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mcnally
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response 90 of 131:
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Oct 17 19:40 UTC 2000 |
I'd been thinking of buying that one, since I had liked his previous
effort to include hip-hop elements in his music (Material's "The Third
Power") despite its flaws, and I'd wondered if he'd managed the combination
on "Intonarumori" without some of the borderline cheeziness that afflicts
"The Third Power")
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krj
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response 91 of 131:
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Nov 9 21:31 UTC 2000 |
I've sort of gone back into an anti-musical shell again. Been
blowing off concerts (most recently Natalie MacMaster), been
listening to talk/news radio on the commute to and from work.
Have gotten just two CDs in the last five weeks, and those haven't
been played. *yawn*
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dbratman
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response 92 of 131:
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Nov 21 17:08 UTC 2000 |
I've also been listening to news radio in the car lately, to follow the
election fuss. It takes a lot to get me to listen to news radio. An
earthquake will do it; so did this. (But I did not listen to one word
about O.J. on the radio, and a total of only about 5 minutes on TV.)
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krj
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response 93 of 131:
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Nov 21 20:55 UTC 2000 |
Yes, I realized that obsession over Election Overtime has completely
shut out music on the commute to and from work, and at home too.
Argh. I've been making a deliberate attempt to shut off the news
after 30 minutes or so and plug in the CD player.
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sspan
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response 94 of 131:
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Nov 22 04:20 UTC 2000 |
I usually make and effort to turn off the news after 30 microseconds and plug
in the CD player..
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dbratman
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response 95 of 131:
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Nov 24 18:39 UTC 2000 |
Fortunately the rate of election news has slowed down to the point
where I can just get it from the newspaper. There's nothing more
hideous than one-topic news radio/tv on a subject on which no news is
currently occurring, as my 5 minutes of hearing breathless descriptions
of O.J.'s Bronco sitting in his driveway demonstrated.
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krj
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response 96 of 131:
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Nov 24 20:49 UTC 2000 |
NP: Ben Harper, "The Will to Live." I heard one song from this album,
"Glory and Consequence," by accident on the MSU student radio station
while I was trying to find the NPR station. I was intrigued enough
to call the station to get the song ID.
I like a lot of what Harper is doing in the instrumental side of this
album, with his guitar playing and his blues influences, but I'm
disappointed that he's such a weak singer. Still, I'm giving it
more chances to grow on me.
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krj
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response 97 of 131:
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Dec 3 23:58 UTC 2000 |
More radio obscurities: WCBN's program "Spin Cycle" did a long set of
women from the world music bins while I was walking home from Zingermans
this afternoon. The best track was probably a Nenes song from a
Shanachie compilation of Asian women. There was also a great Sheila
Chandra song -- "Roots & Wings, Madras mix" which I probably have in
a box somewhere.
NP: Jungr and Parker, "Off The Peg." A late-80s item from Billy Bragg's
label Utility. Sort of folk, sort of caberet, sort of jazz, sort of
classic midcentury pop -- Barb Jungr has a great voice. Web searching
tells me I've missed out on getting a CD of the only other Jungr & Parker
album, but she has two or three other items available from obscure labels,
one of which is a collaboration with London Asian musicians.
Too much music, too little time.
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krj
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response 98 of 131:
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Dec 4 21:29 UTC 2000 |
Hee! All Things Considered has been running a series called the NPR 100:
the greatest moments in American popular music of the century.
Today's entry: The Ramones.
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mcnally
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response 99 of 131:
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Dec 5 01:58 UTC 2000 |
Well there goes the last remaining shred of credibility for the "NPR 100."
What did they pick, "I Wanna Be Sedated"?
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scott
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response 100 of 131:
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Dec 5 02:17 UTC 2000 |
To nitpick, NPR isn't listing the 100 "best" songs, but rather the most
influential. In that light, the Ramones could make the top 100.
