Normally I don't listen to the radio, but tonight I'm glad I did.
It was the end of a long day; busy at both jobs, delivering in the rain, not having a raincoat. And I went looking for something else. All during delivering I listened to disc 1 of Drive By Truckers Southern Rock Opera, 3 times in fact.
Flipped around FM, looking for anything, found a DJ talking about Kiss. Figured this station might play something I would know, and possibly like.
So, now it's only drizzling, and the roads are empty, black and shiny. I'm sitting at the light in front of McCafe on Falls and this song comes on the radio.
I crank it right before the light changes and sing along.
The craziness at the bookstore, the crappy tippers, all disappear. It's the perfect song at the perfect time. It's better loud, too, always the sign of a good song.
It's then followed by this song, which I had never heard before, and I realize that people can still right a great rocking song.
A great rocking song must have 3 things:
1. An air-guitarable riff
2. A sing along chorus*
3. Thinly veiled sexually innuendo. The dirtier and simpler, the better.
Then, there was another commercial and I remembered why I don't listen to the radio any more. But for 7 minutes I was reminded why I love music.
Rock and roll music absolutely kicks ass when it's really good. It is truly my drug of choice and I am a slave to her.
*A sing along chorus AND a sing along verse make it a 'fucking great rocking song.'
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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Running & Guitar Hero III
The past two Saturdays I've been able to run a 5k around the lake behind my apartment.
Last week was 28:06
This week was 28:50
With the weather changing it's going to be harder to run. I hope the exercise room of my complex has a treadmill.
Also, Guitar Hero is just about the coolest game in the world for people who want to play guitar (but can't), have played entire air guitar concerts at their house, and have a fondness for classic rock hits.
Its awesome on Easy, frustrating on medium. Once I get the hang of it, I will shred (fakely).
Last week was 28:06
This week was 28:50
With the weather changing it's going to be harder to run. I hope the exercise room of my complex has a treadmill.
Also, Guitar Hero is just about the coolest game in the world for people who want to play guitar (but can't), have played entire air guitar concerts at their house, and have a fondness for classic rock hits.
Its awesome on Easy, frustrating on medium. Once I get the hang of it, I will shred (fakely).
Saturday, November 03, 2007
OMG!
This is one of the most spectacular things I've seen on line. If you are not brought to tears then you have no soul and I hope you die alone.
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Dicks In The Rain
Driving to and from work today, I saw 4 accidents. Half involved 2 cars; the other two, 1 car and a stationary object (a pair of telephone poles).
It seems that in the two months since its rained people have forgotten how to drive in the rain. I've heard/made up that the worst time to drive in the rain is about 20 minutes after it starts because the rainwater forces the oils from in the road surface, to on the road surface making it extra oily slippery. After that amount of time the water washes the oils away leaving the road just plain wet slippery.
This could be something I just made up, or something I heard once, or something I twisted around. I honestly can't remember, but it makes sense.
If this is the case then maybe after such a long dry spell, there was extra amounts of oils in the roadway to be brought forth by the rain. Or maybe people just suck at driving.
Also, there is a douchebag in my complex who, instead of parking, decides to spin his wheels on the slick pavement driving around the main office multiple times. If we were near a cliff, I'd wish he'd drive off it, but I'll settle for him smashing into someone else's car, or maybe flipping it over on my neighbors lawn. Either of the two would suffice.
BTW - I borrowed The Decemberists "The Crane Wife" from work. Holy fuck is that a good album.
It seems that in the two months since its rained people have forgotten how to drive in the rain. I've heard/made up that the worst time to drive in the rain is about 20 minutes after it starts because the rainwater forces the oils from in the road surface, to on the road surface making it extra oily slippery. After that amount of time the water washes the oils away leaving the road just plain wet slippery.
This could be something I just made up, or something I heard once, or something I twisted around. I honestly can't remember, but it makes sense.
If this is the case then maybe after such a long dry spell, there was extra amounts of oils in the roadway to be brought forth by the rain. Or maybe people just suck at driving.
