November 6, 201113 yr Work your way through the complete works of The Velvet Underground (4 albums) and Lou Reed solo albums (at least 10). Excellent suggestion, thank you!
November 17, 201113 yr Work your way through the complete works of The Velvet Underground (4 albums) and Lou Reed solo albums (at least 10). Between them there are at least 50 stunning songs, none of which are EVER heard in public (this one's still got under 1,000 hits): Lou Reed Baby Face (HQ) The commercial success of Wild Side was an anomaly, but it also proves that pretty much any Lou Reed song could have been welcomed into the Great American Songbook. But the music industry was and is run by horrible human beings, so instead we've got you-name-it. So any love for the epic Lulu. It's getting terrible reviews but I think it's fantastic. Nearly 90 minutes of Lou's filthy lyrics matched with Metallica's big riffage. Junior Dad is a powerhouse. I get a kick out of metalheads freaking out. With Lulu and Opeth's non-cookie monster new album. They all need group therapy.
November 18, 201113 yr Yeah it's definitely much more a Lou Reed than Metallica record. But here's what's going to happen -- about 4% of the people who buy this album are going to come back to it in a few months after shelving it after their first listen. It's going to start clicking, then they'll become die-hard Lou Reed fans and never come back to Metallica. I think those guys in Metallica have been closet Lou Reed fans for a long time and have been frustrated that they haven't been able to successfully mature and be something other than Metallica. But from Lou's perspective it makes good business sense to pair with those guys for awhile.
November 18, 201113 yr Hmmm. I was recently listening to the Velvet Underground and Nico, and was wondering who thought it was a good idea to let her sing. Maybe we can autotune it?
November 18, 201113 yr Just discovered this today: Easy Star All-Stars – Dub Side Of The Moon on @Spotify http://open.spotify.com/album/2w9qrrsJaLRQuZPJeI9acc
November 19, 201113 yr >was wondering who thought it was a good idea to let her sing According to legend it was Andy Warhol's idea. Here is Iggy Pop on his 1-month relationship with her circa 1970 (ffw to 3:00): Iggy Pop & Nico The thing about that time period is that it seems relatively few people were artists/musician/writers compared to now, so everyone who moved to New York ended up meeting all of the major players within a few months of moving there. That's absolutely impossible now, since there are over 100,000 people there all pursuing the same pieces of those pies.
November 25, 201113 yr People played, but they were all too busy building Chevrolets and working the fields. So you had a ton of people who could do G,C and D and sing old country songs. But, since more advanced techniques were much harder to find information about and sheet music of the time was mostly the 1-4-5 stuff too, you usually had to go on your Crossroads journey to Mississippi, Western Virginia, NYC, Chicago's South Side or Birmingham, England to learn your chosen sound's techniques. No going on down to the music shop in 1971 to buy a Zeppelin tab book, for sure. Even if somebody could pick out riffs, when they'd show 'em to ya they'd be all barre chords instead of power chords, or they'd bust out a capo for a song that didn't use it because a lot of people hated barre chords back then.
November 26, 201113 yr That is still true to some extent. It's extremely rare to hear a good mandolin or pedal steel player in the north. Also, you never see guys playing electric guitars, especially telecasters, with thumb picks and those funny banjo finger thingies, which is fairly common in the south.
November 26, 201113 yr I don't like a lot of R&B/Hip Hop but Take Care by Drake is pretty good. He's mildly auto-tuned, but the incredible production quality of this album and some really good guest artists make up for it. Title track:
November 26, 201113 yr Also, new Florence and the Machine album. People seem to either love her or hate her. I feel like she's one of those singers who became an instant caricature of herself, and is better appreciated about 20 years later. Oh, and some obligatory Nina Simone, this time mixed with Jeff Buckley in a mild dubstep/electro-lounge mash-up of their covers of the legendary Lilac Wine. As they both vie for arguably the greatest cover of this song of all time, this track is a stroke of genius:
November 28, 201113 yr I had forgotten about the Warhol connection with the Velvet Underground (Yes I know he did the Banana screen print for the cover but you forget about when you listen to everything on an ipod)
November 29, 201113 yr Just discovered this on Spotify Various Artists – Perfect As Cats: A Tribute To The Cure http://open.spotify.com/album/7zzEGU57M5BElKfXHOhrmo LOVE IT!
