I dunno, sycadork (ha!). I think Henry Rollins would take it, and I'll tell you why:

Hypo Luxa has definitely been there and done that, but what's really important is that we get down to who they really are. Though I'm a great big Ministry fan, I can never forget Ministry's first CD, With Sympathy. I happen to own this, and can attest to the fact that Al Jourgensen is really just a big whiny girl. Listen to that album and cry.

Now, Hank Rollins, on the other hand, is one bad ass mother fucker. Not only has he jammed with Black Flag and The Rollins Band, but he's done spoken word, chilled with TOOL and took on the Street Preacher in Johnny Mneumonic. He is definitely tough - when he got hit by a baseball bat while impersonating Vanilla Ice in the video for 3rd Bass' Pop Goes The Weasel, he didn't go down. Henry Rollins == one tough mother fucker.

Hypo Luxa, alien son of a bitch... definitely goin' down.

(if you didn't get the reference, look up RevCo's "Linger Ficking Good")

"Past the Mission" was hand picked just for that. Tori Amos is such a goddess, and one hell of a performer! If you ever see her live, bring a date. You'll be sorry if you don't. Trust me on that one. ;)

NP - "Blondie - Platinum Collection, The [2 of 2] - 14 - Little Caesar"

I think I might be inclined to agree on the Rollins pick though. Talk about the embodiment of bad ass mofo.

God, you actually OWN that album? Now what, you gonna tell me that you actually BOUGHT it? ;)

I won't buy that record for ANYTHING. Al himself calls it "an abortion." He says Arista pushed him to make that record. *shrugs* I don't know...it's pretty lame-o. I like the dance-oriented style of Twitch and his earlier singles, but that record was just pure shit...I think Arista was trying to create an American Depeche Mode with that record.

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Now, Hank Rollins, on the other hand, is one bad ass mother fucker. Not only has he jammed with Black Flag and The Rollins Band, but he's done spoken word, chilled with TOOL and took on the Street Preacher in Johnny Mneumonic. He is definitely tough - when he got hit by a baseball bat while impersonating Vanilla Ice in the video for 3rd Bass' Pop Goes The Weasel, he didn't go down. Henry Rollins == one tough mother fucker

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The problem with Hank is that he's a bit too "clean." He's a rather down to earth guy in the end...Al is one ship short of a shipwreck. I'll still take Al.

Quote:

(if you didn't get the reference, look up RevCo's "Linger Ficking Good")

Got the album. You may also recall...

"You don't wanna mess with Buck...Buck will fuck you up." :)

It's my personal favorite. MFTM, Violator, and SOFAD are probably their 3 best. A lot of hardcore fans hated SOFAD b/c of the guitars and drums. Oh, fucking get a life already! DM could not go on sounding like they did in 1983...otherwise, they'd be Erasure. :)

I just can't stand people who aren't open to change, particularly in music. I mean, there are exceptions--AC/DC. Now come on...that's just their signature 3-chord rock. You can't go experimenting with that! ;)

Fuck Buck though.

Question
 

Does anybody know which DMB album has the live version of All Along the Watchtower with Blues Traveler (or maybe just John Popper)? Thats a great cut but is there more? thanks G

Buck is a scary fuck.

Re: DMB: go away :) DMB == gigantic poop chute of a band. You don't want that album, I promise. :)

No, seriously - go look at http://www.cdnow.com - that'll help you find it.

<rant> Agreed, dhamsaic. Dave Matthews is the Jimmy Buffett of the current generation, inspiring millions of fratboys nationwide to load up on roofies and knock some drunk girls up. </rant>

Speaking of DM...
 

If the top part of my hair were bleached blonde, it would look just like Martin Gore's big poofball hairdo. It's kinda cool, although I desperately need a haircut.

Ha ha. Just don't run down Popper, then you'd be steppin on toes.

Yes, I actually own With Sympathy. No, I did not buy it. Yes, it was a gift. Yes, it is funny. :)

Al is actually just a big sissy at heart. He spends his nights painting his toenails and talking to his good friend Marisa Tomei about why the boys at school don't like him.

Hank is a loose cannon; a sleeping giant, if you will. Calm until woken. Al would have his ass handed to him.

*crunch* Sorry Griff. I find Mr. Popper's incessant overplaying to be manic, undazzling, spastic and dweedling. A self indulgent display of circular breathing. But thats just me.