Also, there is a douchebag in my complex who, instead of parking, decides to spin his wheels on the slick pavement driving around the main office multiple times. If we were near a cliff, I'd wish he'd drive off it, but I'll settle for him smashing into someone else's car, or maybe flipping it over on my neighbors lawn. Either of the two would suffice.
BTW - I borrowed The Decemberists "The Crane Wife" from work. Holy fuck is that a good album.
Saturday, August 04, 2007
Aliens Kill The Beatles
I posed this question to co-workers.
"Say aliens came to earth and told you that they were deleting every song by The Beatles, but you were allowed to save one song from being deleted from the fabric of time. Which one song would you save as a testament to all things Beatle? Which one song most represents the power and genius of the band?"
It doesn't matter why the aliens are deleting the Beatles catalog, or which planet they are from. It only matters that you have to save a single song, a song that contains the most Beatleness.
Of course you could do this with other bands. Hell you could do this with Baldwins.
As for Beatles song, I chose 'Ticket To Ride'
The Stones 'Gimme Shelter'
Styx 'Suite Madam Blue'
Baldwin - Alec
"Say aliens came to earth and told you that they were deleting every song by The Beatles, but you were allowed to save one song from being deleted from the fabric of time. Which one song would you save as a testament to all things Beatle? Which one song most represents the power and genius of the band?"
It doesn't matter why the aliens are deleting the Beatles catalog, or which planet they are from. It only matters that you have to save a single song, a song that contains the most Beatleness.
Of course you could do this with other bands. Hell you could do this with Baldwins.
As for Beatles song, I chose 'Ticket To Ride'
The Stones 'Gimme Shelter'
Styx 'Suite Madam Blue'
Baldwin - Alec
Thursday, July 19, 2007
What Was Once Hated...
... has now become unhated.
You know how there are certain really really good songs that you can't listen to anymore because you've heard it half a billion times. You actively avoid listening to it, skipping it in iTunes, changing the radio station, whatever. You do all that is humanly possible to NOT hear the song, even though you know every word, every odd phrasing, every drum fill.
Let me tell you there is another side. Eventually the song will pass all the way through hatred and come out the other side into some kind of quasi-state of acceptance. Whereby you accept the song as great, that you -in fact- do NOT love OR hate the song, and that this song is a part of your essential being (and probably has been for a long period of time) and therefore inseparable from your immortal soul.
The first (and so far only song) to make this journey for me is "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.
Long Island is the only place in the universe that you would grow up under the delusion that Billy Joel is better than Bruce Springsteen. He's on all the time, on every station. Fits well on the classic rock stations, kills on AOR and its not truly Friday on the island until you hear Piano Man.
I admit that it was the first song I knew all the words to, I played it to death at some point in my life and knew that every bar I would go into there would be a pair of Billy Joel heads in the jukebox declaring that this CD jukebox had both discs of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits.
Then, some time after high school, I started to hate the song (probably because it reminded me of HS and I hated that.) It slowly and slowly became more painful to listen to the song. Even after I moved south and heard the song once a month, rather than once a day, my hatred still grew.
Last week I heard it on the radio I realized that I didn't hate it anymore. Not for the cheesy, predictable lyrics ('sharing a drink they call loneliness, but its better than drinkin alone'); the accordian, nor the la-la-la-didi-da la-la-didi-da-da-da. It had evolved past hatred into that odd acceptance.
That gave me hope. The hope that other really-great-songs-that-I-currently-despise can find their way back into my life.
So, good luck "Where The Streets Have No Name", "Moondance" and the live version of "Freebird". Maybe some day I won't hate you.
You know how there are certain really really good songs that you can't listen to anymore because you've heard it half a billion times. You actively avoid listening to it, skipping it in iTunes, changing the radio station, whatever. You do all that is humanly possible to NOT hear the song, even though you know every word, every odd phrasing, every drum fill.
