The Now Playing Thread

[R_of_G]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_uB-0D-gV8mY/R04fELZ4MnI/AAAAAAAAFpo/0wvCN5OYijk/s400/wire

[Ro3b]

Hm, can't make the IMG tags behave. I'm listening to Mastodon's new album, Crack the Skye. Beautiful stuff.

[t_ross33]

T-Rex, Electric Warrior

[R_of_G]

Hm, can't make the IMG tags behave. I'm listening to Mastodon's new album, Crack the Skye. Beautiful stuff.

That'd be this one?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ztpQzNiN0NE/SeX5rUZ7RuI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/oMTqCGHUiXc/s320/Mastodon+Crack+The+Skye+picture.jpg

Have read about them but haven't listened to any yet. Will have to check them out.

[tunghaichuan]

http://www.addictedtovinyl.com/images/albumcovers/heaven%20and%20hell%20-%20the%20devil%20you%20know


http://www.basementbar.com/images2%5Cblackwat.jpg

tung

[tunghaichuan]

That'd be this one?

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_ztpQzNiN0NE/SeX5rUZ7RuI/AAAAAAAAAfQ/oMTqCGHUiXc/s320/Mastodon+Crack+The+Skye+picture.jpg

Have read about them but haven't listened to any yet. Will have to check them out.

+1 on Crack the Skye.

I got that a few weeks back, and I like it a great deal.

tung

[piebaldpython]

Just finished with the scintillating Paul Butterfield Blues Band version of the Elmore James classic...SHAKE YOUR MONEYMAKER. Some great house-rocking music. :D

[Robert]

For me, it is currently Bireli Lagrene and Transatlantic and some Richard Lehoux (know who that is? :D ).

[Spudman]

Riverside - Voices In My Head

http://www.ojeweb.nl/ReviewPlaatjes/RiversideVoices.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://jimshorkey.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/george_harrison-all_things_must_pass-frontal.jpg

[bigoldron]

Take a wild guess... :D


(Skynyrd of course!) :D :bravo: :master:

[bigG]

I've had The Czars on all day. They made 3 GREAT CDs:

Before...But Longer

The Ugly People vs The Beautiful People

Goodbye

From 2000 - 2004. One of the most criminally overlooked groups ever! Vocals, musicianship, arrangements, production to die for! Kind of a cross between The Left Banke, Procol Harum and The Flaming Lips. Baroque flavored, keyboard-based ballad-pop w gnarly guitars thrown on to great effect, as well as trumpet, cello, flute...sometimes acoustic, sometimes hugely processed, sometimes both combined for a very heady brew! Truly great stuff! :bravo:

[Ro3b]

+1 on Crack the Skye.

I got that a few weeks back, and I like it a great deal.

tung

I've been in a major Mastodon mood since seeing them here in DC a couple of weeks back. Their first set was Crack the Skye, verbatim. It was an unbelievable show.

(Currently listening to Selected Ambient Works, Vol. 2 by Aphex Twin)

[R_of_G]

http://www.jpgr.co.uk/sapcor1_a.jpg

[street music]

I was listening to George Harrison doing "While my guitar is Gently weeping" a favorite of mine.

[Tibernius]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4f/Social_Distortion_Self-Titled.jpg

Social Distortion - Ball and Chain.

[Suhnton]

http://www.basementbar.com/images2%5Cblackwat.jpg

tung

I love that album.

[R_of_G]

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/m/mayfie_curt_curtisliv_101b.jpg

Today would have been Curtis' 67th birthday.

[Suhnton]

http://www.dustygroove.com/images/products/m/mayfie_curt_curtisliv_101b.jpg

Today would have been Curtis' 67th birthday.

I remember the day he died. His death seems to be clouded in mystery. His family wouldn't divulge the details, although (I'm not trying to be funny here) considering his condition at the time, I guess suicide can be ruled out.
I have a 3 CD boxset of his work from The Impressions days up to the last album before his accident.

[sumitomo]

101 Silly Songs,ah the memories of when the daughter was 2 and so easy to care for.Sumi:D

[R_of_G]

I remember the day he died. His death seems to be clouded in mystery. His family wouldn't divulge the details, although (I'm not trying to be funny here) considering his condition at the time, I guess suicide can be ruled out.
I have a 3 CD boxset of his work from The Impressions days up to the last album before his accident.

Yeah, it was an odd story for sure.

I do treasure his music from The Impressions through to his solo stuff. The guy was the epitome of soul.

[R_of_G]

http://www.idsnews.com/blogs/livebuzz/wp-content/uploads/sharon_jones_and_the_dap_kings-100_days_100_nights_b.jpg

[Ro3b]

http://www.explosionsinthesky.com/images/record_covers/the_earth.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://www.explosionsinthesky.com/images/record_covers/the_earth.jpg

Awesome. I love Explosions In the Sky, and that album in particular is quite good. They definitely make me think about guitar in a different way.

NP:

http://www.kingunderground.com/catalog/images/budos%20band%20cd.jpg

The second of two great albums from these guys.
I just pre-ordered their upcoming EP due out on the 23rd.

[R_of_G]

http://www.djouls.com/bestof2006/images/The_Daktaris-Soul_Explosion_Daptone_b.jpg

[just strum]

Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert


1. Lucinda / Ain't going down to the well
2. Down in the hole
3. Falling down
4. Chocolate Jesus
5. All the world is green
6. Cemetary Polka
7. Cause of it all / Till the money runs out
8. Such a scream
9. November
10. Hold On
11. Black Market Baby
12. 9th and Hennepin
13. Lie to me
14. Bargains & Bullfrogs
15. Lucky Day
16. Ridiculous Purchase I
17. On the Nickel & Ridiculous Purchase II
18. Lost in the harbor
19. Innocent when you dream
20. Hoist that rag
21. Make it rain
22. Dirt in the ground
23. Get Behind the Mule
24. Hang down your head
25. Jesus Gonna be here
26. Singapore

ENCORE
27. Eyeball kid
28. Anywhere I lay my head

[tunghaichuan]

This afternoon:

http://www.dbrock.net/artistes/albums/covers_0571.jpg

Next up:

http://www.amiright.com/album-covers/images/album-Black-Sabbath-Born-Again.jpg

tung

[marnold]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003CT7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000003CT7.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg

Like that one, too. :AOK:

What can I say, I've got eclectic tastes. :dude:

[Ro3b]

COOL. Growing up in Atlanta, I saw Robert Shaw and the Atlanta Symphony more times than I can count.

[marnold]

Like that one, too. :AOK:

What can I say, I've got eclectic tastes. :dude:
You and me both. That Telarc recording is the best I've ever heard of The Messiah. The music is powerful--one of the finest examples of Baroque composition that you will find. The person who chose the texts was absolutely brilliant. I was just finishing writing my sermon--that's my sermon-writing music.

I posted before seeing what you had just posted. The juxtaposition was rather interesting :)

[tunghaichuan]

I'm not sure which recording I have, but it isn't Telarc. Thanks for the recommendation, I may have to pick that one up.

tung



You and me both. That Telarc recording is the best I've ever heard of The Messiah. The music is powerful--one of the finest examples of Baroque composition that you will find. The person who chose the texts was absolutely brilliant. I was just finishing writing my sermon--that's my sermon-writing music.

I posted before seeing what you had just posted. The juxtaposition was rather interesting :)

[R_of_G]

Glitter And Doom: Tom Waits In Concert

Would that be the Atlanta show that was simulcast on NPR?