I'm very sorry to hear that.

Okay, now, let's reshape the next part of your post, which really SHOULD read:

Al probably spends his nights shooting up smack, plotting his next move to conquer the world, and figuring out what new side project he is going to serve up to the world.

Heh...

I like John Popper.

I like Dave Matthews.

I think they both make great music with their respective bands.

I think both bands put out so-so last records.

There are a lot of people that bestow Dead-like status upon them, which may or may not be deserved.

That is all. :)

et tu warche? *sniff*

buck up Griff...I love mandolins..:)

Whatever. Al seriously is just a big girl at heart. That whole heroin/"Just one Fix" bs is just a facade, and you bought it, sucka. Hank wins without breaking a sweat.

Whatever settles the voices in your head man. :)

Of course, I don't own With Sympathy, nor would I make an excuse about it being given to me as a gift. ;)

Sycamore,
You
Certainly have
A problem or two (or
More!) with admitting that,
Of the two (Hank
Rollins and Hypo Luxa),
Evidence more strongly supports Hank.

Less than one percent
Of those surveyed (and we survey only
Very intelligent and
Erudite people) think
Stinky Al could beat Hank.

So, you
Can shove your
Al Jourgenson up your poop
Tube.

:)

Get this guy a therapist! ;)

So, anyhoo...

24-7 Spyz--Gumbo Millenium: Rock cranked out by black folk. They were out around the time of Living Colour...even got signed to a major label in the early 90s. Where as Living Colour did some noise experimentation, Spyz blended some jazz and reggae into their music. The rock songs rock out. The mellower songs lean toward cheesy, but they're still good. As a whole, the songs range from socially conscious to downright silly. A good balance.

Terence Trent D'Arby--Vibrator and Symphony or Damn: TTD could have become a huge pop star. The first thing that stopped him was his big head after "Wishing Well" came out. The second was that he makes great music that cannot be put into one category. Rock, funk, ballads, whatever...you'll find an ample mix of all of them on both CDs. He has recently adopted the name Sananda and released a new album in October called WildCard, his first release in over 6 years. I love both these albums for the fact that the music is all over the place, although I lean more towards Vibrator.

You got the hidden message, right? :)

Yes...now dham, I only have a Bachelors degree in Psychology. I am by no means a therapist, but this sounds like a classic case of projection to me. :)

Actually, it goes back to a running joke between a couple of friends and myself.

I never knew the meaning of the word until I was looking for a Scatman John website (remember him?) and accidentally stumbled on to... scatlovers.com.

Ugh.

Gift certificates rule
 

Linkin Park--Hybrid Theory: Based upon the 3 songs I've heard off this album, I decided to buy the album. It rocks. It's short though...12 songs, 37 minutes.

Prince--The Rainbow Children: I bought this for Rho as a surprise when she comes home tomorrow...Prince is one of her favorite artists. I dig him too, but Prince has just gotten progressively weirder since the release of the "symbol" album in 1992, although his last album was surprisingly down-to-earth. This is his first one back as "Prince." And it's REALLY off the wall. It's essentially a freeform jazz album mixed with a bit of funk and rock. This album would be really good, if he didn't use efx to make his voice sound like the devil at times.

What about Bob Wills....




??

Never heard of him until you mentioned his name. However, based upon the info I was just reading about him, it sounds like something I would dig, given that I like old-school country. Unfortunately, my realplayer is not working at the moment, so I couldn't listen to the clips I found on this one site.

Thanks sa!

Now then, going from Linkin Park to...

Frank Sinatra--Duets II: Of course, one of the greats. I can thank my grandmother and aunt for giving me a start in musical variety as a child. I like this one better than the first one, although they're both great. I liked the variety of people he used on both CDs (from Lena Horne to Bono to his own son). Bono said it best a few years back..."Frank has swagger."

Swingers soundtrack--One of my favorite soundtracks, up there with the ones for Pulp Fiction and Singles. This was one of those moments where the soundtrack AND the movie were both great.

Guns N' Roses - <b>Appetite for Destruction</b> - awww yeah. Classic goodness. Was also listening to <b>GN'R Lies</b> - <i>Used to Love Her</i> is still one of my favorite GN'R songs. Good stuff. :)

David Byrne--Feelings: I think I like his solo CDs more than his work with the Talking Heads. I love the way he takes various styles and weaves them together. With this record, he went out and got the guys from Morcheeba to help him out on 6 of the songs.

