I have the problem lately that I've been listening to something a lot, but not when I'm online (hence no entry in the "Music to conference by" item). So what's been getting a lot of spins in your stereo lately?108 responses total.
Mostly while programming at work: NIN, "The Fragile". Danny Elfman, original Batman movie score. In the car: David Bowie, "Ziggy Stardust".
I had been thinking of gluing shut the drawer of my CD changer once the Magnetic Fields set was inside but lately I've been listening to more instrumental music while studying for finals.. Michael Hedges' "Oracle" has been getting a lot of spins.. Also, while digging through a part of my collection I don't frequently visit, I brought out Carole King's "Tapestry". In addition to being one of the classic 70s albums, it's also one of the albums I associate most closely with childhood (along with the red and blue Beatles' collection albums and Cat Stevens' "Teaser and the Firecat" and "Tea For the Tillerman", "Tapestry" is one of the albums I heard over and over as a small child, when my five sisters used to listen to it.) Probably because of that association I've been finding it evokes pleasant and soothing memories so it's been getting a lot of play during this past hyper-stressful week..
The CD player that once was in my room is now in my dorm room in Chicago, so now that I'm back home for winter break, I have no way of playing CDs without inflicting them on the rest of the house. There's been a lot of Joshua Kadison and Sonia Dada playing lately, them being the most user-friendly ones in my diskwallet at the moment.
(the Handsome Boy Modeling School CD has been in my disc changer nearly non-stop since its release a couple of months ago.)
I finally managed to pry "69 Love Songs" and the Minders' two albums out of the CD player. Robyn Hitchcock's "Eye" is getting a lot of play at work, and the car cassette du jour is "The Gay Parade" by Of Montreal.
"Eye" was always one of the Robyn Hitchcock albums I liked best.. (apart from "Eye" I find it better to take him in smaller doses..)
That's probably a good idea. Otherwise you might end up like me...
Heaven forfend. I have this vivid image of you prancing around wearing a Cynthia Mask.
(which is even odder than it might seem, since I have no idea what a Cynthia mask might look like..)
hmm.. lately.. Jaci Velasquez 'Llegar a Ti' and Plumb 'Candycoatedwaterdrops' have been in my cd players more than anything else.. just got two new Grey Eye Glances CDs, so they'll probably take over that distinction for a while..
The newish Kristen Hersh CD Sky Motel has been getting a lot of play on my cd, that and Beck Mellow Gold (from the early 90s), Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effect Shabeestation which is Morrocan music from the early 90s produced by Billaswell though his prduction here is less heavy handed than in say his Materiasl projects.
The Magnetic Fields and the Minders have both crept back into the CD player, alas. I hope they don't get into a fight. I wonder who would win? re. #9, I assume a Cynthia Mask would look like Robyn Hitchcock's ex- girlfriend, Cynthia. Except I don't know what she looks like.
re #11: hmmm.. and here I thought I'd bought or listened to nearly all of the ton and a half of world-music records Laswell had produced during that period.. (it must just have seemed that way -- some of the material he was associated with at that time remains among my favorite music from that time but there were a number of Laswell projects that *I* wound up regretting whether or not he did..)
Heavy rotation right now: Dead Can Dance's "Toward the Within". I've always loved this album, but now that I've seen the video of the live performance, I can't bear to take it out of the cd player. It's also nice at work since it isn't hyper, and not "new agey" enough to put me to sleep.
past few days: the first 4 albums by X. my apartment is becoming very dysfunctional. 8*
Random radio and often whatever Julie picks up at the library. We had Kenny Loggin's _Return to Pooh Corner_ and _A Sesame Street Christmas_ in for a while.
Random radio (mainly 80's music) and Sarah McLachlan or NIN CDs.
In heavy rotation lately:
Catherine Wheel -- "Adam and Eve"
the Folk Implosion -- "One Part Lullaby" (highly recommended..)
