What R U Listening To Now....??

[Davey]

BTW, I'll hide this down here so as not to displease the management as much, but those stupid vibrantmedia.com parsed-in ad links were slowing down my computer and generally just plain annoying, so I got rid of them. So take that !!!

Just go to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc and edit the file named hosts by adding the following to it with at least one space between the IP and hostname and then restart the browser...

127.0.0.1   itxt.vibrantmedia.com

[127.0.0.1 is a loopback network connection to your own machine]

Of course, with a little imagination you can figure out how to block all the advertising images the same way, but maybe better if you do that one on your own

And Broken Social Scene is coming through the airwaves right now with "cause=time". Very cool song and still one of my favorite albums of the last few years.

[ForeverAutumn]

And Broken Social Scene is coming through the airwaves right now with "cause=time". Very cool song and still one of my favorite albums of the last few years.

No matter how hard I try (and I've tried!), I just can't see the attraction to Broken Social Scene.

I've been listening to Sloshy's year-end comp. Right now, specifically, Fortress by Pinback is playing. There's a lot of stuff on here that I like. I suspect this disk will lead me into a little buying spree as soon as some bills get paid off.

[Davey]

No matter how hard I try (and I've tried!), I just can't see the attraction to Broken Social Scene.

Now wait just a confounded minute there Missy, are you trying to imply that my taste in music is less than exemplary? Hehehe, I do know a mutual nonfriend of ours that would most likely agree with you

Pinback is pretty cool. I'm glad that Sloshy took them under his wing since I really like them and their sister band, Black Heart Procession. Check out their more rocking roots in Three Mile Pilot if you get around to it. Cool stuff. There's a website I've mentioned before with lots of stuff to download.

Nick Cave keeping me company this evening from The Lyre of Orpheus disc in his latest set.

[ForeverAutumn]

Now wait just a confounded minute there Missy, are you trying to imply that my taste in music is less than exemplary?

Me imply that? Never!!! Besides, I am basing my opinion on having only heard four songs by the band. But I can't even listen to one song from start to finish. So...there you go.

Pinback is pretty cool. I'm glad that Sloshy took them under his wing since I really like them and their sister band, Black Heart Procession.

I didn't know that they were sister bands. BHP is another band that I've come to like based on songs that I've heard on comps. Although, I haven't ventured into buying a CD of their's yet. One day....

Is Three Mile Pilot the name of another, related, band or the name of an album?

[Davey]

Is Three Mile Pilot the name of another, related, band or the name of an album?

TMP was founded by Pall Jenkins and Armistead Burwell "Zach" Smith IV (usually shortened to ABSIV) with Tom Zinser (drums) and later Tobias Nathaniel (keyboards). Both Pall and Zach do the singing. In 1997 they decided to put TMP on hiatus, probably because they weren't selling any records.

Black Heart Procession was then formed by Pall Jenkins and Tobias Nathaniel in 1997 with drummer Mario Rubalcaba. They really broke out with their second album 2 in 1999 which remains my favorite by a wide margin. Very dark and moody and solemn, much like Nick Cave. But it really goes beyond that comparison and flows so well as an album. The last one called Amore del Tropico is very good and more upbeat, but just doesn't have the depth of emotion of the earlier works like 2 and 3.

ABSIV got together with Rob Crow of a band named Thingy (that I know nothing about) and formed Pinback. I think the recordings are just the two of them but they bring in three others when they hit the road. In my opinion they've peaked on this latest Summer In Abaddon, but not everyone agrees. In any case, the two bands Pinback and BHP don't really sound much alike, even though they do each have some connections to the sound of TMP. It would be fun to put a comp together with all three bands to show where they went and where they came from. Hmmm, maybe.

It's a very similar story to what happened with Uncle Tupelo when the founding members split to form Son Volt and Wilco. But apparently there isn't any animosity in the case of Three Mile Pilot and they are supposed to be joining up to put out a new album before long.

[Celtic Bob]

The latest disc by Enuff Z'Nuff. Great disc that is in a similar vein as Cheap Trick. Their look may make you think of some washed up Glam Metal band but they are far from it. This is a great disc.

EDIT: It's called ?