It was a great show. Omar Torres on guitar is a bad mother. :D

NP:

http://www.kxci.org/blog/uploaded_images/Riot-773077.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_il2zczhlarA/SD3QD1Sx14I/AAAAAAAAAHs/9l2cjMv9KvQ/s320/meters~~~~~_lookkapyp_101b.jpg

[Suhnton]

Awesome. I love Explosions In the Sky, and that album in particular is quite good. They definitely make me think about guitar in a different way.

NP:

http://www.kingunderground.com/catalog/images/budos%20band%20cd.jpg

The second of two great albums from these guys.
I just pre-ordered their upcoming EP due out on the 23rd.

Yeah, Budos Band II is a great album. Mas o Menos is probably my fav track.

And I like E.I.T.S's "Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Die, Those Who Tell The Truth Shall Live Forever". I kinda wish they'd evolved a bit more musically though, they seem to be stuck in archetypal-post-rock-outfit mode.

On my MP3 player today:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/59/Interpol-Antics.jpg/200px-Interpol-Antics.jpg
The bass playing is fantastic.

[R_of_G]

Yeah, Budos Band II is a great album. Mas o Menos is probably my fav track.

They're one of the few bands I can honestly say that I love every track they've done so far. Granted, it's only two albums, but still, they've got a 100% success rate with me so far. Hands down, my favorite so far is "Aynotchesh Yererfu" from the first album. One of the things that sets the Budos Band apart from a lot of other afro-funk bands are the brilliant melodic sensibilities of their horn section. That song is one where it's the most evident. I've often said, if I were a character in an action film, that song would be what plays when my character comes on screen to kick some butt.

I can't wait for the new EP on the 23rd. If it's anything like the first two albums, expect to see it posted in this thread a lot in the weeks to come.

I also agree with you about wanting to see EITS expand their sound, but I do enjoy what they've done so far even if it's fairly similar from album to album.

It's nice to know someone who knows who Budos Band and EITS are. :D

NP:

http://ickmusic.com/pics/stand.jpg

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41Y0AJVMJTL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://jazzymas.com/oscommerce/images/ETHIOPIAN.JPG

[R_of_G]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eRdtxYFMKxs/SGXkVG05WRI/AAAAAAAABFU/xSdWyI33Olw/s320/Pelican+-+The+Fire+In+Our+Throats+Will+Beckon+The+Thaw+%5B2 005%5D.JPG

[sunvalleylaw]

Pandora station based on Koko Taylor, this was the album that came up on the first track:

http://i174.photobucket.com/albums/w92/sunvalleylaw/41H4KAXMRAL_SS500_.jpg

[Ro3b]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/619YHNaeZnL._SS500_.jpg

The Red Album by Baroness. Excellent progressive metal band from Savannah, Ga.

[just strum]

Today it was

Smokey Robinson and the Miracles - 18 Greatest Hits

* 1) Shop Around
* 2) Youve Really Got A Hold On Me
* 3) Ill Try Something New
* 4) (You Can) Depend On Me
* 5) Mickeys Monkey
* 6) The Tracks Of My Tears
* 7) Going To A Go-Go
* 8) I Second That Emotion
* 9) If You Can Want
* 10) Baby, Baby Dont Cry
* 11) Doggone Right
* 12) The Tears Of A Clown
* 13) I Dont Blame You At All
* 14) Baby Come Close
* 15) Baby Thats Backatcha
* 16) Quiet Storm
* 17) Cruisin
* 18) Being With You

[Spudman]

http://i128.photobucket.com/albums/p171/krokusnat/a9e78b77.jpg

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513hBevUQLL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
(One of the all-time classic metal albums)

[R_of_G]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513hBevUQLL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
(One of the all-time classic metal albums)
When I was 13, I practically wore that album out. :D

NP:

http://musicalstewdaily.files.wordpress.com/2008/11/b-28f.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Now playing:

Pandora second half of '60s pop station based on the Mamas and the Papas
So far, it has played some M&P, Byrds, Beatles, S&G, Croce. Mellow, working on a rainy day stuff.

[sumitomo]

The Glenn Kaiser Band/Winter Sun Sumi:D

[Blaze]

For me, it is currently Bireli Lagrene and Transatlantic and some Richard Lehoux (know who that is? :D ).

How did you get your Richard Lehoux stuff ??


Currently listening to one of my favorite acoustic ever

http://www.amazon.com/gp/recsradio/radio/B000000360/ref=pd_krex_listen_dp_img?ie=UTF8&refTagSuffix=dp_img


http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/411WX27WFDL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[R_of_G]

Currently listening to a playlist on shuffle I made of George Harrison and Bob Dylan songs. Right now it's playing "Isn't It A Pity?" from George's All Things Must Pass. I really love this song. :D

[Suhnton]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513hBevUQLL._SL500_AA280_.jpg
(One of the all-time classic metal albums)

It's strange, that album seems to get mediocre reviews because it sounds too "poppy". That's my fav Priest album too (probably followed by Killing Machine, which I think was rebadged as "Hell Bent For Leather" for the US market).

[Ro3b]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61t-IOk%2BBDL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

[just strum]

Today's listening was

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/51ADvahm5L_SS500_.jpg

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/51WHDY75J4L_SS500_.jpg


To this day I can not look at that Judas Priest cover.

[marnold]

It's strange, that album seems to get mediocre reviews because it sounds too "poppy". That's my fav Priest album too (probably followed by Killing Machine, which I think was rebadged as "Hell Bent For Leather" for the US market).
Hmm. The only song that screams "poppy" is "United" to me which sounds tough in the verses but the chorus is lamentable. "Hell Bent for Leather" is a good one too, although I lean towards "Defenders of the Faith" otherwise. "The Sentinel" is one of my favorite Priest songs. It makes me want to break things.

[R_of_G]

http://dkpresents.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/ojccd-305-2thelonious-monk-at-the-blackhawk-posters.jpg

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41haEs%2BWAsL._SS500_.jpg
I paid a visit to Amazon last night :) Just getting a chance to listen to the full thing now. The big thing I've noticed thus far is that while the songs themselves don't sound like Van Halen, Sammy Hagar singing with Michael Anthony certainly does bring back memories of that. The solo work sounds like Satch, absolutely nothing like Eddie. I'm enjoying it thus far.

[just strum]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/617W9ZTJGBL_SS500_.jpg

[bigG]

Today for me it's:

Tab Benoit & Jimmy Thackery - Whiskey Store

Keb' Mo' - Keb' Mo'

Robben Ford & The Blue Line - Mystic Mile

Jimi Hendrix - Blues

Buddy Guy - Damn Right I Got The Blues

I load my 5-disc CD player w my programming for each day. :)

I simply abhor downloads and MP3s and all that stuff! Running CD stores, and the "holdit in your hand" CD experience out of business! Browsing CD stores, and, before that, vinyl LPs, was all a HUGE part of the music buying experience...the fun, the enjoyment! Aw, shucks! :thwap:

[sunvalleylaw]

I love to buy CD's, (for something I really like, I would rather get the CD than download), but then I rip them into my computer, and play music through it (in a few months when the room with the stereo in it is remodeled) or for now from my ipod into my stereo. Then I don't have to carry all that stuff. We still have a CD changer but rarely use it now. Not having the CD's out preserves them from my little kids' abuse.

