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Thu Aug-10-06 01:29 PM
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What music have you heard recently? |
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Edited on Thu Aug-10-06 01:31 PM by mvd
None today, but yesterday I listened to the Essex Green's Cannibal Sea again, and these:
Gin Blossoms - Major Lodge Victory (at the AOL full album listening party) - this is a breezy CD. Perhaps too much so. Ok for casual listening, but seems a little contrived in the way it harkens back to a time in the 90s when simple rock was big. Grade: C+
Four songs from Meg & Dia at their Myspace. I didn't care for their voices, and the music was a bit Evanescence light (I love the new Evanescence single BTW.) Grade for those songs: C
The Concretes - samples from their latest one, In Colour. It's ornate pop that I think I'd love.
For a bonus, here's my current best of 2006 list. I haven't determined yet what will be A+ and A. But I'll try to keep the A+s around an undisclosed percentage of the total number of albums I hear:
Dixie Chicks - Taking The Long Way The Wreckers - Stand Still, Look Pretty Belle And Sebastian - The Life Pursuit Pearl Jam - self-titled Margot & Nuclear So & So's - Dust of Retreat Josh Ritter - Animal Years Neil Young - Living With War Cat Power - The Greatest Damone - Out Here All Night Pink - I'm Not Dead Gomez - How We Operate Rosanne Cash - Black Cadillac Julie Roberts - Men & Mascara The Corrs - Home Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out Of This Country Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Flood Susan Cagle - The Subway Recordings Ingrid Michaelson - Girls & Boys Jenny Lewis & The Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat Guster - Ganging Up on the Sun Regina Spektor - Begin To Hope Holly Brook - Like Blood Like Honey Nina Gordon - Bleeding Heart Graffiti Paul Simon - Surprise Rainer Maria - Catastrophe Brings Us Together The Essex Green - Cannibal Sea Some Girls - Crushing Love The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers Tom Petty - Highway Companion Mojave 3 - Puzzles Like You
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:24 PM
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1. I won't be posting again after this session until after.. |
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the weekend sometime, but rest assured that I'll be listening a lot to Nina Gordon's Bleeding Heart Graffiti! I pre-ordered it, but amazon.com never gets it to you on Tuesday unless you pay more for shipping. Now it will be tomorrow at the earliest - and $2.98 is their regular shipping. I think I'll start buying some at stores.
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:28 PM
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Elvis songs. Spent Monday and Tuesday -- in two bouts that lasted about six hours and eleven hours, respectively -- recording myself. 'Twas a marathon. And then I had to mix them all. I'm still recovering... :D
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:30 PM
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3. Recently i rediscovered Pinkerton (weezer) |
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I forgot what an excellent album that was
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:32 PM
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:33 PM
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5. Haven't thought about additions to my top 10, but... |
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Here's my blog entry from a couple months back, documenting my top 10 of the first six months of 2006: http://blogs.southflorida.com/citylink_dansweeney/2006/05/damn_it_jim_im_a_rock_journali.htmlAlso, just for trivia's sake, currently I'm listening to Transcendental Blues by Steve Earle
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:35 PM
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7. I have that one - phenomenal Steve Earle |
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Not as political as his recent ones, but very high quality.
OK, I better go - happy listening! :hi:
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:34 PM
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6. Rilo Kiley, R.E.M., The Shins, |
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my top 3 favorite bands at the time. Sometimes I indulge in some popular music-Nick Lachey is my favorite guilty pleasure! :D
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:38 PM
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8. Well, Nick did get a good review in the Guardian, which.. |
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surprised me. I'm not a fan, but I like some very poppy stuff like Cheyenne Kimball and All American Rejects.
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:42 PM
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10. All the guys i know think that Cheyenne Kimball is like SO hot |
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:rofl: They're like "I only like her b/c she's hot". Whatever. :eyes:
AAR is pretty cool. :D
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:45 PM
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11. LOL.. Cheyenne's sound is better than Ashlee's, Hilary's, |
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and Lindsay's IMO. And a couple others I even forget. She's too young for me to like THAT way, but I give her credit for standing out musically so young. Really enjoy her stuff.
Brie Larson is also very good teen pop IMO.
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:49 PM
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13. Oh, God. Ashlee Simpson is horrible. |
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Her voice...eew. And how she's trying to be JUST LIKE JESSICA now. Double ew. Hilary Duff. Just no. She looks like a damn bobblehead now. Ew. And Lindsay Lohan is just...wow.
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And do I even have to go into why I think Paris Hilton's "voice" sucks...
