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 Dec 9 2008, 11:07 AM
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 Ask me about my heath hen.  Posts: 11,074 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web  |
A new single by The Prodigy:
Sounds pretty great. It makes me hopeful for the upcoming album. -------------------- |
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Dec 9 2008, 08:46 PM
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 Luuuuuuuuuuuuuke Posts: 11,136 Joined: 9-December 07 From: Kentucky |
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Dec 9 2008, 10:03 PM
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 Member Posts: 833 Joined: 24-March 07 From: Mount Arlington, NJ I Like: owning my own house I Don't Like: leaking sunrooms |
I just listened to the latest Okkervill River album and I have to say that is pretty good.
For some reason, I have the David Bowie song "Space Oddity" in my head so I have been listening to that as well. The three new Decemberists singles are all pretty good, especially "Valerie Plame" which contains the awesome rhyme, "And my Vespa became your chariot / To the Green Zone Marriott" and the cover of "I'm Sticking with You" by the Velvet Underground. -------------------- "In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me, Son, fear is the heart of love So I never went back" |
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Dec 9 2008, 10:55 PM
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 Goodbye, sweetie. Posts: 11,021 Joined: 29-April 08 From: No. I Like: No. I Don't Like: No. |
I've been obsessing on this song lately:
I get the impression it has a deeper meaning for guys, but, whatever, I think it's great. Like a lot of others, I wonder why these guys didn't get bigger in the '90's. -------------------- QUOTE When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' --Don Marquis (1878 - 1937) |
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Dec 10 2008, 02:47 AM
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 Jiu Jit-sous chef. Posts: 4,105 Joined: 18-March 07 From: Not losing a baby, that's fersure. I Like: Idiosyncrasies I Don't Like: Absolutes |
-------------------- One long pure beautiful road of pain
And the beauty of death and no pain -Ikkyu |
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Dec 10 2008, 09:39 AM
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Ask me about my heath hen. Posts: 11,074 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web |
QUOTE(RufusTFirefly @ Dec 9 2008, 10:03 PM)  The three new Decemberists singles are all pretty good, especially "Valerie Plame" which contains the awesome rhyme, "And my Vespa became your chariot / To the Green Zone Marriott" and the cover of "I'm Sticking with You" by the Velvet Underground. Oo -- Are those from an upcoming album or just for fun? I was a little disappointed by the new Okkervil River but then, I opnly vaguely liked the last one as well and this was a bit of a sequel. I actually preferred the new Shearwater album more. (Also a Will Sheff project and maybe even the same band, but a different tone than Okkervil River.) -------------------- |
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Dec 10 2008, 01:13 PM
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Member Posts: 833 Joined: 24-March 07 From: Mount Arlington, NJ I Like: owning my own house I Don't Like: leaking sunrooms |
QUOTE(rightbug @ Dec 10 2008, 09:39 AM) Oo -- Are those from an upcoming album or just for fun? I was a little disappointed by the new Okkervil River but then, I opnly vaguely liked the last one as well and this was a bit of a sequel. I actually preferred the new Shearwater album more. (Also a Will Sheff project and maybe even the same band, but a different tone than Okkervil River.) Actually they are outtakes from the album coming out in early 2009. It is a 3 single series cleverly titled Always the Bridesmaid. They are all on iTunes but I bought the beautiful 45 rpm 180 gram vinyl releases and they are awesome. -------------------- "In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me, Son, fear is the heart of love So I never went back" |
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Dec 10 2008, 01:33 PM
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 EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,088 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
Yesterday, my son received a CD in the mail full of Chanukkah songs. I should see if I can rip the first track and post it here somewhere - it's a cover of La Bamba about Chanukkah.
You can probably guess how bad it is. Since my conversion, I've joked with my wife that despite the fact that I was never into Christmas music, it certainly beats the hell out of Chanukkah music. She gets mad when I point out the "holy trinity" of Chanukkah song subjects: 1. Candles 2. Latkes 3. Dreidels The "La Bamba" song manages to cover them all in the first three verses. I just looked over at her and raised an eyebrow - I thought she was going to shoot me. Did I mention that this song is like 10 minutes long? 
