people write are infinitely more meanginful to me because I can feel the ingrained culture in it, it speaks to me in languages I innately understand. I suspect that loads of people here feel the same about music coming from their own culture!
Frank- Don't Fear the Reaper is also an excellent song by the afformentioned Mutton Birds.
28.Apr.2004 11.09pm
Dzihan & Kamien - Live in Vienna (from Couch Records)
EXCELLENT ALBUM!!!
29.Apr.2004 12.05am
Nellie McKay -- jazz/pop wunderkind described by one critic as "Doris Day meets Eminem." Wittiest wise- lyrics I've heard in a while, paired with really catchy melodies. Also, enjoying the last two Fountains of Wayne albums -- they're powerpoptastic!
29.Apr.2004 3.05am
Today is going to be a Lee Scratch Perry-day.
29.Apr.2004 4.38am
Amy Winehouse- 'frank'..
The Streets - 'Fit But You Know It'
BBC-London @ 9:00-14:00 and WDVX at 14:00 GMT
29.Apr.2004 4.49am
The Roots and the Mutton Birds.
EPMD and Jakob. Grandaddy gets
a mention too.
29.Apr.2004 5.34am
Today is WBGO's 25th anniversary. The best Jazz station on the east coast. Interested, listen to live streaming at WBGO.org
29.Apr.2004 6.47am
"The Million Dollar Hotel" soundtrack.
29.Apr.2004 7.21am
Muse / "Bliss"
Dream Theater / "Strange Deja Vu"
Go Home Productions / "Paperback Believer"
Electrelane / "The Valleys"
Built To Spill / "Sidewalk"
Norah Jones / "Sunrise"
UMASS Front Percussion Ensemble / "Paranoid Android"
29.Apr.2004 7.23am
Pat Metheny Group: First Circle
29.Apr.2004 8.00am
Just went to an off the hook John Pointer show last night here in NYC.
(beatbox stompbox guitar and vocals all at once -- truely unreal)
These links are guaranteed to make you smile:
Vocal Percussion 1
Vocal Percussion 2
And his website.
Randy
And Buddy Guy's Blues Singer. Listen online at:
http://www.hyfntrak.com/buddyguy/jive/buddy.html
29.Apr.2004 8.12am
I'm kerning, for which I find I need something upbeat (to keep my brain active) but consistent (so I'm not distracted). Five Chumbawumba CDs in rotation does the trick.
29.Apr.2004 8.26am
I've been streaming Air America Radio for the past two weeks. I can't seem to get over having a lefty talk radio network on tap. Other than that, I find that I've been in the mood for the New Pornographers a lot recently.
29.Apr.2004 8.39am
It is gray outside today. Makes me feel cozy and warm, as if a blanket is wrapped around us all.
Total Lounge
Zen and the Art of Chilling
100th Window by Massive Attack
She Hangs Brightly by Mazzy Star
Bliss
Central Reservation by Beth Orton
Moonsung by Sheila Chandra
29.Apr.2004 8.49am
streamed Air America Radio
Nosei Sakata
John Adams - London Chamber stuff
Bernstein with the New York philharmonic
And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead
Kid 606
Deadguy
29.Apr.2004 9.12am
All kinds of stuff, I have a post on my site with the details.
29.Apr.2004 9.28am
Not too interested in music these days, so I work in (relative) silence.
For the more repetitive font chores, like kerning, I'll put on some classical piano. Messiaen's "Vingt regards sur l'enfant Jesus" is preferred. It's very long...
29.Apr.2004 9.39am
Ernesto Aeroflot :
29.Apr.2004 10.40am
Express Rising - Express Rising*
Kill Bill, v1 Soundtrack - Various
Solid Steel presents The Herbaliser - Various, mixed by The Herbaliser
Turn on the Bright Lights - Interpol
*hard to find, but if you like DJ Shadow/ trip-hop/ downtempo, it's a great find
29.Apr.2004 11.00am
Erm...today it's Neurosis The Sun that Never Sets, Ernst Krenek's Lamentatio Jeremiæ Prophetæ, and Big'n Cutthroat.
29.Apr.2004 12.09pm
In the 'esoteric multitasking' category, I spent several days around Easter designing Thai letters while improving my ecclesiastical Latin by singing along with Gregorian chant CDs.
29.Apr.2004 12.14pm
770 Radio K on the boom box.
29.Apr.2004 1.13pm
I'm a house/techno/electronica fiend. Moreover, I find listening to 130 BPM at (nearly) full volume to be strangely soothing...