Right now, I am going completely digital and streaming the Pandora station discussed here: http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=11897

[marnold]

I simply abhor downloads and MP3s and all that stuff! Running CD stores, and the "holdit in your hand" CD experience out of business! Browsing CD stores, and, before that, vinyl LPs, was all a HUGE part of the music buying experience...the fun, the enjoyment! Aw, shucks! :thwap:
Well, I know you once ran a music store so I understand your take on this. Remember there's also the side of the recording industry artificially inflating CD prices (in a move that can only be described as "contempt of Congress") while simultaneously giving less to the artist that recorded the music in the first place.

I live in a small town. There is no place to buy CDs within about a 25 minute drive. None. Zero. So to buy a CD I need to make a 60 mile round trip--adds up with gas approaching $3 again. Plus, try finding a Joe Bonamassa CD within tactical nuclear weapon distance of here. Good luck! There's one store (a Barnes and Noble) that had one Bonamassa CD. One. His "Live from Nowhere in Particular." Too bad I was looking for another one. The only way I could get "Sloe Gin" was to pay $20 to get it at his concert. Expensive, yes, but at least the money was going directly to him.

With Amazon I can get the stuff I want quickly, cheaply, easily, and legally. I'm buying more music this way. Why the heck would I want to waste my time driving or using some Torrent of a questionable nature (and dubious legality) when I can get it this way? Plus the reality of digital delivery systems means that artists can go more directly to the fans. They don't need the RIAA anymore. That's a good thing. Hopefully that means more good music instead of just rafts of dreck trying to ride the latest trend.

[bigG]

I should start a new Thread about this, but I'd certainly be in a very small minority here. :)

Here goes: this is the first time in the history of recorded music that the pursuit of ever higher fidelity has not been the goal! (Overlooking the dreaded 8-track, audio cassettes and quadrophonic debacles, all of which died off.) SACD, and to a lesser extent, DVD-A, were a huge step in the right direction, but were buried, with honors, by the seeming preference of the music-buying public for convenience over high(er) fidelity!

That convenience trumps quality when it comes to musical fidelity seems heresy to me! For background music lovers, I can understand. But for those many audiophiles among us music lovers, the squashed, lo-fi sound of downloads and MP3s and their ilk is pure blasphemy!

I have been an audiophile since the late 60s, and I have a HUGE stereo set-up, purchased at a huge price (and many before my current one) that gives me hours of aural pleasure almost daily, whether CD, LP, or SACD, as has been the case for many, many years. Nothing beats parking yourself in the "sweet spot" and letting the great music on a great sound system take you away!

Sad to say that I have all but given up on CD/LP shopping in brick and mortar stores, as the selection gets thinner and thinner thanks to downloads and MP3s and ipods and yourpods and blackberries and raspberries and cell phones, and gawd knows what else! I don't own any of 'em, and doubt I ever will.

Glad to say that I have such a huge collection of LPs, CDs and SACDs that I'm pretty much covered in having most all the music I love already in hand - from classical to blues to jazz to rock, and anything and everything inbetween. My tastes are eclectic and widespread, thank goodness!

I also have a HUGE home theatre set-up that cost huge $, and I see these adds for the Bose Wavelength or Waveform or whatever it's called, and I just laugh and cry at the same time. These people have never heard a good, much less GREAT home theatre set-up! Or they certainly wouldn't be so blown away by that simple, silly little box! (That's WAY over-priced, btw!)

It seems to me that going from hi-fidelity, in all its glory, to lo-fi downloads and MP3s is analogous to going from a Les Paul or a Strat thru a Marshall or a Vox to a Sears Silvertone guitar thru a Sears Silvertone combo amp w paper-thin speakers...Surely you can understand that analogy!

End of rant. Not telling anyone what they "should" like, just expressing MY opinion as to the state of recorded music as it exists today for the seemingly ever-growing bulk of music listeners. *whew* and :thwap:

[sunvalleylaw]

Marnold, I suffer the same lack of buying options. The only place around here to buy CD's is Starbucks. What a laugh! And if I drive to Twin Falls, an hour and a half away, I have only Target and Walmart type options pretty much. I tried to find "The Wall" down there, and couldn't! So I guess I have to Amazon it, or wait until our vacation to the Seattle area. The question I face with Amazon is am I going to download (from there or iTunes depending), or do I order the CD so I can get the stuff that goes with it. I do love album art, liner notes, etc.

Oh yeah, right now I am listening to Jeff Beck, She's A Woman, on Pandora. P.S. I wouldn't mind a new thread on this BigG. I find it interesting.

[bigG]

Marnold, I suffer the same lack of buying options. The only place around here to buy CD's is Starbucks. What a laugh! And if I drive to Twin Falls, an hour and a half away, I have only Target and Walmart type options pretty much. I tried to find "The Wall" down there, and couldn't! So I guess I have to Amazon it, or wait until our vacation to the Seattle area. The question I face with Amazon is am I going to download (from there or iTunes depending), or do I order the CD so I can get the stuff that goes with it. I do love album art, liner notes, etc.

Oh yeah, right now I am listening to Jeff Beck, She's A Woman, on Pandora. P.S. I wouldn't mind a new thread on this BigG. I find it interesting.

Thanks, svl! :) Being as hi-tech illiterate as I am, if you can tell me how to re-post this as a new Thread, I'm glad to do it! :D

[sunvalleylaw]

Sure BG, when I get off on a tangent, and want to take it to a new thread, I generally hit the quote button on my post, then cut or copy the quote, then migrate over and start the new thread and paste the quote in, generally with an explanation, and start the new thread. If I have more than one post to bring over, I use the quote and edit features and copy and paste away. I often, but not always, use two browser windows to do this. Whether I delete the original post depends on how badly I diverted the thread. In a case like this, I am not sure it is necessary. It is only a coupla posts and we are moving on to a new thread.

I was going to PM you this, but thought other members might get some benefit out of seeing it too. See you over in your new thread, I am quite interested in the discussion, but a while later. I have to go do some work now.

[bigG]

It is done, SVL, mucho thanks! :beer:

[R_of_G]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ACTPOD/SCD-8552-2~Booker-T-the-MGs-McLemore-Avenue-Posters.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://www.cmdistro.com/images/xlarge/13472.jpg

Happy Birthday to a guitarist I have idolized since I was a teenager, the great Greg Ginn.

[bigG]

Today I have some tasty live albums on the menu:

Ten Years After - Undead

Gary Moore - Blues Alive

SRV & 2xTrouble - Live Alive

BB King - Live at The Apollo

Great stuff! No doubt I'll be jamming along w these later today! :D

[tunghaichuan]

http://img3.sharedmusic.net/files/pics/449/448245/img_1_pr.jpg

Up next:

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/6308-the-final-cut.jpg

[R_of_G]

I view The Final Cut more as Roger's first solo album than I do a Pink Floyd album. That's not really a criticism as I quite like Roger's solo work. It just sounds much more like what he did after than much that he did with the Floyd.

NP:

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

I would post the album cover but it has bare boob and this is a family friendly forum. If you want to see the cover (and the boobage), Google Image Search for it. :D

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51X5TGQY5SL._SS500_.jpg
It'd be easy to dismiss Fozzy as a Chris Jericho vanity project, but "All That Remains" is actually a really good hard rock/metal album. My only complaint is that the mix sounds over-compressed like Metallica's "Death Magnetic."

