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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

Yep, time for that mandatory randomly-scheduled edition of "what the fuck are all y'alls listening to of late?"

I've been SUCH the music whore lately. In the past 6 weeks, I've acquired the following CDs:

Illumina & Japanese Dream, Alisha's Attic
VIVA! La Woman, Cibo Matto
The Trinity Sessions, Cowboy Junkies
Make You Love, Vanessa Daou
Envy, Eve's Plumb
Fight Club soundtrack
Gladiator: More Music (new just-released 2nd soundtrack)
Hey Babe, Juliana Hatfield
Timbre, Tongues & Tails, & Whaler, Sophie B. Hawkins
Evolution, Magdalen Hsu-Li
Silence, Tara MacLean
Pi soundtrack
Happy End Of The World, Pizzicato Five
Run Lola Run soundtrack
Brand New Knife, Happy Hour, & Pretty Little Baka Guy + Live In Japan, Shonen Knife
Dig Me Out & The Hot Rock, Sleater-Kinney
Life's Too Good, The Sugarcubes (the CD had extra tracks)
Resolver, Veruca Salt

I've also burned a 2-CD writing mix, a battle mix, & a friend compiled a CD of all the songs from "Macross Plus" I didn't have.

SO much to listen to....

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"Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Christ on a bike, are you rich, or something!!?

How in the name of bitmapped lesbians could you possibly afford all those?

I bought THREE CDs in all of last year.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

To comfort me on my many tasks in the great outdoors I have been highly dependant upon the Powerpuff Girls soundtrack, as well as the complete TMBG discography.

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

My most recent CD is the soundtrack to Princess Mononoke.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I own both the PPG & "Mononoke" CDs; love 'em both. Tora, if you can find it, get anything by Yoko Kanno. She's done stuff for "Macross Plus," "Cowboy Bebop," "Escaflowne," & other series.

GA: I really CAN'T afford them...well, I CAN, but..yeah. There's also the fact that the parent company of my store owns a shitload of music stores; all three of the ones in our mall, to be exact. So that 30% discount comes in really handy at times.

Of course 3 CDs (the Alisha's Attic & Magdalen Hsu-Li ones) came from Amazon, 2 of the Shonen Knife ones came from eBay, Make You Love is a burned copy of a French-only import which I'll replace with the "real" CD soon from Amazon, Envy I got from a housemate who didn't like it..oh, & I'm acquiring the "Earth: Final Conflict" CD from her as well, as long as I burn her a copy for her to keep.
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"Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.

[This message has been edited by Shik (edited March 05, 2001).]

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

<Family Guy Baby Voice>

AAAAHHHH!! Damn you, DAMN YOU ALL TO HELL!!!!

Family Guy Baby Voice>

Ah well, more power to your elbow.

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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on :

I acquired Hotshot by Shaggy the other day.

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Posted by Kosh (Member # 167) on :

Geddy Lee, My Favorite Headache
Chili Peppers
STP
Kid Rock (so sue me)

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I DO NOT ENJOY BOTH GENDERS!!!
Ultra Magnus

Posted by USS Vanguard (Member # 130) on :

Kid Rock? i think i will sue you.

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Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Well, let's see what I've purchased of late...

Jazz wise:
Poncho Sanchez: Soul of the Conga
Branford Marsalis Quartet: Contemporary Jazz
Johsua Redman: Beyond
Slim Galliard: Laughing in Rythim; The Best of the Verve Years
Pat Metheny Trio: 99-00
Nicholas Payton: Nick @ Night
Russel Malone: Looks Who's Here
Bill Charlap Trio: Written in the Stars
John Lewis: Evolution II
Rene Marie: How Can I Keep From Singing
Monica Mancini: The Dreams of Johnny Mercer
The Manhattan Transfer: The Spirit of St. Louis
Art Tatum: Classic Early Solos (1934-1937)

Other:
Moby: Play
Yo-Yo Ma: Appalachian Journey
Soundtrack: O Brother, Where Art Thou
Soundtrack: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
B.B. King: Riding With the King

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

See, I KNEW I forgot something. My roommate/ex-girlfriend gave me a jazz sampler with some great stuff on it. Lots of Coltrane, Dinah Washington, Count Basie....yum.

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"Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.

Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

I once had CD's.... my favorite was the Veggie Tales one (well, at least to torment people with when they were in my car) But then my car got stolen. And my CD's were not recovered, along with MANY other things. I'll never get to replace those CD's you know..... too much $$$.... I'm pretty broke :-P

~LOA

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

*emits the sort of tortured shriek that makes a person's ears bleed*

VeggieTales! The spawn of Satan!

