Tuesday show-n-tell time once again...

[3-LockBox]

I've been delving into the uber-heavy side of metal lately. Along with the usual Opeth albums, I've ventured into some dark stuff as of late....

Mastadon:Laviathon - I'll need more time with this one, much more. For a conceptual piece based on well known classic literature, it sure is hard to follow, what with the hardcore vocalization and near-death (but not quite) metal growl. Too much of the songs have a sameness to them.

Lacuna Coil: In A Reverie // Unleashed Memories // Comalies - I'm not blown away by these guys. They show so much promise, but they just aren't quite there yet. I do like the vocal interplay of both female and male lead singers, if only the male lead was as good as the female. She's the real deal, he's a poser. The writing is spotty, the playing is good, but not great. I think if I gave some thought and effort, I could make a good 79 minute comp out of these three and a half albums (UnleashedMemories has the Halflife EP tacked-on as a bonus).

Ayreon:The Universal Migrator Pts 1 & 2 - I can't stop playing disc one, but I'm glad that I found the re-issue with both Pts 1 & 2, because I would have felt disappointed paying full price for disc two (Flight Of The Universal Migrator). Not that its a bad album, but because it just pales in comparison to the first disc (The Dream Sequencer). So tell me...which of these two discs is most representative of other Aryeon albums?

and from the 'something borrowed' department:

Soilwork:Stabbing The Drama - I think one deathmetal band in my collection is enough for a while; while these guys are ok, they don't bring as much to the table as Opeth does. This is a band I'll look for in the 'used' section.

Killswitch Engage:End Of Heartache - same here

I've heard that Soilwork's Figure #5 is better than their latest, maybe I'll find out next week.

I showed you mine, now show me yours.

[JDaniel]

Todd - I remember when I used to could recognize bands from your Tuesday list. Now it's like Greek or something. Who are these bands?

Los Lobos - Live Across America

Jerry Garcia & David Grisman - Not For Kids Only

Kathleen Edwards - Back To Me

Willard Grant Conspiracy - Regard The End

Mike's Excellent WGC comp

Tom Waits - Bone Machine

Charlie Daniels Band - Million Mile Reflection (on vinyl)

And some early Dan Fogelberg on vinyl - Souveniers, and Nether Lands. I'd forgotten how good some of his early work was. Excellent voice. And a good supporting cast as well: Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Glen Frey, Graham Nash.

Dats all I can remember.

JD

[ToddL]

Just got The Arcade Fire's untitled debut- seems alright though not quite Funeral
Dusted off a couple of Elliott Smith disks- the late modern folk master
It has been a slow week for listening to good stuff

[Duds]

You need to listen to Natural Born Chaos



I've been delving into the uber-heavy side of metal lately. Along with the usual Opeth albums, I've ventured into some dark stuff as of late....

Mastadon:Laviathon - I'll need more time with this one, much more. For a conceptual piece based on well known classic literature, it sure is hard to follow, what with the hardcore vocalization and near-death (but not quite) metal growl. Too much of the songs have a sameness to them.

Lacuna Coil: In A Reverie // Unleashed Memories // Comalies - I'm not blown away by these guys. They show so much promise, but they just aren't quite there yet. I do like the vocal interplay of both female and male lead singers, if only the male lead was as good as the female. She's the real deal, he's a poser. The writing is spotty, the playing is good, but not great. I think if I gave some thought and effort, I could make a good 79 minute comp out of these three and a half albums (UnleashedMemories has the Halflife EP tacked-on as a bonus).

Ayreon:The Universal Migrator Pts 1 & 2 - I can't stop playing disc one, but I'm glad that I found the re-issue with both Pts 1 & 2, because I would have felt disappointed paying full price for disc two (Flight Of The Universal Migrator). Not that its a bad album, but because it just pales in comparison to the first disc (The Dream Sequencer). So tell me...which of these two discs is most representative of other Aryeon albums?

and from the 'something borrowed' department:

Soilwork:Stabbing The Drama - I think one deathmetal band in my collection is enough for a while; while these guys are ok, they don't bring as much to the table as Opeth does. This is a band I'll look for in the 'used' section.

