what cd or cds are in your cd player right now I need some new music and I like the features but playing that EP over and over gets old

sonic youth - evol
fluid ounces - foreign legion
the frogs - lollipop hopscotch sunday surprise
red line - tired of changing
the strokes - is this it
the cure - live 1984

the only thing that has been in my cd played since the features show at 12th and porter has been the featues ep

I am listening to 'Exile on Main Street' by the Rolling Stones, but that is irrelevant.

Elliot, if you have not heard these bands already, you should listen to them. I think that people who like the Features generally would also like:

the Kinks
the Talking Heads
Elvis Costello & the Attractions
Pere Ubu
XTC
Roxy Music

i bought another pearl jam concert today...that makes 23! only 52 more to go!

i can't stop digging the clinic. thanks to audiogalaxy, i've scored some sick b-sides.
elliott-do listen to those bands that jamiec listed, if you have not already, esp. pere ubu.

you have to buy pearl jam concerts - that is ridiculous free trade of live shows is the only way to go and I guess that's another thing that's better about jam bands you don't buy live music it's free from the band to you it's there way of saying thanks - their not in it for the money

still a typo? this is your second warning from the grammar police.  there's a big difference between there, their and they're.  i'm out to get you!

well I guess that is the Clarksville public education shining bright - there needs to be a spell/grammar check on this thing or maybe smee can just point out everyones faults

I would have to respectfully disagree with you here.  Jam bands, though many probably do love what they do, are most certainly in it for the money.  Do you think that Phish earned their millions, make that millions upon millions, by 'giving away their music as a gift to the fans'?  No, people have payed (increasingly big) bucks to see them live.  They make shitloads of money off of mechandise.  Evidently even shitloads are not enough, however, because now they are policing the lots for fan-made merchnadise, and even taking fans to court for selling t-shirts.  Is this 'not in it for the money'?  Granted, they do have a fan-friendly taping policy, but one of the biggest reasons that they do is because they learned from the Dead that it's massive free advertising.  And if they decide to release a live album, they most certainly do not give it away, they sell it just like Pearl Jam does.  I will agree with you that bands like Phish are more fan-oriented than most bands, but don't fool yourself by believing that it's any less a business than any other band.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 4:55 pm on Feb. 18, 2002)

well the whole tshirt thing was ruined by people not there for the music and not apart of the true scene

the only reason why pearl jam released every show on that tour is so you can go to the store and buy the concert you went to without having to pay out rageous prices for shitty recordings...but if you are a pearl jam fanatic like me you want all 70+

What am I listening to? Well, I'm glad that was asked.

In the car, Monk -- 'Straigt, No Chaser'

At home, the Features -- compilation of 23 studio tracks
Fl Oz -- 02/02/02
Thurston Moore, Nels Cline -- 'Pillow Wand'

In the minidisc player, The Features -- 2/9/02

joy division'heart & soul'(box set)
mission of burma'vs.'
camper van beethoven'telephone free landslide'
gang of four'solid gold'
john lennon'plastic ono band'
if any of you are fans of mark mothersbaugh's instrumentals in rushmore, watch the movie kramer vs. kramer. rushmore's 'the hardest geometry problem in the world' was almost directly stolen from it's main theme.

In my cd player:

The Features: The Beginning
Van Morrison:Moondance
Edith Frost: Telescopic
The Strokes: This is it
Travis: The Invisible Band
Charles Mingus

In the record player:

The Features: Thursday/Rabbit March

Circulatory System/Self-Titled

what's the deal with mission of burma these days? Why the hell are they creeping back up all of a sudden? Everywhere I go its mission of burma this mission of burma that ... is it 1982?
Anyway you caught me at a weird time for my listening rotation:

At home: Wendy Carlos - TRON soundtrack (new remaster)

In car: Death Cab for Cutie - the photo album

I'm listening to:

Television : 'Marquee Moon'
The Royal Tenenbaums soundtrack
The strokes: 'is this it?'
The Jam: 'All Mod Cons'
Love: 'Forever Changes'

yeah i rocked out to all mod cons yesterday. as much as i hate to admit, i thin their version of david watts is far superior to the original.