Well, wait... The spawn of Yahweh, actually. Which is even WORSE!

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"Wowsers!"
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Oh, and as for "what's spinning"... Earth sphere rotates within an invisible Time Cube. You are educated stupid.

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Posted by The Talented Mr. Gurgeh (Member # 318) on :

The only new stuff I've been listening to is:
Moby - Play: The B-sides.
The Deftones - Around the Fur.
Elliot Smith - Figure 8.

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comprehend the language in which it is written. It is written in the language
of mathematics, and its characters are triangles, circles and other geometric
figures, without which it is humanly impossible to understand a single word
of it; without these, one is wandering about in a dark labyrinth."
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Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

First of all - *kills Shik*

I warned people what I'd do if another of these threads was started.

Second of all *kills Napster* *or at least kicks its broken mutilated corpse*

THAT's for having me spend ages trying to download "There She Goes", while not paying attention, and finding out I've downloaded the bloody Sixpence None The Richer Version. ARRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

And finally: the Powerpuff Girls album? Is it any good? Is it related to the show at all? Do the voice actresses (and actors) pop up? Does Mojo (dear sweet Mojo) get a song? Huh?

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

You cannot harm one who has been touched by a Vorlon...& no, I DON'T mean Adam.

Yeah, the PPG CD is pretty good. I picked it up mainly for the Shonen Knife song (which is about Buttercup--how perfect!), but Mojo has his song done by Devo. It's happy, poppy, fluffy, & campy. Pure PPG.

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"Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.

Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on :

Isn't, like, DEVO back?

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Posted by Diane (Member # 53) on :

Tim: Is THAT why Christians go on and on about Veggie Tales? I kept hearing about it but always managed to miss seeing an episode. Must be a sign.

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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

Diane: VeggieTales are animated anthropomorphized vegetables that either act out biblical stories, or teach morality lessons. They're an insdious means to twist children's minds into being good little Christians. Basically, they're propaganda of the worst sort: targeted at children who can't know any better.

Posted by Gaseous Anomaly (Member # 114) on :

Q: What's spinning?

A: Me. Oh my poor fucking head and innards

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Posted by Antagonist (Member # 484) on :

I have to agree, with Shik about Yokko Kanno. The first stuff i heard from her was the bebop soundtracks, and that's what turned me into a jazz lover.

I haven't picked up the Mononoke soundtrack yet, but I'm sur I can get a copy from Napster.

Speaking of which:
*slaps liam with his guantlet*
Prepare to die.

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Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Today I bought:

The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest and Topsy Turvy by the Young Fresh Fellows.

A Love Supreme by John Coltrane.

I also ordered:

On Avery Island by Neutral Milk Hotel.

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Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

:::sighs::: I bought another Cowboy Junkies CD Friday...but only because I wanted to go flirt with Emily. Bought a copy of "My Ishmael" by Daniel Quinn as well; everybody & their brother's been telling me to read that book.

Solly: good call on the Coltrane. Go get Dear John Coltrane by Vanessa Daou. All the songs are about him, have strains of his influencing in them.

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"Gee, the public whipping didn't quite convey their fascist culture, I need something more straightforward. Ah, leather hats!" --Nimrod, on National Socialism fashion design.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

Antag: What? What'd I do? I wasn't even here. Ever.

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"And Mojo was hurt and I would have kissed his little boo boo but then I realized he was a BAD monkey so I KICKED HIM IN HIS FACE!"
-Bubbles

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I AM RESURRECTION MASTARR!!

(No, really. I searched for this thread for a good 20 minutes. Even stopped staring lustily at Olaide to do it.)

During my, um, "absence," some folks who were in contact with me got interested in what I was listeneing to. Finally I have managed to get a current list of what is on Smilla, my iPod--of course, it'll probably increase this weekend--& thanks to Topher, it's now webposted. (WARNING. BIG gorram file)

All 11,031 songs...my entire music collection save a couple CDs I didn't put on & a few that only have select songs on them. I do so enjoy making mx CDs, too.

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Gaseous Anomaly:
Christ on a bike, are you rich, or something!!?

How in the name of bitmapped lesbians could you possibly afford all those?

I bought THREE CDs in all of last year.

E-bay, Amazon and second-hand CD stores are of great help.

