currently:

the features- live at the red rose 2/28/03 (bootleg....amazing quality)
devo-duty now for the future
the postal service-give up (by the way....the postal service will be at the slow bar in the very near future)
stephen malkmus-pig lib (advance copy....reviewing it for the station, very very good album)
booker t and the mg's-the very best (rhino version)


in the vehicle:

depeche mode- singles 81-85
nuggets II box set (disc 3)

(Edited by ray davies at 12:46 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

the features - about five different cd's that I put their music onto

The kinks - right now I only have some songs on my computer, but I hope to get a cd soon

The Pixies - the live cd

Lately I've brought back out my Bare Jr. cd's

I would listen to De Novo Dahl alot too if I had more than 2 songs of theirs

Holy Crap, that's good news! I was going to start a topic at some point today about how amazing Ben Gibbard is...

Okay, for those who care, the date is April 11th at the Slow Bar. I will be there.

(Edited by carligula at 1:53 pm on Mar. 12, 2003)

Jeff Buckley -- Grace

Broadcast -- Work and Nonwork

Slowdive -- Just for a Day

DJ Shadow -- The Private Press

oh man, could you upload it to the mp3 site? at least the newer songs?

i'm not really feeling pig lib yet. i like that it's less poppy and more weird than the last few pavement albums and the first solo record, but i think that it's a style that a reunited pavement could pull off much better than the jicks.

man my english sucks.

i love the new yo la tengo. it's really good.

The Beatles - white album... again and again

I'm not listening to anything during Lent.

The MD strikes again!


Features: Blue Cats 3-8-03
Ben Kweller : Exit/In 3-5-03
63 Crayons EP
Clash: London Calling
Joy Division: Closer
Pixies: Surfer Rosa
Kinks: Kink Kontroversy
Various Roxy Music & Television songs

ok, for all you kids who have these recent features bootlegs, can i PLEASE have a copy!?!?!??! I will pay you. I need the new songs desperately.

self - breakfast with girls
flaming lips - transmissions from the satelite heart
sahara hotnights - jennie bomb
velvet underground - white light white heat

I hate you all... I really wish I could go, but I am only a wee child.

Sorry about that. I know you're a fellow Gibbard fan. Have you heard "Give Up"? What do you think.

flaming lips-yoshimi...(getting stoked for the asheville show-sorry yddd)
jsbx-orange, plastic fang (getting stoked for the show in asheville)
wilco-various bootlegs (once again...stoked...asheville)
de novo dahl-three track demo
greenrode shotgun-bang!
sleater kinney-one beat

in celebration of the nice weather various "sunny" songs & discs
-"mr. blue sky"-elo
-"sunshine superman"-donovon
-"here comes the sun", "good day sunshine" el beatles
-"walking in the sun"-the zombies
-bits and pieces of various warm weather albums such as summerteeth, kula shaker's summer sun e.p., meat puppets' up on the sun, and various pre- and post- pet sounds beach boys (save "sloop jon b", pet sounds reminds me of christmastime)

Fair Verona - 4 track cd
Rufus Wainwright - poses
Tori Amos - scarlet's Walk, boys for pele
bjork - random live tracks
hookah brown - one song(black cloud)
lenny kravitz - mama said

Sleater-Kinney-- One Beat
Imaginary Baseball League-- Cardiact
Weezer-- Album 5 Demos
DCFC/AllTimeQuarterback/Postal Service-- Any and All of it
Rage Against The Machine-- RATM
Verde-- Hola, Chica
The Features-- August 2002 12th&P show, 1st EP, and Missisppi Album

Jazz--

Thelonious Monk, Monk Alone
Charles Mingus, Mingus Ah Um

i'd start with arthur. i think jamiec touched on this some months back; i'm just too lazy to find the thread.