Let me tell you there is another side. Eventually the song will pass all the way through hatred and come out the other side into some kind of quasi-state of acceptance. Whereby you accept the song as great, that you -in fact- do NOT love OR hate the song, and that this song is a part of your essential being (and probably has been for a long period of time) and therefore inseparable from your immortal soul.
The first (and so far only song) to make this journey for me is "Piano Man" by Billy Joel.
Long Island is the only place in the universe that you would grow up under the delusion that Billy Joel is better than Bruce Springsteen. He's on all the time, on every station. Fits well on the classic rock stations, kills on AOR and its not truly Friday on the island until you hear Piano Man.
I admit that it was the first song I knew all the words to, I played it to death at some point in my life and knew that every bar I would go into there would be a pair of Billy Joel heads in the jukebox declaring that this CD jukebox had both discs of Billy Joel's Greatest Hits.
Then, some time after high school, I started to hate the song (probably because it reminded me of HS and I hated that.) It slowly and slowly became more painful to listen to the song. Even after I moved south and heard the song once a month, rather than once a day, my hatred still grew.
Last week I heard it on the radio I realized that I didn't hate it anymore. Not for the cheesy, predictable lyrics ('sharing a drink they call loneliness, but its better than drinkin alone'); the accordian, nor the la-la-la-didi-da la-la-didi-da-da-da. It had evolved past hatred into that odd acceptance.
That gave me hope. The hope that other really-great-songs-that-I-currently-despise can find their way back into my life.
So, good luck "Where The Streets Have No Name", "Moondance" and the live version of "Freebird". Maybe some day I won't hate you.
Saturday, July 07, 2007
Russian Bears (say it fast)
In the past three weeks I went to 2 concerts. My first in 4 years. Tool in Winston Salem, then Rush at the Creek. Both shows outstanding. Best Rush show I've ever seen. They played all the stuff that I love and skipped most of the lame ass 90s stuff. Lots of fun, great weather at the Rush show, nice cool evening but not cold or humid.
Tom somehow turned a simple dog walking into a 2 hours farce. He was supposed to walk Bear when I was at inventory. He tried getting the lead on Bear for 90 minutes, but anytime he got close with it, Bear
growled. But if he just wanted to pet or feed the dog, Bear would let him. Tom was able to coax him onto the porch and he peed there.
Bear is a humping machine. I take him to the dog park and all he wants to do is hump everyone there. Its very sad. I wish he'd stop.
Tom somehow turned a simple dog walking into a 2 hours farce. He was supposed to walk Bear when I was at inventory. He tried getting the lead on Bear for 90 minutes, but anytime he got close with it, Bear
growled. But if he just wanted to pet or feed the dog, Bear would let him. Tom was able to coax him onto the porch and he peed there.Bear is a humping machine. I take him to the dog park and all he wants to do is hump everyone there. Its very sad. I wish he'd stop.
Sunday, April 15, 2007
Ben Folds
recorded a great version of Snoop Dogg's 'B!&#*@s Ain't S*!t'. To turn it into a piano ballad, aka Air Supply, is brilliance. If anyone really wants it, I can put it on a mix cd for you. I cant figure out how to link songs.
Thursday, March 29, 2007
A Long Time
Its been a while since the last one, things have changed. I now have Bear. Jamie's dad broke his leg and they couldn't have a dog running all over, so I took him.
He's sleeping now, he follows me every where. Its a bit creepy sometimes, but he's cool. And since he's 9 or so, he's completely house trained and not active like a puppy. Perfect for a lazy bastard. Like me.
Tried to see Blades of Glory tonight for free, but the guy in front of me was the last one in the theater. So that sucked. Maybe next time.
Run out of ideas on making song lists in iTunes, now just making lists of all songs with certain letters in them.
He's sleeping now, he follows me every where. Its a bit creepy sometimes, but he's cool. And since he's 9 or so, he's completely house trained and not active like a puppy. Perfect for a lazy bastard. Like me.
Tried to see Blades of Glory tonight for free, but the guy in front of me was the last one in the theater. So that sucked. Maybe next time.