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:51 PM
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14. Lindsay has a couple songs I like, but most of her stuff.. |
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could be better. If she could only keep up the propulsivesness found on the song "Speak."
Oh geez, I give pop a chance, but I'm sure I won't like Paris's CD. I already dislike the first song.
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:55 PM
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16. Ew, "Stars are Blind" |
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sounds like a Gwen Stefani song she cut from her last record b/c it was really bad..
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Thu Aug-10-06 04:00 PM
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17. To me, it sounded like bad Blondie |
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I liked Gwen's newest with a couple exceptions. A B+ IMO.
I'll see you later. Have a good day!
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:49 PM
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which R.E.M. CD/songs did you listen to? I'm going to take out New Adventures in Hi-Fi soon. Haven't heard it in a while.
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:53 PM
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15. I'll list 'em for ya. |
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New Adventures-Bittersweet Me, Binky the Doormat, Electrolite, E-bow the Letter, So Fast So Numb, The Wake Up Bomb,
Reveal-Imitation of Life, All the Way to Reno, The Lifting, Beat a Drum
Monster-Crush w/ Eyeliner, Star 69, I Took Your Name, Bang & Blame
Automatic-Nightswimming & Find the River
Out of Time-Shiny Happy People :eyes:, Texarkana, Near Wild Heaven
Thass about it. :D
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Thu Aug-10-06 03:40 PM
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9. totally bi-polar, veering wildly between ska/reggae and whatever |
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kind of music it is that makes you want to kill people.
Mostly Desmond Dekker, Maytals, Melodians, some Marcia Griffiths and Rita Marely, then onto Disturbed/Avenged Sevenfold/Limp Bizkit, etc. It's quite a ride, I'm exhausted. Don't know what is going on with my mood these days.
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Thu Aug-10-06 04:02 PM
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18. Saw Matisyahu in concert last night! |
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Fucking amazing show. I'd highly recommend it!
So far today I have listened to:
Opeth - Ghost Reveries Katatonia - Viva Emptiness Funkadelic - Maggot Brain Frank Zappa - You Cant Do That On Stage Anymore Vol. 4
Currently:
FZ - Truck Driver Divorce
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Thu Aug-10-06 04:05 PM
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19. Today: Beethoven's 9th 4th movement, Sinking of the Titanic by Gavin |
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Bryers, and Neil Young's WELD album (killer version of Rocking in the Free World and Powderfinger). Driveby Truckers Pizza Delivery album... and some Counting Crows.
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Thu Aug-10-06 04:44 PM
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20. I've been listening to Alexisonfire's new album "Crisis" almost non-stop |
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Thu Aug-10-06 04:52 PM
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21. Listening to Pearl Jam now |
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Live on Two Legs.
The only recent music I have is System of a Down's last two albums. :blush:
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:31 PM
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Grades for the albums I've heard most recently:
Holly Brook - Like Blood, Like Honey: A-, a very pretty mix of Sarah McLachlan and Tori Amos's quirkiness.
Heard these on the Full Album Listening page from AOL -
Joanna - This Crazy Life: A-, very good voice and diversity of sound. A better Pat Benatar mixed with some modern R&B.
Paris Hilton - Paris: F! My first F grade of the year. It makes Britney Spears look brilliant. There's nothing as irresistible as Britney's "Baby One More Time," "Toxic," or "Brave New Girl" - and Paris's voice is so weak that it can't even carry the tunes along.
My Nina Gordon CD still hasn't gotten here! I asked Amazon about it.
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:59 PM
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29. And I heard the new Christina Aguilera CD (disc 1) at MTV.com |
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She's grown into her sound at last, but the problem is, I don't really like that sound. Her voice just doesn't come naturally IMO. And disc 1 ended on a cloying note with "Thank You."
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:37 PM
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:41 PM
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24. That's one on my wish list |
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So are The Weepies, who are a bit similar, and more. I have limited money now, but I hope to get to them soon.
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:42 PM
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25. I haven't heard of them... |
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I'll have to check their cds out. I love the orchestrations and interesting harmonies Hem uses. :-)
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:44 PM
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26. Yes, they are both pretty folky |
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But certainly their own bands. The Weepies are a bit more traditional in style. Thanks for the Hem recommendation!
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:44 PM
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27. the silence of infinite spaces |
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Mon Aug-14-06 03:46 PM
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28. My Morning Jacket, Flaming Lips, Uncle Tupelo today |
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Mon Aug-14-06 04:13 PM
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30. This Heat, new box set |
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I think it came out last month sometime.
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