'Legalize It' Peter Tosh
'No Sleep Til Brooklyn'
'Blitzkreig Bop'
'Beat on the Brat'
'Better Man' by Pearl Jam

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 2:56 am on Feb. 20, 2002)

'sound affects' is by far the best jam album. the original david watts is far superior.

Could someone tell me which Jam album has their version of 'So Sad About Us'? Or is it on an album? I know they played it.

it's on 'extras'. it's a collection of b-sides that's out of print. i actually have it as a bonus track on my 'setting sons'. i'm not sure how common that particular print is though.

Howdy, y'all.  I'm brand-spankin' new to this-here forum, but ah 'pree-shyate yeralls musical recommendations.  Here's what's been rollin' round my CD machine lately:

1.  A compilation of all the Features stuff I could find anywhere.  This has been in non-stop play mode at the Hautala household for a week.  No lie.  I keep expecting my wife to tell me to play something else, but then she starts humming 'Karie-Ann,' and we have to play it--again.  Does anybody know where I can find a 'legit' copy of the first EP?

2. 'Arthur,' by the Kinks.  I can't say enough good things about this record.  I first heard it about a year ago.  I have played it so many times since then that it is now permanently etched in my brain.  Even though I don't need to play it anymore, I still do.

3.  Sam and Dave, the Rhino 'Sweat and Soul' anthology.   Memphis soul is the mother tongue.  If this music doesn't make you shake yo' butt and shout out loud, you're probably dead.  In fact, you've probably been dead for a while.

4.  'Painted From Memory,' by Elvis Costello and Burt Bacharach.  Not my all-time favorite record by EC, but it puts me into a certain sentimental mood.  New Elvis record comes out this spring!  Wooohooo!

5.  'Back Tuva Future,' by Kongar-Ol Ondar.  Tuvan throat singing!  Three notes at once!  Neat!  Weird!  I've been practicing this technique in the shower.  This has drawn protests from my wife (and my dogs, and my neighbors, and...)  Watch 'Genghis Blues,' OK?
 
Anyone watch the Volunteers last night?  While it was nice to see Kentucky win one, I really thought UT played better overall...

(Edited by khautala at 12:27 pm on Feb. 20, 2002)

welcome to the message board. it's nice to see the features sphere of influence traveling north. good call on the arthur and the sam and dave. we look forward to more of yer input. by the way, check ebay for the ep. someone who posts here scored a copy a few weeks back.

My God, sir, you have good taste.  Welcome to the message board.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 11:34 am on Feb. 20, 2002)

Check it out..

Clem Snide - 'Ghost of Fashion'
Matthew Sweet - 'Girlfriend'
Fountains of Wayne
The Who - 'Live at Leeds'
Tom Petty - 'Wildflowers'

i've been into the police again lately. i've been listening to some ennio morricone as well. i really like cinnamon toast crunch. cracklin' oat bran is delicious too.

I've been listening to Nels Cline like mad lately in preparation for him and Carla Bozulich (Geraldine Fibbers) to do a show in Atlanta!! I'm muy excited!

i've been listening to a lot of roxy music lately, mainly 'siren'. i bought the box set a long time ago, but forgot about it until recently. roxy music fucking rock.

character-a flashing of knives and green water
the promise ring- very emergency
new weezer demos (somes alright)
beulah- the coast is never clear
jimmy eat world- clarity
dashboard confessional- the places that you've come to fear the most

rock.
-matty

mr. davies is spot on about roxy music. their first five albums are great. i was expecting more out of the b-sides on the box set. 'the numberer' is cool only for eno's blip-blips. 'hula-kula's' sort of good. i switch between stranded and country life most of the time. the first album wears thin after a while. i guess anything does if you listen to hundreds of times.

mattfriction, I applaud the choice of Clarity, that is definitely Jimmy Eat World's best album. Static comes in a close second though. But dude, Very Emergency by the Promise Ring? Yuck. I love the Promise Ring, but I sold that CD back after about a month. It was weak. No depth to the songs. And nothing stood out. There are no great songs like 'Why Ever Did We Meet,' or 'Red Paint' on that album, only bland filler. I kept waiting for the peak of the album, then it just ended. All you need by them is Nothing Feels Good.