Run out of ideas on making song lists in iTunes, now just making lists of all songs with certain letters in them.
Saturday, May 06, 2006
Collision Of Issues
Just yesterday my love of lists and my music collection ran into each other again. Every two years or so, I order my Top 50 cds. The first list was back in Dec 91 and had only 25 on the list. As my collection has expanded, so has the list. Now its 50 albums long. The top 10 for those who care, or dont care:
10 - Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
9 - Revolver - The Beatles
8 - Joshua Judges Ruth - Lyle Lovett
7 - Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
6 - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
5 - Come On Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa - The Pixies*
4 - London Calling - The Clash
3 - Whats Going On - Marvin Gaye
2 - Pauls Boutique - The Beastie Boys
1 - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
[* technically these are seperate albums, but I always listen to them together and the first CD i had of them had both on the same CD]
Post your top 10 if you feel so inclined.
10 - Exile On Main Street - The Rolling Stones
9 - Revolver - The Beatles
8 - Joshua Judges Ruth - Lyle Lovett
7 - Slanted & Enchanted - Pavement
6 - Blonde On Blonde - Bob Dylan
5 - Come On Pilgrim/Surfer Rosa - The Pixies*
4 - London Calling - The Clash
3 - Whats Going On - Marvin Gaye
2 - Pauls Boutique - The Beastie Boys
1 - Highway 61 Revisited - Bob Dylan
[* technically these are seperate albums, but I always listen to them together and the first CD i had of them had both on the same CD]
Post your top 10 if you feel so inclined.
Saturday, April 01, 2006
Demented And Sad
Being a self-professed rock snob sucks. I am compelled to fill in my library with so-called 'classic' albums usually for no other reason than to say "I got that" when I look through music magazines/books that contain a list of great albums of some kind. I am also compelled to get albums on these lists that I don't have.
For example, the lastest issue of Uncut lists the top 50 Greatest Cosmic American Albums. I had 11. I ordered 4 more. Why? I still don't know. Could I live without Shuggie Otis' "Inspiration Information" or Doctor John's "Gris-Gris"? Probably. Would my library be complete without these? Yes... maybe... not sure. But I can't stop. Acquiring music is my compulsion, not listening to it, but acquiring it. I don't have enough time to thoroughly listen and enjoy all the music I get. Much of the new stuff I get I'll listen to once or twice, rate it in iTunes and then hope it shows up again when I hit random.
In my neverending quest to complete my library I've searched high and low for some kind of uberlist of 'classic' albums. Needless to say there isn't one, nor will there ever be one that isn't at least 10,000+ albums long. But I must continue to search and feed the monster that is my library, filling it in with Bowie catalog albums, genre boxsets (like Nuggets or Motown) and greatest hits by the Buzzcocks and The Fall, for no other reason than its what I do and who I am.
My library defines who I am, and sadly I've had this reoccuring fantasy that I will find my soul mate when I find the person who 'completes' my library the most with the 'classic' albums that I still don't have. Currently this means my soul mate is someone with a penchant for female singer-songwriters (Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Bjork), old country-western (the Carter Family, Hank Williams Sr), electronica, blues, reggae and world music.
Whoever she is, she will walk into the store wearing her Aphex Twins t-shirt, humming something off of "Court and Spark" and want to know which Elvis Costello album to get after "My Aim Is True" and "This Years Model", which cd to begin her Richard Thompson collection with and if "Astral Weeks" by Van Morrison is really worth it. Over several cups of tea we will discuss the top 5 Dylan albums, the wonder of Ella Fitzgerald and if The Flaming Lips are currently the 'Worlds Best Rock and Roll Band'. Then when she says that "The Weight" is her favorite song in the world, I will ask her to marry me.
This post got completely off track. All I wanted was to show a link to this website.