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Dec 10 2008, 05:32 PM
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 Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,834 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
Enslaved - Vertebrae. I am so mad they canceled their tour with Keep of Kalessin.
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Dec 11 2008, 04:41 PM
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 This Space for Rent Posts: 4,450 Joined: 15-March 07 From: 6 months outside of downtown 40 I Don't Like: Florida |
Everything on my new headphones
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Dec 13 2008, 12:18 AM
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Goodbye, sweetie. Posts: 11,021 Joined: 29-April 08 From: No. I Like: No. I Don't Like: No. |
Trans Siberian Orchestra.
I'm going to see them tomorrow at the Meadowlands (Izod, whatever) at the 8 pm show. Can't wait. I expect to be blind for a while afterwards. They put on a heck of a light show. If they do this song real justice, it will take up 1/4 of the show. Not including the reprise in the finale. -------------------- QUOTE When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' --Don Marquis (1878 - 1937) |
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Dec 13 2008, 01:44 AM
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Jiu Jit-sous chef. Posts: 4,105 Joined: 18-March 07 From: Not losing a baby, that's fersure. I Like: Idiosyncrasies I Don't Like: Absolutes |
Needs more double bass.
-------------------- One long pure beautiful road of pain
And the beauty of death and no pain -Ikkyu |
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Dec 14 2008, 09:24 AM
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 moo Posts: 3,677 Joined: 4-April 07 From: Philadelphia, PA I Like: cows I Don't Like: heat |
The Kickdrums - Things Don't Change Mixtape
sicker than dude w/ aids  DL: http://www.sendspace.com/file/0oya53 -------------------- Prez: Oh. Nothing there. It's so tiny. No mere mortal can...ohhhh. You see what he just did? What? He did it again! Who is this man? Where does he come from? Can anybody stop him? Please don't hurt us, please. My eyes! My eyes! It's so big, and clear, and bright.
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Dec 16 2008, 10:16 PM
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 Mike Ruppboi Posts: 12,977 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Uranus I Like: Looking good I Don't Like: Looking bummy |
My Christmas request this year was a USB turntable. I plan to start collecting awesome rock albums from the 70s and 80s for bargain prices. Anyway, for no reason other than boredom I stumbled into a shady used whatever store near where I work. The front of the tiny store is used DVDs and video games, but nestled in the back they have a few racks of used vinyl and HOLY CRAP did I find the awesomeness that I was looking for. Here's what I got:
Jailbreak for $2.99 Toys in the Attic for $2.99 Tres Hombres (mint condition in plastic sleeve) for $3.99 Candy O for $1.99!!!!!!!!! I stopped at four albums because I could have blown my Xmas budget right there. They had a bunch of ACDC stuff, Are You Experienced?, Hotel California, a bunch of Ozzy stuff, Who's Next ... all for under $5 each. Whatever I look for vinyl stuff they treat it like collector's items. This place was actually looking to move someone else's junk, which is what I want. Vinyl boner! -------------------- Batman uses women for sex and tactical advantages.
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Dec 16 2008, 10:21 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,088 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Dec 16 2008, 10:16 PM) Candy O for $1.99!!!!!!!!! Sweet. -------------------- |
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Dec 16 2008, 11:50 PM
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Goodbye, sweetie. Posts: 11,021 Joined: 29-April 08 From: No. I Like: No. I Don't Like: No. |
Oasis. Because I'm seeing them tomorrow night at the Garden.
QUOTE Candy O for $1.99!!!!!!!!! That's funny. I have an original vinyl copy. No way I would've sold it to you for so little. I loved that album. -------------------- QUOTE When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' --Don Marquis (1878 - 1937) |
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Dec 17 2008, 12:11 AM
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 Can't Quit Avery Posts: 7,884 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Carroll Gardens I Like: 3rd line players |
Just recently started spinning Chinese Democracy.
