Stupid Tuesday Thread

[tentoze]

I haven't picked up anything new in almost a month, and what I've been listening to has been mosly twangy vinyl lately, so I won't bother to list any of it.

[Dusty Chalk]

In The Nursery, Hindle Wakes
Matt Elliott, The Mess We Made & Drinking Songs (& 3EF's OuMuPo Vol. 1)
Jean-Michel Jarre, Metamorphoses

[MindGoneHaywire]

I was at a wedding/BBQ on Sunday & the host had a collection that knocked my socks off. I have a lot of it, but am missing quite a few key cuts. It's a 'roots of rock and roll' collection, well, actually, that's the title of it. 3 CDs on Rhino, from last year, and I was totally unaware of it. It works really well because of its diversity. I have a ton of pre-rock R&B collections & I love all of 'em, but to listen to 'em, you'd forget that hillbilly music had something to do with rock'n'roll...and the reverse is true as well, although I don't have as much of that country stuff from that era as I do the R&B. In any case, the hits kept coming, and if a song's not a hit, there's something wrong with it, as a friend once said.

http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p...0:k96htr8tkl1x

Outside of that, nothing really new over the past couple of weeks. Same old same old in these parts. The Ditty Bops, Billie Holiday, the Ramones, the Cardigans' Life, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Costello, James Brown, David Johansen, Bebel Gilberto, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Randy, NRBQ and a bunch more. I expect some new stuff to hit my doorstop sometime in the next couple of days. After which I'll throw a bunch of stuff on that I find that I like (to go along with the stuff that I don't) for 30 seconds, put it in the 'good' pile, and it may never be heard again. I really hate how this works. I have to force myself to listen to this stuff. It's like work, or something.

But I will say that I did force myself to start listening, really listening, to Jack70s Timeasheen comps. Some cuts I like more than others, but, really, I think I got as far as Vol. 4 in one sitting & didn't hear one thing I felt compelled to skip. I'll be hitting this in more depth, hopefully tomorrow, and I'll definitely be posting more in the way of specifics when I'm able. Of course, with some of these it may be tough, considering that some of the track names & even the band names aren't always available, but that's rare, and I'm not sure how much Norwegian prog I'm going to enjoy, but we'll find out, now, won't we.

[Davey]

I didn't say too much about it in the first post, but this new Mountain Goats CD is really knocking me out. I know that a few others around here have already spread the news about this mesmerizing album, but I just wanted to jump on the bandwagon and join the party and get with the crowd before they move on. Listened to it a lot over the weekend and it is kind of contagious, and contrary to my good buddy Swish Daddy, it's a fun record to listen to, with lots of clever wordsmithing to go with the imaginative music. But like S Daddy says, it is highly emotional subject matter for the most part because it deals with a lot of hurt left from his childhood and abusive father. What a great album though. I just can't stop listening. Lots of ups and downs, and zigs and zags, and overs and unders. Gotta say thanks to Mike for turning me on to this special album. It's got one of those cool tree covers too

[Swish]

I didn't say too much about it in the first post, but this new Mountain Goats CD is really knocking me out. I know that a few others around here have already spread the news about this mesmerizing album, but I just wanted to jump on the bandwagon and join the party and get with the crowd before they move on. Listened to it a lot over the weekend and it is kind of contagious, and contrary to my good buddy Swish Daddy, it's a fun record to listen to, with lots of clever wordsmithing to go with the imaginative music. But like S Daddy says, it is highly emotional subject matter for the most part because it deals with a lot of hurt left from his childhood and abusive father. What a great album though. I just can't stop listening. Lots of ups and downs, and zigs and zags, and overs and unders. Gotta say thanks to Mike for turning me on to this special album. It's got one of those cool tree covers too

which is so often the case. He actually dedicates the CD to him in the liner notes with something like "May you find the peace in death that you never found in life".

Your fact checkin' cuz.

S Daddy