Apples in stereo "Velocity of Sound" and "Tone Soul Evolution"
Talking Heads "Fear of Music"
The Shins "Oh Inverted World!"
Various Features bootlegs/Mix CDs
The Clash "London Calling"

I listen to the same stuff over and over again. I need some new material.

my list:
Everclear - "Slow Motion Daydream" (brilliant. back to more of their old-school ways. very political, kind of like springsteen's "the rising" for a younger generation)
The Weakerthans "Left and Leaving"
Postal Service "Give Up" (yes, i love this record...I too am younger than 21 and am bummed about it...dammit...)
Hot Rod Circuit "Sorry About Tomorrow"
Sondre Lerche "Faces Down"
Thursday "Full Collapse"

wiiiiiide variety. doin' the bull dance, feelin' the flow.
-court

Fuck yeah dude, Mingus is my Christ-figure. Monk is also the shit. I bought this great book that breaks apart the work of a bunch of Free Jazz guys with music theory and I'm on the Mingus chapter right now. It's totally fucking great. Black Saint and the Sinner Lady is definitely my favorite rec by him.

My list (I'll try to be brief)--
John Coltrane-"Love Supreme","Major Works of..."
Ennio Morricone-"Slalom","Psycho Morricone","Giornata Nera Per L'ariete"
The Notwist-"Neon Golden"
Mum-"Finally We are No One"
Jim O'Rourke-"Eureka","Halfway to a Threeway","Insignificance"
Roxy Music- self-titled
Bryan Eno-"Before and After Science","TAking Tiger Mountain (By Strategy)"
Magazine-"Real Life"
Yo La Tengo-(the new record, not out yet, don't know what it's called) "The Sounds of the Sounds of Science"
Mouse on Mars-"Iaora Tahiti"
Kinks-"Something Else By..."
Stereolab & Brigitte Fontaine-"Calimero" (cd single)
Stereolab-"Dots and Loops"(always goddamnit), "Refried Ectoplasm: Switched On Volume 2"
Patti Page-"Golden Hits"
Olivier Messiaen-"Turangalila Symphonie"

I've been curious about the new release. I've been a fan for 5 years and I still haven't bought the CD. I wasn't sure how good it was, but this might make me steer towards purchasing it soon. Anything that is more "World of Noise" than "Learning How To Smile" is good in my book.

I did buy the Apples in stereo "Let Go" EP today at Hastings for $5. Good purchase.

NPR

yes please do upload them

i was in a pretty gay mood today, so i popped in my mom's "bread anthology" and then i listened to wings greatest hits. pretty sappy and easy going...

Tom Foolery wheels and deals. Talk to him.

Well, I've been listening to a jewel that I recently stumbled across, and I mean I did stumble across it. I bought an old folk record at a Goodwill for about thirty cents a couple of months ago because the cover was extremely cute, and it was thirty cents. So, I had yet to listen to it until last weekend. I thought "hey, I'll throw that folk record in", knowing that it would suck. So, I open the sleeve and it has two records in it...one of which has a blank white label. I'm a little scared, wondering what I may hear on this mystery record. I put it in to hear the voice of a certain John Lennon and a certain beautiful man by the name...McCartney? Then a guitar kicks in, and it is none other than "Get Back"...yes, apparently I have stumbled upon none other than a Get Back Sessions bootleg. One word...FATE.

also: The Features - various bootlegs and mix CDs
The Strokes - "Someday" single and various live performances
Love - Forever Changes
The Beatles - Anthology 2

also...I've been the ultimate geek the past few days by listening to "If I Had a Hammer" by Peter, Paul, and Mary. Don't ask me why, but I've had an uncontrollable craving for this song lately.

(Edited by Sexy Sadie at 1:42 am on Mar. 13, 2003)

Oh wow...that is so cool. "Fate" is the only word to describe that type of luck. That is indeed Goodwill's Christmas present to you.

Yes, indeed. And what a fine present it was.

What good would that do?

Yes!! I made my friends listen to NPR on vacation and I'm not sure if they're my friends anymore. I love NPR

i do too. now that i live a lot closer to my workplace, i don't get to listen to it as much. i always loved wait wait don't tell me, car talk and this american life.