Pet Shop Boys: Pop Art
Various (Novamute): 2CDs & Mp3s
Fischerspooner: #1
Various (Force): Digital Disco 2
Todd Terry: Greatest Hits
Cabaret Voltaire: Plasticity
Propaganda: Outside World
Jon
29.Apr.2004 1.36pm
Jools Holland & his Rhythm & Blues Orchestra
Asian Dub Foundation
The Yardbirds
Roy Harper
Steel Pulse
29.Apr.2004 2.25pm
In my car, my Massive Attack mix with tracks and remixes from all four studio albums.
On the iPod, my Indie playlist with The Shins, The Decemberists, British Sea Power, Jets to Brazil, and Death Cab for Cutie.
29.Apr.2004 2.30pm
- Motorhead 'Everything Louder Than Everyone Else'
- Beethoven 'Symphony no. 9' Berlin Philharmonic, Von Karajan Conducting
- Helmet 'Meantime'
29.Apr.2004 3.02pm
I have been listening few music since my computer started crashing while handling corel draw and mp3 files together. However I usually listen things at least five years old. The last cd I bought was Manu Chao
29.Apr.2004 3.15pm
Verdi, Puccini, and Mozart operas--actually all operas
29.Apr.2004 4.49pm
World's End Girlfriend - You
One of the most beautiful melancholic tracks ever written.
Listen: http://www.leftofsix.com/typophile/you.mp3
29.Apr.2004 7.17pm
Glenn Branca, Kim Hiorthoy, TV on the Radio, Petter Nordkvist, James Holden. Well, I try to be cool.
30.Apr.2004 1.22am
milton banana is doing it for me at the moment.
30.Apr.2004 2.02am
Everything I listen to is tracked in realtime at the delightful Audio Scrobbler.
30.Apr.2004 2.16am
Today will be a mix of various dub. King Tubby, Lee Scratch, Prince Jammy and Linton Kwesi Johnson.
Dread inna Demmark!
30.Apr.2004 4.12am
www.bassdrive.com (makes me work faster)
~ rollin ~
30.Apr.2004 7.43am
Hm, Friday. I think I'm feeling a bit Beck-ish this morning. Then maybe a splash of Homescience and Freezepop. Perhaps some Latin American electronica later on to finish out the afternoon.
30.Apr.2004 8.08am
Air America Radio (periodically, just for laughs)
old random Modest Mouse
Beethoven's 7th
Presidents of the United States of America II (I'm a patriot, what can I say;) )
30.Apr.2004 8.12am
>Modest Mouse
Listened to Good News the other day. I still don't think they've done better than the Lonesome Crowded West. What can I say...
30.Apr.2004 8.17am
These people are currently being played lots:
goldfinger, aimee mann, nofx, authority zero, rem
30.Apr.2004 8.49am
Yeah, Good News is a little too quirky/random. And in my haste to make joke about PUSA (my kids dig it though
30.Apr.2004 8.50am
for today:
Ol' Dirty Bastard - Return To The 36 Chambers
Super Numeri - Great Aviaries
Prefuse 73 - One Word Extinguisher
Erik Truffaz - Bending New Corners
30.Apr.2004 9.44am
Emiliana Torrini - Love in the Time of Science
Chet Baker - The Italian Sessions
Billie Holiday - Lady Day (Best Of)
Isobel Campbell - Amorino
Sonic Youth - Nurse
M
30.Apr.2004 2.40pm
>>glad to see someone other than me enjoys NOFX
And here...http://www.typophile.com/forums/messages/30/1074.html
30.Apr.2004 4.19pm
Pink Martini's Sympathique
& of course Radiohead, Hail to the Theif to be exact.
Thanks for the tip on Modest Mouse Nathan, I'll hafta pick that one up.
1.May.2004 7.04am
People, people, people.
No John, Paul, George or Ringo?
No Sir Elton? No Mr. Clapton?
No Neil? No Joni?
No Paul or Art? No James? No Carley?
No Freddie? No Ian?
No Roy?
:-)
1.May.2004 9.35am
Steve and Isaac: After a second read you are exempt from my "rant." :-)
1.May.2004 11.32am
M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)?
I don't have a problem with bashing people's tastes, I do have a problem with bashing people's time.
It's like the earlier thread about the way language is destroyed/deteriorating, language has always been destroyed, the previous generation will always hate the way youngsters use language. And the music they listen to. And the way they dress. And the amount of metal they choose to ram through their bodies.
BTW. I'm listening to 2Raumwohnung 'Kommt zusammen' now.