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mcnally
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response 101 of 131:
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Dec 5 04:04 UTC 2000 |
Maybe I simply don't appreciate the bands the Ramones influenced,
or at least their influence on those bands, but I've always heard
that they were a seminal influence on many later acts I've never
been able to see that their contribution was all that profound or
widely imitated.
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bmoran
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response 102 of 131:
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Dec 5 04:17 UTC 2000 |
One of the best parties I ever went to was at the @nd Chance to see
Destroy all Monsters and the Ramones. Loud, short and very fast songs.
Almost too fast to dance. It was more attitude than anything else. Someone
was stage diving, until he missed the crowd and got severly danced upon.
Lost a round of drinks when someone crashed into our table. Got out real
late and had to work in the morning. What fun!
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happyboy
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response 103 of 131:
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Dec 5 12:49 UTC 2000 |
saw them at some place off gratiot in the mid 80's
with the cro-mags i think.
jonny had eyes that looked like he had once been
beated nearly to death with a baseball bat
oh wait...
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orinoco
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response 104 of 131:
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Dec 5 16:20 UTC 2000 |
Maybe I'm not up on my punk history, but I'd always thought of the Sex Pistols
as the first big new influential punk band. No?
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scott
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response 105 of 131:
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Dec 5 18:11 UTC 2000 |
US and Britain had punk start roughly the same time but with different "first"
bands.
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carson
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response 106 of 131:
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Dec 5 19:03 UTC 2000 |
(I would credit the Ramones with short songs, simple chord progressions,
and VERY short albums. I think their debut was on the order of 15 minutes.)
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scott
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response 107 of 131:
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Dec 5 23:01 UTC 2000 |
For those youngsters amongst us, punk showed up around the end of the
progessive rock era (one could claim punk ended that era), a time when most
kids were given the impression that they had to be better than Keith Emerson
if they wanted to play music. Punk was more like "I've only been playing 3
days but I'm already in a band")
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happyboy
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response 108 of 131:
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Dec 6 12:11 UTC 2000 |
punk started in america with link wray in the
late 50's.
the pistols were sloppy rehash
/cues up "Rumble" and puts on his leather
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brighn
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response 109 of 131:
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Dec 6 12:52 UTC 2000 |
Punk was invented in Africa and stolen by the White Man.
(Well, it works with nearly every other genre, heh...)
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ashke
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response 110 of 131:
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Dec 6 15:04 UTC 2000 |
<tries to imagine tribes in Africa running around shouting "Oi! Oi! Oi!" and
begins giggling madly>
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brighn
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response 111 of 131:
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Dec 8 03:25 UTC 2000 |
It's true. The first punk album was "Never mind the bullocks, here come the
Zulu."
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happyboy
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response 112 of 131:
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Dec 9 21:35 UTC 2000 |
Tatoo You: The Maori
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krj
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response 113 of 131:
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Dec 27 22:59 UTC 2000 |
Today was the approximately annual get-together with my internet CD-trading
friend Jim, who we met on the Oyster Band mailing list nearly a decade ago.
We try to get together every year while I'm out in Maryland.
There wasn't too much for us to hand off from the last few months of
trading; I had some French folk items for him, and he get the annual
KGSR live charity compilation for me -- a 3 CD set this year with Willie
Nelson on the cover. After lunch, Jim took me out to pick over
Record and Tape Exchange, and I surprised myself by buying a Blur
compilation and a Pavement album just because they were playing in the store.
Also picked up a few Mozart CDs, including one by the piano-playing
Labeque sisters which I'd never seen before. Also found in our wanderings
were Beverly Sills' autobiography (50 cents at the library sale) and
a Marilyn Horne recording of Wagner songs, both for Leslie.
I keep trying to lure Jim into contributing here. Hasn't worked yet.
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krj
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response 114 of 131:
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Jan 3 16:16 UTC 2001 |
Note to myself, cc: to Twila, Mickey and David: while CD shopping on the
net I came across an interesting folk/celtic/world music review site,
http://www.greenmanreview.com. (Must have more English / Celtic
European CDs, whine whine whine...)
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