McCoy Tyner, "Three Flowers"
with my wife, Weird Al Yankovic's _Running With Scissors_ CD with me, Eiffel 65's _Europop_, particularly "Blue Da Ba Dee," "Too Much of Heaven," and "Hyperlink (Deep Down)." It's dance music, but I can dance inside even if I'm not physically doing so =)
Woops, this is the "heavy rotation" item, not the "now playing" item. Lately, "Remain in Light" or Janis Joplin's "Pearl" have been in my CD player almost full time.
two fine albums..
These days almost all of my real listening happens in the car, even though I don't drive that much. Right now I'm working on Rage Against the Machine's "Evil Empire".
Probably the three items getting lots of play time in the car right now are:
1) The Cock and Bull Band, "Pumped Up and Loaded," French/English folk dance
band, slightly rocked up
2) Lais, "Lais," trio of Belgian women who sing either acapella or with
the folk-rock band Kadril
3) an album by the above-named Kadril whose title I cannot remember,
it's in Flemish.
Industry and Thrift in my Truck CD player: especially the tune i consider to be our *true* national anthem: "Lumpy, Beanpole, and Dirt."
In my car: Kate Bush tapes, especially "Lionheart" and "The Whole Story" In the apartment: Portishead "PNYC Live" and Einstein's Secret Orchestra self-titled release.
Lately I've been trying to figure out the Bartok string quartets, which i keep hearing are _the_ modern chamber music pieces. So far Bartok is winning. By way of resting my ears, I've also been listening to the Dvorjak piano quintet a whole lot.
To get to know Bartok's string quartets, start with no. 1, listen to it over and over until it starts to make sense, then go on to no. 2. After no. 4 the learning curve starts to go downhill. Or try the other great 20C string quartet writer first: Shostakovich. True, there's 15 of them, but they're much more accessible. Go through the first 3 or 4 at speed, and if you feel you've gotten anything out of them you're ready to listen to the middle quartets, of which no. 8 is the highlight. The last four are really tough nuts to crack, though. But after Bartok, even they are easy.
No. 4 and 5 are starting to make sense. Slowly. But one at a time does seem like the better appraoch, now that you mention it.
While it is more time appropriate to be listening to Al Stewart's "Last Days of the Century" CD (recommended) I have listened to his (Time) "Between the Wars" CD (higher recommendation) more in the past week, it plays to well as one peice.
I am listening to one of the two about-to-be-released Melanie albums. I get to own them early! Patti Smith has a new CD coming out tomorrow. I will be listening to that soon.
If my cd player had a needle, I'd be wearing out William Orbit's Pieces in a Modern Style. His synthed Adagio for Strings is one of the better versions I've heard. And the others, covers of John Cage, Satie, Ravel, and even Gorecki are quite fun.
In heavy rotation lately (past 30 days) has been Zappa's _We're Only In It For The Money_, Chicago II & III, and Phish's recent 6-CD live venture _Hampton Comes Alive_, in which the boys do a -funky- cover of Will Smith's 'Gettin' Jiggy With It' Approaching heavy rotation is Handel's Water Music and Stevie Wonder's _Songs In The Key Of Life_
Ron Sunshine and Full Swing and Dave Stucky and the Rhythm Gang have stayed in the 5 cd changer, while the other three slots have been hosting other CDs. A good Jim Croce collection is on now.
"The Wayouts" has been playing a lot lately, followed by "J. Walker and the Pedestrians" on the same MD. Both of these were cassettes from local Lansing area bands back when I did sound. Aimee Mann, "Bachelor #2" (recent release) has been on the car tape, and is growing on me. Wish it had some more uptempo tunes, though. Everything has about the same tempo and the same productions.
Hmmm.. what lately.. I guess Faith Hill's 'Faith' album, Jennifer Knapp's latest is great, I've also been playing Ginny Owens a lot, she sounds a bit like Dar Williams I think, I also picked up a couple of CDs by a band from the Netherlands called The Gathering that I've enjoyed quite a bit.