December 14, 201113 yr I don't play video games, but I'd play this just for the music. Who'dathunk video games would have soundtracks, let alone music that's as impressively and carefully scored and performed as this.... http://www.youtube.com/user/SkyrimMusic?feature=watch Skyrim Soundtrack - Dragonborn (Main Theme) Skyrim Soundtrack - Steel on Steel These are OK for white noise, background soundscapes or if you just want to fall asleep... Skyrim Soundtrack - Skyrim Atmospheres (Part 1) Skyrim Soundtrack - Skyrim Atmospheres (Part 2) Skyrim Soundtrack - Skyrim Atmospheres (Part 3) "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 15, 201113 yr There's a lot of good videogame music. Super Mario Galaxy Music: Good Egg Galaxy The legend of Zelda 25th anniversary Symphony Of course, if you're like me, you also like the game music from before they had orchestras performing it.
December 15, 201113 yr Hey, I go back to this as one of my videogame soundtracks.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
December 16, 201113 yr ^^^ From Wikipedia: In September 2009, David Race of Beavercreek, Ohio, became the sixth person to achieve a perfect score. His time of 3 hours, 41 minutes, and 22 seconds set a new record for the fastest time to obtain a perfect score. ^ Yeah, Contra has some great tunes! I only ever heard them all using the Konami Code, though.
December 18, 201113 yr Meanwhile, this clip is yet more proof that today's music sucks (at 1:05 it gets serious!): I hate going out because nobody plays the good music. There are thousands of great records, and I hardly ever hear any of them.
December 18, 201113 yr Even more... Everything in R&B since about 1985 has been a cheap imitation of Tina Turner. This is the real thing: Ike And Tina Turner - Bold Soul Sister Again, people really need to quit listening to techno!
December 20, 201113 yr "The News" by Mayer Hawthorne is pretty catchy. I have it reserved at the library. I am going through WNWV withdrawal. This is a sad holiday season for me. I don't know when or where I am going to find new music.
December 20, 201113 yr ^ Oh stop complaining and enjoy your Vanessa Williams singing holiday standards. :|
December 20, 201113 yr Miss America?? Exactly. I turned the radio on Monday morning and that was what I was greeted with. My two favorite things, holiday music and easy listening. Because you want your holiday fare smooth.
December 29, 201113 yr http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Rfbz7z6wDQ&feature=player_embedded#! http://www.mainstreetpainesville.org/
January 25, 201213 yr I am listening to my sister's copy of the soundtrack for the video game Skyrim: The Elder Scrolls V by Jeremy Soule. I've heard some of the music before, the parts that are very dramatic and fast-paced. But now the parts I'm listening to are atmospheric, romantic, soulful and just downright beautiful. If you're having a tough day at work, or life is giving you some tough times to sort through, I encourage you to listen to this music. It's quite wonderful. EDIT: I think "Far Horizons" is my favorite. It is a very emotional song. Here it is...... Skyrim Soundtrack - Disc 2 - 06 - Far Horizons - Jeremy Soule "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 25, 201213 yr At least I hope the dragon didn't burn you to a crisp! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 25, 201213 yr It's been a long time since I've paid full price for a game instead of waiting for it to come down to $19.99. I might break that streak for Skyrim.
January 25, 201213 yr I've never played Skyrim, but I loved the music and played it for my sister. She liked it so much she bought the soundtrack and the video game. She plays the video game and loses all track of time, sometimes staying up to 3 a.m.! She describes it as less of a video game and more of an experience, especially if you can play it on your big screen TV and home theater sound. Now I am scared to play the game! I think I'll stick with just the music.... "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
January 25, 201213 yr ^Ha, and of course, as with many things, my expectations have been inflated to the point I'll almost surely be disappointed.