Killswitch Engage:End Of Heartache - same here

I've heard that Soilwork's Figure #5 is better than their latest, maybe I'll find out next week.

I showed you mine, now show me yours.

[Troy]

A few hours of iPod on Shuffle running thru the computer, thru the old Kenwood in the office, thru the thumpy bookshelf speakers in my 10x10 office:

Glad It's Over- 12 Rods
People- Journey
Coming Like Light- IZZ
Beauty Secrets- Be Bop Deluxe
Hello Skinny- The Residents
Tequila (cover) Tony Levin
Swingin' the Ax- Echolyn
Flora Majora- Flower Kings
You Should Know Me By Now- Scott Jacks
The View From Here- Random Hold
The Dapper Bandits- Estradasphere
Holiday Inn- Elton John
Hurricane- The Cardiacs
Shine- The Wondermints
Piccasso's Last Words- Wings
Smiling, Not Drowning- Porcupine Tree
Hello Sandy Allen- Split Enz
The Fez- Steely Dan
Black Cowboys ont he BEach- Yazbek
Teh Road Leads Where it's Led- Secret Machines
Headroom- 10cc
Backwards Deb- Mike Keneally
Racing in A- Steve Hackett
White Rhino Tea- Ozric Tentacles
Astroboy- The Buggles
Perpetual Change- Yes
Fixing a Hole- the Beatles
The Grand Parade of Lifeless Packaging

I DO love this SO much!

[Duds]

Check out Icarus Witch. The new one called "Capture The Magic" is old school metal. Priest, Maiden, Sabbath like. They even do Sabbath's S.A.T.O. with George Lynch on guitar. This is a damn good cd, check it out



I've been delving into the uber-heavy side of metal lately. Along with the usual Opeth albums, I've ventured into some dark stuff as of late....

Mastadon:Laviathon - I'll need more time with this one, much more. For a conceptual piece based on well known classic literature, it sure is hard to follow, what with the hardcore vocalization and near-death (but not quite) metal growl. Too much of the songs have a sameness to them.

Lacuna Coil: In A Reverie // Unleashed Memories // Comalies - I'm not blown away by these guys. They show so much promise, but they just aren't quite there yet. I do like the vocal interplay of both female and male lead singers, if only the male lead was as good as the female. She's the real deal, he's a poser. The writing is spotty, the playing is good, but not great. I think if I gave some thought and effort, I could make a good 79 minute comp out of these three and a half albums (UnleashedMemories has the Halflife EP tacked-on as a bonus).

Ayreon:The Universal Migrator Pts 1 & 2 - I can't stop playing disc one, but I'm glad that I found the re-issue with both Pts 1 & 2, because I would have felt disappointed paying full price for disc two (Flight Of The Universal Migrator). Not that its a bad album, but because it just pales in comparison to the first disc (The Dream Sequencer). So tell me...which of these two discs is most representative of other Aryeon albums?

and from the 'something borrowed' department:

Soilwork:Stabbing The Drama - I think one deathmetal band in my collection is enough for a while; while these guys are ok, they don't bring as much to the table as Opeth does. This is a band I'll look for in the 'used' section.

Killswitch Engage:End Of Heartache - same here

I've heard that Soilwork's Figure #5 is better than their latest, maybe I'll find out next week.

I showed you mine, now show me yours.

[Mr MidFi]

A few hours of iPod on Shuffle running thru the computer, thru the old Kenwood in the office, thru the thumpy bookshelf speakers in my 10x10 office...
...I DO love this SO much!

Oh, hell yes. It's hard for me to communicate to people how cool this is. You have to experience it for yourself.