Nitzer Ebb--Belief: Nitzer Ebb finds melody on their 2nd CD. This CD is 13 years old now, but it holds up surprisingly well.

Say something once? Why say it again?

Alanis Morissette--Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

The Brian Setzer Orchestra--The Dirty Boogie: His new spin on "Rock This Town" is excellent.

Recoil--Bloodline and Liquid: Recoil is the project of Alan Wilder, formerly of Depeche Mode. He released 3 EPs before leaving DM in 1995 and devoting all his time to the project. Bloodline (the 3rd Recoil EP) came out in 1992, and features Moby, Doug McCarthy (of Nitzer Ebb), and Toni Halliday (of Curve) on vocals. Liquid is his second full-length CD (and the 2nd release since leaving DM) and features vocalists that really aren't worth mentioning.

Incidentally, the Recoil site is great, and, at least when I frequented it more, he was rather interactive with the fans. He also has a mailing list through Yahoo! Groups, which is not really worth subscribing to. Recoil fans are a twisted lot...many of them hate Depeche Mode since Alan left...and truth be told, I find Alan to be a bit of a whiny bitch about DM after his departure. In any case, I was on said mailing list for a few months in 1998, but found it a bit too disturbing. A couple of folks from there post a monthly summary of the mailing list happenings to the website, and I happened to find a couple with me in them...heh:

From August 1998: "Duck discussed his deep love of, and history with Erasure, while Sycamore composed a page designed to trash them." (That was a trip...the minute I set up the Erasure Anti-Fan Club, I got a mix of laughs and hate mail.)

I've got more Madden to play now...

The Cranberries - Wake Up and Smell the Coffee
I've always like TCs, always nice music, but of course lyrics is the main attraction.
This album: Dolores looks back at her life and thinks about what's important (love).

Bad Religion - Stranger than Fiction. Damn fine album. Damn fine. Needed a change. :)

Ah, Stranger than Fiction is a great album. Heh.

They Might Be Giants - John Henry

Bouncy Bouncy Fun Fun! :D

"I'm a hero, I'm a zero...I'm the butt of the worst joke in history..."

Yep, that is a good album.

Miles Davis--Sketches of Spain: Picked it up tonight. Brilliant.

Radiohead--Amnesiac: Also bought this tonight. If there really is a fine line between genius and insanity, they definitely straddle it. Reminds me of Sonic Youth for some reason. Good CD. I still need to get Kid A.

Ah, Kid A is a great disc -- I think I'll listen to it now. :)

Personally, I think that Radiohead are insane geniuses. I need to get Amnesiac and OK Computer yet.

Santa replaced my missing Tori Amos CDs (Boys For Pele and From the Choirgirl Hotel) too. I didn't realize how much I'd missed them until I got to listen to them again. My collection is now complete again.

Guns N' Roses - One In A Million - man this is a good song. As is the whole album. I find it strangely addictive.

Personally i prefer Kid A to Amnesiac, but by a matter of very small degrees. they both whip ass =)

I recently got Ok Computer on vinyl...very different i think to the second two albums.

OK Computer is a great album, don't get me wrong. But I don't see it as genius, really. I like listening to it, but it doesn't fascinate me, like The Downward Spiral or The Fragile do. Maybe that's just me, but I don't really see it. Anyway, what is musical genius? I see it in Bach. His music inspires awe in me, just like Trent's does. I guess my description for Radiohead would be "exceptionally talented musically". That's my question - what is musical genius?

In the end, I think a lot of it has to do with how a person "feels" about the music...what that music does to the person. Also, how it is composed or put together. Sure, I think Chopin and Beethoven and Gershwin are geniuses. I think many would agree on that...but there are probably some out there who could give a fuck less about classical music. I think Radiohead are musical geniuses as well, even though some would simply call their music "noise."

Nine Inch Nails--Further Down the Spiral: Remixes from The Downward Spiral CD. Trent always has good remixes, especially since several of them on this CD are done by members of Coil and Foetus.

The Clarks - Love Gone Sour, Suspicion, and Bad Debt

The Clarks are a regional band, so you may not have heard of them. Great stuff thoguh, it's a bar-rock kinda sound.