Not bad....but not great, in part because after 14 years the bar is raised impossibly high. "Better" is my favorite song so far. Too much guitar wankery, but Axl does have a strong melodic sense, one much stronger than his ex-bandmates. |
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Dec 17 2008, 01:18 AM
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 Death's Grim Herald Posts: 6,682 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Over the Hill I Like: New York in June, How 'bout you? I Don't Like: Mondays. |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Dec 16 2008, 05:16 PM) Jailbreak for $2.99 Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak, or AC/DC's? 'Cause AC/DC's '74 "Jailbreak" is a killer tune....... -------------------- "Hey, you kids!! Get off my lawn!!!!"
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Dec 17 2008, 02:17 AM
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 Member Posts: 1,539 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Long Island I Like: Winning I Don't Like: Omar Minaya |
Saw them Sunday night in NYC, been spinning River Runs Red for a few weeks now. So underrated. This post has been edited by NYRangers: Dec 17 2008, 02:55 PM |
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Dec 17 2008, 07:40 AM
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Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,834 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
QUOTE(Giac @ Dec 17 2008, 01:18 AM) Thin Lizzy's Jailbreak, or AC/DC's? 'Cause AC/DC's '74 "Jailbreak" is a killer tune....... So is Thin Lizzy's, win win situation really. -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2008, 11:32 AM
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 Something witty. Use your imagination. Posts: 2,580 Joined: 30-May 07 From: Queens, NY - in the Belle they call Rose I Like: being a Daddy I Don't Like: being responsible |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Dec 16 2008, 10:16 PM) My Christmas request this year was a USB turntable... This is probably wasted on you since your Christmas gift has likely already been bought, but on the off chance it hasn't (or for anyone else who is looking), I picked up this turntable for my dad for Christmas. It records to MP3 directly onto a flash drive or SD card and has built in speakers and a radio. It looks pretty sweet, admittedly. Oh, and I hope the Jailbreak was Lizzy, just because I've spent many a morning waking up to that song. |
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Dec 17 2008, 11:46 AM
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This Space for Rent Posts: 4,450 Joined: 15-March 07 From: 6 months outside of downtown 40 I Don't Like: Florida |
QUOTE(NYRangers @ Dec 17 2008, 02:17 AM) Saw them Sunday night in NYC, been spinning River Runs Red for a few weeks now. So underrated. I completely agree - I think RRR and Ugly are both amazng albums - how were they by the way - last time I saw them was at the Stone Pony - 97 or so... -------------------- |
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Dec 17 2008, 01:03 PM
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Ask me about my heath hen. Posts: 11,074 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web |
QUOTE(leedsy99 @ Dec 16 2008, 10:16 PM) The front of the tiny store is used DVDs and video games, but nestled in the back they have a few racks of used vinyl and HOLY CRAP did I find the awesomeness that I was looking for. Yeah, I don't have a record player anymore but there are a bunch of places like that up here too. Junk shops with all the worst crap you can imagine and then an entire upstairs full of albums for $1.00 each. Insane. -------------------- |
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Dec 18 2008, 10:09 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,088 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
I've had A New World Record by ELO in pretty heavy rotation lately - Tightrope is one of my favorite tunes.
Lotta Simple Minds lately, too. -------------------- |
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Dec 19 2008, 01:52 PM
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Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,834 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
In this weather nothing but Immortal, Emperor and Dissection.
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Dec 19 2008, 09:35 PM
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 Member Posts: 346 Joined: 29-October 07 From: Planet Brutal I Like: Suffocation I Don't Like: Ill Nino |
QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Dec 19 2008, 01:52 PM) In this weather nothing but Immortal, Emperor and Dissection. Battles in the North, indeed. -------------------- However, the fact remains that metal is itself far more important than the internet. Metal eats the internet for breakfast. And you know this. - www.metalhavenchicago.com
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Dec 19 2008, 09:46 PM
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 aggressively mean & apathetic Posts: 6,002 Joined: 11-November 07 From: Section 424 I Like: not doing things I Don't Like: doing things |
I just found a ton of Artie Lange parody songs and I can't stop listening to them. I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying.
