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Grex > Music2 > #196: NP #4: Music to Conference By |  |
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krj
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response 237 of 503:
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Oct 21 21:04 UTC 1999 |
Susana Seviane. The second of two recent Spanish bagpipe albums I've
gotten, I should put together a one-paragraph review somewhere.
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mcnally
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response 238 of 503:
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Oct 21 23:40 UTC 1999 |
David Bowie -- "Hours"
got fooled into buying this one by several reviews which expressed
delighted surprise that Bowie had returned to making decent albums.
unless it grows on me, I'm not sure what they were talking about;
this one seems to me to be as unexciting as any of his other 90's
releases..
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orinoco
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response 239 of 503:
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Oct 22 00:18 UTC 1999 |
I liked some of the stuff out of the middle of "Hours". Then again, I liked
his other 90s releases too. I've only heard a few tracks from the new one,
but the consensus from my Bowie-nut friends is, you should skip the first few
tracks and just listen from 4 or 5 on.
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mcnally
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response 240 of 503:
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Oct 22 05:05 UTC 1999 |
I could maybe believe that..
Now playing -- Joni Mitchell -- "Hits"
a hits collection checked out of the library in hopes of determining
which of her many albums I'd like to try.. I seem to be leaning towards
"Court and Spark" or "Blue" - does anyone have any strong recommendations
(for any of them, not just those two..)
(extra datapoint: I wasn't thrilled by "The Hissing of Summer Lawns",
I checked out from the library at the same time.. It wasn't bad, but it
didn't bowl me over, either..)
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krj
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response 241 of 503:
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Oct 22 05:25 UTC 1999 |
"Court and Spark" is one of the Greatest Albums of the 70s.
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mcnally
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response 242 of 503:
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Oct 22 08:24 UTC 1999 |
Perhaps I'll check it out, then.. Although I have to say that
my personal list of "Greatest Albums of the 70s" tends to look
absolutely nothing like the generally propounded version..
I will confess to owning a copy of "Rumours", but that's about
as far as it goes.. ;-)
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scott
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response 243 of 503:
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Oct 22 11:21 UTC 1999 |
In the absence of affordable CD "one-time" playback, maybe we could have some
sort of trading party so people could check out stuff they don't want to buy
outright (without knowing if they like it).
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krj
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response 244 of 503:
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Oct 22 16:30 UTC 1999 |
I loan CDs out all the time. Sometimes they even come back.
However, all my Joni Mitchell albums are on vinyl.
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gnat
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response 245 of 503:
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Oct 23 02:41 UTC 1999 |
Magnetic Fields, "Holiday" (purchased in lovely Portland, OR, at my
friend Michael's cool record store)
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tpryan
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response 246 of 503:
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Oct 23 02:44 UTC 1999 |
I listened to Billy Mumy's "In The Current" CD today at work.
A 1999 project.
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gnat
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response 247 of 503:
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Oct 23 19:53 UTC 1999 |
The Monks, "5 Upstart Americans" (mid-60's angry garage rock, mainly
consisting of the same 2 chords played over and over. Brilliant!)
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happyboy
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response 248 of 503:
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Oct 24 01:41 UTC 1999 |
THe Skatalites: El Pussycat
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otaking
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response 249 of 503:
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Oct 24 05:57 UTC 1999 |
Talking Heads, "Sand in the Vaseline" After seeing Stop Making Sense, I'm
listening to a lot of Talking Heads again.
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krj
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response 250 of 503:
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Oct 24 22:23 UTC 1999 |
Talking Heads, "Stop Making Sense," the 1984 release, which just happens to be
the oldest CD in my collection.
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tpryan
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response 251 of 503:
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Oct 25 01:45 UTC 1999 |
Dr. Demento's Holloween show with Elvira.
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kewy
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response 252 of 503:
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Oct 25 13:40 UTC 1999 |
Right now, something I dont recognize on 94.7, about to put in the
Richard Buckner album I purchased this weekend.
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otaking
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response 253 of 503:
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Oct 25 17:48 UTC 1999 |
Re #250: Ken, are there different versions of "Stop Making Sense"? Do any of
them have the entire concert in order on it?
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mcnally
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response 254 of 503:
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Oct 25 21:52 UTC 1999 |
There are now two different CD releases of "Stop Making Sense".
The older release omits several songs present in the theatrical release
of the film. The newer release restores those songs, but still omits
several songs that were cut from the film but present in the video version.
None of the versions has "the entire concert" -- there wasn't exactly
an "entire concert".. The band played (I think) four shows in L.A.
during the Speaking in Tongues tour and Demme and his crew edited pieces
of several of them together for the film "Stop Making Sense".
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krj
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response 255 of 503:
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Oct 25 22:13 UTC 1999 |
There was a middle edition, which could be identified by the top plastic
strip printed as "Stop Making Sense -- 2nd ed." I never got a clear
explanation of what was different about this "second edition" and
I never bought one.
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scott
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response 256 of 503:
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Oct 25 23:50 UTC 1999 |
The vinyl version had all sorts of neat stuff enclosed.
Now playing: Nine Inch Nails, "The Fragile". It'll probably be a few
listenings before I have any real opinion, since I don't tend to listen very
carefully these days.
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krj
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response 257 of 503:
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Oct 27 17:48 UTC 1999 |
Sin E', "It's About Time." Umm, for want of a better term I might
call them "progressive Irish folk..." their new album is on
Paddy Maloney's boutique label Wicklow (distributed by BMG)
so it *should* be getting American distribution.
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orinoco
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response 258 of 503:
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Oct 28 17:16 UTC 1999 |
Cry of Love, "Hand Me Down". The sort of thing you'd hear too much of on
"classic rock" stations, but well-done. And there's a song on the same album
about how bad the weather in Michigan is, so how can you not like them?
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krj
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response 259 of 503:
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Oct 29 04:28 UTC 1999 |
Denyce Graves, "Voce di Donna." Opera recital CD from a singer we're
seeing in WERTHER on Friday.
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charcat
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response 260 of 503:
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Oct 29 04:39 UTC 1999 |
season of the witch, and albert's shuffel by supersession
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eeyore
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response 261 of 503:
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Oct 30 00:19 UTC 1999 |
Right now I'm listening to Grunt: Pigorian Chant from Snouto Domoinko de Silo.
A highly amusing album. :)
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