[tunghaichuan]

I view The Final Cut more as Roger's first solo album than I do a Pink Floyd album. That's not really a criticism as I quite like Roger's solo work. It just sounds much more like what he did after than much that he did with the Floyd.


I would agree with that assessment. Gilmour sounds awesome on this album as always, but at the same there is a slight feeling that he was just phoning it in. By this time Gilmour and Waters hated each other, right?



NP:

Pixies - Surfer Rosa

I would post the album cover but it has bare boob and this is a family friendly forum. If you want to see the cover (and the boobage), Google Image Search for it. :D

Thanks for the heads up. :AOK: 'Cause, lik finding pix of nekkid wimmin' on the 'net is so hard. :D :rotflmao:

tung

[R_of_G]

I would agree with that assessment. Gilmour sounds awesome on this album as always, but at the same there is a slight feeling that he was just phoning it in. By this time Gilmour and Waters hated each other, right?

I believe that's correct. I've read that Gilmour wasn't particularly thrilled with the touring for the Wall because the stage show was so orchestrated that it required the band to play the songs more or less the same way every night so the timing of the show would match up. This meant Gilmour had very little freedom in his soloing. His work on The Final Cut is still great because he's the consummate professional. He gave Roger what he wanted but it seemed he was more of a hired hand than a true collaborator at that point.

[tunghaichuan]

A little viking death metal for your consideration:

JFq2YJKYa-k


ZPRt6Tt6RyM&feature=fvw


eABVwEgzIss

tung

[R_of_G]

http://i41.tinypic.com/m7gv11.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://ziknation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/bob-dylan.jpg

[just strum]

as already noted in another thread

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/41FRDVE5HHL_SS500_.jpg

[Spudman]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_laHsKOXonGQ/RlfNbnalBkI/AAAAAAAAADY/9GmDlIQB5DU/s400/Pendragon+-+believe_cover.jpg

[Ro3b]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ab/48/4fb7419328a09751df21e110.L.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/ab/48/4fb7419328a09751df21e110.L.jpg

Way cool. I am going to check that one out tomorrow.

[R_of_G]

http://images.chron.com/blogs/intune/neko_middle_cyclone.jpg

[R_of_G]

The Band
Live July 17, 1976
Washington, DC

If there was a tighter live band than this, I haven't heard them.

[Tibernius]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/23/Insilicocover.jpg

[sumitomo]

Sue Foley/Young Girl Blues!!!!!!!! Sumi:D

[R_of_G]

http://dic.academic.ru/pictures/enwiki/77/Meet_the_Smithereens.jpg

I'm pretty picky when it comes to Beatles covers, but I think they did a good job with almost all of these.

[R_of_G]

http://www.losanjealous.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/kingkhan.gif

[Tibernius]

Theatre of Tragedy: Aegis
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/39/Aegiscover.jpg

Been listening to this the last week or so. Some brilliant guitar parts in it, complicated but sound really easy. A lot of the songs have a very similar sound to Fields of the Nephilim, particularly "Angélique".

[R_of_G]

http://www.jazz.com/assets/2008/1/1/albumcoverJohnZorn-NakedCity.jpg

[Blaze]

F_Z into Jazz ..




http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/617nTBkgi%2BL._SS400_.jpg

[R_of_G]

Listening to the Pixies' Surfer Rosa again to celebrate Kim Deal's birthday. Probably Pixies in heavy rotation today.

[Tibernius]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2f/ASenseOfPurposeCover.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://www.latenightwallflower.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/heartless-bastards-the-mountain.jpg

On its first listen. So far, I like it a lot.

[R_of_G]

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_Vc3H5q9pmgg/R_VomCV4j_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/8C8sxOOvwu0/s400/cover+-+front.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://content.artofmanliness.com/uploads/2008/07/cake-fashion-nugget-300x298.jpg

[Gil Janus]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/56/4e/3ec5e893e7a059bbaac07110.L.jpg

Gil :cool:

[R_of_G]

Good choice Gil! Dick Dale rules.

NP:

David Byrne
Live July 2002
Union Chapel, London UK

[tunghaichuan]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XQ3C1Z0FL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[sumitomo]

Man Buddy really does remind me of Poindexter.Sumi:D

[R_of_G]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41XQ3C1Z0FL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

:D

I've been listening to a lot of Buddy this afternoon as well as having a long conversation about him with a friend.

[Tibernius]

Tristania - Illumination

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/TristaniaIllumination.jpg

Thanks for the Amon Amarth links Tung, I'd heard of them but hadn't actually heard any of their songs. :AOK:

[tunghaichuan]

Tristania - Illumination

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/5e/TristaniaIllumination.jpg


Cool, I had not heard them. I'm checking out some sound samples on Amazon now. :AOK:



Thanks for the Amon Amarth links Tung, I'd heard of them but hadn't actually heard any of their songs. :AOK:

No problem. They sound a lot like Dark Tranquility to me, from what I've heard. Different subject matter/lyrics, though.

tung

[tunghaichuan]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61qMt-WjOiL._SS500_.jpg

Sound samples available here. (http://www.amazon.com/Seraphim-Irfan/dp/B000W4D95W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244758886&sr=1-1)

Just ordered their first one (http://www.amazon.com/Irfan/dp/B0007LPRUA/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1244758958&sr=1-1) from Amazon.

tung

[birv2]

A trio with Reverend Horton Heat, an organist, and a drummer. If you like guitar, especially retro 50's/60's styles, you'll probably like this one. Everything from some blues to jazz to soul to movie themes. I need only mention the James Bond theme AND Hang em High.

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/thum_21164a3185ae0f27f.jpg (http://www.thefret.net/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=1128)

[R_of_G]

http://www.blackswan.bc.ca/images/neko.gif

There are days I cannot get enough of Neko Case's voice. Today seems like it will be one of those.

[Jimi75]

Cat Stevens "Father & Son", right in the moment, before I maxed up Lynyrd Skynyrd's "Freebird" here in the office...well it's Friday!

[sunvalleylaw]

I love Father and Son. I have a apple iTunes playlist based on it. Freebird reminds me of High School dances in the Gym at my school, with my hair parted in the middle, and wide legged jeans. LOL!!! Right now, I am listening to "Head East - Never Been Any Reason", and have Knopfler and live Sultans qued up.

[Spudman]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_QNq0NdpCuCQ/SV0QBoa5XkI/AAAAAAAACrU/rp2-58Gdkj0/s320/Deep+Purple+-+Burn+(1974).jpg

[R_of_G]

http://images.teamsugar.com/files/users/1/13839/45_2007/51NMM1G7Y0L._SS500__0.jpg

[sumitomo]

Its time for some Mule,I just cant get that rockin horse out of my head!!!:rockon:Sumi:D

[R_of_G]

My all day Neko-fest continues.

http://images.chron.com/blogs/intune/neko_middle_cyclone.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

My all day Neko-fest continues.

http://images.chron.com/blogs/intune/neko_middle_cyclone.jpg

I've heard of her, but never heard any of her music. What's a good one to start with?

tung

[pes_laul]

Boney James - Boneyizm

if you haven't heard it, listen to it right now.:poke:

[Suhnton]

Boney James - Boneyizm

if you haven't heard it, listen to it right now.:poke:

You're a bit young for the babymakin' music aren't ya? :poke:

[ted s]

Neil Young, Live at Massey Hall, 1971.

dVC2cszdTao

[just strum]

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/41mBHs6VjLL_SS400_.jpg

[pes_laul]

You're a bit young for the babymakin' music aren't ya? :poke:
I enjoy my jazz sometimes.