-------------------- QUOTE(Rocha @ Apr 12 2012, 08:37 PM) Gaborik was smoother at getting legs to open up than Billy Dee Williams with a bottle of champagne in dim lighting. |
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Dec 19 2008, 09:50 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,088 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(ree @ Dec 19 2008, 09:46 PM) I just found a ton of Artie Lange parody songs and I can't stop listening to them. I'm laughing so hard that I'm crying. Vending Machine and Artie Loves Pancakes are my favorites. -------------------- |
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Dec 19 2008, 10:38 PM
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aggressively mean & apathetic Posts: 6,002 Joined: 11-November 07 From: Section 424 I Like: not doing things I Don't Like: doing things |
QUOTE(Sed @ Dec 19 2008, 09:50 PM) Vending Machine and Artie Loves Pancakes are my favorites. Those are on the compilation! A favorite of mine is Meatball Heros, but it wasn't on there. -------------------- QUOTE(Rocha @ Apr 12 2012, 08:37 PM) Gaborik was smoother at getting legs to open up than Billy Dee Williams with a bottle of champagne in dim lighting. |
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Dec 19 2008, 10:43 PM
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 Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Dec 19 2008, 10:44 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
hey, lisa, how was transiberian orchestra? I've always wanted to go see them (the charlie brown christmas album and transiberian orchestra are my two favorite christmas albums) but their concerts always fell at the same time as when I had something else going on.
-------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Dec 20 2008, 01:35 AM
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Jiu Jit-sous chef. Posts: 4,105 Joined: 18-March 07 From: Not losing a baby, that's fersure. I Like: Idiosyncrasies I Don't Like: Absolutes |
QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Dec 19 2008, 01:52 PM) In this weather nothing but Immortal, Emperor and Dissection. Do you play them one by one? -------------------- One long pure beautiful road of pain
And the beauty of death and no pain -Ikkyu |
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Dec 20 2008, 03:53 AM
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Goodbye, sweetie. Posts: 11,021 Joined: 29-April 08 From: No. I Like: No. I Don't Like: No. |
QUOTE(xcheck24 @ Dec 19 2008, 10:44 PM) hey, lisa, how was transiberian orchestra? I've always wanted to go see them (the charlie brown christmas album and transiberian orchestra are my two favorite christmas albums) but their concerts always fell at the same time as when I had something else going on. It was a great show and a lot of fun. I've also missed them these past few years for the same reasons. But this time I planned in advance. Musically, they were on point. Big and bold. As I said to my friend who came with me, wherever they could put an exclamation point, they hit it. We had floor seats which have advantages/disadvantages to them as far as seeing the stage. But the Izod has great sound for concerts. I was real sorry I missed them last year when I heard their special guest was Roger Daltrey. This year, it was Steven Tyler. Scarves and all. Regrets over! They performed Sweet Emotion and, of course, Dream On, together. It put the show over the top. Try going next year. I plan on bringing more friends next time around, so think about it (you got lots of time,  , hee!) On a personal note, my music instructor told me last week (before the concert) that he's known these guys for 20 years. He's even in the credits on one of their records. I am soooooo working that connection next season.  Edit: spelling This post has been edited by LisaLisa: Dec 20 2008, 03:54 AM -------------------- QUOTE When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him: 'Whose?' --Don Marquis (1878 - 1937) |
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Dec 20 2008, 10:48 AM
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Owner and operator of Total Bastard Productions. Posts: 14,834 Joined: 15-March 07 From: New Jersey, where the weak are killed and eaten. I Like: Minions. I Don't Like: Not having minions. |
QUOTE(Pymonte @ Dec 20 2008, 01:35 AM) Do you play them one by one? It's the only way to do it sitting in my kingdom cold. -------------------- |
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Dec 20 2008, 11:45 AM
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Jiu Jit-sous chef. Posts: 4,105 Joined: 18-March 07 From: Not losing a baby, that's fersure. I Like: Idiosyncrasies I Don't Like: Absolutes |
QUOTE(Nilan 666 @ Dec 20 2008, 10:48 AM) It's the only way to do it sitting in my kingdom cold. The grim and frostbitten ones, just past the halls of eternity? That's a weird place, one where dark and light don't differ. -------------------- One long pure beautiful road of pain