Has anyone noticed, on Bad Relgion - Stranger Than Fiction, the first track... at about 2:08, there's a Windows "Ding" sound? WTF is that? Every time I hear it it throws me off, since I expect to see some sort of error pop up (even though I no longer use that sound for anything).

I've heard it in a few other songs too, just in the middle where it doesn't really seem to have any place.

*takes his Stranger Than Fiction CD, listens to the spot several times*

The only thing I hear is a bit of feedback at 2:10, which sorta sounded like the Windows "ding."

Actually, this takes me to one of my favorite Bad Religion songs...

"So hooray for me...and fuck you!" :)

I'm going to grab the CD when I get home and do more listening. All I have at work is the 128 kb/s Vorbis file, and the ding gets pretty muffled.

Hey, my speakers here suck, the volume is kept reasonably low, so 128 kb/s means I can store more music. :) There's only a handful of songs that sound bad when I'm not paying attention. Hopefully RC3 does even better on those. Heh.

NP - "Toad the Wet Sprocket - Pale - 05 - I Think About"

I am at home, which means I can hit my massive MP3 collection (mostly ripped from own cds). Today I'm listening to

<b>VAST - Music for People</b>

Very very very good. If you haven't heard of him, you should go buy his first CD, <b>Visual Audio Sensory Theater</b>. Pretty good stuff. Not as mature, lyrically, as Trent or anything, but the music is definitely pretty great and the first CD is my favorite. <b>Music for People</b> is his second and is definitely worth owning, but I don't find it as listenable as the first.

Home 'cause it's Jenni's birthday. :)

The singer for VAST sounds a bit like Robert Smith. I remember hearing a song by them on the radio, and Rho and I originally mistook them for the Cure.

I'm in a grungy mood today...but I'm quite clean thanks. :)

Alice in Chains--Dirt: Dham and I were extolling the greatness of this CD earlier today. Just a great rock CD--easily one of the best of the 90s.

Nirvana--In Utero: When I think about Kurt Cobain now, I get sad, then I get pissed off. I was on my way to a CD store when the news came over the radio that he had killed himself in '94. I didn't worship the ground he walked on, but I thought he was a great musician that changed the face of music as we know it (for better or worse). It's just a shame that he felt suicide was the only way to escape his pain. Another great CD...even better than Nevermind. It also has one of the most intense songs I've ever heard--"Milk It."

Soundgarden--Ultramega OK: Their first full-length CD. Rather than sign with a major, they jumped from Sub Pop to SST (another outstanding indie) in 1988. The CD wound up being nominated for a Grammy. Amazing, b/c 1) Not a whole heck of a lot of indie-label records get a nomination and 2) Soundgarden was only primarily known in the Northwest and on the underground scene at that point. Raw, loud, and featuring the trademark Chris Cornell wail.

Damn right, Dirt is a good album.

<b>Bob Marley & The Wailers - Legend</b> - yeah, it's not actually an album. It doesn't have all the best songs on it, but all the songs on it are good, and most of the best are here. If you're gonna get it, get the one that was published by Tuff Gong - the Island version has cut-down versions of both "Exodus" and "No Woman No Cry" - settle for nothing but the full cuts. Great CD.

Taj Mahal
 

Playing Phantom Blues today. Thats just a really nice groovin album, give it a listen.

Somebody mentioned Bob Wills a while back, he was the real deal. There is an unfortunate album of covers of his stuff out there by a bunch of synthetic modern c and w types. From the few I've heard you should spend your money on the real thing.

Griff,You bet! I'm mighty fond of oldtime swing. I've got a great compilation from Living Era, ASV LTD. out of England. 'The King of Western Swing'Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys. Its the original mono recordings from 1935-45. 25 cuts. It'll get ya tapping your toe. a-ha! Living Era does a great job with these compilations, fun to listen to, no clunker cuts, and they're like $12.

Another fine Living Era disc perfect for selected occasions is 'Swing from Paris- Django Reinhardt, Stephane Grappelli- The Quintet of the Hot Club of France, 1935-39. 22 cuts.

And one more that gets lots of play here is 'Oscar Aleman: Swing Guitar Masterpieces 1938-57'Acoustic Disc-29. Its a two disc set. He rivals Django.