Hey if anyone can find this song on the internet please post it.

[R_of_G]

I've heard of her, but never heard any of her music. What's a good one to start with?

tung

I particularly like "Furnace Room Lullaby." It's a pretty good intro to her. The most recent album "Middle Cyclone" is fantastic as well, but it's probably better if you're a little more familiar with her.

[sunvalleylaw]

Boney James - Boneyizm

if you haven't heard it, listen to it right now.:poke:

I had not listened to that before. Reminds me a little of John Klemmer - Touch. Check that one out Kris. Best make out music ever recorded, at least based on my research. ;)

[sunvalleylaw]

I enjoy my jazz sometimes.

Hey if anyone can find this song on the internet please post it. I could not find that song, but plugged Boney James into Pandora, and it played a song off of Send One Your Love, by him.

EDIT: I just found a short clip of Boneyizm on iTunes. It sounds a little less like Klemmer, at least based on the clip, but still in the same ball park. I may pick some of this stuff up. I enjoy my jazz and actually really got into fusion in high school and college. Didn't hurt me a bit!

I am going to listen to some of Mr. James today, and also this:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=105322899

Brubeck, Take Five - 50 Years Strong.

[tunghaichuan]

I particularly like "Furnace Room Lullaby." It's a pretty good intro to her. The most recent album "Middle Cyclone" is fantastic as well, but it's probably better if you're a little more familiar with her.

Thanks!

tung

[just strum]

Elvis Costello - King of America

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/costello-king.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51intKGmCzL.jpg

Another great album with Mr. Frisell, this time teamed up with the always amazing Matt Chamberlain on drums.

[R_of_G]

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/m/minutemen/album-double-nickels-on-the-dime.jpg

[Blaze]

THE tone ........


http://bluestormmusic.com/store/images/beck-jeff_live-ronnie-scotts.jpg

[bigG]

The Very Best of Moby Grape - Vintage

I have all two of their albums on vinyl from the 60s. ;) This was released in 1993. A two-disc CD set including both studio albums, plus a bunch of demos and live cuts...

Sadly overlooked, and imploding from drugs and mental illness early on, this is one of the BEST bands I bet most of you have never heard of. Three guitar players (acoustic and electric) w that rockin' San Fran sound, rounded out w alot of prescient alt-country leanings, superb guitar duels, and melt like butter harmonies. Catch 'em if you can, on CD, MP3...any medium. Highly recommended! :AOK:

_______

Just went to youtube, and I'll be darned if there aren't some Moby Grape vids (some audio only) on there! Here's a great blues tune. The Grape doing Miller's Blues:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAUGyED5vH0

A great tongue-in-cheek one minute ballad, "Naked if I Want To"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5b8utHBk3aQ

One of my all-time favorite songs by anyone. I give you "8:05" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioKodbNTljg

and, if you haven't given up yet, a three-fer! "Omaha", "Hey Grandma", "Changes" :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnf8drkjQGY

Hope you enjoyed it! :rockon:

[bigG]

I added some youtube links to Moby Grape on my original post (just above). Check 'em out! G

[birv2]

I love the Grape. Fantastic first album. So much talent, great songwriting, harmonies, 3 guitars. Everything from bluesy to country to folk to rock.

I agree -- the best 60's band you've never heard of!

[tunghaichuan]

Today's playlist:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/618M2GMX4CL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51jNDkoLw8L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51weaAUWinL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

tung

[Tibernius]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/6b/RBF_cover_final2.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

"Atomic Batteries to Power" by Vangard (sic), some guys my band used to gig with:

http://graphics.ink19.com/issues/august2001/mfv.jpeg

Plus the last.fm channel of one feller called Stinky Turner:

http://www.last.fm/user/Stinky%20Turner

Heard some Rabble, Cobra Skulls, Automatics, looking forward to some Ben Weasel.

:dude:

[Spudman]

http://mp3passion.net/uploads/posts/1182498924_1181896197_folder.jpg

[sumitomo]

Lucky Peterson/Beyond Cool Sumi:D :rockon:D

[just strum]

I've settled in on SRV and been working some licks (with my mod).

I also possibly figured out why there are days certain guitars sound better than others (comparing ones you own). I think it has something to do with the music you listened to that day. I have been listening to SRV in the car and then dissecting it once I get home - can't put the Strat down to play another guitar.

[Ro3b]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FYb6ef2fL._SS500_.jpg

I saw these guys a couple of weeks ago opening for Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction, and good lord almighty what a set. The album has been in heavy rotation on my morning commute.

[Suhnton]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41FYb6ef2fL._SS500_.jpg

I saw these guys a couple of weeks ago opening for Nine Inch Nails and Jane's Addiction, and good lord almighty what a set. The album has been in heavy rotation on my morning commute.

Jane's Addiction are back together?

[Perfect Stranger]

Listening to the new "ChickenFoot"

[sumitomo]

Jimmy Thackery and David Raitt/That's It! Man Bonnie's brother can sing and her dad can too. Sumi:D

[Ro3b]

Jane's Addiction are back together?

As of last year, apparently. They were in fine form when they played here, particularly Dave Navarro. I hadn't realized before what a tremendous player he is.

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ULvgdzavL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[Ro3b]

http://cdn.7static.com/static/img/sleeveart/00/000/595/0000059573_350.jpg

[R_of_G]

Listening to this.

On repeat.

A lot.

Hbq13bLylCY

I'm not sure if it gets any better than Frisell covering the Delfonics, and if it does, I'm not sure I care. This performance has become my new obsession. The tone just gets sweeter and sweeter with each verse.

[sunvalleylaw]

Listening to this.

On repeat.

A lot.

Hbq13bLylCY

I'm not sure if it gets any better than Frisell covering the Delfonics, and if it does, I'm not sure I care. This performance has become my new obsession. The tone just gets sweeter and sweeter with each verse.

Now I am too. Thanks! Perfect for today. The sun is out, and this tune fits the mood! :AOK:

[R_of_G]

Now I am too. Thanks! Perfect for today. The sun is out, and this tune fits the mood! :AOK:

Glad you enjoyed it Steve. My evening walks have lately turned into evening runs and the other night I listened to that on repeat for about an hour. I couldn't think of a reason to listen to anything else. :D

But today, the mail just came which means I am about to give this its first listen...

http://betterpropaganda.com/images/artwork/The_Budos_Band_EP-The_Budos_Band_480.jpg

[helliott]

Chickenfoot, Sach's band with Chad Smith and Hagar.

[bigG]

Yesterday was great 80s artists day for me:

'Til Tuesday - 3 great discs

Bonnie Tyler - Collection (inspired by Jimi's Literal Video post. Always thought of her as the raspy-voiced female counterpoint to Rod Stewart)

Juice Newton - Collection (man, in emotive mood, she's the female Gene Pitney. In pop-country mode, her tunes have more hooks than a fisherman's tackle box)

Today is Green Day day:

All CDs they've made, incl International SuperHits, but not incl their latest, as I haven't bought it yet.

Good stuff! :AOK:

[just strum]

As I type: SRV - The Sky is Crying

[street music]

Been back to listening to the greatest hits of CCR, I can always get into to Fogerty playing.