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Dec 20 2008, 11:49 AM
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Jiu Jit-sous chef. Posts: 4,105 Joined: 18-March 07 From: Not losing a baby, that's fersure. I Like: Idiosyncrasies I Don't Like: Absolutes |
Oh, and also:
-------------------- One long pure beautiful road of pain
And the beauty of death and no pain -Ikkyu |
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Dec 20 2008, 12:07 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
QUOTE(LisaLisa @ Dec 20 2008, 03:53 AM) This year, it was Steven Tyler. Scarves and all. Regrets over! They performed Sweet Emotion and, of course, Dream On, together. It put the show over the top. Try going next year. I plan on bringing more friends next time around, so think about it (you got lots of time, , hee!)Aw, man, I am a huge (old-school) Aerosmith fan. They fall behind Zeppelin and the Foo Fighters for me, but I love, love, love them. Damn. I was at a Christmas party with my writer friends, which is why I couldn't go. That's one of my can't miss parties of the year. And me having lots of time is just a perception. Believe me. My guy friend is going crazy with how busy I am. -------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Dec 20 2008, 03:43 PM
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Member Posts: 833 Joined: 24-March 07 From: Mount Arlington, NJ I Like: owning my own house I Don't Like: leaking sunrooms |
For some reason I have been really digging the Postal Service album again (Side one on the vinyl is near perfect). "The District Sleeps Tonight" is one of my favorite songs ever. I love how the chorus almost rhymes but doesn't:
"You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex A stranger with the door key Explaining that I am just visiting And I am finally seeing Why I was the one worth leaving" And since it is Christmas, I have rotated in The Nightmare Before Christmas Revisited, Charlie Brown's Christmas, and my personal favorite Songs for Christmas by Sufjan Stevens. -------------------- "In Catholic school, as vicious as Roman rule
I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black And I held my tongue as she told me, Son, fear is the heart of love So I never went back" |
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Dec 20 2008, 03:54 PM
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 Member Posts: 20,752 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Boston, MA I Like: Nyquil I Don't Like: Dayquil |
Pitchfork Media's top 50 albums of 2008
QUOTE 50. Ponytail - Ice Cream Spiritual 49. Crystal Stilts - Alight of Night 48. High Places - High Places 47. The Tallest Man on Earth - Shallow Grave 46. Beach House - Devotion 45. Lykke Li - Youth Novels 44. Marnie Stern - This Is It and I Am It 43. Shearwater - Rook 42. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Lie Down in the Light 41. David Byrne and Brian Eno - Everything That Happens Will Happen Today 40. The Very Best - Esau Mwamwaya & Radioclit are the Very Best 39. Times New Viking - Rip It Off 38. The Bug - London Zoo 37. Grouper - Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill 36. Wale - The Mixtape About Nothing 35. Girl Talk - Feed the Animals 34. Arthur Russell - Love Is Overtaking Me 33. Frightened Rabbit - Midnight Organ Fight 32. Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!! 31. Fennesz - Black Sea 30. Los Campesinos! - Hold on Now, Youngster... 29. The Hold Steady - Stay Positive 28. Flying Lotus - Los Angeles 27. Max Tundra - Parallax Error Beheads You 26. Atlas Sound - Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel 25. Titus Andronicus - The Airing of Grievances 24. Gang Gang Dance - Saint Dymphna 23. Hot Chip - Made in the Dark 22. Santogold - Santogold 21. Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak 20. Fuck Buttons - Street Horrrsing 19. The Walkmen - You & Me 18. The Mae Shi - HLLLYH 17. Fucked Up - The Chemistry of Common Life 16. Vivian Girls - Vivian Girls 15. Crystal Castles - Crystal Castles 14. Air France - No Way Down 13. Erykah Badu - New Amerykah Part One (4th World War) 12. Lindstrøm - Where You Go I Go Too 11. Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III 10. DJ/rupture - Uproot 9. Hercules and Love Affair - Hercules and Love Affair 8. M83 - Saturdays=Youth 7. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend 6. TV on the Radio - Dear Science 5. Deerhunter - Microcastle / Weird Era Cont. 4. Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours 3. No Age - Nouns 2. Portishead - Third 1. Fleet Foxes - Sun Giant EP/Fleet Foxes *shrug* Heard some of it, not most of it. Fleet Foxes kinda rubs me the wrong way because they're just getting mega-hyped everywhere, it's like a contest to drop their name first or most often. -------------------- RIP Ass Dan, 1981-2010.