All day, every day. Over 3,000 songs on board (so far). Literally weeks of great music, without hearing the same track twice, and without lifting a finger. Combinations and sequences you would never have dreamed of in a million years.

Embrace the random.

[Dusty Chalk]

Ayreon:The Universal Migrator Pts 1 & 2 - I can't stop playing disc one, but I'm glad that I found the re-issue with both Pts 1 & 2, because I would have felt disappointed paying full price for disc two (Flight Of The Universal Migrator). Not that its a bad album, but because it just pales in comparison to the first disc (The Dream Sequencer). So tell me...which of these two discs is most representative of other Aryeon albums?Unfortunately, both. They do have a tendency to stretch out and wank. Sometimes, it's a good thing, and sometimes it's bad. Practically all their albums could do with a bit of editing down a bit.

You should get the haunted house one, too, the one with Fish on it. But find a copy of Human Equation first. I mean, just look at how that album's doing on last.fm compared to anything else they've done.

[Davey]

Nothing new for me, seen one of my posts, ya seen em all. I did spin a comp a few times that I made to leave on the bus like Snowie does, but I don't ride the bus, so I left a couple copies laying on top of the newspaper machine outside the grocery store. Went back a couple days later and they were both still there, kinda dusty and splattered with bird poo. So I left em. Gonna leave a couple more anonymously on the coffee and snack table at work. See if somebody takes em. People bring in a big box of tomatos and they're gone before lunch. So I made a cover with a big picture of a tomato. I'll keep you posted ...

Watch My Back
1. David Kilgour & The Heavy Eights - Chop Me In ½
2. Sue Garner and Rick Brown - I Like the Name Alice
3. Laika - Prairie Dog
4. Arto Lindsay - Gods Are Weak
5. The Black Heart Procession - Why I Stay
6. Flaming Stars - Cash 22
7. Califone - Bottles And Bones (Shade & Sympathy)
8. Willard Grant Conspiracy - The Ghost Of The Girl In The Well
9. Tindersticks - City Sickness
10. Mark Lanegan Band - Hit the City
11. Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain
12. Girls Against Boys - Wilmington
13. Enon - Natural Disasters
14. Richard Davies - Confederate Cheerio Call
15. Wheat - Body Talk
16. Yo La Tengo - Blue Line Swinger

[Slosh]

Watch My Back
5. The Black Heart Procession - Why I Stay
7. Califone - Bottles And Bones (Shade & Sympathy)
11. Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain
13. Enon - Natural Disasters
14. Richard Davies - Confederate Cheerio Call
16. Yo La Tengo - Blue Line SwingerThere are other songs on all these albums, ya know. ;P

NP: Rogue Wave - Descended Like Vultures

[Davey]

There are other songs on all these albums, ya know. ;P
Huh? I only download the singles. You still listen to albums, Retroman? Besides, it was intended as my own interpretation of the "meta comp for strangers on the bus" concept of the comp, not for you, just some songs that had made recent appearances on my own comptus maximus erectus. If it ain't broke, why even think about it?

[Slosh]

Besides, it was intended as my own interpretation of the "meta comp for strangers on the bus" concept of the comp, not for you, just some songs that had made recent appearances on my own comptus maximus erectus. If it ain't broke, why even think about it?And you're telling me this because . . . ? :confused:

~Slosh - weird cologne and magic hair

[Davey]

And you're telling me this because . . . ? :confused:

~Slosh - weird smell and monkey hair
Sadly, I'm telling you because you're the only one who listens. You do listen, right? :confused:

[Snowbunny]

Nothing new for me, seen one of my posts, ya seen em all. I did spin a comp a few times that I made to leave on the bus like Snowie does, but I don't ride the bus, so I left a couple copies laying on top of the newspaper machine outside the grocery store. Went back a couple days later and they were both still there, kinda dusty and splattered with bird poo. So I left em. Gonna leave a couple more anonymously on the coffee and snack table at work. See if somebody takes em. People bring in a big box of tomatos and they're gone before lunch. So I made a cover with a big picture of a tomato. I'll keep you posted ...