Listening to - Prince - 3121, My Morning Jacket - Z & The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
For example, the lastest issue of Uncut lists the top 50 Greatest Cosmic American Albums. I had 11. I ordered 4 more. Why? I still don't know. Could I live without Shuggie Otis' "Inspiration Information" or Doctor John's "Gris-Gris"? Probably. Would my library be complete without these? Yes... maybe... not sure. But I can't stop. Acquiring music is my compulsion, not listening to it, but acquiring it. I don't have enough time to thoroughly listen and enjoy all the music I get. Much of the new stuff I get I'll listen to once or twice, rate it in iTunes and then hope it shows up again when I hit random.
In my neverending quest to complete my library I've searched high and low for some kind of uberlist of 'classic' albums. Needless to say there isn't one, nor will there ever be one that isn't at least 10,000+ albums long. But I must continue to search and feed the monster that is my library, filling it in with Bowie catalog albums, genre boxsets (like Nuggets or Motown) and greatest hits by the Buzzcocks and The Fall, for no other reason than its what I do and who I am.
My library defines who I am, and sadly I've had this reoccuring fantasy that I will find my soul mate when I find the person who 'completes' my library the most with the 'classic' albums that I still don't have. Currently this means my soul mate is someone with a penchant for female singer-songwriters (Joni Mitchell, Kate Bush, Bjork), old country-western (the Carter Family, Hank Williams Sr), electronica, blues, reggae and world music.
Whoever she is, she will walk into the store wearing her Aphex Twins t-shirt, humming something off of "Court and Spark" and want to know which Elvis Costello album to get after "My Aim Is True" and "This Years Model", which cd to begin her Richard Thompson collection with and if "Astral Weeks" by Van Morrison is really worth it. Over several cups of tea we will discuss the top 5 Dylan albums, the wonder of Ella Fitzgerald and if The Flaming Lips are currently the 'Worlds Best Rock and Roll Band'. Then when she says that "The Weight" is her favorite song in the world, I will ask her to marry me.
This post got completely off track. All I wanted was to show a link to this website.
Listening to - Prince - 3121, My Morning Jacket - Z & The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
Thursday, March 16, 2006
A Couple Of Things
I cannot put into words my disdain for the people who refuse to use their turn signal.
GET OFF THE FUCKIN PHONE AND TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH THAT GOD DAMN ESCALADE IN FRONT OF ME!!!
Am I overreacting? This is common courtesy people. What kind of lazy fucks have we become?
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The Greatest-80s-Song-That-Never-Became-A-Huge-#1-Single
"Bringin' On The Heartache" - Def Leppard
This song is 80s to its core. The great opening riff, a great chorus, not one, but three heavy metal solos. And not the crappy speed solos of the 80s, more 70s british bluesy solos. This was Def Leppard at the top of their game. They still had the long hair and everyone had two arms. They fuckin rocked. The second greatest Def Leppard song of all time ("Photograph", duh) and it fell flat on the charts and almost crushed my 11 year old spirit. I mean, look at the the top 10 singles of 1981, the year the song was released:
# 1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
# 2. Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
# 3. Lady - Kenny Rogers
# 4. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
# 5. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
# 6. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
# 7. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates
# 8. I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
# 9. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
# 10. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
"Bringing on the Heartache" is better than 8 of the songs on that list.
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My 7th Annual NCAA Vacation began today. It is a good time. I am happy now. I will watch more games this year than last. I will cook every day. I will clean. I will see the ducks. I will get at least 10 games right tomorrow. I will work on the campaign. I will shop at Target.
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Sad news, Games Galore moved from the corner of Glenwood and Duraleigh. They moved to Cary, which sucks, because the last time I drove to Cary, my car died for about 20 minutes. And I was in the mood to buy a board game. Maybe Hobby Master, but I dont think so.
Listening to - Pete Townshand 'Gold'
GET OFF THE FUCKIN PHONE AND TELL ME WHAT THE FUCK YOU ARE GOING TO DO WITH THAT GOD DAMN ESCALADE IN FRONT OF ME!!!
Am I overreacting? This is common courtesy people. What kind of lazy fucks have we become?