I guess I'm not anti-NPR. It is better than 107.5 THE RIVER or 102.9 THE BUZZ and all of the other retarded radio stations we have around here. When I'm in my car, 98% of the time I listen to a CD, 1% of the time I listen to 88.3 and the other 1% of the time is spent listening to 101.1 The Beat.

(Edited by DigsySlattery at 10:37 am on Mar. 13, 2003)

there is nothing wrong with wings.....i happen to think some wings songs were absolutely brilliant. i mean, "band on the run"?!? "jet"?!? "listen to what the man said"?!? great pop songs.....though my personal favorite would be "junior's farm"...i fucking love that song.

There is definitely nothing wrong with Wings. I wear my vintage Wings belt buckle with pride. I second your song picks, Ray, but must add "Admiral Halsey/Uncle Albert" and "Silly Love Songs".

I also wish that i could go as well.....i really want death cab to come back to nashville as well. i saw them with the dismemberment plan last year, and i need another fix.....

He previously offered a b&p for the Exit/In show, which would have the new songs.

Sir, I'm afraid that you've confused me with blightman. Much like you, I prefer to keep my collection private.

the other day, my parents brought out a book wings put out that documented their tour with pictures. in the book, there's a picture of my mom & dad backstage at a wings show. they're in the background of the shot, looking on as paul mccartney partook in some backstage hijinks (i think pies were involved?)

agreed smee, i think that this american life is great. you can stream all of their past shows at thisamericanlofe.org

i can also be into prarie home companion, just as long as garrison keeler ain't fuckin' singing. "the news from lake wobagon" is always my personal highlight of the show.

I went to Hasting's today to buy the CD and they told me that they only order one copy at a time and that they will not have it for another week. I will probably make a trip to another store in hopes of finding it. Do you like it, worth buying...?? I'm sure it is

I love NPR.

Were they recently in Nashville? Because I heard Nickel Creek on the show & Garrison referred to them as hometown heroes or something like that. I was underwhelmed by Nickel Creek's performance because I've heard a lot of hype about them but had never heard them and then they were boring.
I always want to like Prarie Home Companion but usually it bores me.

I listen to Fresh Air a lot because Terry Gross gets good guests. And one I discovered lately is the Todd Mundt show. I loooove this American Life, but I only catch it like once every 3 months. I also usually like TOTN Science Fridays, for the geek in me.

I was convinced to give Neko Case a chance today after hearing her on Morning Edition. NPR is definitely a life-enhancing experience

I don't care anything about cars, but I still like listening to "Car Talk" on Sunday afternoons. It's done by two Boston mechanics. Sometimes famous people call in with car questions, which is always amusing.

Car Talk is a favorite of mine too.

Caller: I have a question. My car blew up and killed my wife and two year-old daughter...

Host 1: >insane laughter< I bet that had to hurt the old wallet!
Host 2: >more hysterical laughter< That's one way to get back at your mother-in-law! >more laughter<

Caller: Yeah, but I was wondering if for insurance purposes if it's possible that the car

Host 1: >more laughter< I bet you'll have to have one heck of a policy to replace your wife.
Host 2: >holding back laughter< I bet that'd be a high premium on it, too...

It was defintely worth the $10.99 + tax I paid at Tower on West End. It's extremely wide-eyed and refreshing. Very infectious dance beats, almost entirely electronic. It kinda trails off at the end. Worth it for the first few songs alone though. Plus, Ben finally gets some female backing vocals as opposed to his own wussy (not necessarily a bad thing) BGVs.

Yeah, RD, the Death and Dismemberment tour was rad. Cex was figgin hilarious. I was also lucky enough to catch DCFC before that when I was at a conference in San Diego in late 2001. It was one of the few times that I thoroughly enjoyed a show without any beforehand knowledge of the band's music.

jamiecarroll is listening to:
____________________

At home:
Off the Rail - some demo that some guy gave me at the Slack Exit/In show
Pulp - Different Class
Slow Down Hero!
Nirvana - Bleach
the Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bullocks
Sixpence None the Richer - Divine Discontent
the Lone Official
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde

In the Car:
various Supergrass albums turned up very loud!
talk radio

I'm glad to hear the postitive reviews

Cex was extremely funny. Any rapper that incorporates Jim Varney is okay with me. The Dimemberment Plan's cover of "Back that Ass Up" was also very memorable.