January 26, 201213 yr It's probably going to be a while until Skyrim is $19.99; it's not like Duke Nukem Forever and Homefront which dropped like rocks.
January 26, 201213 yr Hey friends. I haven't plugged this on here yet, but I ma the Friday night DJ for the new alternative/underground night at DNA: Level C. (https://www.facebook.com/nightclubdnalevelc) Everything I play is pretty much one of my favorite songs. Here is my playlist from last weekend. DNA: Level C Playlist for 01.21.12 Title Artist Perfect Drug (Green Dream ReMix by TweakerRay) - Nine Inch Nails Hurt (Idiotech Remix) - Johnny Cash Monkey Gone To Heaven (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix) - The Pixies Need You Now (Architecture in Helsinki Remix) - Cut Copy Tears (Stallions Remix) - The Phenomenal Handclap Band Chromoplastic - Air Liquide Blink And You'll Miss a Revolution (Toro Y Moi Remix) - Cut Copy Life Is Life (Yuksek Remix) - Noah And The Whale Nightfall (Aeroplane Remix) - Processory Please Stay (Hertzinfarkt Remix) - The Girl & The Robot Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix) - Ladytron I Follow Rivers (Dave Sitek Remix) - Lykke Li Blasphemous Rumors (Redonoproject remix) - Depeche Mode Jungle Boogie (Analphabeth Remix) - Kool & The Gang I Turn My Camera On (A.CARD Dub Mix) - Spoon Midnight City (Alcala Remix) - M83 Creep (remixed) - Radiohead Supermassive Black Hole (Prydrm Remix) - Muse Love Is A Stranger (4AM Remix) - Eurythmics Models On Film - Go Home Productions Roxanne Should Be Dancing (The Police vs. The Bee Gees) - DJ Zebra Relax [Trip Ship Edit] - Frankie Goes To Hollywood Headhunter [Aghast View Remix] Front 242 Kick In The Eye (Basura Edit) - Bauhaus Cuz It's Hot - My Life With The Thrill Kill Kult Love Tear Us Apart (Đestin@tions remix) - Joy Division Ride The White Horse (Jack to Jack remix) - Proco Harem Cars (Yayo Brothers ReFix) - Gary Numan Lets Dance (Destin@tions remix) - David Bowie Strangelove (Jean Remix) - Depeche Mode Weird Science (MOAST GHOSTS REMIX) - Oingo Boingo Punching In A Dream (Does It Offend You, Yeah Remix) - The Naked And Famous The Hand That Feeds (Lipe Forbes & Daniel SIqueira Remix) - Nine Inch Nails Leaders of Men (Genuine Fraud Remix) - Joy Division House Of Jealous Lovers (DJ Zylem Remix) - The Rapture Second Chance (DJ One-Twelve Remix w_ intro) - Peter Bjorn and John Celestica (Clockwork Remix) - Crystal Castles I Sit On Acid (RSCRFT Remix) - Lords of Acid Confusion (TommyTronic Remix) - New Order Knights of Cydonia (Flammenwerfer Mix) - Muse North American Scum (Shrewd Remix) - LCD Sound System Heads will Roll (Butterflies remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Out of Space (Bold Equation Remix) - The Prodigy Fade to Grey (MNeMoNiK remix) - Visage Godzilla (Number 5 is ALIVE! Remix) - Blue Oyster Cult Peaches - The Stranglers Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedys Joga (EZUMI REMIX) - Björk I'm Afraid Of Americans - David Bowie Decepta-Freak-On (Missy Elliott vs. Le Tigre) - A plus D Wrong (Midimode remix) - Depeche Mode Belfast (Dopamine Remix) - Orbital If you leave (hh&b electro club remix) - OMD Cruel Summer (Skeen's Skeemin Mix) - Bananarama, Jayme Skeen Under the Milky Way (Walden remix) - The Church I Follow Rivers (Adrian Funk Remix) - Lykke Li The Same Deep Water As You (Destin@tions remix) - The Cure Jack Had a Groove (punkzilla remix) - Mr Fingers Everybody In The Place (Mynlan Rework) - Prodigy Everlong (Louis La Roche Rework) - Foo Fighters Halcyon (Live) - Orbital Keep Hope Alive (Trip Hope mix) - The Crystal Method Garlands - Cocteau Twins Ballet Of The Chicks In Their Shells - Isao Tomita
January 26, 201213 yr ^Ah, Visage "Fade to Grey". That's a haunting one that most Americans don't know about. You've got some good ones in there.