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Dec 20 2008, 06:12 PM
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Member Posts: 1,539 Joined: 16-March 07 From: Long Island I Like: Winning I Don't Like: Omar Minaya |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Dec 20 2008, 08:54 PM) Pitchfork Media's top 50 albums of 2008 *shrug* Heard some of it, not most of it. Fleet Foxes kinda rubs me the wrong way because they're just getting mega-hyped everywhere, it's like a contest to drop their name first or most often. Never heard of them, but wow, this song is awesome. Definitely going to check that out. |
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Dec 21 2008, 04:59 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
Like it's a shock that I've been listening to "Colour and Shape" since it's my favorite Foos album.
Embedding is disabled for Monkey Wrench, so you've got to click here and click here for Everlong They do the latter so well live: Anyway, the remastered version of Colour and Shape has extra tracks on it, including the very awesome version of Baker Street, which is one of my favorite Foos songs even if it's a cover. -------------------- Behind the Press
"Hey, look. Somebody put the lead in the first paragraph." -- From Overheard in the Newsroom About another Reporter entering the newsroom after an intense interview: Reporter #1: “Look at him, he’s got that after-sex glow.” Reporter #2: “That’s the glow I get when a good story comes together.” -- Overheard in the Newsroom |
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Dec 21 2008, 05:04 PM
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Rangerlands Eeyore! Posts: 32,390 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Running in the rain until I'm breathless I Like: The start of baseball season I Don't Like: The start of Mets season |
 Dave Grohl doesn't know the words to Stairway.
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Dec 21 2008, 07:48 PM
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Nothing, the speakers in my car crapped out on the way to work this morning. It was perfect Dissection weather too.
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Dec 22 2008, 07:09 AM
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This Space for Rent Posts: 4,450 Joined: 15-March 07 From: 6 months outside of downtown 40 I Don't Like: Florida |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Dec 20 2008, 03:54 PM) Pitchfork Media's top 50 albums of 2008 *shrug* Heard some of it, not most of it. Fleet Foxes kinda rubs me the wrong way because they're just getting mega-hyped everywhere, it's like a contest to drop their name first or most often. http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2008.shtml Here is Metacritic's summary of many Top album polls - I also have barely heard of any of this , but Fleet Foxes appears 13 times on 22 different lists as well as Portishead...one album made 14 lists - Dear Science by TV on the Radio One album I saw out there that I completely missed, but will most certainly checkout is Dark Developments by Vic Chestnutt,Elf Power, And The Amorphous Strums This post has been edited by Puckforbrains: Dec 22 2008, 07:10 AM -------------------- |
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Dec 22 2008, 03:58 PM
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 LIKE AMARE Posts: 25,073 Joined: 29-July 08 From: New Providence, NJ I Like: The Knicks! I Don't Like: Lebronakkah |
Sigur Ros. I'm part of their cult following and REALLY want to catch them live when they come back. I go through phases of listening to ALL of their albums, but they are amazing. They are from Iceland and are like nothing I've ever heard before. I highly suggest them.
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Dec 22 2008, 08:01 PM
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EtymoloJesus Posts: 28,088 Joined: 15-March 07 I Like: Max the Knight I Don't Like: Garbage-eating enemies |
QUOTE(Rocha @ Dec 20 2008, 03:54 PM) Pitchfork Media's top 50 albums of 2008 *shrug* Heard some of it, not most of it. Fleet Foxes kinda rubs me the wrong way because they're just getting mega-hyped everywhere, it's like a contest to drop their name first or most often. Have you heard the Byrne/Eno album? I'm just wondering if it's any good. I mean, I'm sure it's no Here Come The Warm Jets... -------------------- |
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Dec 23 2008, 02:29 AM
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Goodbye, sweetie. Posts: 11,021 Joined: 29-April 08 From: No. I Like: No. I Don't Like: No. |
QUOTE(xcheck24 @ Dec 20 2008, 12:07 PM) Aw, man, I am a huge (old-school) Aerosmith fan. They fall behind Zeppelin and the Foo Fighters for me, but I love, love, love them. Damn. I was at a Christmas party with my writer friends, which is why I couldn't go. That's one of my can't miss parties of the year. And me having lots of time is just a perception. Believe me. My guy friend is going crazy with how busy I am. I forgot to mention the light show. TSO has a (literally) seizure-inducing massive light show that blows your brain, as well as your eyes. The spaceship from Close Encounters is a nightlight by comparision. I'm pretty sure I suffered a couple of seizures and a small stroke. All kidding aside, when we left we encountered a mother helping her son (about 11 or 12 yrs old) who was trying his damnest not to vomit. "The lights affected him", she said.  Yikes!