I've only seen DCFC once and I would LOVE it if they come back around. I know that they have been playing a few shows in the Northwest, but nothing anywhere near here unfortunately

(Edited by iwantelvis at 6:40 pm on Mar. 13, 2003)

Wow, when I wrote that, I thought I would either get no response or "you're such a dork."

I must admit I love and learn from NPR. It gets a lot of play on my to/from work commute. Their broadcasts often bring me to tears, even. Like on the day of Fred Rogers' death when they did an especially touching report or like today, when I listened to a report on a certain ghetto writer nick-named "Black."

High quality stuff. Maybe I should support them in their e-pledge campaign.

Or maybe you should use that money to buy your fiance a kitty.

Hmmm. On second thought, that idea is even better.

White kitty, shots, kitty bed, food, and litter bin: $232.00

Time spent playing with your fiance and kitty: priceless

Sorry about the mistake in identity. DO NOT ask Tom Foolery for bootlegs. Ok, I think that fixes it.

I found this on the 3rd page of the previous Exit/In show. This is what I was referencing earlier...

for anyone intersted in a copy of the show, send a b&p to:
art vandalay
2179 south berrys chapel road
franklin, tennessee 37069

the kind gentleman who records (under the codename of art) wiil get you a copy, and i can report that if you wish to butter him up, he enjoys candy that is tart and of the tiny persuasion.

It was FreezeTag that posted that one.

garrison keilor was in nashville a couple weeks ago; on a somewhat related note: a few weeks ago at the mission of burma show in atlanta, i told neuboy, exliontamer & ray davies that roger miller (guitarist/vocalist of MOB) looked like garrison keilor, and none of them knew who i was talking about.

So I guess somebody lied when he said he loved NPR!!


JC- is this something that's available to the public or do you only have it because you're so connected in the Nashville underground?

Someone mentioned Terry Gross having good guests. She had Ahmir Thompson/?uestlove of The Roots on the other day. I thought that it was funny that somebody was talking hip-hop with Terry Gross. I wondered if she understood anything of what he was talking about. I also learned in that interview that DJ Shadow had ?uestlove beat on the number of vinyls he owned..DJ Shadow has over 60,000. "Daaaaayyyemmn."

On a completely unrelated note, I was reading an article on msnbc.com about the Elizabeth Smart thing, and they had a picture of some guy who unwittingly put her and her kidnappers up for the nite in his room... he had a really nice (huge) Joy Division poster for "whisper." I had never seen that one before.

I just uploaded mp3s of Exhibit A, There's a Million Ways..., and That's the Way It's Meant to Be. Many thanks to Art for his quality product.

Either Terry or her interns must be interested in music- it's the only show where I've heard the Shins used as background music, and their other choices are equally appealing and often new to me. So maybe she did follow the hiphop conversation ok.

The website said I don't have permission to download them.

Exhibit A was the only one that worked for me. What show were these taken from?

(Edited by DigsySlattery at 1:43 pm on Mar. 14, 2003)

me too

I just bought this album and it didn't do anything for me until I listened to it again. It hasn't totally floored me like Yoshimi and The Soft Bulletin did, but it's growing.

NPR- I do love listening to A Prairie Home Companion (thank you Damon), but I really can't take the biased reporting. What bugs me is when a news organization feigns objectivity and doesn't admit to mixing in some of their opinions and slants with the straight facts. No reporter or talk show host can be totally objective.
That's why I listen to 1510. Blatantly biased! Plus I happen to agree a lot of the time.

