What you listening to at the moment?

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 06 Sep 2005, 10:03

Took ecm's advice and started to search for my Bangra Greatest Hits CD, but got sidetracked when I found Eric Bibb "Painting Signs". He does a cracking version of Jimi Hendrix's "Angel" and the last track "Don't ever let nobody drag your spirit down" has him duetting with Wilson Pickett. Great stuff. He's now at the top of my CD collection again

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 06 Sep 2005, 12:13

I don't have any bhangra, M, but if you like I can lend you lots of arabian pop!
Today I'm listening to Metallica, the black album - Enter Sandman etc. I think it's upsetting the workies next door.

BB

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 06 Sep 2005, 12:40

Bellybabe wrote:I don't have any bhangra, M, but if you like I can lend you lots of arabian pop!
Today I'm listening to Metallica, the black album - Enter Sandman etc. I think it's upsetting the workies next door.

BB

eeeeeeeeeeeeeexeeet laaaaaaaaaayeeet

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeentah naaaayeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet

taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayk mahaaaaaaaaaaaiiind

nah i'll stick to "master of puppets" i think.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 06 Sep 2005, 18:48

Dadaist wrote:
nah i'll stick to "master of puppets" i think.

MoP is my favourite but I don't have it on CD, only an old scratchy chewed up tape... If anyone wishes to take pity on me for this and...er... *whispers* burn me a copy, I would be very grateful.

Nicky, of course, wouldn't be.

Bellybabe

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 06 Sep 2005, 21:18

I'm listening to a compilation of African Guitar music, its very good.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 17 Sep 2005, 19:24

Suspect ecm might have an answer to this one;
should I go along to see Hayseed Dixie next Thu?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 17 Sep 2005, 19:37

Marya wrote:Suspect ecm might have an answer to this one;
should I go along to see Hayseed Dixie next Thu?

Funnily enough, Ali and I were just listening to some their stuff recently. It'll be a fun night for sure.

We were thinking about going to see the Trash Can Sinatras at the Brunton Halls next week. I really like them so it could be a goer. Tickets are only a tenner and it's "local"!

Major dilema occurs next month when Turin Brakes play Queen's Hall on a Thursday then the McGarrigles play the very next night.
Poor Ali's kicking himself as I jumped in and got the Brakes tickets and I'm sure he'd rather have gone seen the Ladies. But, two nights out in the week at our age is dangerous you know.
We've seen the ladies several times before so..........

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 17 Sep 2005, 19:44

Oh, and this evening I have been mostly enjoying the latest from Sigur Ros.

Icelandic ambience. Very nice.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Sep 2005, 20:16

Ecm, how about you and Ali start a local radio station? I'm sure it's pretty easy to set up (Dadaist - would you be willing to assist here?) and with your eclectic musical tastes you are the obvious candidates.

Of course you could throw in a few old Valves tracks and feature new recordings and demos by local musicians. Radio Portobello, guaranteed front page link from Portobello Online - how about it? I'm sure you would get a few offers from 'guest' DJ's as well.

more info

ali · Post by **ali** » 17 Sep 2005, 20:18

ecm wrote: But, two nights out in the week at our age is dangerous you know...........

I'd just like to emphasise that those are two consecutive nights out just in case anyone thought I was being a wimp about it!!!!!

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » 17 Sep 2005, 21:27

Hayseed Dixie playing Edinburgh..? Shurely shome mishtake. I have a chum who has been going on about them incessantly for a fortnight. He even gave me a CD of theirs, but I could'nt face listening to it.

Now, Easy All Stars "Dub Side of the Moon" -- that was a great album of cover versions.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Sep 2005, 21:47

www.punkfm.co.uk

1976-1979 including Buzzcocks, Gen X, Killing Joke - War Dance, Joy Division - Shadowplay and some cool Winamp visualisations.

Can't wait for Radio Portobello!

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:04

I've haven't heard of most of the groups you've all mentioned!!!

Who are they all????

Bet you can now tell that I don't get out much!!!

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:13

Me neither. Don't worry, they're just trying to show off. My excuse is that I'm old.

X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:17

Bob Jefferson wrote:Me neither. Don't worry, they're just trying to show off. My excuse is that I'm old.

X Ray Spex - Oh Bondage Up Yours!

Me too!!!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:39

Dakota wrote:Hayseed Dixie playing Edinburgh..? Shurely shome mishtake. I have a chum who has been going on about them incessantly for a fortnight. He even gave me a CD of theirs, but I could'nt face listening to it.

Now, Easy All Stars "Dub Side of the Moon" -- that was a great album of cover versions.

The Dixies are at Studio 24 in Calton Road. If it wasn't a work night and for the other gigs pending, I'd quite like to go.

I agree that Dub side of the Moon is excellent, Dakota.

Have you ever heard Senor Coconuts and his Orchestra performing Latin American dance versions of Kraftwerk songs? That's another good one!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:47

Bob Jefferson wrote:Ecm, how about you and Ali start a local radio station? I'm sure it's pretty easy to set up (Dadaist - would you be willing to assist here?) and with your eclectic musical tastes you are the obvious candidates.

Of course you could throw in a few old Valves tracks and feature new recordings and demos by local musicians. Radio Portobello, guaranteed front page link from Portobello Online - how about it? I'm sure you would get a few offers from 'guest' DJ's as well.

more info

Ali and I have faces for radio, right enough.