1.May.2004 11.50am
"M. Alyce Barker are you saying that we are 'wrong' for listening to something new(er)?"
Kenn, No. Sorry it read that way. I was teasing -- bashing anyone was not my intent. The happy face and quote marks around rant are supposed to mean I'm not serious; I fully expected to be teased back about being a music dinosaur, which I am.
1.May.2004 11.55am
You forgot Elvis!
Don't be sorry, it's way better than people saying 'I like all music' .
1.May.2004 12.15pm
Yeah, you know, at the risk of getting myself in more trouble, never a huge Elvis fan. Ditto Bob Dylan. They were huge -- mega-important -- but not my cup of tea.
I am being exposed to some different (newer) music (as well as massive doses of NPR) by my new office mates so perhaps there's hope for me yet.
1.May.2004 12.46pm
What about Brian, Alyce? ;-)
Speaking of music 'dinosaurs', I've been listening to some Rush lately (specially 'Moving Pictures'). And a few weeks ago I finally discovered PIL's 'Second Issue'. The 'Swan Lake' song is just great.
1.May.2004 1.06pm
The Beach Boys remind me of my first date with my college boyfriend. Yes, add Brian to the list. (You do mean Wilson, right?)
Oh, and add Carlos and Phil to the list too. :-)
1.May.2004 1.31pm
Yeah, Wilson.
(nevermind, edited)
2.May.2004 10.12am
>No Paul or Art? No James? No Carley?
Alyce, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only dinosaur around. Most of these youngsters are too hip for me.
I must confess that my popular music development was effectively arrested in the late 80s when I lived in an ashram. When I listen to anything with lyrics, it's most likely to be nostalgic. Plenty of James. Cat. Paul & Art.
Or Elvis (C, not P). Sometimes Sting Andy & Stewart. Or even David Jerry Tina & Chris (anyone remember them?).
More often than not, however, it'll be purely instrumental -- Wolfgang, Joseph, Ludwig. Or Antonin, Camille, Sergei.
In the afternoons, maybe Benny, Duke, Dizzy, Monk, Miles, Metheny. Or possibly Weather Report.
What can I say? Hopelessly anachronistic.
-- K.
2.May.2004 12.03pm
Hey Kent, Well take me to the river and burn down the house! One of the problems I have with music is putting the artist with the music. I've listened to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris without realizing I was listening to David, Jerry, Tina and Chris. (Google is just wonderful for solving a question like this. Search David, Jerry, Tina, Chris and Rock 'N' Roll and you've got your answer.)
Oh, and BTW, Cat definitely belongs on the list too. Good call. Sting too.
And somehow I just forgot all about Motown. Some of them too.
Re Paul and Art: saw the concert in Central Park somewhat recently on PBS and went around with the lyrics to "America" and "I am a Rock" in my head for days.
3.May.2004 11.03am
Kent - Don't worry. Police is still plenty hip.
3.May.2004 3.46pm
Crickey! Guess my stuff's little different ;)
Starting with these:
Diana Krall - The Girl in the Other Room
Norah Jones - Come away with me
It goes on with that stuff:
Edguy - Hellfire Club
Doro - Calling the Wild
Nightwish - Century Child
Old stuff, new stuff... ohh I don't really care when music was published
All time favorites would be:
Don't fear The Reaper, by H.I.M.
( If you go away) Ne Me Quitte Pas, by Patricia Kaas
hope that wasn't too shocking to those who met me,
Frank
3.May.2004 6.06pm
>No John, Paul, George or Ringo?
>No Sir Elton? No Mr. Clapton?
>No Neil? No Joni?
Ahh, but some were mentioned by me earlier.
What I would like to share is that I think every
country has their own equivalent to these wonderful
musicians. In our case, it is the Mutton Birds, Split
Enz, Mr Dobbyn, Ms Runga and many others. Well,
that's what I reckon anyway. The songs these people
write are infinitely more meanginful to me because
I can feel the ingrained culture in it, it speaks to me
in languages I innately understand. I suspect that
loads of people here feel the same about music
coming from their own culture!
Frank- Don't Fear the Reaper is also an excellent
song by the afformentioned Mutton Birds.
kris.
4.May.2004 1.53am
I woke up today with this song in my head:
"The KKK Took My Baby Away"
So I will definitely listen to that one.
1 2 3 4 The Ramones!!!
And then because the sun is shining today I think I will put on some surf music. The Ventures.
4.May.2004 6.03am
Last CDs bought during a recent trip in Montr