[Suhnton]

Glad you enjoyed it Steve. My evening walks have lately turned into evening runs and the other night I listened to that on repeat for about an hour. I couldn't think of a reason to listen to anything else. :D

But today, the mail just came which means I am about to give this its first listen...

http://betterpropaganda.com/images/artwork/The_Budos_Band_EP-The_Budos_Band_480.jpg

That's quite a badass cover, I dig it.

[R_of_G]

That's quite a badass cover, I dig it.

it suits the music within as well. :D

listened to it several times this weekend. it gets better with each listen. it's exactly what i would have expected in a third release from this band, and i'm glad they delivered.

[R_of_G]

http://www.barbarakrakowgallery.com/stuff/contentmgr/files/201012f82eef11d883d09ce28da2c5e3/img_two/lp_kelley.dirty.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

http://www.ufomusic.com/coverart/warszawa_cover_50x50.jpg

[R_of_G]

excellent choice tung. :bravo:

[R_of_G]

http://www.lib.washington.edu/media/pitchfork/images/daydream.jpg

also played "goo" between "dirty" and this one but had no time to post it.
been a very sonic youth oriented day so far. i expect the trend to continue well into the evening probably continuing backwards through their albums from here.

[sumitomo]

Magic Sam!!!! Sumi:D

[Suhnton]

http://www.ufomusic.com/coverart/warszawa_cover_50x50.jpg

Speaking of Bill Laswell, I was listening to this the other day:

Tabla Beat Science - Live At Stern Grove
http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/450/457997.jpg

[marnold]

Listened to this before and after the concert on Friday:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51NLx-QTOJL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Listened to these four on the way to MI:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Av9DOGSnL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41haEs%2BWAsL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CQWE7GWQL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZPXVS3RSL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Listened to this on the way home today:
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WwKSmKc0L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Why only one album on the way back? Because I also listened to my "My favorite MP3s mixtape (or whatever you call random MP3s)" that lasts four hours.

[R_of_G]

Tabla Beat Science - Live At Stern Grove
http://cover6.cduniverse.com/MuzeAudioArt/450/457997.jpg

:bravo:

I've noticed you have excellent taste in music Suhnton.

I was obsessed with that album for a long long time. I've long been a big fan of both Indian music and Mr. Laswell. The combination of the two was like some form of musical crack for me.

:D

[Suhnton]

:bravo:

I've noticed you have excellent taste in music Suhnton.

I was obsessed with that album for a long long time. I've long been a big fan of both Indian music and Mr. Laswell. The combination of the two was like some form of musical crack for me.

:D

Well, I wish that was true. :)
To be honest, I indulge in more than my share of ear candy as well.

When I was a young kid, my father's record collection totalled about 2 albums/5 LPs (seriously). One was a 4-LP Ray Charles box set and the other was Ravi Shankar live in San Francisco. I developed an interest in Indian music through that album.

My brothers and I returned the favour by turning dad onto The Pixies "Surfer Rosa" album a few years later (he really got into that one). :)

[FrankenFretter]

Although I usually put the iPod on shuffle when I'm driving, this is what I've been listening to this week when I'm not letting random bits decide for me:

Ozzy - Blizzard and Diary. I hadn't listened to this stuff in years. I forgot how amazing Randy's work was. Timeless...if you like that kind of thing.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MURby2xXL._SL500_AA240_.jpg https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/51iwyUTpggL._SL160_.jpg

Bela Fleck - Live at the Quick.
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513AGQCTH6L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Mark Knopfler - Sailing to Philadelphia
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21B10CWT2KL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

Knopfler will probably always be one of my favorites, although I don't own much of his stuff. I must obtain more...kind of like guitars and amphs.

[R_of_G]

Well, I wish that was true. :)
To be honest, I indulge in more than my share of ear candy as well.

When I was a young kid, my father's record collection totalled about 2 albums/5 LPs (seriously). One was a 4-LP Ray Charles box set and the other was Ravi Shankar live in San Francisco. I developed an interest in Indian music through that album.

My brothers and I returned the favour by turning dad onto The Pixies "Surfer Rosa" album a few years later (he really got into that one). :)

Um, you mentioned three of my favorite things in one post. Ray Charles, Ravi Shankar and the Pixies. :D

This morning I am listening to the majority of my Sonic Youth collection on shuffle. Probably will do whole albums again later but for now I don't feel like picking and I pretty much love all of it.

Now Playing:

Schizoprhenia from the album "Sister"

[sunvalleylaw]

The Pixies will always remind me of my ski bum job after law school but before "real life", where I was the only swing shift prep cook at the Sun Valley Inn with a law degree. We enjoyed having a rude boy existence in the back kitchen, preparing food at warp speed while the Pixies, or Suicidal Tendencies, or RHCP or Jane's Addiction blared on a boom box. I mean, all we wanted was a Pepsi!

I cannot concentrate at work with those songs on now (work is way more mental and way less physical now), and so I am now listening to a pandora station based on Bill Frisell. It is currently playing some sweet Metheny, "Bright Size Life" off of "Midwestern Night's Dream". :AOK: :AOK:

[R_of_G]

http://www.blackpointmusic.cz/shop/images/covers/GED25203.jpg

[ted s]

RofG, I kinda figured you would be listening to some Eagles

[R_of_G]

:rotflmao:

Good one Ted :AOK:

If I ever am listening to the Eagles again, it means I've died and gone to the fiery place because I am quite sure that my soundtrack to eternal damnation is the Hotel California solo over and over and over again. :D

[ted s]

Sorry pal, cat's out'a the bag now.

[sunvalleylaw]

. . . and so I am now listening to a pandora station based on Bill Frisell. It is currently playing some sweet Metheny, "Bright Size Life" off of "Midwestern Night's Dream". :AOK: :AOK:

I just have to say that if anyone enjoys mellow, but well played guitar instrumentals while at work, with a variety of great guitar tones by the way, that person should start a Pandora station with Bill Frisell as the seed. It is excellent for office work back ground tunes.

[marnold]

http://www.amazon.com/Don-Henley-Must-Die/dp/B000QPF88S

[tunghaichuan]

I hate the f****** Eagles:

h-vwPuiILBc

Pretty much sums it up for me. :D


:rotflmao:

Good one Ted :AOK:

If I ever am listening to the Eagles again, it means I've died and gone to the fiery place because I am quite sure that my soundtrack to eternal damnation is the Hotel California solo over and over and over again. :D

[R_of_G]

I hate the f****** Eagles:

h-vwPuiILBc

Pretty much sums it up for me. :D

:D

precisely what i was referring to. it's quite possibly my favorite line in a movie full of lines i quote all the time.

now playing:

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/8e048371c69c3e12d0efc3dab328c7af/613011.jpg

their cover of harrison's "within you, without you" is spectacular. i tend to be extremely picky about beatles covers, and doubly so when they are george's songs, but sy nailed this one.

[tunghaichuan]

:D

precisely what i was referring to. it's quite possibly my favorite line in a movie full of lines i quote all the time.



:AOK:

Another of my favorites from that movie:


Donny: Are these the Nazis, Walter?
Walter Sobchak: No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of.