GRANTY · Post by **GRANTY** » 17 Sep 2005, 22:54

Bob, we got strangely similar tastes in music. I too am a child of the punk generation. (Oh and I wrote in wee letters this time

just for you)

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Sep 2005, 23:14

Bob Jefferson wrote:Ecm, how about you and Ali start a local radio station? I'm sure it's pretty easy to set up (Dadaist - would you be willing to assist here?) and with your eclectic musical tastes you are the obvious candidates.

Of course you could throw in a few old Valves tracks and feature new recordings and demos by local musicians. Radio Portobello, guaranteed front page link from Portobello Online - how about it? I'm sure you would get a few offers from 'guest' DJ's as well.

more info

Yes. I bagsie the occasional 3am set.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 17 Sep 2005, 23:25

GRANTY wrote: I too am a child of the punk generation.

Mmm....not too young for Foxy after all then? She will be disappointed

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Sep 2005, 23:33

If anyone is over at Dada towers, ask me to show you the 7" below, it's a corker.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 17 Sep 2005, 23:37

ecm wrote:
Dakota wrote:Hayseed Dixie playing Edinburgh..? Shurely shome mishtake. I have a chum who has been going on about them incessantly for a fortnight. He even gave me a CD of theirs, but I could'nt face listening to it.

Now, Easy All Stars "Dub Side of the Moon" -- that was a great album of cover versions.
The Dixies are at Studio 24 in Calton Road. If it wasn't a work night and for the other gigs pending, I'd quite like to go.

I agree that Dub side of the Moon is excellent, Dakota.

Have you ever heard Senor Coconuts and his Orchestra performing Latin American dance versions of Kraftwerk songs? That's another good one!

Senor Coconut in his former self as Atom Heart (Uwe Schmidt) is a favourite of mine.

foxy · Post by **foxy** » 18 Sep 2005, 00:29

Dadaist wrote: ask me to show you the 7" below, it's a corker.

Thought this was a family show Dad

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 18 Sep 2005, 00:35

Stepped right in to that one.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 18 Sep 2005, 07:20

Dadaist wrote:
ecm wrote: Have you ever heard Senor Coconuts and his Orchestra performing Latin American dance versions of Kraftwerk songs? That's another good one!
Senor Coconut in his former self as Atom Heart (Uwe Schmidt) is a favourite of mine.

Thanks, Dada! I'll check him out.

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » 18 Sep 2005, 09:53

It's VERY different to the Coconuts stuff.

And yes, Dadaist, different means better, on this occasion.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 18 Sep 2005, 11:08

Dakota wrote:It's VERY different to the Coconuts stuff.

And yes, Dadaist, different means better, on this occasion.

At least he had the grace to change his name for different projects - I would say I was a Shamen fan, but I hate anything they produced after "En-Tact".

Not that I'm making a direct comparison to Coconut/Atom as I'm sure the Kraftwerk covers stuff is cool, I just haven't heard it.

Anyway - check out how enormous this guy's discography is :

http://www.kompaktkiste.de/atom_heart.htm

Dakota, from your post you seem to be assuming that I was going to jump on you or something. I may be confrontational when it comes to politics, but ambient music?

*sings* "you're going home in a ******* ambience!!"

Dakota · Post by **Dakota** » 18 Sep 2005, 11:47

Dadaist wrote:
Dakota, from your post you seem to be assuming that I was going to jump on you or something. I may be confrontational when it comes to politics, but ambient music?

<sheepish grin> Oops, sorry Dada. Didn't mean it to come out that way at all.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 18 Sep 2005, 12:29

No worries.

Ambient music is party to acrimony and splits just like any enterprise involving more than one person - I used to be on the idm mailing list where a nasty spat spilled out into the public domain, involving the then Black Dog frontman Ken Downie, who was irate about not getting that month's royalty payment from Warp records.

He proceeded to post on the list a detailed breakdown of every Black Dog track produced and how much they had been paid - or in the case of compilation appearances *whether* they had ever been paid - it was a fascinating read.

I'm not sure if it was around that time that 2 members quit the Black Dog and became Plaid.

Rumour has it (from the Orb mailing list, which, er, had to kick off one of the band's early contributors Kriss "Thrash" Weston for being nasty to, um, his fans) that the latest offering from Black Dog Towers is very good indeed.

I also have a cassette issued by Mixmag which has LX Paterson on one side and Mixmaster Morris on the other - all whale noises and Hillage guitars - but only superficially mellow because Morris and LX don't speak to each other....

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 18 Sep 2005, 21:05

Dadaist wrote:- all whale noises and Hillage guitars - but only superficially mellow because Morris and LX don't speak to each other....

How sad.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 18 Sep 2005, 21:13

Something a friend sent me - The Sex Pistols featuring Madonna, and it works!

Ray of Gob

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 18 Sep 2005, 22:26

Porty wrote:
Dadaist wrote:- all whale noises and Hillage guitars - but only superficially mellow because Morris and LX don't speak to each other....
How sad.

What - the music or the spat?

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 19 Sep 2005, 11:09

The spat.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 19 Sep 2005, 13:14

Porty wrote:The spat.

Yes. Shame cos it's a lush tape - it had a tracklisting and I've hunted down quite a few of the tracks on that mix, it was that good.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 20 Sep 2005, 19:57

Other half has gone out, so after considering ambient stuff, I plumped instead for a compilation which includes Metallica, Savatage, Nirvana and Dio, amongst others. I'm only allowed to play it when there's nobody here

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I needed something loud and aggressive to express my feelings about having spent nine days in Dundee.

Talk Porty ~ Portobello

What you listening to at the moment?

Good taste

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