HAHAHAHAHA!!!

I would have typed ROTFLMAO, but I so rarely do that in real life.

I'd be happy to take one of them stinkers off your hands, Sugarbear. But just out of curiosity....

That tracklist smells suspiciously like a "Introduction to Alternative Music" compilation for newbies. Anything you want to share with us??? :)

Oh, and throw in a couple of tomatoes while you're at it, willya? We've already had our first frost up here.

Sugarbuns

[Davey]

I would have typed ROTFLMAO, but I so rarely do that in real life.

Yea, me neither. Well, I mean only at home on the carpet. Or outside on the lawn if there aren't many people around. But never in a public restroom. No way.

PS: Haven't you heard all that comp already

PS: Can I ship produce over the border using media mail?

PS: What do I declare as the value?



Anything you want to share with us???
I was gonna ask you the same thing about your new avatar, but thought I'd mull it over for awhile. you know, sleep on it. Then I'll ask ...

Ya ever feel bad when you and Slosh goof off on threads like this? Probably drives people away that really have something important to say, huh? Maybe that's why this thread only has a handful of responses? Maybe you and Slosh should be more considerate of others in the future. Whaddaya say to that?

[Slosh]

Sorry, I kinda lost my shoes and lost my mind and smashed my phone upon a fallen pine.

[audiobill]

Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick

Antony & The Jonsons - I Am A Bird Now

LCD Soundsystem - s/t

Blur - Parklife

Badly Drawn Boy - The Hour of Bewilderbeast


Rest of my musical time has been spent getting acquainted with my iPod. Still in the honeymoon stage. Love is bliss.

audiobill

[Davey]

Sorry, I kinda lost my shoes and lost my mind and smashed my phone upon a fallen pine.
Isn't that what happened to a girl in the song, Holly? Between your gender bender fantasies and the adventures of Stoney the cross-dressing slut, this place is turning into a freakin' freak show. Strangely, I'm starting to feel like I finally fit in ...

[3-LockBox]

Todd - I remember when I used to could recognize bands from your Tuesday list. Now it's like Greek or something. Who are these bands?

Not Greek. Further north...Scandenavian Country (progressive metal to the rest of us) . Maybe its a mid-life thing, I dunno, but my tastes in music has shifted a bit since my first visits to this board oh so long ago. But, I feel good about it. Blues oriented rock is but a speck in my rearview mirror now. Although I still dabble from time to time with non-prog, mainstream music just doesn't float my boat anymore. Things can change though...I never close the book on any kind of music.

So much music, so little time.

Happy Ears!

3LB

[MindGoneHaywire]

Rave of the week: The SubSonics--A Lot To Forget. I think this is from last year? Best rock'n'roll rec I've heard in weeks. But then there was this album by The Contrast--Forget To Tell The Time. Liked that one quite a bit, also. Let's see...

The Darkness--Permission To Land. What the hell. I find this entertaining.
Ike Turner & the Kings Of Rhythm--Here And Now and also Jay McShann--Goin' To Kansas City; both are, unfortunately, duds.
Can't remember if I posted about not liking these NPR issues of Marian McPartland, one was a birthday show with tons of guests from a few years ago, another a sit-down & listen with Oscar Peterson from like 1990. Both were...not that great. Tedious, and difficult to listen to due to the ravages of age, which is not something that I hear with Dave Brubeck's London Flat, London Sharp. But there's this Duke Ellington rec that came out with a somewhat obscure 1957 session for Bethlehem records. Very good...has a tune I've been familiar with for many years, the sublime 'Day Dream.' Never knew where that came from. This is Ellington doing standards, and while not as notable as his earlier stuff or as curiously interesting as, say, Far East Suite, it's a nice, pleasant listen.