There is a trio out of Austin, TX- 'Hot Club of Cow Town' that brings the swing to life. They tour a bit, tore up the last Winnipeg folkfest, and have a few CDs out- Dev'lish Mary and Tall Tales on Hightone records. Look out for them on tour if you wanna fun night out.

At the moment, it's Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen- Lost in the Ozone

Ah, yes... happy sounds from a simpler time:

... and I'm down to seeds and stems again, too...
... yeah I've got the Seeds and Stems Again Blues...

A fine way to start the New Year.

I'm back on Bad Religion, but I'm going to switch it up soon with my Rap Mix, which is what I want to write about.

Sugarhill Gang - anyone remember them? Awwww yeah. :) Good fun stuff to be listening to at work. Keeps me in an upbeat mood. Makes me want to get work done. Good stuff.

Miles Davis--Sketches of Spain

Ministry--Dark Side of the Spoon

Moby--I Like to Score

Rollins Band--Come In and Burn

Squirrel Nut Zippers--Hot

more...
 

Dave Matthews Band--Crash

Living Colour--Stain

Here are a few of the disks that I have found myself in the mood for lately ...

New Order - Get Ready

I can't believe how long these guys have been around for. And they still butter my bread. Only the Cure can rival them for meaningful longevity.

Magic Dirt - What Are Rock Stars Doing Today

Stand out tracks - Nightingale, and Supagloo. Some sound bites and a few full clips are available from their website.

Eskimo Joe - Girl

I really like this album. Liar has become my signature track. Not because I am one (although I am), but because singing the first few lines in that falsetto never fails to raise a giggle from one particular friend.

Besides that, it's a great debut. I was afraid that they might be a one or two hit wonder, but I was not to be disappointed.
Official site (down at the moment, but check out the fan sites).

I'M

THE

CULT

OF

PER

SO

NAL ITY!

I am the cult of, I am the cult of...

Depeche Mode "Enjoy The Silence" maxi-single. Nothin' like six mixes of the best song ever. Too bad I left the 86>98 bonus disc back at school, there's another mean 15 minute or so mix on there.

Hertz: I think New Order's got The Cure beat for meaningful longetivity. The Cure haven't meant anything since "Wish".

Hey Sycamore, how's that new Rollins Band record? I don't think I've listened to some good ole' Angry Hank since "Weight"...

My listening just won't settle down lately; it could come from anywhere in the MP3 library, or I may even get sent off to the vinyl archive to rip something from there.

I did finally get a good tool for listing the library though...Here's the output...(large: 500k)


Generated: Fri Jan 4 13:44:17 2002 by Neon Goat MP3 Report Generator

Scanned directories:
/usr/public/mp3
Total number of dirs: 261
Total number of files: 770
Average file size: 4.75 MB
Average playing time: 4 minutes and 57.11 seconds
Total size of files: 3.57 GB (3660.36 MB)
Total playing time: 2 days, 15 hours, 32 minutes, and 52 seconds

Considering this is either stuff I ripped myself, or downloaded (mostly over low-speed connections), it's representative of my tastes or those of other's in my family.

I'll have to do that once I get all of my MP3's reorganized and everything. I've ripped about 1,300 in the last few days. About 200 of those are duplicates with what I've got on my other computer. Now I just need to go through and ID3 tag them all! Oh yeah, and make proper directories for them and whatnot. This is going to be fun! Luckily, it shouldn't be difficult - all of my MP3's are named following a very specific convention - but it will take an awful long time to do it. I plan to start this weekend. :)

Great single. I like the b-sides on that one.

I wouldn't necessarily say that. New Order disappeared after Republic...that was what? 7 years ago? While I like the new record, it won't catch on with the masses.

A lot of people say that Wish sucked. I personally love that CD. All the talk about "selling out"...pffft! Whatever.

Hertz: How could you leave out Depeche Mode? :)

You know, I kinda fell away from Hank. Come in and Burn came out in the spring of 1997. It's not exactly the best...the production sucked on it...although it has some great quotable moments, like my sig line. And, "I kiss my fear on the mouth."

After that record, he got rid of the old band, got a new backing band, and released Get Some Go Again, Nice, and the new one, A Nicer Shade of Red. I haven't heard the last two, but from what I heard of Get Some Go Again, it was pretty decent.

Cypress Hill--Black Sunday

Prodigy--Music for the Jilted Generation

Natural Born Killers--soundtrack