And Clem Snide was awesome at the Sutler Sunday night. Anybody who doesn't know them needs to check them out now.

yeah nothing feels good is definitly my favorite along with the electric pink ep. but for some reason i only recently got very emergency, and so thats why i've been listening to it. so far i like it alright, but i agree its not their best material. i guess you cant win em all.
rock!
-mattfriction

yeah, I would have to agree with you both concerning Very Emergency. I stole a friend's copy at the beginning of the year, and it's pretty tolerable at first, but after awhile it all blurs into uncreative pop.

at the moment:
David Bowie- Ziggy Stardust
Built to Spill- There's Nothing Wrong With Love
Led Zeppelin IV
and a burned Features CD

led zeppelin sucks. robert plant is one of the most annoying frontmen ever. pete townshend could whip jimmy page's ass too. come to think of it every member of the who could take out their zeppelin counterpart. hopefully plant and daltrey would kill each other.

did you just misspell rock or are you an idiot? I will not even waste my time bashing this statement for I am sure others will add their 2 cents

My 2¢: I agree with exliontamer. Zeppelin sucks.

You guys jacked off to Stairway To Heaven when you were 14 just like everyone else. Zep is like an old girlfriend. You say you hate her now, but you know deep in your heart you still have feelings for her.

Keith, I've never heard it put better.

i agree with keith. i dont really listen to their records anymore, but i must admit i've still got a soft spot for a little black dog.

besides, pitting the who against zeppelin would release an avalanche of rock unbeknownst to mankind leading to the reversal of the earths gravitational pull and the melting of the polar ice caps. (see Science Weekly)
love,
-marvin gardens

did you know: the promise ring's new album (due in april) was produced by stephen street, of blur/morrissey/smiths knob-twiddling fame. weird, eh? that's something to make all you brit-pop fans go 'hmmmm.'

oh dear. seems I've done something clichéd again. but you know, as I still AM wee and immature, I might as well own it. I happen to enjoy my Led Zeppelin, thanks.

i really never liked led zeppelin. while everyone else spent their teenage years listening to zeppelin, i was listening to prince, duran duran, chic, the beatles, blur, & pulp. i've never been into masculine rock. prince is better than led zeppelin.

i'd have to disagree with this zeppelin sucks nonsense. zeppelin was great. john paul jones is a genius. the man can make any instrument sound good. pagey was the shit as well. plant and bonzo were class. you're nuts.


as for the topic...

electric soft parade
blur
oasis
the stone roses
the strokes
& ocean colour scene...

i'm sure some of you will have opinions on this...

I love led zeppelin. that's all I have to say about that.

as per the topic at hand:
I listen to this burned features stuff constantly. I'm pathetic. course the EP gets lots of airplay too.
the smiths - louder than bombs
Quasi - Feild studies
sleater kinney - dig me out
Mates of state - our constant concern
(speaking of, did anyone see them at the red rose about a month ago?)

yes, louder than bombs is good, but it's basically just hatful of hollow with a few extra singles. i prefer hatful, but louder is just as good. has anyone heard the song 'year of the cat' by al stewart. if you havent, i would definitely suggest you download it and hear it. it's very addicting.

the stone roses were alright. they're ridiculously over-rated in the uk. i think they're actually demi-gods there. i actually like most of their self titled album. the white funk stuff can grate my ears though. gang of four and talking heads are the only bands that have done good with funk. andy gill could beat up ian brown and john squire with a keebler cookie.

OOOOOHHHH I hate it when you kids start knockin' the Stone Roses! Hey whatabout that lame-ass John Squire solo effirt the sea horses. They even had a stupid name. The stupid part is that Squire tried to live out this weird Zepplin fantasy starting with the second Roses album and ending abruptly with that Seahorse nonsense. You can have the second LP but you can never take the first one and all of its assorted singles away! I won't let you!