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Dec 23 2008, 07:41 AM
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This Space for Rent Posts: 4,450 Joined: 15-March 07 From: 6 months outside of downtown 40 I Don't Like: Florida |
QUOTE one album made 14 lists - Dear Science by TV on the Radio Why it did? I have no idea, I tried to listen to it last night - couldnt get through more than 30-45 seconds of each song.. -------------------- |
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Dec 23 2008, 01:02 PM
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Ask me about my heath hen. Posts: 11,074 Joined: 15-March 07 From: Plowing your fields I Like: Sheep I Don't Like: The World Wide Web |
It was sort of a weird year for music this year. There were a lot of album I liked but not a lot I loved. (As opposed to last year where I couldn't cut my favorites down to a top ten and had to make a top twenty. This year there are several borderline albums in my top ten that could easily be swapped out.)
Here's my top ten for the year: 1. The Hold Steady -- Stay Positive 2. Wolf Parade -- At Mount Zoomer 3. The Felice Brothers -- The Felice Brothers 4. Bon Iver -- For Emma Forever Ago 5. The Dodos -- Visiter 6. Murder by Death -- Red of Tooth and Claw 7. Dead Confederate -- Wrecking Ball 8. Vampire Weekend -- Vampire Weekend 9. Phantom Planet -- Raise The Dead 10. The Gaslight Anthem -- The '59 Sound Followed by a bunch of honorable mentions: 11. Pale Young Gentlemen -- Black Forest (Tra La La)* 11. Destroyer -- Trouble in Dreams 11. Elbow -- The Seldom Seen Kid* 11. Ra Ra Riot -- The Rhumb Line* 11. Sons and Daughters -- The Gift 11. TV on The Radio -- Dear Science, 11. Emmylou Harris -- All I Intended To Be* 11. Nada Surf -- Lucky 11. Tapes n Tapes -- Walk it Off 11. The Helio Sequence -- Keeps Your Eyes Ahead 11. Bob Mould -- District Line 11. Someone Loves You Boris Yeltsin -- Pershing 11. Frightened Rabbit -- Midnight Organ Flight 11. Steinski -- What Does It All Mean?* 11. Glasvegas -- Glasvegas 11. Horse Feathers -- House With No Name 11. Rachel Yamagata -- Elephants/Teeth Sinking Into Hearts 11. The Clash -- Live at Shea Stadium 11. Dar Williams -- Promised Land 11. Sugarland -- Love on The Inside 11. The Verve -- Forth 11. Tindersticks -- The Hungry Saw 11. Thievery Coporation -- Radio Retaliation 11. Travis -- Ode to J Smith* 11. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan -- Sunday at Dirt Devil* 11. Oasis -- Dig Out Your Soul 11. Calexico -- Carried To Dust 11. Willie Nelson & Wyton Marsalis -- Two Men With The Blues 11. Shearwater -- Rook Albums marked with an asterisk were particularly good and maybe should have been in my top ten. The new TV on The Radio was disappointing. Not a bad album at all but also not a great album. I'll actually write a seperate post about The Gaslight Anthem who I just discovered this week. That album may move up my top ten. -------------------- |
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Dec 23 2008, 01:52 PM
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LIKE AMARE Posts: 25,073 Joined: 29-July 08 From: New Providence, NJ I Like: The Knicks! I Don't Like: Lebronakkah |
I really liked TV on the Radio's last album, but haven't had a chance to listen to this one. I have heard mixed reviews, but hopefully it is good.
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