:rotflmao:

Now playing:

http://blogs.phoenixnewtimes.com/uponsun/Amon-Amarth---Twilight-Of-The-Thunder-God.jpg

I've been on a Swedish Viking death metal kick lately. :dude:

[just strum]

Arrested Development

3 years, 5 months and 2 days in the Life of

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/4136S1YCJFL_SS500_.jpg

[sumitomo]

I found the Hotel California,it's down in Puyo,Ecuador.Really I was walking down the street one day and bam I couldn't believe it.Sumi:D.Been listen to Ronnie Earl today.Got me in a good groove fixing the race car for next month,ready to rip up some asphalt.

[just strum]

I found the Hotel California,it's down in Puyo,Ecuador.Really I was walking down the street one day and bam I couldn't believe it.

Did you happen to see R of G there?

[marnold]

Have a shredderific Sunday! I know I am!
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61XKx%2Bm8cJL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/9328-the-body-the-blood-the-machine.jpg

[Suhnton]

And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead - So Divided

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/1d/So_Divided.jpg/200px-So_Divided.jpg

[R_of_G]

https://www.nakasha-spain.com/shop/images/Tom-Waits-Franks-Wild-Years-288132.jpg

[pes_laul]

Just picked up Edder Vedder - Into the Wild, some really good stuff. not very hard rocking even a bit folkish but the lyrics tell a good story.

[hubberjub]

Just picked up Edder Vedder - Into the Wild, some really good stuff. not very hard rocking even a bit folkish but the lyrics tell a good story.

If you watch the movie it will make more sense. That is a good soundtrack.

[Ro3b]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/85/e6/1d3051c88da0adfbff222210.L.jpg

[Suhnton]

https://www.nakasha-spain.com/shop/images/Tom-Waits-Franks-Wild-Years-288132.jpg

Hey that's my favourite Tom Waits album. Actually my wife bought it a few years ago at a used record store. My wife has good taste in music :)

[R_of_G]

Hey that's my favourite Tom Waits album. Actually my wife bought it a few years ago at a used record store. My wife has good taste in music :)

definitely a good choice. in my top 3 waits albums for sure. it's almost not fair to include rain dogs, which if i didn't, would put franks in the top 2. :D

[R_of_G]

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/h/husker-du/album-flip-your-wig.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://g-ecx.images-amazon.com/images/G/01/ciu/67/22/048f7220eca0eaa9b69e1010.L.jpg

[pes_laul]

been digging on billy joels "piano man"

[sumitomo]

The Mighty Jeremiahs! Sumi:D

[R_of_G]

http://www.houseoftomorrow.com/i/cdart/69ls_large.jpg

[sunvalleylaw]

Been playin' reggae all day. Irie vibes!

[Ro3b]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qxdQecMkL._SS500_.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LJyT69cEL._SL500_AA280_.jpg

the smokin' power trio rashanim unleashed on selections from john zorn's masada songbook. jon madof is a guitarist everyone should make themselves familiar with. he sure does the trick for me.

[R_of_G]

http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/wp-content/pictures/2008/06/spirit.jpg

[bigG]

Been playing oddball pop lately:

Super Furry Animals
Apples in Stereo
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Wanderlust
Engine Alley

Great stuff! Been filling up my ear's sweet tooth for "different" pop lately.

[tunghaichuan]

I pulled out this album and have been listening to it a lot lately:

http://images.uulyrics.com/cover/t/the-divinyls/album-divinyls.jpg

It doesn't hurt that Chrissy Amphlett is a total babe.

Also pulled out my copies of VH1 & VH2:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/310GNC755KL._SS400_.jpg

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41428SSQD4L._SS400_.jpg

I've always like VH better with DLR than Sammy.

tung

[Tibernius]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/41/Playsmetallicabyfourcellos.jpg

[street music]

THE DOORS greatest hits, PEOPLE ARE STRANGE is asong that has been hanging in my mind a lot of late and I just love some of their music.

[tunghaichuan]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D92R6D3XL._SS500_.jpg

"I don't care what any Casanova thinks, all I can say is: 'love stinks.'" :rotflmao:

[ibanezjunkie]

when i entered the thread....

http://www.friisland.de/Rockblog/wp-content/uploads/image/2008/juni/musik/airbourne.jpg

but at this precise moment...

http://blogs.wnyc.org/soundcheck/files/2008/09/death-magnetic.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

Just download this from Amazon last night:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/51/Praxis-Profanation_cover.jpg/673px-Praxis-Profanation_cover.jpg

I am listening now.

tung

[deeaa]

Aimee Mann & some SOAD today. Oh and some Presidents.

[Geraint Jones]

Been playing oddball pop lately:

Super Furry Animals
Apples in Stereo
Gorky's Zygotic Mynci
Wanderlust
Engine Alley

Great stuff! Been filling up my ear's sweet tooth for "different" pop lately.

I love Gorky's and SFA , being local [ish] bands I`ll have to keep my ears out for the others on your list .

Mind you we only play both types of music in this house .

Country and Western . ;)

[R_of_G]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_Iu3QYLD0w4M/SCI2KJLtZxI/AAAAAAAAAjE/LxT77iKpxRc/s320/the+muff+3.jpg

this is a band i think SVL would enjoy. others too, but he comes to mind when i think of solid garage/punk.

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/415BN0JDTAL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

Chick fronted, goth-metal band:

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_iVuSf4sibWw/SJ1vjxGs8CI/AAAAAAAAC2M/8f0AcbuuJpA/s400/lacuna_coil_-_comalies_front.jpg

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb214/bloodmusa/Blog/Lacunacoil---Karmacode-Front-www1Fr.jpg

It doesn't hurt that Christina Sciabba, the lead singer is a total babe:

http://www.metalinjection.net/photos/Lacuna_Coil2.jpg

I haven't heard their newest one yet, but I've been meaning to pick it up. :AOK:

tung

[R_of_G]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_i357rzZ5B40/Sccu_HSb7DI/AAAAAAAABWM/rZYTmkd_Rh8/s320/devil+dogs+cover.JPG

the band that did more than anyone to revive garage/punk in nyc in the 90's. often imitated, never duplicated. nobody brings it as hard and as nasty as the dogs

[pie_man_25]

OOHH OOOOHH, i'm listening to last days of humanity's album putrefaction in progress, I've been REEEEAAALLLYYY pissed lately, and the absolute pure noise that this album is helps to clear my head (I haven't bought the album, it's actually on youtube in 3 parts.if you like music, it's best not to look for it on youtube)

[just strum]

My radio!!!

My new (used) car only has an FM/Cassette, so I am stuck listening to the radio. Fortunately we have a station that is commercial free called the Alternation. They have a weak signal (down at 88.9 on the dial) and broadcast out of a high school in Streetsboro Ohio. Fortunately I live close and I work close (inside the red circle on the attached map), so it is an opportunity to hear new national and local artists.

http://rock889.org/

[R_of_G]

John Zorn's "The Dreamers"
Live Feb 7, 2009

this band doesn't necessarily have an official name per se. they were the band for "the gift" album and for "the dreamers" album so people have taken to calling them the dreamers now. this show from february was the debut of material for their new album which will be released on the 28th (i assure you, you will be seeing it a lot in here in the weeks and months to come). this band is zorn at his most accessible and features some fantastic playing from mr. ribot.

the band is...

marc ribot - guitar
jamie saft - piano/organ/keys
kenny wolleson - vibes
joey baron - drums
trevor dunn - bass
cyro baptista - percussion
john zorn - sax/conductor

[R_of_G]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/fe/Built_to_Spill_Live.jpg

well-played three guitar rock.

this live album features a great 20 minute take on neil's "cortez the killer" among other goodies.