Posted by AndrewR (Member # 44) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Shik:
You cannot harm one who has been touched by a Vorlon...& no, I DON'T mean Adam.

Point to the dolly where the bad Vorlon touched you.

Posted by The Ginger Beacon (Member # 1585) on :

I only bought about 3 cds last year, and two of them were as gifts for my sister. But I also was given an ancient turntable last summer, so I started going to charity shops and picking up vinyl (now got around 300 7" singles).

Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :

I don't listen to anybody but Dylan, lately. I bought all his albums. ALL OF THEM. Saw him live too. Dylan is THE ONE AND ONLY MAN.

Been writing and playing a lot of my own music, though...

-MMoM [Big Grin]

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Gnarls Barkley

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Hmmm....I've been listening to:
Cake
Metric
Black Lab
Nonpoint (they're locals and really great for working out)
Morphine (if you like real Jazz, listen to Morphine- cant go wrong)
The Dandy Warhols
Keene (mostly B-sides and downloaded radio covers)

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

I'm curious about what definition of Jazz intersects with Morphine.

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

Kidding, right?
Well, I suppose it depends on your personal definition: many think stuff like Spyro Gyra and Kenng G are "Jazz", but for me, it's all about that "big" sound that you might hear in a back room in Chicago or New Orleans in the '40-50's.
Morphine definitely qualifies.

I can see an afterlife concert with Louis Armstrog and Mark Sandman....
Beats the old "angels with harps" thing anyday.

Go back and listen to A Cure for Pain and you'll hear (their own brand) of Jazz.

Though I dig a well done Yoko Kanno arrangment as much as the next guy, and Miles is the best for cooling down after work. [Cool]

Posted by Topher (Member # 71) on :

In the CD changer in my car I presently have:

Ministry of Sound Maximum Bass (CD1 & 2)
Three mixed CDs
Prodigy Fat of the Land
Boards of Canada The Campfire Headphase
Massive Attack Collected
Ministry of Sound The Very Best of Euphoric Dance Breakdown (CD1 & 2)

Posted by bX (Member # 419) on :

Voxtrot warms the cockles of my weary heart.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

quote:
Mim profaned with the obscenities of:
I don't listen to anybody but Dylan, lately. I bought all his albums. ALL OF THEM. Saw him live too. Dylan is THE ONE AND ONLY MAN.

UGH. UGHUGHUGHUGHUGH. Bob Dylan & Neil Young are great songwriters...& they should STOP THE FUCK THERE. Never sing anything. Ever. EVER.

Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :

I hate pretty male voices. Come to think of it, I'm not even big on pretty female voices, either. To each his own.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

But dude. There's Tom Waits & Mark Knopfler, yeah?

Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :

Yes, this is true, and I do like both of them.

Posted by LOA (Member # 49) on :

Depends on my mood, and the level of my head pain.

Nelly - "Da Dirrty Mix: The Reinvention" or some other such nonsense.... it's his remix CD from a while back. The weather is nice, I had a few days without a horrific migraine, so I put all my windows down, opened up my sunroof, and cranked the Nelly. It was time to exercise my stereo for the spring. Nice.

Other than that, there's been a lot of Evanescence on my depressed days and Eminem on my angry days.

Medications make me moody.

Most of the time, the stereo is turned way down in my car though, and it's just on a pop, jazz, or classical station. Easier on the migraines. Fucking life robbers that they are.

~LOA

Posted by CoffeeAddictMike (Member # 144) on :

quote:
Most of the time, the stereo is turned way down in my car though, and it's just on a pop, jazz, or classical station. Easier on the migraines. Fucking life robbers that they are.

I know the feeling... I usually end up listening to Enya when I get migraines but in a cold, dark room with the volume on the first bar only.

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Perhaps you two have confused effect with cause.

Posted by Saltah'na (Member # 33) on :

Just bought me an Ipod this week, among the songs in my brand new toy:

U2
Coldplay
Sarah Maclachlan
Barenaked Ladies
Three Days Grace
Creed
No Doubt
Verve
Oasis
Matchbox 20
Smashing Pumpkins
Bjork

Posted by Cofe82 (Member # 144) on :

Nice collection... I know my dad will say it's better than what I have in my iPod Nano:

Spice Girls
Enrique Iglesias
Backstreet Boys
U2
Jay-Z
Margaret Cho
Sherrie Lea
Amber
Deborah Cox
Aaliyah
Lil Kim
Kylie Minogue
50 Cent
TLC
George Michael
Madonna
Destiny's Child

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I think a very great many of you have serious issues that need working out. I mean, really? Bob Dylan, Nelly, Evanescence, Barenaked Ladies, Three Days Grace, Creed, Matchbox Twenty, Enrique Inglesias, Jay-Z, Lil' Kim, & 50 Cent?

