Tuesday "New look" thread. Whoo hoo big whup!

[Jim Clark]

I take too long to type sometimes and I wasn't able to actually delete the duplicate thread but I did my best to shut it down and move stuff here.

As usual only going to list the new ones, so it's a very sparse list this week.

Dave Brubeck Quartet-Time Out (this acutally came from the library) s'ok. Probably the most enjoyable Jazz disc I've checked out yet.

Pat Matheny-One Quiet Night (library) 2003 release and it's just a solo baritone guitar album. A couple of gorgeous songs that I really enjoy but overall it's a bit boring to me.

Alien Ant Farm-Anthology-man do I hate this thing.

Chemical Brothers-Singles 93-03-I think they missed some singles but I bought it for "that one track" that I can't get elsewhere. "The Golden Path" with the Flaming Lips, what an awesome track! Overall a decent disc is you don't have any Block Rockin' Beat techno but you know you should have at least a little. Look, I have Blues, Jazz and Classical so a little Chemical Brothers isn't going to kill you, at least I don't think it will.

Richard X Presents His X Factor vol. !-Varied electronica but I favor the electro clash favored variety that's used on several of the tracks. Only one listen but so far I like most of it a great deal.

Next!

[tugmcmartin]

All over the board this past week in terms of styles.

One of my recent faves is Bomb Squad - "Sophistafunk". As the title would suggest, its a littly funky.

Also:
Robert Randolph and the Family Band - "Unclassified". Overall good stuff. Great musically, but the lyrics to some of the tunes are pretty bland.
Living Daylights - Electric Rosary
Gobal Funk Council - Keep on Pushin'
Either/Orchestra - Neo-modernism
Ray's Music Exchange - Turango
Modereko - s/t
Charlie Parker - Charlie Parker with Strings: the Master Takes
The Duke Ellington Orchestra - Digital Duke
Acoustic Alchemy - Arcanum
Louis Armstrong - Great Original Live Performances
Acoustic Syndicate - Live From the Neighborhood
Bernie Williams - can't remember the title, but his debut CD

As an added bonus, the missus and I have a doctors appointment today where i hope to find out the sex of the 4-month old fetus occupying my wife's midsection at the moment. Cletus the Fetus is its name for now.

NP: Where ever you are - Bomb Squad

T-

[nobody]

A little this and that. Nothing new, so I'll try to keep it brief...

Some jazz
Miles Davis and Chet Baker mostly, Workin' and Relaxin' from Miles and Chet Baker Sings. All good stuff.

Some real oldies
A good compilation od WWII era pop hits called Those Were Our Songs. A good introduction to songs of the 40s. Also played some Spade Cooley, good Western Swing from the late 40s-early 50s.

A bit of electronic stuff
Played the first Babble CD, an underated gemm in my opinion. Also listened to some Electronic Skychurch: Sonic Diary, a disc that has done nothing but grow on me with each listen, abstract electronic blips and bleeps, but you hear something new every time.

Industrial stuff
Like I mentioned in another thread, listened to some industrial stuff, mostly old Wax Trax! tunes, including a stack of 12" singles and the Black Box set.

Rock
Not a lot of rock lately, but I did listen to some AC/DC and soe Bad Brains. Played Notwist: Noen Golden too, never seems to get old.

That's enough for now. Next...

[Jim Clark]

A bit of electronic stuff
Played the first Babble CD, an underated gemm in my opinion. Also listened to some Electronic Skychurch: Sonic Diary, a disc that has done nothing but grow on me with each listen, abstract electronic blips and bleeps, but you hear something new every time.

I love Babble! Haven't played that in a while but first I need to revisist that Electronic SkyChurch disc. I threw in the towel pretty quickly but I did keep it hoping that someday it would appeal. Maybe today's the day.

Have a great week.

jc

[Mike]

Copper Temple Clause - Kick up the flames....pretty solid album

Josh Ritter - Hello Starling, outstanding album probably the best in a long time in the folk genre. I recommend it to anybody.

Lemonjelly - Lost Horizons

Yello - Essential, wacky 80's electronica from a couple of Swiss blokes

Jet - Get Born

Inspired Baubles - my best of the year comp, but I wish I'd included a Josh Ritter track now.

Jazz comp

ps Jim I'm glad you sort of liked the Dave Brubeck Cd there's a track from it on my classic jazz comp I've just posted today to you.

Cheers
Mike

[Davey.]

Josh Ritter - Hello Starling, outstanding album probably the best in a long time in the folk genre. I recommend it to anybody.

Inspired Baubles - my best of the year comp, but I wish I'd included a Josh Ritter track now.

Hi Mike, that is a good album. I've had the Snow is Gone song (which is kind of like the tilte track) in my song bucket for my year-end comp for awhile now but not sure what to do with it yet. I'll probably pick a different song or maybe wind up leaving this album for a different comp since it doesn't fit in too well with the other songs on the comp. Really nice early Dylan crossed with Steve Earle feel through much of it with maybe a bit of Bob Neuwirth in his voice as well. Lots of good songs. Americana, love it or leave it :-)

BTW, speaking of Americana, they did have a really nice writeup at the http://www.americana-uk.com/html/september_03.html site a couple months ago which is what initially interested me in it. They might have gone just a little overboard with praise but I do like it a lot, as apparently do you.

[Finch Platte]

This is for Tug, in case it goes to the wrong place.

I hope it's a boy, so we'll get some new blood in here ;0)

fp

[Troy]

Also saw the Spocks Beard in Amsterdam DVD. Pretty solid.

How was the Star One DVD there Geezer?

[JDaniel]

My list for the week:

-My Morning Jacket "It Still Moves" (sittin on the fence on this one)
-Ray Charles & Friends
-Pat Green & Cory Morrow "Songs We Wish We'd Written" (thanks Tentoze)
-Pearl Jam "vs"
-Steely Dan "Countdown to Ecstacy"
-Phil Collins "Face Value"
-Jethro Tull "LITP" and "TAAB"
-Wet Willie "Drippin' Wet"
-ABB "The Road Goes On Forever" remaster

Comps:
-RPM's "Fun w/ K" - Everytime I've listened to this, it has been in the car or on the 'puter w/ headphones. Well last night I put it on the main rig at home and WOW - the bass and drums/congas jump out. It was like listening to a different album (which I guess reflects on my cheap car stereo)
-Tug's Nil Lara comp, and "Westbound Come Undone" (which is a fav. of mine)
-FPs "Mystery Comp" from back in July
-Timemasheen Vol. 9 "Beyond These Chilling Winds"
-Stone's fine Kinks comp
-Chip's "This Rocks! Disc 2"

JD

[Dave_G]

Troy,

The Star One dvd is a very enjoyable watch.

Somehow they pull off those weird ass Ayreon songs and Star One songs quite well.

They have a rotating 3 man lead singer formula which works well, and at times they all sing together but not that much.

Arjen is a tall skinny long haired Swede dood who "runs" the band per se.

I guess the keyboard player is "flood" or whomever, but I can't tell if it is a man or woman. The bassist and drummer do a great job too.

Very good sound and video quality.

Lotsa good stuff out there now on dvd.

Dave