Nuevo Chicano mariachi/flamenco/ranchero? I'd get soundtracks and follow the leads into Mexico. Sounds like a great trip!

Modest Mouse, It wouldn't be me if I didn't mention it.

Old 97's Won't Be Home Fat guitar with lyrics "I was born in the back seat of a Mustang on a cold night in a pouring rain...." :thumbsup:

Boy, has this thread died off!! Time to revitalize! :cool:

My current list of fave CD's are:

Patti Smith's Horses
Eminem's The Eminem Show
Jane's Addiction's Nothing Shocking
Moussorgsky's Night on Bald Mountain/Pictures at an Exhibition
Chant I: The Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo De Silos
Douglas Adams reading Dirk Gentlys Holistic Detective Agency
(I might also throw some metal, zydeco, or more classical, alternative, rap, etc., in the mix, depending on my mood--admittedly putting this on 'random' can be a bit jarring) ;)

I just bought my 500th CD.

Mr. Hankey's Christmas Classics.

Yes, all the greats are there, including Lonely Jew at Christmas, Christmastime in Hell, and The Dreidel Song.

Juno Reactor - Labyrinth

My mother honestly likes it, despite her traditional abhorrence for pounding bass (although the bass here rolls more than it pounds). I think that is a strong voucher in favor of this CD.

I went a little crazy at Overstock.com and bought a slew of music and 'book tape' CD's, mostly for $1 each. Some of them are very odd. The Kacapi Suling Cinta is Javanese ethnic dance music. So far the Viva Cubop 2 CD is my favorite with everything from salsa to very cool jazz. I've only had time to listen to 4 or 5 albums all of the way through. The grooves albums are interesting in that they are samplers put out by record companies. People are always complaining about buying a whole CD for one good song and not realizing that they usually end up putting a collection of good songs from different artists on one of these samplers or a movie soundtrack which ends up in the bargain bin.

One surprise was in the folk legends. Since the Dubliners were in it I expected traditional Irish folk songs. When I saw the title of the second song by Richard Digance was "Drag Queen Blues", I assumed it was some bit of slang having to do with fishing, like the term 'dragline', since there was a "Net Hauling Song" on the CD.

It turned out to be a song about cross-dressing. It was pretty funny.

39424 Time Life Classic Rock - Animal Rock $1.00 1 $1.00
39438 Various Artists: Grooves Volume 6 $1.00 1 $1.00
39447 Grooves, Volume 11 $1.00 1 $1.00
39468 Various Artists: Grooves Volume 10 $1.00 1 $1.00
39470 Various Artists - Grooves Vol. 13 $1.00 1 $1.00
2500752 World Stage - The Day America Cried $0.88 1 $0.88
2500759 The Phat Cat Players - Make It Phat, Baby! $0.88 1 $0.88
59417 Various Artists - Radio Free Music Volume 2 $1.00 1 $1.00
59553 L.S. Gelik - Kacapi Suling, 026617571429-L. $1.00 1 $1.00
75220 Various Artists - Elektronica II, 015095953025- V $1.00 1 $1.00
75248 Jimmy 2 Times - No More Shines $1.00 1 $1.00
75267 Virtual Audio Project - Cosmos, Virtual Audio P $1.00 1 $1.00
76458 Popa Wu - Visions Of The Tenth Chamber, Popa Wu - Visio $1.00 1
79604 Naked Without You $1.00 1 $1.00
81826 Francisco Aguabella - H2O $1.00 1 $1.00
81833 P`taah - Compressed Light $1.00 1 $1.00
81844 Various Artists - Viva Cubop 2: Dance The Afro-Cuban Way $1.00 1
81845 Jim Lauderdale - The Hummingbirds $1.00 1 $1.00
81847 Radney Foster - Another Way To Go * $1.00 1 $1.00
81883 Various Artists - Celtic Invasion: The Very Best Of New Irish... $1.00 1 $1.00
81884 Various Artists - Celtic Lives: Tales Of Pride $1.00 1 $1.00
82300 VARIOUS/FOLK LEGENDS VOL.1 - 777966719429 $1.00 1 $1.00
82301 VARIOUS/FOLK LEGENDS VOL.2 - 777966719528 $1.00 1 $1.00
86020 Caia - The Magic Dragon $1.00 1 $1.00
85790 Tom Jones read by Henry Fielding (Vol. 2) $1.00 1 $1.00
85791 Tom Jones read by Henry Fielding (Vol.1) $2.00 1 $2.00

CD # 500 arrived in the mail today.

the sound of rain falling. in Phoenix, that is a wondrous treat for the eardrums, indeed.

You folks out there actually get that?

Ya, I'm smellin the crack your puttin in your pipe. ;)

Wow...I didn't realize it was so obvious from 400 miles away. :)

It's got a special tang to it.

Tang? He's out in space?
Listening to MrNoodle rippin' it up.
Reminds me of Joe Satriani at the Tower, sitting in the 2nd row, right behind his Mom.