response 51 of 166:

Apr 19 21:11 UTC 1997

<scott forgets his media collection, and desperately tries to decide which
instrument to take to the island>

response 53 of 166:

Apr 20 14:42 UTC 1997

        I have played this game before; and in my incarnation of the rules:
if an album is considered an album as long as it's in it's original 
incarnation.  That is:

        Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
        Tommy - The Who
        Jesus Christ Superstar - Murray Head / studio version

though issued on two discs (originally vinyl) would still be one
selection.  While Time Distance Traveler by The Moody Blues, being
their latest 5 CD set; as a collection from other albums; would be
cheating by rules.  So for the Moodys, I would have to pick

        2RC3 - The Moody Blues, while their recent classic Moody 
                Blues hits unplugged album (CD) could come in a
                close second.
also:
        The Ship - A Contemporary Folk Music Journey by The Ship
                (Steve Melshenker, Steve Cowan, Steve Reinwand,
                Mark Hamby Todd Bradshaw & Tim Scott); akin to JCS;
                a "folk opera" about The Ship being wrecked on an
                island and the eventual return home--one of best
                albums that sent to a radio station, left with me.
        Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of 'War Of The Worlds'
                sorry if you didn't hear this in Ann Arbor, WIQB
                wouldn't play from it, and it found a home with me.
        The Chenille Sisters Go To Fantasy Camp (or as it is titled
                Whatcha gonna Swing tonight? w/ James Dapogny's
                Chicago Jazz Band
        Drunken Angel - Michael Longcor
        Divine Intervention - Julia Ecklar

the last selection when filling up the case is the hardest, be it 
desert island isolation or road trip.
maybe one of the following:
        Between The Wars - Al Stewart
        how long has this been going on - Van Morrison w/ Georgie fame
        Footsteps in the Dark - Cat Stevens 
                (only release of the unique songs from "Harold & Maude";
                "Don't be Shy" & If you Want to Sing Out, Sing Out")
        Peace - Rotary Connection  (since about a tenth of my collection
                is Christmas music; I would want to bring one)

all of these are albums that I enjoy listening to in their entirety,
start to finsih, not just selected tracks.  This would leave behind
a lot of the TOp 40, Country, Folk & comedy music I have.  
Now, If I could bring my tapes of Dr. Demento shows, I would have
27 days of music, though a lot of tunes would repeat within it.
I now I left off a Beatles album so add
        Abby Road - The Beatles
to my maybe list.
I can take 10 minutes to pack clothes for a trip, but 30 minutes to 
pick out the music for that trip.

response 55 of 166:

Apr 20 20:24 UTC 1997

Ooh, I dunno.  Some things I'd bring are Khatchaturian's ballets "Gayane" and
"Spartacus".  I think I'd also bring the H.M.S. Pinafore soundtrack, and the
one from Jesus Christ Superstar.  Hmm, anything else?  Maybe a couple of Ed
Van Fleet's things, to help me get to sleep at night.  Are you sure we can't
bring a few books, too?  :P

response 57 of 166:

Apr 20 23:35 UTC 1997

Ah, listening to selected tracks, one truly poignant example of the dumbing
of american society.  I listen to alumbs to listen to the *whole album*  the
radio only plays select singles... There are plenty of unheard jems that you
can find on albums, and that's what really makes them worth buying.  Besides,
the radio doesn't alwasy play the best songs.

response 59 of 166:

Apr 21 02:43 UTC 1997

        Right, we have been hard to hear a radio station, that upon 
receiving a new album, will play four or five tracks in equal rotation
from the begining of the life of the album on the charts to the
album falling from the charts.  Even for album rock stations, it usually
takes an issued single to get airplay.

response 61 of 166:

Apr 21 08:36 UTC 1997

how about bringing a suitable power source for al those electonic
gadgets?
  

response 63 of 166:

Apr 22 00:52 UTC 1997

yeah, steve, also, 102.9 has a lot of new stuff that 89x misses, but it's
slightly of a different genre i'd say... it doesn't concentrate as much on
the new "alternative" stuff, and that's just how i like it thankyouverymuch.

response 65 of 166:

Apr 23 04:49 UTC 1997

  I much prefer "Out of Time" to "Automatic for the People."
  I seriously doubt, though, that I'm ever going to enjoy another
  R.E.M. album as much as I once enjoyed "Life's Rich Pageant"
  and "Murmur" -- which is more a reflection on having eventually
  heard "enough" R.E.M. than it is a comparison of their newer
  material to the albums I chose when I first started listening..

response 67 of 166:

Apr 25 03:30 UTC 1997

Yes, but I was referring to my own personal likes and dislikes.  Nightswimming
is nice, but not one of my favorites.  I agree with mcnally that murmur is
wonderful.  I'll often listen to that when I'm not in the mood for Monster.
I don't think I have Life's Rich Pageant.  Oh no... I must go out and buy it
now.  Maybe I should join the music conference.  I'm enjoying this.
And I haven't gotten to the point of "enough" REM yet.  Hope I never do.

response 69 of 166:

Apr 25 06:06 UTC 1997

Interesting, interesting.  Generally I consider RECKONING to be the best
overall R.E.M. album, but FABLES has my favorite songs on it:
"Maps & Legends," "Driver 8," "Can't Get There From Here."
But I've also had lots of recent interest in PAGEANT.
The recent stuff interests me less and less, to the point where 
(as discussed in music cf item #6) I've had no willingless left to 
listen to NEW ADVENTURES.
 
There is, however, a greatdriving tape to be made from the best
tracks on GREEN and OUT OF TIME.

response 71 of 166:

Apr 25 23:07 UTC 1997

Green is an album that will tkae me a long time to get, if ever.. I have
frightful memories of that album :)

response 73 of 166:

Apr 26 16:45 UTC 1997

likewise.