Lately I've been spinning the CD I bought from local band The Fullerenes a lot.
I go through phases o being addicted to Marc Almond, and seem to be in one
lately. Last week, the two repeat plays were "Mother Fist" and "Vermine in
Ermine" ("Johnny sick of his girlfriend, he put a bomb under her").
Delerium and Negativland.
the promise - when in rome
Heavy rotation? Um...Syd Straw <both "Suprise" and "War and Peace">, REM "Fables of the Reconstruction", and Mission UK "Carved in Sand". That's all I can think of right now.
my heavy rotation list is actually like, the pixies and radiohead.
I've been on a bit of a Joni Mitchell/Stevie Wonder kick..._Blue_, _Ladies Of The Canyon_, _Clouds_, _Innervisions_, _Talking Book_, _Songs In The Key Of Life_. These albums are all part of my vinyl collection, which I've been dipping into alot recently.
<I guess it's time for a little character development I've been listening to Christine Lavin.
LIstened to a lot of Minstry and Depeche Mode yesterday.
I'm gonna live my life Like very day's the last not a simple goodbye it all goes by so fast but now that you're gone I can't cry hard enough no I can't cry hard enough for you to hear me now there it goes up in the sky there it goes beyond the clouds for no reason why I can't cry hard enough no I can't cry hard enough for you to hear me now. Gonna look hack in vain and see you for the first time bla bla something something like a child letting go of his kite Ok, time to stop now. I love that song. It's the only thing that the williams brothers ever did that's worth listening to tho.
Jeff Buckley - Grace has been in heavy rotation lately. A lot of times I leave it on while I sleep, its nice. Richard Buckner - Bloom is also gonna be on heavy rotation for the next few days I can tell. My Lisa Stansfield album has been getting some rotation lately too.
dead can dance, tom waits, radiohead, peter gabriel and jimi hendrix.
I am still leaving on that midnight train to Georgia
ride that train baby
Crystal Lewis - Fearless. This woman just blows me away.. incredible voice Varius Manx - Najlepsze z Dobrych. Sort of a greatest hits album with a few new songs by a great band from Poland.
in my cd player: a mix cd i made (lots of radiohead, dead can dance, peter gabriel...) the pixies the police another cd i made with 80's dance music and punk the soundtrack to grosse point blank
blood & mood The BAd Livers
The Breton folk-rock cd by Gwenc'hlan and the Canadian Maritimes folk-rock cd by Cuillin are the most regularly played items here this month. I do need to write some reviews. I tell you, hap, the reviews I'm seeing of that Bad Livers album scare me. The review in "No Depression" was a crazed rant.
if yer looking for anything *purist* i'd stay away. mr. barnes is making art. it hasn't left my cd player in a few days. btw i really like the horseflies more fringe stuff as well so there you go. that breton music sounds interesting from the little i;ve heard.
last night i got to listen to all sorts of good new music a friend played for me. i cant remember most of the bands names right now, but i was so impressed, and my music collection looked kinda crapy for awhile there.
I'm playing a lot of techno today. Right now, I have the This is Techno 2 box set and MTV Amp on my CD player.
I want to know more about that band from iceland, julie!
jeff sent me the name of both of those bands. woo hoo. he has great taste in music.
bjork is from iceland. ergo, so is sugarcubes.
I'd be interested in the names of those Icelandic bands as well. I like Scandinavian music.
Old Chicago. The Who Julia Fordham Macy Gray The best of George Michael (even though he was a very bitter man at Equality Rocks) Hothouse Flowers (Born)
sigur ros..thats the name of the iceland band.
Lots of Travis and Jeff Buckley still. I've been listening to a lot of radio lately, as my cds have been leaving me cold lately. I put in my Spanish dance music cd from 97 the other day. It was funny. I need more blues in my collection.