Bing Crosby--Bing With A Beat? Weak, some okay moments, but maybe I had higher expectations than I should've...

Junior Brown--Live At The Continental Club. Certainly not bad, but nowhere near as good as last year's Down Home Chrome.

A couple of Sundazed issues of early or mid-60s instros--The Arrows' Apache '65, and the Belairs. Only for fanatics.

A couple I just got but haven't had time to get to yet, but am looking forward to--the Misfits' Project 1950, a covers album...the other one I'm looking forward to much more, actually, because I figure it's probably better--the Asylum Street Spankers, My Favorite Record.

Should I be surprised that I liked a Verve Pipe rec better than a Powderfinger rec? I knew nothing about either band. Then there was a halfway decent rec by Make Believe. Can't remember what the album was. Fairly typical current postpunk, but not bad.

Haven't heard the Franz Ferdinand yet, though I probably will sooner or later. The one I'm looking forward to far more, though, is the new My Morning Jacket, which I do hope to have a copy of soon.

Oh, yeah--a GREAT Wailers-related collection. I haven't spun any reggae in awhile. This is called "Wailers And Friends" and consists of tunes from sessions where the Wailers were guest or featured vocalists. Wow, great stuff.

Tried to listen to a Schoolly D record of recent vintage...well, he never was all that good, was he? A real good single here or there, but mostly third-rate, as I remember. Oh, well. It inspired me to go back & give a listen to Public Enemy's Fear Of A Black Planet. Which many seem to feel is their best album, yet it's the one I know the least. By the time I got it...well, my wife bought it for me 10 years ago...I'd reached the point where I just didn't listen to all that much rap anymore. I don't know, I definitely prefer the first two. And there's a funky vibe that I hear more on the 1st rec & the 4th that I don't hear as much here...but I do feel like I haven't ever spun this one enuf. Soon...

The 'best 2005 releases' thread led me to spin Guero, which I hadn't listened to in weeks. It didn't sound any worse. But then I did try to listen to a Lydia Lunch/Exene collaboration from 1985 that DMK sent me. That, was...worse. He also sent me a couple of Golden Palominos recs...a band that I definitely missed out on, and the one record I had heard didn't do anything for me. Gave 'A Dead Horse' a spin, & while uneven, there were some moments I thought real good; tomorrow I'll try to get around to Visions Of Excess, the one I'd always read about being so good.

Another good r'n'r rec, the Forty-Fives, High Life High Volume. Very decent garage rock.

k.d. lang, Angel With A Lariat, & the first disc in the Patsy Cline 4-CD box set. Yowza...I do still prefer Absolute Torch & Twang on the k.d., tho. More old-school country--the Sundowners, a collection from a Chicago outfit from 30 or 40 years ago. Nice.

Lastly...someone named Gurf Morlix? That ring any bells with any of you alt-country people? OK, I guess. But I think this Blue Rodeo's Greatest Hits I have lined up next is probably a little better.

[3-LockBox]

is slated for a Nov 28th release, and I plan on buying it. I liked Permission to Land myself, but I wished they hadn't taken so long to follow it up. We'll see if they can make it past that 'sophmore jinx' thing.

[Stone]

A couple I just got but haven't had time to get to yet, but am looking forward to--the Misfits' Project 1950, a covers album....

Don't get your hopes up, at all, about this one.

[BarryL]

And some early Dan Fogelberg on vinyl - Souveniers, and Nether Lands. I'd forgotten how good some of his early work was. Excellent voice. And a good supporting cast as well: Joe Walsh, Don Henley, Glen Frey, Graham Nash.

JD

I was about 17 when I discovered Netherlands. The creativity displayed by Fogelberg on this album makes it his best, in my opinion. I love the multi-tracked vocals with the clean vocal set off by the whispered background vocals. This is one of those albums that I have to listen to the whole thing in one sitting. After 20 years, this one still hasn't worn out its welcome. A classic of the folk genre.