Ready for the sanitarium you are, all of you. I suggest you immediately desist with the obviously evident partaking of laudanum that is occuring. You cannot seriously have us believe that you are NOT injecting cannabis resin into your veins.

(...says the guy who like Asian pop music.)

Posted by Cofe82 (Member # 144) on :

How many Japanese GoGo dancers are in those music videos Shik...

Posted by The Mighty Monkey of Mim (Member # 646) on :

...are you saying you have something against cannabis? [Eek!]

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

To the hell of the holy dragon with the gorram videos. Videos are ass. MTV is going the way of radio.

And I have something against everything. I am Crusty Old Man incarnate. Hemingway & George C. Scott we pissy little cunts compared to me.

Also, why does Flare not support Chinese characters? Blatant languagism, good sirs!

And you change your name too damned much!

GET OFF MY LAWN!!

Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :

"MTV is going the way of radio."

Except, without the music.

For the record, of late I've mostly been listening to the new Tool album. Yes, I know it isn't out yet, but I pre-ordered in on Amazon long before I downloaded it, so the copyright nazis can bite me.

Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :

I had the Jenny Lewis solo album like....2 months in advance. And then bought it on a lark about along with the new Goldfrapp (which I already had) & new Neko Case a month after. They advance CDs to radio stations so...I see no harm. Never have.

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

quote:
Originally posted by TSN:

"MTV is going the way of radio."

Except, without the music.

To quote comedian Lewis Black:
"MTV is to music what KFC is to chicken"

Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :

Delicious?

(Casy and Brian, "Nocturnal friends, stand united!")

Posted by Ritten (Member # 417) on :

Sadly the TV blatting away in the corner.....

Posted by Jason Abbadon (Member # 882) on :

quote:
Originally posted by Sol System:
Delicious?

(Casy and Brian, "Nocturnal friends, stand united!")

Greasy and mostly filler?

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Recent purchases made by me:

Bucky Pizzarelli, Frank Vignola: Moonglow

Les Paul And His Trio: Crazy Rhythm

Eric Clapton: Me And Mr. Johnson

Anita O'Day: The Diva Series

Jessica Molaskey: Pentimento

Rene Marie: Serene Renegade

John Pizzarelli: Let There Be Love

Drive Time: Blue Ridge Parkway

Johnny Cash: The Legend

Chet Baker: Love Songs

Yo-Yo Ma: Sounds of Yo-Yo Ma

Alison Krauss & Union Station: Alison Krauss & Union Station - Live

Mark O'Connor: Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Live in New York

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

Oh, and to answer the actual question of the thread: What's spinning?

Some people consider spinning to be exercise using a stationary bike.

Posted by Cofe82 (Member # 144) on :

I think it was more like when tape was spinning in your Sony Walkman or the vinyl record on a DJ turntable... but I could be wrong.

And yes I do change my name every so often... to keep them off my trail.

Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :

I guess that I should have added a [Wink]

at the end in that I wasn't serious.

Well, serious that there is a thing called Spinning that envolves a stationary bike. But not serious that that was the thrust of this tread.

So, [Wink]

Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :

I haven't bought an actual CD in years. Who needs em when my extensive collection of Mp3's has all I could need.

My Current Favorites Are:

Papa Roach
Evanescence
Metallica
Iron Maiden
Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Rammstien
Van Halen
Marilyn Manson
Bon Jovi
And Andrew W.K.

Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :

I cry a little inside.

Posted by tricky (Member # 1402) on :

Well, I'm currently enjoying the following on my Ipod
The Cure: The Cure
Always out numbered, never outgunned: The Prodigy
Bloodflowers: The Cure
X&Y: Coldplay
Seventeen seconds: The Cure
Demon Days: Gorillaz
Disintegration: The Cure
Playing the angel: Depeche Mode
Kiss Me, Kiss me, Kiss Me: The Cure
Heathen: David Bowie
Seventeen seconds: The Cure
Dummy: Portishead
Ponograhy: The Cure
Protection: Massive attack

As usual, the offsite backup of the MP3's along with my other data is under the Alps, where as the physical CD's are stored in a vault in Tibet, with copies in Antarctica somewhere. And I still lost 2 copies of the Sneaker Pimps album.