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51TZ59APPAL._SS500_.jpg

[Ro3b]

Having an inward-turning kind of weekend.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41X6QDV1PGL._SS500_.jpg

This is one of my favorite albums ever. It gets stranger and more beautiful every time I listen to it. Lyrics that grab your heart and squeeze, even as you're wondering exactly what they mean.

[just strum]

Modest Mouse: Never heard of them, so youtubed them - I like em.

What little I heard I sense a Talking Heads and Smashing Pumpkins sort of thing in a couple of their cuts - and I like both groups.

[pie_man_25]

REel big fish she has a girlfriend now,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBNy3l3Me5o

[marnold]

http://d.yimg.com/ec/image/v1/release/196172952;encoding=jpg;size=300;fallback=defaultIm age

[R_of_G]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ml_Yj8KBM7A/R9IDkZehxoI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/j8vE4bBTWl8/s400/Sonny_Sharrock_AskTheAges.jpg

one of my favorite albums ever recorded.

[pie_man_25]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOWB6rmSd4I&NR=1

lamb of god, laid to rest

[tunghaichuan]

Excellent choice, one of my favorites as well. :AOK:


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Ml_Yj8KBM7A/R9IDkZehxoI/AAAAAAAAAUQ/j8vE4bBTWl8/s400/Sonny_Sharrock_AskTheAges.jpg

one of my favorite albums ever recorded.

[R_of_G]

Excellent choice, one of my favorites as well. :AOK:

it was a fitting farewell to one of the most unique guitar players of all time. it's straight enough jazz to appeal to those who might not be into some of sonny's more outside work, but still outside enough to appeal to fans of sonny and pharoah, both of whom do some of their finest playing on it.

[R_of_G]

radiohead
live in berlin
july 4, 2000

one of the best shows of the 2000 tour and excellent sound quality on this boot, to boot!

[R_of_G]

http://thumbnail.image.rakuten.co.jp/@0_mall/mcshowa/cabinet/00163099/img53233209.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

http://itsthesound.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/3560251122_7645bfaf0c_o.jpg

Thanks to Tig for mentioning this band in another thread (http://www.thefret.net/showthread.php?t=12274). :AOK: :master:

Just got this album today, and it completely kicks a$$.

I don't know if it will knock Sacrifist out of first place for my pick for heaviest album, but it is certainly up there. :dude:

tung

[R_of_G]

http://paweuu.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/now-we-can-see.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://www.thirdav.com/hd_discog/img/mc.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/9328-the-body-the-blood-the-machine.jpg

this is the thermals' masterpiece.

i love their previous two albums, and i love the most recent, but this one, this one is stellar from top to bottom and gets better every time i listen to it.

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61Ee8%2BuH8tL._SS500_.jpg

[pes_laul]

Been digging on foo fighters acoustic version of everlong

[R_of_G]

http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm26/J_K_19/Oo.jpg

john zorn
O'o
2009, tzadik records

this is the latest offering from zorn's "dreamers" band, responsible for the gift (2001) and the dreamers (2008). the dreamers are an all-star band if ever there was one, comprised of some of the greatest players in new york's "downtown" scene. these albums are easily among zorn's most accessible work. further review coming.

the band:

marc ribot: guitar
joey baron: drums
kenny wolleson: vibraphone
cyro baptista: percussion
trevor dunn: bass
jamie saft: piano/organ

[tunghaichuan]

I felt like a little Sonny Landreth this evening:

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51G0e-pQZ-L._SL500_AA240_.jpg

http://static.rateyourmusic.com/album_images/d3a32a8a3d3da75fb2c6a25ebe7366fa/40058.jpg

tung

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61nJKUzV63L._SS500_.jpg

"Slackjaw Jezebel" is one of my favorite songs.

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41ADSBJD7DL._SL500_AA240_.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gPMcfaLPNhA/SBPZ0__im1I/AAAAAAAABxg/x3ujbK1dTm8/s400/BBCTRAY.JPG

[ibanezjunkie]

http://www.metal-archives.com/images/1/2/5/7/125786.jpg

:dude:

[R_of_G]

http://www.securecrazydiamond.com/dizq/53058.jpg

[R_of_G]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_EpC1K6KZzNA/RYKabj2roHI/AAAAAAAAAhY/xbkd8l0p_1E/s400/Radiohead-Com_Lag-Frontal.jpg

[bigG]

Today a bunch of UK pop-rock/chamber-pop probably not known by most citizens on this side of the pond:

Prefab Sprout
The Beautiful South
The Divine Comedy
Tindersticks

The past few days have been alt-country/americana/roots stuff:

Velvet Crush
Jayhawks
Continental Drifters
Old 97s
Gene Clark
New Pornographers (from which sprang Neko Case)
Wilco
Son Volt

[R_of_G]

these two albums are twins, so i am listening to them back to back

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00004XONN.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

http://cdn.pitchfork.com/media/6659-amnesiac.jpg

[pie_man_25]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0e6LUTjzX0&feature=fvw

[R_of_G]

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_b3bCjnVnXo4/Rxfc8r2qtQI/AAAAAAAAAzg/i2n9ETZdwWM/s400/Ramones.jpg

[Brian Krashpad]

Band that played middle support for us for a couple months ago, the Swaggerin' Growlers from Boston. Hope to play with them again if they swing back through in the Fall.

http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/102/l_208b279bbfda486eb1c09819cdd39096.jpg

[djmcconnell]

Listening to "Sun is Coming," by Matt Wilson (a solo track from the front man of long-defunct Minneapolis band "Trip Shakespeare.") It's got a very cool acoustic guitar riff that I'm digging.

[R_of_G]

radiohead
live 10.05.08
saitama, japan

excellent show

[pie_man_25]

Agent orange - bloodstains

[tunghaichuan]

http://www.metalkingdom.net/album/img/d7/22056.jpg

I don't like this one as much as From Mars to Sirius, but I'm hoping it will grow on me after repeated listenings.

tung

[tunghaichuan]

Mr. Nicole Kidman:

http://i43.tinypic.com/adjbk0.jpg

Not bad, not great but not bad. He's no Johnny Cash. ;)

I got it at a library sale for $1. :AOK:

tung

[marnold]

Mr. Nicole Kidman:
There are certainly worse things in the world to be called than that :D

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61S2E4N2WJL._SS500_.jpg

Mr. Scary 0wns.

[R_of_G]

http://www.michaelwilsonphotographer.com/wp-content/gallery/covers1/bill-frisell-good-dog-happy-man.jpg

[tunghaichuan]

http://bandcamp.com/files/22/24/2224604687-1.jpg

Listen to it for free:

http://marcooppedisano.bandcamp.com/

Marco is a friend of mine, and a very talented musician. :AOK:

tung

[R_of_G]

http://bandcamp.com/files/22/24/2224604687-1.jpg

Listen to it for free:

http://marcooppedisano.bandcamp.com/

Marco is a friend of mine, and a very talented musician. :AOK:

tung

:AOK:


you know i have that one as well :D

and i agree, marco is exceptionally talented and this cd is a great listen

[ibanezjunkie]

i bet not many of you have listened to this...

http://mindovermetal.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/61b9q1burvl_ss500_.jpg

Trivium - Shogun (2008)

[R_of_G]

http://images.bluebeat.com/an/8/0/0/2/l2008.jpg

[marnold]

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51B-zsqdrdL._SS500_.jpg