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krj
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NP #5: Music to Conference By
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Jan 18 22:38 UTC 2000 |
The Millenium Edition of the tedious, yet popular, item for listing
what music you are listening to *at this very moment*!!
No cheating, now!
To keep things interesting, write a line or two about the album or song
you are naming, especially if it's at all obscure.
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krj
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response 1 of 607:
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Jan 18 22:44 UTC 2000 |
English Country Blues Band, UNRULY. Compilation CD of their two LPs;
this is some of my favorite music from the 1980s. (That long ago!
eek!) I should get the one or two CDs I've missed from their lead
singer Maggie Holland, but I like her better with this band behind
her. The ECBB mutated into the all-instrumental electric folk dance
band Tiger Moth, and then it broke up, sigh.
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orinoco
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response 2 of 607:
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Jan 19 01:13 UTC 2000 |
Rasputina, "How We Quit The Forest"
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orinoco
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response 3 of 607:
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Jan 19 01:19 UTC 2000 |
Oh, and in keeping with the request in #0.... Rasputina is a now-defunct goth
cello trio. This is their second album, a more electric-y effort (with
production by Trent Reznor, I believe). Alas, one member quit and another
got pregnant and the band broke up. sigh.
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gnat
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response 4 of 607:
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Jan 19 01:58 UTC 2000 |
A friend of mine produced one of their videos... she said you've never
seen so much white lingerie in one place!
The Magnetic Fields, "Holiday." I thought I'd lost this (along with
"Pet Sounds" and a couple of other prized possessions) and was deep into
the mourning process when I found all of them in the back seat of
my car. D'oh!
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krj
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response 5 of 607:
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Jan 19 03:44 UTC 2000 |
Wendy Carlos, Bach's Brandenberg Concerto #6. Which we did not know,
until yesterday, contains the theme for Minnesota Public Radio.
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gypsi
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response 6 of 607:
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Jan 19 13:51 UTC 2000 |
Rasputina is wonderful... I'm also looking forward to buying the Medaeval
Babes album (picture that a and e as the old style you know and love from Old
English).
"Ivo" by the Cocteau Twins - this song is "uplifting" and relaxing all at
once. I usually listen to it with candles going.
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bruin
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response 7 of 607:
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Jan 19 14:57 UTC 2000 |
RE #5 I had always wondered what the intro to "A Prairie Home Companion" (with
the voiceover "From Minnesota Public Radio") was, and now I know.
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anderyn
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response 8 of 607:
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Jan 19 15:31 UTC 2000 |
Jan Krist, "Love Big, Us Small", aka "Tarzan Tells All". From her
new CD, titled "LB,US". For work.
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orinoco
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response 9 of 607:
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Jan 19 22:48 UTC 2000 |
Brad Mehldau, Art of the Trio volume 4. On at the moment, "All The Things
You Are" redone in 7/8 time.
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sspan
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response 10 of 607:
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Jan 20 03:00 UTC 2000 |
Michelle Tumes, "Listen". Australian singer/songwriter/pianist, ethereal,
layered vocals sort of like Enya.
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bmoran
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response 11 of 607:
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Jan 20 19:39 UTC 2000 |
Carefully dropping the needle...adjust the balance...there, RIGHT NOW I'm
listening to Dave Holland Quartet - Conference of the Birds. Early 70's,
and sounds a little like it. Dave's bass is all over the place, side two
still hasn't grown on me yet, But the title track is still one of my
favorites. That's fusion for 'ya!
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tpryan
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response 12 of 607:
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Jan 21 01:29 UTC 2000 |
The latest STing CD. That and a couple other early November
purchases where put to the side to listen to Christmas music. So time
to back to the chronological filing system.
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gnat
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response 13 of 607:
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Jan 21 01:52 UTC 2000 |
"Oh My Gawd!!!...The Flaming Lips"
The title says it all.
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krj
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response 14 of 607:
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Jan 21 03:39 UTC 2000 |
Buddy Miller, CRUEL MOON. Just got it. On first listen, it sounds
very reminiscent of Richard Thompson's guitar work.
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gypsi
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response 15 of 607:
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Jan 21 15:43 UTC 2000 |
New Order "Perfect Kiss (live)". This version is wonderful... it's a bit
more energetic, the instruments sound better, and he sings a new verse over
the usual bridge, but it doesn't sound like a verse...it's just cool. =)
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orinoco
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response 16 of 607:
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Jan 21 16:33 UTC 2000 |
Beethoven's second string quartet. I'm still burrowing through the wad of
classical music my parents got my from Christmas.
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krj
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response 17 of 607:
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Jan 21 21:34 UTC 2000 |
Bach, Brandenberg Concertos, Philip Pickett. Usually I really like
Pickett's stuff -- he also hangs out with Richard Thompson and did a
stint in the Albion Band -- but I'd like to find a Brandenberg
recording with slower tempos. This one sounds like a race.
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krj
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response 18 of 607:
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Jan 21 22:44 UTC 2000 |
Sam Phillips, MARTINIS AND BIKINIS. I have to amend my fave-of-the-90s
list, this marvelous Beatles pastiche got left off.
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orinoco
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response 19 of 607:
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Jan 21 22:54 UTC 2000 |
The Either/Orchestra, "The Half-life of Desire." Home of quite possibly the
world's only big band King Crimson cover. Fortunately, one goes a long way.
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scott
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response 20 of 607:
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Jan 22 16:09 UTC 2000 |
Kaiser/Lindley, "World out of Time". This is a collection of music from
Africa and such; the Lindley is none other that David Lindley.
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scott
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response 21 of 607:
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Jan 23 00:44 UTC 2000 |
Clara Rockmore, "The Art of the Theremin". Rockmore is the most famous
theremin player, starting back in the 30's when the instrument was invented
(by Leon Theremin!). Still alive as of 4 years ago... and a very classy lady.
Would you believe the AA District Library has this CD?
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scott
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response 22 of 607:
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Jan 23 03:44 UTC 2000 |
Bruce Springsteen, "The Wild, The Innocent, & the E-Street Shuffle".
Bruce's 2nd album, and one of my two favorites from him (the other is the
first, "Greetings From Asbury Park"). Sort of an R&B album; the 'hit' is
"Roslita". I've got early and fond memories of this album, from the time when
my old 2nd hand reel-to-reel deck (with tubes and an 8-track slot in the side,
no less) came with a bootleg Bruce concert tape featuring many of the songs
from this album.
I'm eternally unable to decide which the 2 albums I like better. Both are
much more interesting than anything he's made since the late 70's.
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krj
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response 23 of 607:
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Jan 23 13:54 UTC 2000 |
I finally got up for the tail end of gnat's radio show. At least, that's
what I hope I'm listening to on 88.3. Hey Natalie! What was the song
with male-female harmonies and guitars, which followed the spoken/sung
piece by the woman whose house burned down?
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krj
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response 24 of 607:
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Jan 23 14:01 UTC 2000 |
Ooops, it's not gnat's show any more. Both of the pieces I described
above seem to be credited as "Is that all there is?" by PJ Harvey.
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