I like the first Stone Roses album Todd Beene, but then again I like detours. Have any of you M'boro inhabitants ever ate at Betty's Kitchen? Peterpanda loves their egg and cheese biscuits.

i was actually a big fan of the seahorses project. i guess i just liked the singer a hell of a lot more than ian brown. oh and betty's kitchen is the shit. many times i've stayed up all night and enjoyed a tenderloinn bisquit at 5am.

i have echo & the bunnymen 'the killing moon' stuck in my head. it's that damn eerie piano at the beginning. more songs need eerie discordant piano and overdramatic vocalists that sing about killing. i hope that song's not about a damn werewolf. vampires are a lot cooler. gelatinous swamp creatures are even cooler.

I came to a realization this morning.  Contrary to what I've always thought I preferred, I actually like 'Doggystyle' by Snoop Doggy Dogg *better* than Dr. Dre's 'The Chronic.'  I guess it's just one of those rare occasions, like in the case of The Godfather, where the sequel is better than the original.  Dr. Dre as a producer (and somewhat as a rapper) is the shit.

(Edited by jamiecarroll at 4:03 pm on Mar. 26, 2002)

since you like dr. dre as a producer, does that mean you're an eminem fan? i actually liked the music on 'the real slim shady'. putting harpsichord with a disco beat was a brilliant idea.

as I recall, both eminem albums i've heard had spots of cool music and production. I even like the vocal style eminem uses, it's pretty original, sometimes annoying though. The main problem is definately the lyrical substance. Maybe i'm just not hard core enough to enjoy songs about driving the dead body of my child's mother to be dumped in the ocean while said daughter rides shotgun. He did write a pretty funny song about mushrooms.

I'll agree with with deevol - Eminem is hit or miss.  Dr. Dre only produced about half of both of those Eminem albums.  I think Eminem is a great rapper, even if he is a nut case.  I like it because it's not just an endless stream of gangsterbabble; most of his lyrics are really creative, really coherant, and really well-crafted, at least compared to most rap lyrics in the world today.

I also really like Dr. Dre's work with 2Pac (U Can't C Me, California Love), NWA (most of Straight Outta Compton), Warren G (Regulators), and I actually like what he did on that Eve & Gwen Stefani song.

my list has exapnded! i bought the elvis costello album brutal youth today, wanted it for a while. i've also been listening to dashboard confesisonal a lot lately. and the features...like its jesus...

all this talk about eminem... I'll say, i don't really like his vocal style, but its there. there is an occassional good beat or other music source behind his mysoginistic disgusting hate speech, but somehow, the hate speech overrides whatever talent he might have had.
He disgusts me; try to shut the lyrics out and listen to the beat or the querky samples and loops, he is a dirty hateful person and it saddens me that he is spreading such derogetory messages to the poor people who are musically inept enough to actually listen to his records and give him money.

wow, i never expected eminem to be the topic of discussion on this message board. i applaud you.
i know that a lot of people don't like rap at all, but eminem is pretty much undeniably good at what he does. say you're offended, say you're disgusted... but i don't think that anyone could say 'eminem isn't a good rapper.' and also, am i the only person who isn't *ever* offended by song lyrics? in fact, i'm really only 'offended' in general when something directly deals with me. movies, music, comedy... none of it bothers me. am i pushing the women's movement back a few decades?
ramble, ramble... the point of this post was to recommend mc paul barman to anyone who likes eminem. you will either love him or hate him, but it's definitely worth a listen. try 'mtv get off the air part 2' or 'the joy of your world.'

I believe Ms. Carroll shared some MC Paul Barman with me a while back. I don't know if it was written to be serious or humorous, but I laughed my ass off.

'Can I chime in?
I'll still be rhymin' when I'm in your hymen...'

MC Paul Barman is like Eminem's nerdy little brother - I think he's great. Speaking of white rappers/Paul Barman, you should listen to Princess Superstar, too.

