What are you listening to right now?

Mechanical Grace · Post by **Mechanical Grace** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:54 am

Well, watching and listening. The humidity is about 200% here, and my son is home sick, and there's nothing to do but sit in front of the fan enjoying Mr. Buckley Jr.

Post by **BlueChair** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:40 am

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 10:44 am

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:22 am

And, in a similar vein...

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:15 pm

bambooneedle wrote:Otis - if you can play the drums like Ringo on Ticket To Ride I'd be most impressed, some of my favourite drumming ever.

He certainly knew how to make a snare sound good! (by hitting it properly)

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:31 pm

I love the little rolls he does too, just after the pauses.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Fri Jun 02, 2006 4:00 pm

Benny Goodman sextet recordings with Charlie Christian - terrific stuff for a Friday afternoon.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sat Jun 03, 2006 11:33 am

Best box set ever.

Mr. Average · Post by **Mr. Average** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 12:29 am

New Paul Simon Album: Surprise
Some very interesting parallels:

"Outrageous" is reminiscient of "Bedlam" from TDM, and;
"Sure Don't Feel Like Love" is Paul Simon singing a song that sounds as if it were written for and by David Byrne:

"A tear drop consists of electrolytes and salt. The chemistry of crying is not concerned with blame or fault. SO, who's that conscience sticking on the soles of my shoe?"

Opener, "How can You Live in the NorthEast?" is just a great song.

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 5:36 pm

Conversation with David Dye - Allen and Elvis talking with David.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 9:24 am

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 1:12 pm

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:45 pm

King Hoarse wrote:He certainly knew how to make a snare sound good! (by hitting it properly)

King: this catches my eye. Please describe more in what way he makes it sound good and in what way this is connected to the style of hitting. The more technical, the better! is this a judgement you can make just by listening to him, or do you need to observe it to pronounce it? Do you just mean giving it a good hard thwack, or something subtler? I can't say Ringo for me has a distinctive style of hitting it beyond the way it's produced, but maybe that's my ignorance and if you sat him down at any kit, you'd get that Ringo sound. I knew within one snare beat of Hands of Time that it was Pete at the kit without having read it. I guess it's a mixture of a trademark sound and feel combined with a familiar type of drum, way of tuning, etc.

WSS: the friend I went to Moz with had recently seen Dresden Dolls live and RAVED about how good they were. Amazingly dramtatic and cabaret-ish, with a great warm-up band plus acrobats. never heard their stuff meself.

BWAP: did you get that from the same email list I did, or do you genuinely have it?!?!? God that's a disturbing cover!

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:03 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:WSS: the friend I went to Moz with had recently seen Dresden Dolls live and RAVED about how good they were. Amazingly dramtatic and cabaret-ish, with a great warm-up band plus acrobats. never heard their stuff meself.

Definitely worth a listen - very over-the-top and daring, but also funny and smart. I can see how it might appeal to a Moz fan.

oldhamer · Post by **oldhamer** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 7:03 pm

BlueChair wrote:Best box set ever.

What's in that? I'm quite a fan of Cash, as I'm able to nick my Dad's CD's of his American Recordings...

verbal gymnastics · Post by **verbal gymnastics** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:15 am

ice nine wrote:Conversation with David Dye - Allen and Elvis talking with David.

Is there anything interesting or is it one of those gentle question and answer things telling us the same things we've already read?

At the moment the wonderful Alan Alda is in the UK promoting his autobiography. I've caught him being interviewd on three different chat shows and heard the same story three times!

MDM - good choice!

I'm currently listening to The Clash - On Broadway.

Post by **BlueChair** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:25 am

oldhamer wrote:What's in that? I'm quite a fan of Cash, as I'm able to nick my Dad's CD's of his American Recordings...

Cash recorded four albums with Rick Rubin between 1994 and his death in 2003, with a fifth coming out posthumously this summer. But a lot more stuff was recorded than ended up being released, as evidenced by Unearthed, a five-disc box set containing four discs of previously unreleased material.

You can read more about it here:
http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=am ... d2vwdqa9rk

johnfoyle · Post by **johnfoyle** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 3:54 pm

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 71-6757414

Let's Get Out of This Country
Camera Obscura

Audio CD (June 5, 2006)

Number of Discs:1
Country of Origin:
Label: Elefant
ASIN: B000F4MP9A
Catalogue Number: ER1123

Poptastic stuff! From the fab. Lloyd Cole tribute opener to the string drenched finale , a constantly enjoyable disc.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 71-6757414

Ammunition
Tim Easton

Audio CD (May 1, 2006)

Number of Discs:1
Label: New West
ASIN: B000EWAXTM
Catalogue Number: NW6093

Tim gets moody 'n mean . Mostly acoustic , not as good as Break Your Mother's Heart ( 2003) but worth a listen.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 71-6757414

Book of Sand
Tarantula Ad

Audio CD (February 20, 2006)

Number of Discs:1
Label: Kemado
ASIN: B000EHR89A
Catalogue Number: KEM029

Simply mad stuff - but you would expect that if Devendra Banhart is guesting!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 71-6757414

Coates, D; Moeran - Violin Concertos

Composer: E J Moeran
Conductor: Charles Groves, Adrian Boult
Orchestra: BBC Northern Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra
Label: Divine Art
Catalogue Number: 27806
Released: February 27, 2006

Some supposedly lost recordings from the 1950's - Coates is as dreamy as ever , Moeran is stirring stuff.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:04 pm

johnfoyle wrote:http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 71-6757414

Yup. Good stuff - just picked that one up John.

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 4:57 pm

Otis has me sussed.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 4:38 pm

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Jun 07, 2006 9:46 pm

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:05 am

Who Shot Sam? wrote:

It's too bad they stuck Running Scared and Black Betty (horrible) on the cd version because they're probably my least favourite covers on that album. Most of the rest are pretty good. Which do you like best? Not heard any other version of the song to compare it to but regardless I have a soft spot for Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart. I like the treatment given to Hey Joe and The Singer too.
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I just had this on in the car

Boy With A Problem · Post by **Boy With A Problem** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:26 am

serious this time

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Jun 08, 2006 1:50 am

Got this on now. Many Counting Crows songs might seem a bit same-y but I think their songwriting is quite good. As is the spirit of the performances here.