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The Greatest-80s-Song-That-Never-Became-A-Huge-#1-Single
"Bringin' On The Heartache" - Def Leppard
This song is 80s to its core. The great opening riff, a great chorus, not one, but three heavy metal solos. And not the crappy speed solos of the 80s, more 70s british bluesy solos. This was Def Leppard at the top of their game. They still had the long hair and everyone had two arms. They fuckin rocked. The second greatest Def Leppard song of all time ("Photograph", duh) and it fell flat on the charts and almost crushed my 11 year old spirit. I mean, look at the the top 10 singles of 1981, the year the song was released:
# 1. Bette Davis Eyes - Kim Carnes
# 2. Endless Love - Diana Ross & Lionel Richie
# 3. Lady - Kenny Rogers
# 4. (Just Like) Starting Over - John Lennon
# 5. Jessie's Girl - Rick Springfield
# 6. Celebration - Kool & The Gang
# 7. Kiss On My List - Daryl Hall & John Oates
# 8. I Love A Rainy Night - Eddie Rabbitt
# 9. 9 To 5 - Dolly Parton
# 10. Keep On Loving You - REO Speedwagon
"Bringing on the Heartache" is better than 8 of the songs on that list.
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My 7th Annual NCAA Vacation began today. It is a good time. I am happy now. I will watch more games this year than last. I will cook every day. I will clean. I will see the ducks. I will get at least 10 games right tomorrow. I will work on the campaign. I will shop at Target.
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Sad news, Games Galore moved from the corner of Glenwood and Duraleigh. They moved to Cary, which sucks, because the last time I drove to Cary, my car died for about 20 minutes. And I was in the mood to buy a board game. Maybe Hobby Master, but I dont think so.
Listening to - Pete Townshand 'Gold'
Friday, March 03, 2006
What Is Too Much?
Currently I am wondering what size my next external harddrive should be. The current one is 80GB and is almost full, mainly from music.
iTunes tells me that I have just shy of 50GB of music, 12359 songs, 37 days + 7 1/2 hours worth of music on the harddrive. This might seem excessive, especially since there are almost 2000 songs (almost 6 days worth) I have yet to listen to. At one point I was down to a day and half of unplayed music, but this has changed and I add albums faster than I can listen to them.
But how can you turn down the chance to burn 5 Miles Davis Box sets (an entire days worth of music!) in the span of a month? How can you not get excited skimming through the promo box at work thinking 'Sweet! I don't have to buy this. Sharon, I will be returning this cd tomorrow' or 'I think I've heard of this band, what the hell, let me burn it.'
Obsessed? Clearly. But iTunes is so much fun. And for people who are obsessive/compulsive about listing things (like me), its pure heaven. It tells me the first song added to my iTunes 'Eat It' by Weird Al (added 1/28/03 at 12:09 pm), most played 'Shake your Rump' & 'High Plains Drifter' (both by Beastie Boys, at 33 times), that its been 30 months since I listened to 'Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus' by Medeski, Martin & Wood (last played on 8/12/03) and that if you played every song longer than 10 minutes on my harddrive (360 of them) it would take 3 days, 14 hours 40 minutes and 29 seconds.
This might be too much. But, its never been easier to make mix CDs. I can type in almost any word and pull up at least a full cds worth of music, and since it finds the sequence of letters, not the word, you get all sorts of things. The word 'turd' pulls up a suprising number of songs, like those with the word Saturday. Or if I want to make a CD of 5 star rock songs from 1970-1975 between 4 & 5 minutes long I can with no problem because there are 43 of them on the harddrive.
So, again, is it too much? Probably. Do I care? Hell no. I love music and you never know when you might need 6 different versions of 'What A Wonderful World'.
iTunes tells me that I have just shy of 50GB of music, 12359 songs, 37 days + 7 1/2 hours worth of music on the harddrive. This might seem excessive, especially since there are almost 2000 songs (almost 6 days worth) I have yet to listen to. At one point I was down to a day and half of unplayed music, but this has changed and I add albums faster than I can listen to them.