'brutal youth' sucks ass and dashboard confessional sucks even more. elvis costello only has 2 1/2 worthwhile albums.

i'm not a big princess superstar fan. i sort of like 'bad babysitter' and the song with kool keith, but i think she's pretty mediocre in general. i can't really think of a white girl rapper that i like, actually. give me rah digga or foxy brown over those bitches anyday.

i'm not sure how i feel about putting *white* and *rap* together. why is hip hop all the talk these days?

as for the whole offended topic, i think that anytime rappers/comedians/musicans put down my people within the context of their artform, they negate the movement and my cultural experience as a whole. seriously, i think being offended by lyrics and whatnot is bullshit. women should just accept that they ain't nothing but bitches and hoes.

bitches ain't shit but hoes and tricks. when i was around 7 or 8, i used to carry a boombox on my shoulders and walk along the road by me and my grandmothers apartment. this is in southern indiana where there's not a minority to be found for a 100 mile radius. i'm sure i looked like a jackass, but at the time i thought i was really cool. when i look at people that have a homeboy crisis now, i sort of want to have sympathy. but then i realize that i was 8 years old and most of them are 17-24. they have the same dilemma though. they think they look really cool, but they're just jesters for my amusement....even though a lot of them have guns.

life aint nothin but bitches and money

-my homie dre

....and exactly which two and a half albums would that be?

'this years model', 'armed forces', 1/4 of 'my aim is true', and 1/4 of 'get happy!'.

I like all this useless beauty too...but go ahead and tell me how much it sucks...

what about 'trust' or 'imperial bedroom' or 'painted by memory' ? those are all excellent albums. i will agree however that only 1/4 of 'get happy' is worthwhile.

i've skimmed those albums and i wasn't keen on them. i rarely like everything a band/artist records. take wire for instance. 'pink flag' and 'chairs missing' are brilliant.
'154' is mostly great. anything after that sucks. mission of burma's one of the few bands i've never heard anything bad from, but they only existed from 79-83. every band seems to have a finite amount of good music in them. it usually only takes a few albums for them to go stale(i realize there are exceptions). very few have the decency to break up.

(Edited by exliontamer at 9:07 am on April 1, 2002)

'chairs missing' is brilliant. what about a band like joy division? they only put out two full length albums and they're both fucking amazing.

joy division only existed for a few years. new order has certainly recorded their share of junk.

yes, new order did put out some shit. however, 'power, corruption, and lies' is very good, as well as 'movement'. i really cannot think of a single band whose entire output is consistently breathtaking and exciting. the velvet underground, perhaps. possibly, captain beefheart.

like i said before, mission of burma had a very consistent output. i realize they only have an ep and an lp, but even the stuff i've heard off of the taang! albums is good. i pretty much ignore any post 1970 kinks album, which makes them one of the most consistent bands ever. i guess i have tunnel vision with a lot of things. jolly rancher makes consistently good candies. i'm actually enjoying a bag of jolly rancher gummies as i write this. everyone who likes gummy snacks should try these if they get a chance. don't confuse them with jolly jellies(also superb). for the record, dark chocolate is better than milk chocolate, macadamia nuts are the kings of all nuts, black licorice is better than that red imposter, and breyers is the best ice cream. ben & jerry's and haagen daz are good but not as good. i heard matt pelham is going to start making ice cream and selling it at big local events....seriously......guy.

yeah that makes sense, i could see matt running a booth at uncle dave macon days. perhaps he could put his daughters to work in a few years. hey i'd buy some.

The Dismemberment Plan
The Aeffect
The White Octave
The Starlight Mints
The Anniversary
The Impossibles (RIP)
Desaparecidos
Mates of State
Billy Music

licorice sucks its old folks candy
gummy sucks too! its for 3 yr. olds

i forgot the white stripes!!! every album that they have put out has been phenomenal. very consistent!!!

i know who you are maggie. i know where you live too. go ahead and eat your fancy sushi and salmon steaks. in the meanwhlie i'll grow strong from my jolly rancher gummies and whoop your fishy ass.

Do Chewy Runts count as a gummy candy? For a pure sugar rush, those things are hard to beat!

i wouldn't call them a gummy candy. they'd go into the chewy delicious confection category. other's include chewy spree, chewy gobstoppers, giant chewy sweet-tarts,etc. i'd lump caramels, storck reisen, and taffy in the chewy delicious chewy category. i love candy!!!

definitely, don't take away the first one! second coming is ok, but a lot of it is pointless. I do like Ten Storey Love Song though...