Whatcha Watching/Listening To? Thread v05.05

[dmz]

Well?
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Too Much Information -- The Police -- Ghost In The Machine

and later:

Bullshit!, the complete 1st season. (various episodes)

[Gene Clean]

Retrovizorja - Du
"Lakuriq"

[AgNuke1707]

"Now" by the Pat McGee Band!

Check them out ... they're very good!!! :devil:

[sunilraman]

Protoculture: Avalon (genre:PsyTrance)

[crazychester]

What was wrong with my "watcha listening to" thread? It's a right wing conspiracy.

I blame Bush.

[AgNuke1707]

Originally posted by crazychester
What was wrong with my "watcha listening to" thread? It's a right wing conspiracy.

I blame Bush.

Maybe so! ;)

I was tired this morning so I just posted at the first one I saw ... in anycase, now I'm listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd's Greatest Hits... :D

[r3dx0r]

the faint - wet from birth

great electronic stuff from saddle creek (label name).

[dmz]

John Law Burned Down The Liquor Sto' -- Chris Thomas King With Colin Linden -- Down From The Mountain: Live Concert Performances By The Artists & Musicians Of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"

[gar]

Originally posted by r3dx0r
the faint - wet from birth

great electronic stuff from saddle creek (label name). i like their "danse macabre" cd better. still, great retro new wave electro

anyway:
repair machines - vitalic (http://www.discogs.com/artist/Vitalic)
from the cd: ok cowboy. 2005 pias
also great electronic stuff

[Xool]

All The Love in the World - Nine Inch Nails

Preview With Teeth (http://www.myspace.com/ninofficial) here!

I managed to get tickets for last night's NIN show in San Francisco at The Warfield. It was a blast. I expected to hear more stuff off the new album, but that's my only complaint, and a minor one at that!

I love the new album and I encourage everyone to check it out! I think it may be one of the best releases of the year, right up there with Beck's Guero.

[gar]

the hand that feeds [dub mix] - NIN
from the cds: halo 18: the hand that feeds. 2005 interscope

thank you for the preview xool

[dmz]

Viskningar och rop (1972) (Cries and Whispers) -- Directed by Ingmar Bergman

[mikef]

Only by NIN (from With Teeth)

I didn't like the album the first time I listened. To me, Trent seemed to have mellowed out a bit. He's still angry, just less intense about it :)

Beck's Guero is also fantastic. (This coming from a guy who's been pretty down on mainstream artists for the past while)

[Xool]

Originally posted by mikef
Only by NIN (from With Teeth)

I didn't like the album the first time I listened. To me, Trent seemed to have mellowed out a bit. He's still angry, just less intense about it :)

Beck's Guero is also fantastic. (This coming from a guy who's been pretty down on mainstream artists for the past while)

Sometimes I feel that I'm a piano whore. Toss in some Trent vocals/harmonies and I can't stop eating it up. I almost think the new CD was made just for me. ;)

I'll stop short of a full review (unless people are interested), but as a longtime NIN fan I'm pretty satisfied with the new CD. Unlike The Fragile, With Teeth seems tightened up. I think this is the most accessible/commercial NIN album and it will be interesting to see how it sells.


This week I've also been listening to Blinking Lights and Other Revelations by The Eels. If only a new Dandy Warhols album came out too... then I'd have it all!

[mikef]

Originally posted by Xool
I'll stop short of a full review (unless people are interested), but as a longtime NIN fan I'm pretty satisfied with the new CD.

It's not Pretty Hate Machine but it's up there :)

Unlike The Fragile, With Teeth seems tightened up. I think this is the most accessible/commercial NIN album and it will be interesting to see how it sells.

Good way of putting it ("accessible"). Unfortunately, it'll be played to death by the usual avenues. Thankfully I do not listen to radio anymore.

[mattjohndrow]

Only-Nine Inch Nails

i haven't stopped listening to With Teeth since I saw about the preview. mikef-i didn't like it on the first listen too much either, but it just keeps getting better the more i listen to it.

side note: have you guys seen the "bonus" videos on NIN's site? basically they're NIN commercials. the one of the band rocking out is awesome.

[Xool]

One of the things I enjoyed about the NIN concert was the complete lack of teeny-boppers. Everyone at the show seemed like a pretty dedicated fan.

I'm going to a Green Day concert in the fall and I know I'm gonna have to deal with squealing youngsters.

Originally posted by mattjohndrow
i haven't stopped listening to With Teeth since I saw about the preview
I've had access to the album for about a week and have listened to little else.