(Edited by foldsfan at 5:58 pm on Mar. 14, 2003)

Exhibit A sounds like it was from the Exit In show. I remember the "mute the keyboard" request at the end from that night.

hmm...prarie home companion? funny stuff. great for road trips...

(Edited by damon at 1:09 am on Mar. 15, 2003)

What's up with the recent increase in failed attempts to quote previous posts? It hurts my head...

From what I hear, it will very soon be available to the public.

Christopher Briggs's CD case includes:

Ben Folds - Rockin the Suburbs
Weezer - Pinkerton
Beatles - Revolver
Beach Boys - Smiley Smile/Wild Honey
Clem Snide - Your Favorite Music
Bob Dylan - Bringing it all Back Home
Features At Blue Cats March 02

I am sick of these CDs after the long drive home for Spring Break. I am going to check out some of the stuff you guys have been listing.

Yep, that's right- I think the date was 2/6/03? I don't know why the others won't download- I'll try to upload them again, this time with 2_6_03 in their title

Neuboy, why did you conveniently leave Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon, and whatever that Train album is called off your list? You listen to those like every other day.

Pansy.

i've been listening to taking back sunday a lot lately...


and lots and lots of Garbage...

that's weird becasue I decided to go old school the other day and listen to garbage for no reason. we are like, soulmates.

i have been listening to " the aeroplane over the sea" by neutral milk hotel so much lately, i think I'm turning into jeff mangum.

i also have of late rediscovered my love for
rainer maria - a better version of me
pet
sonic youth - daydream nation
beatles - help (i know, i know, but i had 'the night before' stuck in my head)

when ya can't buy new CDs, pull out some that you haven't listened to in a while. its almost as good as a new purchase.

just curious - does anyone here like the sundays?

"help" is still a really good cd. it's not their best but it's still very very good. i could do without a few songs (dizzy miss lizzy), but there are some priceless songs on there (you're gonna lose that girl, you've got to hide your love away, another girl, i've just seen a face, etc.).

(Edited by ray davies at 2:15 am on Mar. 17, 2003)

Yeah, I count Help as the first really good Beatles record... no shame in Help.

Will

I like their cover of "Wild Horses" that is on the Buffy soundtrack and was used in the episode "The Prom." Very good song. I've always meant to download more...

sweet, that taking back sunday record is muy excelente!
are you going to the show at blue sky court??

and you can definitely add me to the garbage guilty-pleasure list. go baby go go!

interpol, elekibass, and blur...

today i've been listening to (as well as watching) the new "complete jam 1977-1982" 2 dvd box set......god, it's so fucking good.

(Edited by ray davies at 11:49 am on Mar. 17, 2003)

There is absolutely nothing wrong with Help!. It contains many marvelous songs. Nobody should feel ashamed when listening to it.

I've been listening to a little bit of U2- WAR

Help! definitely has some great cuts on it. I've always counted "I've Just Seen A Face" as one of my very favorite McCartney tunes.

i've been listening to jimmy eat world, coldplay and the white stripes. i gotta say that of these three, jimmy eat world is my least favorite.

The Pixies, The Police, AFI, and Heatmiser.

white stripes - peel sessions
calexico - feast of wire
various sampler CD's
weezer pinkerton

(and finding a message board where people care about music and doesn't more extremly slow, sweet )

(Edited by piratematt at 12:50 pm on Mar. 18, 2003)

They did have a sweet cover of Velouria, though.

blur-any except leisure
the raincoats
simple minds-real to reel cacophony
gang of four-peel sessions
ennio morricone-giovnata nera per c'ariete(had to check the spelling on
that)
echo & the bunnymen-ocean rain(already one of my favorite albums ever) & crocodiles
***if anyone has the divine comedy's "casanova", i'd love to get a copy.

After the world as we know it falls, the Daigle faction shall take over. The only music allowed will be Judas Priest "British Steel" and Iron Maiden "Number of the Beast". Failure to comply to the church's wishes will result in banishment, exile, and a strict diet of blue corn chips.
*Sample taken from page 154 of Daiglenetics*

New Order - International

Elvis Costello - This Year's Model

Joe Jackson - Look Sharp!