But how can you turn down the chance to burn 5 Miles Davis Box sets (an entire days worth of music!) in the span of a month? How can you not get excited skimming through the promo box at work thinking 'Sweet! I don't have to buy this. Sharon, I will be returning this cd tomorrow' or 'I think I've heard of this band, what the hell, let me burn it.'
Obsessed? Clearly. But iTunes is so much fun. And for people who are obsessive/compulsive about listing things (like me), its pure heaven. It tells me the first song added to my iTunes 'Eat It' by Weird Al (added 1/28/03 at 12:09 pm), most played 'Shake your Rump' & 'High Plains Drifter' (both by Beastie Boys, at 33 times), that its been 30 months since I listened to 'Is There Anybody Here That Love My Jesus' by Medeski, Martin & Wood (last played on 8/12/03) and that if you played every song longer than 10 minutes on my harddrive (360 of them) it would take 3 days, 14 hours 40 minutes and 29 seconds.
This might be too much. But, its never been easier to make mix CDs. I can type in almost any word and pull up at least a full cds worth of music, and since it finds the sequence of letters, not the word, you get all sorts of things. The word 'turd' pulls up a suprising number of songs, like those with the word Saturday. Or if I want to make a CD of 5 star rock songs from 1970-1975 between 4 & 5 minutes long I can with no problem because there are 43 of them on the harddrive.
So, again, is it too much? Probably. Do I care? Hell no. I love music and you never know when you might need 6 different versions of 'What A Wonderful World'.
Saturday, February 04, 2006
Best Live Albums
The Who - Live At Leeds (deluxe edition) Although the single disc version is very good as well, you need the second disc with a live version of Tommy. A wall of noise comes from just three guys and show The Who as the best live band of any from the British Invasion.
The Allman Brothers - The Fillmore Concerts The two-discs covers the best of the four sets. The best from a great, great live band. Just think, in a world without 'Freebird' the Allmans would be looked at the undisputed champs of southern rock.
Frank Zappa - YCDTOSA Vol 2 (the Helsinki Concert Volume two of Zappa's career spanning 12 disc set, these two discs highlight one of the most talented bands ever, playing some of the most ridiculously complex music ever. And they play it very well and very quickly. Anyone who loves supremely talented musicians will love this concert.
Santana - Live At The Fillmore 68 Five men find a groove and ride it for two hours, laying down some of the funkiest rock music ever. Greg Rolie's keyboard (of later Journey fame) swirls around while Carlos soars over the entire band with his distinctive sound.
Van Morrison - Its Too Late To Stop Now The tempermental Van and his band are in top form on this set and as a bonus, no live cover of Moondance.
The Grateful Dead - Dicks Picks Vol 10 The band synonymous with playing live, this is one of the best efforts in their catelog. Jerry and the boys play with abandon and the songs teeter on the brink of exploding into chaos.
The Allman Brothers - The Fillmore Concerts The two-discs covers the best of the four sets. The best from a great, great live band. Just think, in a world without 'Freebird' the Allmans would be looked at the undisputed champs of southern rock.
Frank Zappa - YCDTOSA Vol 2 (the Helsinki Concert Volume two of Zappa's career spanning 12 disc set, these two discs highlight one of the most talented bands ever, playing some of the most ridiculously complex music ever. And they play it very well and very quickly. Anyone who loves supremely talented musicians will love this concert.
Santana - Live At The Fillmore 68 Five men find a groove and ride it for two hours, laying down some of the funkiest rock music ever. Greg Rolie's keyboard (of later Journey fame) swirls around while Carlos soars over the entire band with his distinctive sound.
Van Morrison - Its Too Late To Stop Now The tempermental Van and his band are in top form on this set and as a bonus, no live cover of Moondance.
The Grateful Dead - Dicks Picks Vol 10 The band synonymous with playing live, this is one of the best efforts in their catelog. Jerry and the boys play with abandon and the songs teeter on the brink of exploding into chaos.
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