When the concert sold out I was disappointed but planned on going to the bigger tour in the Fall. Once I heard the album though, I knew I had to go. I dug around for tickets to the show and boy was it worth it. :)

I love a lot of tracks on With Teeth, but I think All The Love in the World might be my favorite... something about the wavering vocals, drumbeats, and piano just does it for me. Time for another listen! 8)

[mattjohndrow]

Originally posted by Xool
I love a lot of tracks on With Teeth, but I think All The Love in the World might be my favorite... something about the wavering vocals, drumbeats, and piano just does it for me. Time for another listen! 8)


the piano is just incredible. i'm a big big fan of "Only" as well.

oh yeah...Kenna-Hellbent

[Relic]

Oooh, I just bought these guys; http://www.arenarockrecordingco.com/wormisgreen/biography.htm . I totaly recommend them, great style.

You can listen to some examples here; http://www.arenarockrecordingco.com/audiovideo.htm , click on Worm is Green.

[Mac The Fork]

Listening to: Sun Ra - Drop me off in Harlem.

[Gene Clean]

Four Tet - She Moves She
"Rounds"

[Not Unlike Myself]

Lynard Skynard, Sweet Home Alabama

[mattjohndrow]

My playlist for the next few weeks:

Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc
Hot Hot Heat-Goodnight Goodnight
Beck-E-Pro
Audioslave-Be Yourself
Moby-Beautiful
Mars Volta-The Widow
Kings of Leon-The Bucket
Kaiser Chiefs-I Predict A Riot
Caesars-Jerk It Out
Zutons-Pressure Point
QOTSA-Little Sister
The Bravery-Honest Mistake
NIN-With Teeth (whole album)


it's all i've been listening to lately.

[Xool]

Originally posted by mattjohndrow
My playlist for the next few weeks:

Gorillaz-Feel Good Inc
Hot Hot Heat-Goodnight Goodnight
Beck-E-Pro
Audioslave-Be Yourself
Moby-Beautiful
Mars Volta-The Widow
Kings of Leon-The Bucket
Kaiser Chiefs-I Predict A Riot
Caesars-Jerk It Out
Zutons-Pressure Point
QOTSA-Little Sister
The Bravery-Honest Mistake
NIN-With Teeth (whole album)


it's all i've been listening to lately.

Familiar with some of that stuff and the rest I think I'll check out. I'm glad With Teeth made it in its entirety... its been in heavy rotation on my iPod since I got it about two weeks ago. I'm looking forward to replacing the mystery-source tracks with personal rips from my CD.

[Mac The Fork]

Soft Machine - Eamonn Andrews/All White

[hardhead]

These have been in the player last few days.

Miles Davis: The Complete Live At The Plugged Nickel.
Sarah Vaughan W/ Clifford Brown
Don Walser: The Archive Series Vol. 2
Kitchens Of Distinction: The Death of Cool
Blue Cheer: Outside Inside

Heh, talk about "dating" myself...

[Bart Smastard]

My playlist of albums on high rotation:

Doves:
Lost Souls
Some Cities

Elbow:
Asleep in the back

Keane:
Hopes and Fears

Muse:
Absolution (I love Butterflies and Hurricanes), Origin of Symmetry, Showbiz

Mogwai:
Government Commisions

Radiohead:
Pablo Honey, The Bends, OK Computer, Amnesiac, Kid A, Hail to the thief plus a bunch of B sides

The Music:
The Music


Obviously I'm a fan of British alternative rock 8)

[gar]

entire "amber" cd from autechre

[Xool]

Gorillaz - Demon Days

Good stuff, but I still can't stop listening to NIN's With Teeth. :D

[mattjohndrow]

Originally posted by Xool
Gorillaz - Demon Days

Good stuff, but I still can't stop listening to NIN's With Teeth. :D


same goes for me. i'll listen to something else, then stop and put With Teeth back in.



Beside You In Time-With Teeth

[hankx32]

Lot a NIN fans around here, hey?

