Here are some bands / people I’m listening to lately:
Keller Williams
Calexico
Dismemberment Plan
The Unicorns
…and, of course, the new U2 album.
Andrew Huey | pointlessly blogging since 2001
Here are some bands / people I’m listening to lately:
Keller Williams
Calexico
Dismemberment Plan
The Unicorns
…and, of course, the new U2 album.
I just discovered this guy. He’s from Iceland, and his name has funny symbols in it, and I think Blogger choked on them when I tried to include his name in this post. Regardless — very nice quiet guitar stuff. Reminds me a little of Robert Fripp.
I’m listening to Go Tell It On The Mountain right now, and it’s a great Christmas CD. Great guests, including Tom Waits, Robert Randolph, Richard Thompson, and John Medeski.
I’m amazed at the number of artists in the Insound Top 100 of 2004 that I’m not familiar with. Just looking at the top 20, there are 10 artists I’ve never heard of. Apparently, I’m not listening to nearly enough music.
The Heyday of WLIR — Here’s another great iTunes playlist with way too many songs on it. Lots of stuff I remember from the 80s and 90s. I heard most of this stuff on WHTG, not WLIR, but apparently they had very similar playlists.
Symphony #2 For Dot Matrix Printers
Listening to a couple of samples, this appears to be pretty much what you’d expect: the sounds of a dot matrix printer. Strange.
I set up an Audioscrobbler account today, just for yuks. I’m not sure that I spend enough time listening to music at my computer for it to do any good, but what the hey. Now, if it could keep track of what I’m listening to in the car, then it would have a lot of data to play with.
Halloween is always a good day to visit the Frank Zappa web site.
1. Manowar – Blow Your Speakers
2. Metallica – Fade To Black
3. Voivod – Astronomy Domine
4. Metallica – Damage, Inc.
5. Jimi Hendrix – Castles Made of Sand
6. Warren Zevon – Knockin’ on Heaven’s door
7. Tori Amos – Thank You
8. Bad Brains – Sailin’ On
9. Charlie Parker – Bird of Paradise
10. Beach Boys – I Just Wasn’t Made for These Times
11. Golden Smog – Glad & Sorry
12. Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here
13. Trespassers William – Vapour Trail
14. Warren Zevon – Don’t Let Us Get Sick
I created this CD in memory of my brother Patrick. Some of the songs are by artists he introduced me to, such as Voivod, Manowar, and Metallica. We were both into that kind of thing at about the same time, although he was always a bit further ahead of the curve than I was. There are a couple of songs that I was listening to a lot while he was in the hospital: Vapour Trail, and the Zevon songs, specifically. Then, there’s some stuff that just seemed appropriate, like “Wish You Were Here”.