I've been listening, a lot, to a few of my older Catherine Wheel albums lately, ever since I learned that they had a new album due out.. Yesterday I got a sign-on bonus / relocation check from my company and after years of student budget restrictions on my CD shopping, I decided to go out and splurge, buying the new Catherine Wheel album and a motley bunch of other albums (some dub, some rocksteady, a couple of indie-rock titles..) Haven't yet had time to form a lasting judgment on any of the new purchases, though..
Lots of Melanie.
Flatt & Scruggs: Foggy Mountain Banjo all instrumental
Lots of Delerium and Psychic TV
The new Apples in Stereo album has a death grip on my CD player. Also, I've been listening to the new XTC album "Wasp Star" in my car a lot, but more because I feel obligated to do so than because it's good. (Below average for XTC, actually... kinda disappointing.)
The Beatles "Abbey Road" - this new boy band from Ireland called Five - and right now, a cd of love songs that Gary burned for me for our anniversary (right now, it's Joan Armatrading's Love and Affection and next is Tuck and Patti's Takes my Breath Away.)
I've been listening to the Best of the Statler Brothers. I switched to Michael Oldfield's "Islands" this afternoon.
...smokin' cigarrettes an watchin' captain kangarooooo..."
I don't go to church on sunday, don't get on my knees to pray...
Been listening to the CDs of those who I seen at ALCON 2000 the weekend before last: the great Luke Ski, Throwing Toasters, Larry Weaver, Hot Waffles, and the Prostetic Lips compilation CD.
Led Zepplin II, Beatles - Abbey Road
My daughter (13) got a kick out of that one when she finally listened to it the other day, happyboy. :)
sister psychosis don't got a lot to say
neutral milk hotel - avery island luna - penthouse velvet underground and nico pixies - trompe le monde stereolab
I just got a great 50 cd stereo so pretty much everything in there is "heavy rotation" but most of it is Zeppelin (all 9 studio albums) Pink Floyd (the Wall/Wish You Were Here), Liz Phair , Jeff Buckley's Mystery White Boy, U2, Bob Dylan and Kula Shaker. I periodically change discs so that i can make mix tapes, but then end up putting everything back in the way it was.
the golden palominos collection "Thundering herd"
same stuff in my heavy rotation right now
Heavy rotation lately is my punk-ska covers album that I made. it is gud.
(I've been forced into heavy rotation mode, as I've been dropped into a foreign country with only 20 or so CDs. [dead island discs, anyone?] I'd like to say it's the Meryn Cadell album that's been getting the bulk of rotation, but it's actually been my two Eminem albums.)
Sloan - Twice Removed Great Big Sea - Play I'd say in honor of your Canadian voyage, Carson, but I wouldn't be telling the truth. It's just what's sounded good lately :)
or maybe I should say honour.
*whimper* Play is the one GBS cd that I *DON'T* have. But I have a tape with the best of the other 4 cds on it in my car right now. It's been playing in my car nonstop for a month now.
Play is cool. That and Rant and Roar and Up are the three I have (I think).
The two main discs getting repetitive play are:
Kristi Stassinopolou, "Echotropia." The publicity hype describes it
as a blend of Greek folk, progressive rock and electronica.
I hope to order her other two in-print CDs imminently, since
I'm really taken with this one.
Malinky, "Last Leaves." Dorky looking cover obscures a very good
traditional Scottish folk band with a very good woman singer,
Katrine (lastnameforgotten), playing a lot of songs you
know very well if you've listened to British Isles stuff
for years. Their version of "Alison Gross" is the promotional
track, for example. Likely to be of interest to
Twila, Mickey, Megan, maybe David Bratman.
re #84: (pretend it's in honour of yours.) ;)
The new Vic Chesnutt album, "Merriment," and the new Olivia Tremor Control singles comp have gotten a lot of play lately. Vic is wonderful as always - only he would title a song "Preponderance" - and the OTC disc is a mixed bag - some great pop songs and a lot of musique concrete wanking.
(Hi gnat! I wasn't sure you were going to come back.)