The Fiery Furnaces-EP
Animal Collective-Sung Tongs
Aphex Twin-Come to Daddy
Wolfeyes
Daniel Johnson
Deerhoof
Boards of Canada
Mercury Rev
Goodspeed You Black Emperor

And no matter how hard I try, I can't stop listening to Yoshimi BAttles the Pink Robots

[Mac The Fork]

Gong - I'm Your Pussy

[gar]

beats, bombs, bass, weapons (ft. toastie taylor) - the bug
from the cd: pressure

[dstranathan]

Music:

M.I.A (Shes awesome!)
Phoenix
Jaco Pastorious
Steely Dan
Loincloth
Sea and Cake


Video:

Curb Your Enthusiasm

[Mac The Fork]

Sun Ra - Advice for Medics

[AquaMac]

Moon River - Sarah Vaughan

[mattjohndrow]

Joe Public-The Rutles

[a_greer]

Just heard (and subsequently DLd) the single most disturbing song that I have ever heard, a rapper called Akon sampled Alvin and The Chipmunks' version of the classic Mr Lonely...I havn't laughed that hard in months, It is the musical equivelant of a train wreck - you know you shouldnt listen but you cant turn it off...

I think I will stick to classic rock although I am developing a taste for swing/ratpack type music...

Is it me or is moddern music (speaking only of the top ~25 that get radio play) getting worse by the week?

[Gene Clean]

By the minute.

[mattjohndrow]

Sunspots-NIN

[dmz]

This Ain't The Summer Of Love -- Agents Of Fortune (Remaster) -- Blue Öyster Cult

I actually had a memory dropout and screwed up when I bought this, Some Enchanted Evening is better.

[Gene Clean]

The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
"The Stone Roses [UK]"

[Kesh]

Demon Days - Gorillaz

I just can't get enough of this album. Great, great stuff, and I'm really glad I sprung for the LE version with the DVD.

[trick fall]

Southern Culture on the Skids - Dirt Track Date.......perfect Memorial Day Weekend Music.

[AquaMac]

Sergei Prokofiev - 5th Symphony Op. 100

[midgcool]

There's No Home for you Here - The White Stripes

[Mac The Fork]

Gong - Inner Temple

[r3dx0r]

Kent - Du Och Jag Döden

and no, i don't understand a single word they sing... :)

[gar]

Originally posted by Kesh
Demon Days - Gorillaz

I just can't get enough of this album. Great, great stuff, and I'm really glad I sprung for the LE version with the DVD.
bought the LE because the digipack that contains the cd has those big drawn faces printed on it. i love it, especially because it takes me hours to fold it back again.
anyway:
"watskeburt?! (lange versie)" - de jeugd van tegenwoordig™

[hardhead]

Get down dmz and Mac The Fork!

Both those BOC albums were very good!

Gong! That entire album kills. The recording could have been better but the music is great...

I've been stuck on Garbage's newest and John Coltrane's Blue Train past couple of days. Mmm, good stuff.

[trick fall]

Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a riot not a great album, but a fun song.

[Xool]

Originally posted by trick fall
Kaiser Chiefs - I predict a riot not a great album, but a fun song.

I think "Oh My God" and "Born To Be A Dancer" are far better than "I Predict a Riot" which I feel is ho-hum.

[Xool]

Oh, and I'm listening to:

Get Off - The Dandy Warhols

[bostongeek]

Listening:
General Patton v. the X-ecutioners
Dresden Dolls

Watching:
Lost (re-air)

[mattjohndrow]

Sky is Falling-Blackalicious, off of Blazing Arrow.

Sick, sick shit.

[trick fall]

I think "Oh My God" and "Born To Be A Dancer" are far better than "I Predict a Riot" which I feel is ho-hum.

I think I like "Everyday I love you Less and Less" the best "Born To Be a Dancer" bugs me a little, but I haven't listened to the album much.

Currently watching the Yankees suck and listening to the Kinks - She's Got Everything

[dmz]

Deliver Me -- Long After Dark -- Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

when I'm not listening to:

1776 Part 1 of 3 -- 1776 -- David McCullough

[gar]

diagram - anders ilar
from the cd: enkel. 2005 audio.nl

[mikef]

Streaming Radio Wazee...

Some band called "Hammock" doing a song called "Where I Once Belonged".

I wouldn't be too offended if I never heard this song again :)

[Gene Clean]

I've been listening to the wonderful Rabih Abou-Khalil and his Nafas album. I've been listening to his (IMHO best) album Yara for the last 2 weeks, and I'm always impressed with his playing of the Oud and the masterful tunes and the spirituality that he conveyes.

A living master of music. Brilliant.

[Republic]

Are we allowed to post cover art?

The Mars Volta, Deloused in the Comatorium
From the burning remnants of At the Drive-In. Obtuse and ridden with science fiction to the point that its point is hidden behind its style, but performed with enough bombast and urgency to work nontheless.

Herbaliser, Take London
One of the few steps down Hip-Hop Lane I take anymore. The brassy qualities help me swallow this very British pill.

