What are you listening to now?

justine

justine

stop the penistry
i think that might be the album my friend recommended. looking through the cds on the "recently returned" shelf at the library was interesting...
heaps of Neil Young, Tom Waits, Sparklehorse, Leonard Cohen, Velvet Underground... and The Beach Boys!
 
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Paul B.

nighthawks at the diner. . .small change. . .heartattack and vine (if you dont like "on the nickel" there is no hope for you). . .
 
justine

justine

stop the penistry
yeah... i didn't get that 'feeling' when i was listening to Waits, i don't think i'll become much of a fan. but too many people who like the same music as me have recommended him for me to dismiss his stuff too hastily, so i will give it a fair trial!

more cds from the library just now:
Turin Brakes - The Optimist Lp
Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy; Live at Sin-E
Simple Minds - The Best of Simple Minds
Spiritualised - Let It Come Down
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Paul B. said:
nighthawks at the diner. . .small change. . .heartattack and vine (if you dont like "on the nickel" there is no hope for you). . .
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Funny that you mention those albums. They are a part of a Waits compillation I just bought called "Used Songs - 1973-1980" from the Asylum years. I haven't heard it yet though. It's my first Waits album...:o

Btw, which of his newer albums would be a good place to start for the newbie?
 
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Paul B.

bukfan ,

honestly, i'd say just start at the beginning. the first to the last. you'll see how his voice and writing changes. that's the best way. i learned about waits around the time i learned about bukowski - so they both have a real good spot in my heart. the compilation is not the best way to go about voyaging into waits. just one record at a time.

enjoy -
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Ok. Thanks, Paul! - One record at a time. I'm thinking about buying - was it Black Rider? - well, the one with the Burroughs lyrics.
I only bought the compilation because it was cheap. If it's a good introduction to Waits, then it has served it's purpose...
 
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Digney in Burnaby

Digney in Burnaby

donkeys live a long time
Mention of Burroughs reminded me of John Giorno and the lps he put out years ago. Seems like a lot of that is on the web:
http://www.ubu.com/sound/giorno.html
And that ubuweb site looks interesting as well.
"I don't need it, I don't want it and you cheated me out of it" mp3 echoing through the headphones right now.
 
HenryChinaski

HenryChinaski

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FRANK ZAPPA

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Digney in Burnaby

Digney in Burnaby

donkeys live a long time
To tie some of this together. That giorno/ubuweb site has Zappa reading Burroughs' The Talking Asshole. At least I think it's Bill Burroughs' story. Also some Buk on one of the lps. Look around in there. The world is almost making sense at this particular moment. And that's always a bad sign for the future.
 
Bukfan

Bukfan

"The law is wrong; I am right"
Digney in Burnaby said:
To tie some of this together. That giorno/ubuweb site has Zappa reading Burroughs' The Talking Asshole. At least I think it's Bill Burroughs' story. Also some Buk on one of the lps. Look around in there. The world is almost making sense at this particular moment. And that's always a bad sign for the future.
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Thanks for your post! I'm a big Zappa and Burroughs fan, so it was really something to hear Zappa reading The Talking Asshole by Burroughs. And there's readings by Burroughs I have'nt heard before. Great!...
 
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poptop

poptop

Frank Zappa

Oh yeah. "Freak Out" and "Hot Rats" too. I loved his autobiography.
Zappa saw through the falsity of things just like Bukowski did. A great
spirit and musician...he died way too soon.
 
poptop

poptop

Listening to now? Fifteen soundtrack CDs on shuffle mode"”
I have no idea what's going to pop up next. Just the way
I like it.
 
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justine

justine

stop the penistry
Turin Brakes - The Optimist LP
Jeff Buckley - Live At Sin-e
Lucinda Williams - Live at the Fillmore
Ryan Adams - Love is Hell pt.1
Ryan Adams & The Cardinals - Cold Roses
Billy Bragg & Wilco - Mermaid Avenui vol II

talking about gifted artists who died way too young - Jeff Buckley is definitely someone who should have stuck around a lot longer. ever get that tight feeling in your chest, like someone's blowing up a balloon, when a song or piece of music really gets to you? i get that a lot when i listen to his stuff.

not really liking the Billy Bragg & Wilco album. that guy's voice grates on my nerves for some reason.
 
justine

justine

stop the penistry
Vic Chestnutt - "West of Rome"
i discovered in the liner notes that the title track was written after he read the John Fante novel.
 
Digney in Burnaby

Digney in Burnaby

donkeys live a long time
hoochmonkey9 said:
the soft boys - underwater moonlight
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One of my all-time favourite albums. Came across it in a long gone shop in Vancouver (it had a Canadian release on vinyl). And then again in cd reissue a few years ago. I Wanna Destroy You. Kingdom of Love.

Too bad we lost Syd Barrett and Arthur Lee last year.
 
hoochmonkey9

hoochmonkey9

Art should be its own hammer.
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yes, the cd reissue is full of gems.
people talk about the influence they had on bands like REM (and REM has said as much), but on some tracks, I swear I could be listening to Jon Spencer Blues Explosion.
 
chronic

chronic

old and in the way
So far this evening: Willie Dixon - I Am The Blues & The Doors - LA Woman.

In Progress: Tom Waits - Used Songs

Coming up (but subject to change of mood): Robert Fripp - Exposure (First Edition), Harry Nilsson - Son of Schmilsson, Roy Harper - HQ, and then, if I'm still up for it, Brian Eno - Another Green World. Enough for one evening?
 
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