Yeah, I'm back for a little while, till I get too busy at my new job. :)
I've been listening to a lot of Led Zeppelin.. or at least, was on my trip. In order of spins: Physical Grafitti I III
Shannon Curfman - Loud Guitars, Big Suspicions. Was it one of yu I heard about her from? if so, thanx. Rachael Lampa - Live for You. A month ago I couldn't find a CD store employee that had heard of her.. now it seems like she's on some TV show every other day. Nichole Nordeman - This Mystery.
Nothing recently. I think I have listened to at least 40 different new CDs within this month. I've been on a adventuresome listening kick.
My cd player is busted, and I've been too lazy to cart my CDs down to the computer, so Eryka Badu's "Baduizm" has been living in the CD-rom drive all week. Somehow I haven't gotten sick of it yet. On first hearing, I thought it was deadly repetitive, but it's grown on me enormously.
I've been in a crummy mood lately and the gloom of Portland autumn is kicking in, so it's been Black Heart Procession and Will Oldham (he of the lovely broken croon) on an endless loop... BHP sound like a cross between Nick Cave and Tom Waits, with horns and pump organ and musical saw, and are splendidly dismal.
Mostly mp3 mixes on my computer at home. haven't had a chance to make many cd's lately, but putting together combinations in my WinAmp to see if I'd like to make an album out of them. Assorted songs are poppy tunes and things that catch my ear.
Brian Ferry's "as time goes by", from the library. Neat arraingments of tunes from the (mostly) mid thirtys.
jeff beck - truth radiohead - amnesia madonna - music clean - the clean compilation
Jaci Velasquez - Mi Corazon Flight 180 - Girls and Boys Kasia Kowalska - 5 Eden's Crush - Pop Stars
Kirsty MacColl - Tropical Brainstorm Lais - their first self-titled, and Dorothea Oyster Band - Liberty Hall Soundtrack to SONGCATCHER lots of Buddy & Julie Miller
Al Stewart - Done in the Cellar has got more plays recently by me.
I've been torturing my roommates with a schizophrenic mix of music... Including artists like Gypsy Soul, Aphex Twin, Moxy Fruvous, Mike Cross, Charlie Daniel's Band, Bjork, Cocteau Twins, Johnette Napolitano (lead singer of Concrete Blond who has done othe rprojects after CB disanded), Red Delicious, Danny The Wild Child, Sting, Gerry, Rabbit In The Moon, Samuel Barber (damn thrice over, I canNOT seemto get a copy of Leontyne Price doing "Desire for Hermitage" and it's pissing me off), Black Sabbath, Blind Mellon, Benjamin Britten (Turn of the Screw! REjoice in the Lamb!), Ella Fitzgerald, Stevie WOnder..... You get the point.
Lately has been Train, Sister Soliel, Stella soliel, Rush, Random Stuff off Napster, Moulin ROuge, XTC.
Since I stopped carrying by breifbag to work everyday, my
changout of music there has been slow, and the same disks got quite
a bit of repeat rotation playing, amoung them
sailing to phiadelphia - mark knopfier
24 karat Gold In A Bottle - Jim Croce
Keys of the Kingdom - The Moody Blues , their 1991 effort
Abraxas - Santana
Streetlife Serenade - Billy Joel
The Stranger - Billy Joel
Footsteps In The Dark - Cat Stevens (earlier Greatest hits two CD)
Barometer Soup - Jimmy Buffett
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
These are the ones that just came back recently, and are awaiting
re-filing.
I've been listening to a lot of lite-rock crap at work lately (whatever the River is now). Besides that... Moulin Rouge soundtrack a Russian "Best of" CD (I don't know the artist's name since I can't read Cyrillic) World Connection (a $4 world music compilation) Love Spirals Downwards - Idylls
That Underworld "Everything, Everything" live disc... Gypsy Soul. Nice, laid back, celtic-folk type sound. Mandalay -- sekari got me hooked on them back in April.
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