January 31, 201213 yr A very urban-centric video from Delay Trees (Finland). Delay Trees "Cassette 2012"
February 1, 201213 yr The tyranny of DSLR video. That video would have cost at least $50,000 to shoot 5 years ago, now it's basically free.
February 1, 201213 yr It does seem like that a lot of bands that wouldn't have had enough money for a video a few years ago have videos for multiple songs these days. Even when Pantera was huge in the mid-'90s, they could only spend $5,000 on a video since MTV would only show their videos sparingly. Here's an example: This was at a time when CD sales were gigantic and MTV still played music. Unlike today, where it only takes 75,000 CDs sold to have a #1 record and MTV is mostly film of high school girls crying.
February 2, 201213 yr In the late 80's/early 90's, what was soon to be labeled Alternative Rock, out of necessity, took on the public access aesthetic. This was generally slightly outdated lighting and cameras on a slightly undersized soundstage. As it was video before DSLR video, the look was generally low contrast, flat, and with everything in focus. The best example I know of: By contrast, this video from more or less the same year was shot on 35mm on a real soundstage: DSLR video, esp full frame that was introduced by the Canon 5D Mark II in 2008, takes on the high contrast and shallow depth of field of 35mm for pennies on the dollar.
February 2, 201213 yr Playlist from last Friday night at DNA This Friday will be a good night to come down to visit. There are no events scheduled at The Q, so parking will be easy to find and cheap. Oh, and there is no cover. DNA: Level C Playlist for 01.27.2012 Title Artist All We Ever Wanted Was Everything (Bauhaus Cover) - MGMT 23 Lies - Death In Vegas Bachelorette - Björk Why Does My Heart Feel So Bad? - Moby Midnight City (Trentemøller Remix) - M83 Cloud 8 - Frazier Chorus Only Love Can Break Your Heart (Extended Mix) - Saint Etienne Love Will Tear Us Apart (Virgin Magnetic Material Remix) - Joy Division Loves Glitchy (Djbc Mix) - Cocteau Twins Da Ya Think I'm Sexy? - Revolting Cocks Faster Than - Light Lead Into Gold Under the Flag (EMP remix) - Fad Gadget Edge Of No Control [satyriconsolidated - Consolidated Reply] - Meat Beat Manifesto Filmstar Rockin' - Go Home Productions Love Comes Running Up That Hill Quickly (Placebo vs. Pet Shop Boys vs. Kate Bush) - DJ Magnet A Time To Pretend Without You (U2 vs MGMT) - O Stylez Baby (Clock Opera Remix) - The Phenomenal Handclap Band Houdini (RAC mix) - Foster The People Runaway (Ki-Theory Remix) - Ladytron Teen Age Riot (Cracks remix) Sonic Youth I Sit On Acid (Satan On The 'Cibes Mix) - Lords of Acid & God Lives Underwater Move Any Mountain (Pappas Mix) - The Shamen Behind The Wheel (Alex Justino, Vini Correia, Larski Remix) - Depeche Mode Take me to the hospital (OMD Masseyeff Remix) - The Prodigy Human Behaviour (Underground Behaviour Remix) - Björk Lemon (Bad Yard Club Edit) - U2 Second Chance (Badboe remix) - Peter Bjorn and John Jungle Boogie (Analphabeth Remix) - Kool & The Gang In Ten Si T (Dash Rip Rock Mix) - Mickey Oliver Midnight City (Alcala Remix) - M83 Rolling In The Deep (The Lost Boys Remix) - Adele Young Blood (SoloFunktion Remix) - Naked and Famous Destroy Everything You Touch (Sasha Remix - Overflow-x re-edit) - Ladytron Situation (Richard X Remix) - Yaz Need You Tonight (Static Revenger Mix Edit) - INXS The Walk (Infustion Mix ) - The Cure Jazz Trippin' Praga