What are you listening to right now?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 10:57 am

Fantastic record, not available here in the States, but burned for me by a kind soul from the Pernice Brothers board.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:01 pm

Who Shot Sam? wrote:"Felicity" is a new version of the OJ song. A very good album that sort of slipped between the cracks. No wonder, it's only available on a German label (the same label, by the way, that issued Shack's hard-to-find Waterpistol).

The chiropody thing is pretty funny. Reminds me a little bit of the great New Jersey indie band The Wrens, three of whom work for the drug company Pfizer, if I'm not mistaken.

I sense an impending book on the role of chiropody in rock music (or sole music, maybe).

Checked YCHYLF, and indeed, Felicity is a Kirk competition. Never knew on account of vocals being by Edwyn, unlike the two other Kirk numbers on the LP. Kirk also wrote the great instrumental Moscow.

Miss Macbeth · Post by **Miss Macbeth** » Mon Oct 17, 2005 5:11 pm

Set Yourself On Fire- Stars

Indie label band out of Montreal, pretty cool album, favorite song is "Your Ex-Lover Is Dead"..........yes, what a wonderful name for a song, don't you think?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:24 pm

My Morning Jacket - Z

Reminds me a lot of some of The Flaming Lips' stuff - kind of spacy and all over the map (echoes of everything from Prince to U2 to Radiohead). Good stuff.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 5:36 pm

Nice song by them on current Word compilation. Observer Music Monthly gave it a 5-star review. Awful band name, no?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:00 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Awful band name, no?

Pretty dumb.

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 8:26 am

I picked up The Best of John Cooper Clarke in HMV the other day. Does anyone else here like him?

Tracks such as Kung Fu International and I Married A Monster From Outer Space still make me laugh.

He is a genius.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:09 pm

I have the same thing, and it's great. Was very sorry not to see him supporting The Fall in March, would have been a great night. Most of their gigs are in one another's company, it would seem. The Bard of Salford now lives in Chelmsford, but he ended up somewhere near much further away Oxford that night. Wrong university town, John. I did see him in 1984 or 5, mind, supporting the incredible Nico. His hair passed me on the stairs, a vast bouffant with two skinny legs attached. I liked the stuff with Hannett's production on, it seemed to further support the theory that he could do no wrong as a producer, but you can't beat him solo, firing 19 to a dozen.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:24 pm

Anything and everything by this man.

Great music, funny as hell, a big Guinness drinker and an all-around terrific guy. Can't wait till he comes to America.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:26 pm

[Quick edit]

Who is it? Looks like Shaking Stevens gone mad.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:27 pm

Sorry, linked to wrong photo. Hawley.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:28 pm

Didn't recognise him. Man of the hour, it seems.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:30 pm

Just in love with the new record. Apparently not everyone shares my feelings though, 'cause I traded some Hawley for a Shack disc with one of the people over on the Pernice Brothers board and he's not as taken with it as I am. Oh well.

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 5:54 pm

Reagan Youth

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Thu Oct 20, 2005 6:51 pm

verbal gymnastics wrote:I picked up The Best of John Cooper Clarke in HMV the other day. Does anyone else here like him?

Tracks such as Kung Fu International and I Married A Monster From Outer Space still make me laugh.

He is a genius.

What kind of creature bore you?
Was it some kind of bat?
They can't think of a good word for you,
But I can, Twat!

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:10 am

Is that aimed at me or are you just quoting JCC. The latter I hope!

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 8:13 am

Who thought a video game soundtrack could be so cool? I'm listening to Death Cab For Cutie's version of "Earth Angel," which appears on the soundtrack for Stubbs The Zombie.

Here's the full tracklist:

1. Ben Kweller – Lollipop
2. The Raveonettes – My Boyfriend’s Back
3. Death Cab For Cutie – Earth Angel
4. Rose Hill Drive – Shakin’ All Over
5. Cake – Strangers In The Night
6. The Walkmen – There Goes My Baby
7. Rogue Wave – Everyday
8. The Dandy Warhols – All I Have To Do Is Dream
9. Oranger – Mr. Sandman
10. The Flaming Lips – If I Only Had A Brain
11. Clem Snide – Tears On My Pillow
12. Milton Mapes – Lonesome Town
13. Phantom Planet – The Living Dead

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 10:57 am

An old homemade Doug Sahm disc.

Extreme Honey · Post by **Extreme Honey** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:36 am

I'm re-listening to Zucchero's Shake nowadays.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:41 am

New Order - Technique.
As exciting as 16 years ago.

Emotional Toothpaste · Fri Oct 21, 2005 11:53 am

Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne
Wilco - Being There
Abba - Greatest Hits

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 12:36 pm

"Miss Williams' Guitar" by The Jayhawks, off of Tomorrow The Green Grass, one of my all-time favourites.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Fri Oct 21, 2005 7:31 pm

Radio, Radio from Greenvale, NY, March 3 1978. Good gig, good recording. One of the stand-out features is the absurdness of Elvis's 'mockney' accent. he sounds like Dick Van Dyke. He actually says 'That's why we was 'eld up'. The extent of his rewriting of his own accent is remarkable.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 9:11 am

Sinatra's version of "Garden In The Rain" from the Reprise box. Appropriate music for a damp autumn morning.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Sat Oct 22, 2005 1:46 pm

THE RAPTURE / Siouxie & the Banshees

This is the 11.5-minute epic title track to their now-decade-old record, produced by John Cale. One of the most underrated records ever, IMO-- powerfully, richly moody and haunting, and yet somehow catchy at the same time. It strikes me how much The Arcade Fire owe to Siouxie et al; even though their sounds are different, on a gut level it seems a similar mix of stuff.