Moving further back:
Coheed and Cambria, In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3
The Raveonettes, Pretty in Black
Black Sabbath, Paranoid
Modest Mouse, This Is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About
Blur, Think Tank
Death Cab for Cutie, Transatlanticism
Prince and the Revolution, Purple Rain
Billy Joel, 52nd Street

[Republic]

Sorry, did I just kill the thread? ;)

[mikef]

Anybody else diggin' the new White Stripes? I think it's their best yet, IMHO (although I was a fan of everything else they've done).

Totally different sound from before (piano instead of guitar)!

Instinct Blues -- The White Stripes

[Carson O'Genic]

Still listening to Marillion most of the time. Some Hot Tuna and Cowboy Junkies.

[Xool]

Blinking Lights and Other Revelations - Eels

Going to a show on Wednesday in SF so gotta get in the mood!

[dmz]

Lean Woman Blues -- Electric Warrior -- T.Rex

[gar]

"r2d2" - ark feat. jamie lidell
from the cd: caliente. 2005 perlon

[tonton]

Right now, I'm listening to Kings of Convenience, Quiet is the New Loud and Riot on an Empty Street.

"Homesick" is an awesome song. As good as any Simon & Garfunkel or Belle & Sebastian.

I'm in a mellow mood.

If anyone likes guitar folk, I highly recommend this band.

Oh, by the way, I do have the new "The Tears" record and I do love it. Although it doesn't break any new ground, it successfully revisits ground well loved.

[Gene Clean]

I like Kings of Convenience. It's for when one feels 'soft', or mellow, as you said.

I like their 'Winning a Battle, Losing the War' song, cuz I'm in a very similar situation right now..


As to what I'm listening to, hmm.. The Lounge Lizards - No Pain For Cakes, Live in Berlin 1.

[ragingloogie]

living after midnight - by judas priest

and watching the a-team second season

[tonton]

After the last entry I posted here about Kings of Convenience, I decided to go on a Belle and Sebastian marathon. I've been listening to everyhing they've ever done and it's all awesome. I especially love any track that has the trumpet in it. Reminds me of Nick Drake a bit, with a bit more rock to it.

Of special note is the recently released double CD, Push Barman to Open Old Wounds, which comprises all of their previously released non-album content into one set.

I've also been listening to Brian Wilson's Smile, which sounds like Brian trying to emulate late Beatles using Beach Boys harmonies and instrumentation (not a bad mix), as well as The Beach Boys' Pet Sounds, and The Bees' (Band of Bees in the US) Sunshine Hit Me, which sounds like Geggy Tah meets The Doobie Brothers. Good shit, all.

You can see I'm on an acoustic fix these days.

[tonton]

Originally posted by ragingloogie
living after midnight - by judas priest

and watching the a-team second season

Where are you? We've got A-Team reruns playing here in Hong Kong. Are you somewhere they have Star World?

God I can't believe how terrible that show was. Makes Baywatch seem like Emmy material.

[AquaMac]

Charlie Chaplin - Limelight

[gar]

" on the line." - cristian vogel
from the cd: station 55, 2005 novamute

[MiMac]

"Sunflower" - Paul Weller

From CD - "Live Classics"

Excellent album ;)

[trowa]

Bulletproof...I Wish I Was - Radiohead

can't wait for new radiohead album

[mattjohndrow]

Bobby Brooks-Conehead Buddha

[DanMacMan]

DOA - Foo Fighters

[benjamin_r]

Caring is Creepy – The Shins

[trick fall]

Jonny 5 - Plastic Surgery This is a local band I saw play after a friends show and I have to say they blew me away. You can check them out here if you like. (johnny5.techsounds.com)

[almostwise]

Listening to:

Arcade Fire - Funeral

An awesome album, and a great band live. For a taste check out the track "Neighborhood 3 - Power Out" Sort of New Order meets REM meets ???

[dmz]

Slippery People -- Stop Making Sense -- Talking Heads

[Gene Clean]

Les Négresses Vertes - Sous le soleil de Bodega

[mikef]

Rammstein - Reise, Reise

[benjamin_r]

The Hollow – A Perfect Circle

[dmz]

Pressure Drop -- Pressure Drop -- Robert Palmer

[/mandolux/]

Masta Killa • No Said Date what a piece of poo-poo :(

[benjamin_r]

Blueprint Architecture – Something for Kate: Phantom Limbs B-sides and Rarities

[mikef]

Daily Source Code #215 - Adam Curry :)

[dmz]

Just What The Doctor Ordered -- Great Gonzos - The Best Of Ted Nugent -- Ted Nugent