The Byrds - Sweetheart of the Rodeo

Joy Division - Closer

Leonard Cohen - Songs From a Room

David Bowie - Low

Television - Marquee Moon

ah....."low" is my 2nd favorite bowie album (right behind "station to station"). it's such a great album. "be my wife" is my favorite off that album. "breaking glass" is good too...."a new career in a new town" has also been a favorite. eno-era bowie is fascinating......

I really love Low, it is without a doubt my favorite. My numbers 2 and 3 are Heroes and Hunky Dory respectively. Station to Station would come at number 4.

(Edited by Brother Love at 6:08 pm on Mar. 18, 2003)

Hunky Dory is pretty high on my list, too. "Oh You Pretty Things" is one of my favorite Bowie songs.

"Low" is one of my favorites, too. Except I'm talking about the R.E.M. track from Out of Time instead of some David Bowie stuff.

Me, too. Except I'm talking about the slowcore pioneers I saw at 12th and Porter last Fall. Good stuff.

me, too. except i'm talking about the general area. i've always found high to be very overrated.

Well, it sounds to me like you're not getting your drugs from the right place.

this statement is the reason why the song "drugs" by talking heads is in my head.....

(Edited by ray davies at 4:33 pm on Mar. 19, 2003)

what i meant by my comment is, "help is not their best record by any means" but im not ashamed for liking it. "you've got to hide your love away" is one of the best songs ever. ev.er.

I'm sorry if I sounded mean or anything, Stalker. You are one of my favorite people, and I would not say such a thing in an offensive way. I just know that some people are ashamed of Help!. And I was just stating that there's no reason to be. Some people even ridicule Help! and say it's a bad album. Those people, not you, are buttholes.

I'm listening to Pig Lib for the second time and I must say that while SM + Jicks don't necessarily have anything dramatically new to offer, the CD is great! Malkmus' lyrical soothness rivals even that of Beck's.

My CD came with a free 5-song EP that in my opinion is just as good as (if not better than) the LP. If you plan on getting this, do so soon and keep your eye out for the "limited edition".

when is it?

the cd also shows that malkmus is one hell of a guitar player...(in his own slightly warped way)

i love "pig lib". much more laid back than his solo debut.......

i'm listening to the fast times at ridgemont high soundtrack...that movie kills me.

lately i've been listening to:

"another day, another dollar" ep (vinyl)- gang of four
"we're the banana splits" (vinyl)- the banana splits
"the modern lovers"- the modern lovers
"lola, percy, and arthur come face to face with the village green preservation society.....something else!" (vinyl)- the kinks (an imported two lp compilation of selections from those 6 albums......it works really great as a kinks mix)
"chairs missing"- wire

I've been listening to

Third Eye Foundation (the best drum-n-bass ever created)

For those of you who have never had the opportunity to listen to TEF, I highly recommend his album "You Guys Kill Me." It will give you much happiness and good experiences (I'm practicing to be a fortune cook author).

The Royal Tenenbaums Soundtrack

Massive Attack's Protection

Wire

Orb - orblivion

Currently in rotation...
Joy Division - Permanent (Compilation)(Getting LOTS of listening time)
Television - Marquee Moon
Verde - Muse 3-23-03

What I dig at the moment music wise:
- The Live Kinks... on vinyl
- Beggars Banquet (The Stones)... also on vinyl
- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust, and The Spiders From Mars (Bowie)
- And when riding with Mr. Dawson I hear ALOT of Joy Division

I've been listening to alot of vinyl records lately because all of my cd's were stolen out of my car. Only a week later, yet another damn dirty thief stole the stereo out of it.

this topic should be called "what is everybody listening to & on what format"...

(Edited by damon at 12:17 am on Mar. 25, 2003)

The Pet Shop Boys

good for you. get used to the people close to you making fun of you. which album(s) are you listening to? "very" is the only one i've heard that seems consistent.