[BarryL]

Piccasso's Last Words- Wings

The Fez- Steely Dan

Headroom- 10cc

Fixing a Hole- the Beatles

I DO love this SO much!


It's great how the iPod helps one rediscover the joy of long lost joys of the past, especially when they just pop up at random.

I wonder if a band like 10cc sells more than a hundred albums a year now, even of their back catalog.

[Troy]

It's great how the iPod helps one rediscover the joy of long lost joys of the past, especially when they just pop up at random.

I wonder if a band like 10cc sells more than a hundred albums a year now, even of their back catalog.

Yeah, it's funny to just pile whole albums in the thing and hear stuff without the original context. I'm listening to Elton John's "Stinker" off of Caribou right now. Great, bad taste song that I would never just reach for on it's own, you know?

There is a 10cc slot at Amoeba and it actually has a lot of turn-over. I've bought most of my 10CC CDs there, used.

[dean_martin]

A couple of Sundazed issues of early or mid-60s instros--The Arrows' Apache '65, and the Belairs. Only for fanatics.



I picked up a couple of Sundazed albums in the mid90's. They had a Fireballs album that sounds fantastic. I heard a story about the studio where many of their songs were recorded. I can't remember whether I ever confirmed this or not but a friend told me that Buddy Holly's father built a recording studio out of bathroom tile - floors, walls and ceilings and that the Fireballs recorded many of their songs there. Either reverb was still new or hadn't come along yet and the tile was supposed to provide an echo/reverb/slap-back effect. Even if this isn't true, the music definitely sounds like it. Stacoto guitar notes and drums are crisp and lively. The whole presentation is larger than life.

I have a pic of the album cover in my gallery - "Gunshot!" by the Fireballs.

[Dusty Chalk]

LOTW: Dave's Lights So Dim comp. This is really good, def. a cup o' tea right up my alley. Even with all the acoustic stuff, it's the type of acoustic stuff that I listen to.

[Davey]

LOTW: Dave's Light So Dim comp. This is really good, def. a cup o' tea right up my alley. Even with all the acoustic stuff, it's the type of acoustic stuff that I listen to.
Lord of the Wings! All for me? You're much too kind. Betcha got stuck on a road trip this past week and realized you forgot all your freakin' favorite alienware CDs? Except for that unopened little package on the floor in the backseat. What the hell's in there? Oh geez, how long have I had this package from Dave laying back here under all these damn cheeseburger wrappers? Least it soaked up some of the grease, eh? Cracked jewel case but CD still looks round. Heheh, might as well give it a listen cause it sure can't be any worse than hearing another ****in' Bachman Turner Overdrive song on the god damn radio (with apologies to our bud Swish, current BTO fanclub president and decorated groupie). Know whatahmean, know whatahmean, nudge nudge, know whatahmean, say no more? Check's in the mail. Snap snap, grin grin, wink wink, nudge nudge, say no more? Have some sushi and a Sapporo on me.

[Dusty Chalk]

You're much too kind. Betcha got stuck on a road trip this past week and realized you forgot all your freakin' favorite alienware CDs?No, actually, I've been carrying this around with me for weeks trying to get it in the player. I've had some weird listening habits of late (you have no idea how long I was listening to that Katatonia on repeat.

I have a feeling it'll be a while before yours gets ousted.

[Stone]

A lot of individual song listening for me this past week during the making of a couple mixes for a Halloween party I threw. Other than that, primarily this gem:


http://image.allmusic.com/00/amg/cov200/drf600/f670/f67046d6i1l.jpg

[Davey]

...Other than that, primarily this gem:
Ahh, one of Atlanta's finest. Wonder if anyone outside of the few of us around rave recs know and appreciate that gem? Everytime I see one of these two covers below I have to do a double take to remember which is which. Beulah is like the Glands, but after just moving in to the new place :)

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