Khan Jack Had a Groove (punkzilla remix) - Mr Fingers Everybody In The Place (Mynlan Rework) - The Prodigy Quadrophonia - Quadrophonia 20,000 Hardcore Members - Messiah Hardcore Heaven - DJ Seduction Bomb Scare - 2 Bad Mice Dominator - Human Resource The Mayday Anthem - Westbam Party at Ground Zero - Fishbone One Step Beyond - Madness Hey Man Nice Shot (remix) - Filter Riot Rythym (Slits Remix) - Sleigh Bells It's Fun To Smoke Dust (Queen vs. Pastor Gary Greenwald vs. Midfield General) - Lobsterdust Jump Around 2000 - House of Pain Venus - Don Pablo's Animals Personal Jesus (Alex Metric Remix) - Depeche Mode Celestica (Clockwork Remix) - Crystal Castles Everybody In The Place (AutoErotique Remix) - Joachim Garraud Little Secrets (The Filth Remix) Passion Pit Punching in a Dream (Andy Murphy & Dj Jorj Booty remix) - The Naked & Famous Heads will Roll (Butterflies remix) - Yeah Yeah Yeahs Confusion (TommyTronic Remix) - New Order Knights Of Cydonia (nSmart Remix) - Muse Boy (DJ Irene Rockstar Mix) - Book Of Love So Flute - Saint Germain Breathe (extended mix) - Telepopmusik Halcyon (Tom Middleton Remix) - Orbital Roads (Max Cooper Remix) - Portishead Set It - Off Strafe Consume - Plastikman
February 10, 201213 yr for just this very moment - ex Ohioan (Springfield) Andy Boller, now a European lounge singer Raw Power !
February 10, 201213 yr In the late 80's/early 90's, what was soon to be labeled Alternative Rock, out of necessity, took on the public access aesthetic. This was generally slightly outdated lighting and cameras on a slightly undersized soundstage. As it was video before DSLR video, the look was generally low contrast, flat, and with everything in focus. The best example I know of: By contrast, this video from more or less the same year was shot on 35mm on a real soundstage: DSLR video, esp full frame that was introduced by the Canon 5D Mark II in 2008, takes on the high contrast and shallow depth of field of 35mm for pennies on the dollar. You can definitely see a difference there, especially with the contrast and the focus. The second video in a way is more realistic as it mimics how the eye really focuses on what's important; creating a hierarchy. Then there's the obvious difference in video quality. I noticed basically the same thing when auto-focus on point and shoot cameras became popular. We've come a long way from Polaroids and disposable cameras. Did you hear about Kodak going bankrupt? Anyway, now everyone is able to make high quality, professional-looking photos. Especially if they know a couple things in Photoshop. As a side note: It's really strange to me, I've been using Photo Shop for years to manipulate photos but when women find out I know how to use it, they want me to teach them how to use it too...but so they can airbrush themselves and take out things like puffy eyes. It's no wonder women always look better in Facebook photos compared to real life. I've only made a couple (low-grade) videos before--I wonder if the technology is available (and commonly used) for air-brushing certain elements in video now (at least without being painstaking).
February 10, 201213 yr Two-stroke street bike guys love that Liz Phair vid because of the Yamaha RD in it. OK, yes, this song "rips off" Master of Puppets and a few other Metallica songs a little. But I guarantee you'll never think of the word "elimination" the same way again. E... LIMINATION!
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