What you listening to at the moment?

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 14 Nov 2005, 14:52

"The Indianapolis Story" - John Williams

Chilling part of the Jaws soundtrack over which Robert Shaw relates his story.

mr magnolia · Post by **mr magnolia** » 22 Nov 2005, 00:52

eels - blinking lights and other revelations.

recommended, in a reserved and musically reflective kind of way.

lyrically it's a bit They Might be Giants meets Ed Harcourt; musically it's a bit Lemon Jelly meets The Handsome Family, and it's all tied up with a bit of Tom Waits (yes really)

Anyway, if you want to hear it, my copy is due back at Porty library on 12 December.

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Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 22 Nov 2005, 13:45

the Orb live in Manchester, November 1992. (bootleg)

they start off slow, and get increasingly slower

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 22 Nov 2005, 23:07

mr magnolia wrote:eels - blinking lights and other revelations.

lyrically it's a bit They Might be Giants meets Ed Harcourt; musically it's a bit Lemon Jelly meets The Handsome Family, and it's all tied up with a bit of Tom Waits (yes really)

Well, that's sold it to me. Sounds great!!! I shall investigate, Mr. M.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 23 Nov 2005, 00:19

I was listening to Supertramp quite happily earlier when my other half said innocently (and amazingly, having lived with me for six years), "Oh...I thought Supertramp was a girl group".

And then I put on some Martyn Bennett.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 23 Nov 2005, 22:45

Well I got my record player tonight (the delivery guy had left it on top of the door

- real bizarre place to leave it especially if it had fallen off)

I have been listening to:

Cramps, Pogues, Lloyd Cole, Billy Bragg, Hipsway, Ted Hawkins, Deacon Blue, Buzzcocks, Strawberry Swiitchblade along with a few other cringeworthy things

and getting a touch nostalgic

BC missed all the fun he is on a a free drinks night out - on a Wednesday!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:16

Sounds like you're having a great time, tripping down memory lane, S.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:23

ecm wrote:Sounds like you're having a great time, tripping down memory lane, S.

Quite entertaining ECM thanks

(just as well BC out tonight!)

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:31

Nice selection Sandra. Lloyd Cole - wow, I haven't listened to Rattlesnakes for ages. Bet you like Aztec Camera too?

That's the thing about the 80s. Everyone remembers that decade for Duran Duran and Wham but there was some great music too. The Cure, New Order, The Smiths, Bauhaus, Killing Joke, The Birthday Party, Japan, David Byrne to name a few.

Tom Tom Club anyone?

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:34

Bob Jefferson wrote: Tom Tom Club anyone?

Oh, yes!

*goes off to download Genius of Love and Wordy Rappinghood*

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:39

The The.

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:44

Rip Rig and Panic.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 23 Nov 2005, 23:51

Kate Bush

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 24 Nov 2005, 00:01

Talking Heads and the B 52s.

Porty · Post by **Porty** » 24 Nov 2005, 00:03

Stop making sense.

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 24 Nov 2005, 10:30

ecm wrote:Talking Heads and the B 52s.

love them both, and The cure, The The, Floy Joy, Spear of Destiny....

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 24 Nov 2005, 10:47

Dada...I love The The. I asked my friends to buy me the Heartland single for my 12th birthday; they didn't believe a group called The The existed...

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 24 Nov 2005, 11:02

Bellybabe wrote:Dada...I love The The. I asked my friends to buy me the Heartland single for my 12th birthday; they didn't believe a group called The The existed...

Soul Mining.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 24 Nov 2005, 11:06

Bellybabe wrote:Dada...I love The The. I asked my friends to buy me the Heartland single for my 12th birthday; they didn't believe a group called The The existed...

I don't know much else of their stuff apart from Soulmining and Infected both of which I loved.
But Matt seems more than happy for folks to go download so there's no excuse not to bring myself up to date.

http://www.eff.org/IP/Audio/20000607_th ... ement.html

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 24 Nov 2005, 11:12

Quick tip - don't waste your time trying to Google "The The" !

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 25 Nov 2005, 12:44

Sandra wrote:Floy Joy

Floy Joy's Burn Down A Rhythm still gets played here as well.

This morning I have mostly been listening to the new Roisin Murphy album and a soul/funk comp called The Wants List - very groovy.

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 26 Nov 2005, 21:11

Alice in Chains - 'Dirt'

Been a long time since I've listened to it, but thought right now is "Why?". Great album, and will be listening to more often.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 26 Nov 2005, 21:17

a log spitting on my fire

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 26 Nov 2005, 22:00

Vivaldi.
And my mother in law, who was on the train from inverness to here this morning when it derailed.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 26 Nov 2005, 22:01

Bellybabe wrote:Vivaldi.
And my mother in law, who was on the train from inverness to here this morning when it derailed.

Poor dear. She must have been pretty shaken up by that?

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 26 Nov 2005, 22:03

Yes indeed. She was in the second carriage...saw a lot of horrible things. I think she's still in shock, to be honest.

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 26 Nov 2005, 22:05

Bellybabe wrote:Yes indeed. She was in the second carriage...saw a lot of horrible things. I think she's still in shock, to be honest.

Just awful, BB. Is she staying with you for a while?
She won't want to go back on a train anytime soon after experiencing something like that.

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 27 Nov 2005, 17:55

Thanks, ecm. She's actually just left to get a train home again - she said she hopes that this journey turns out to be very boring. She also said that the driver was amazing, and all the staff, doing their best to make sure evryone else was ok in spite of their own injuries. Also very impressive were the emergency response folk.

Let's hope she gets home safely and calmly after what was quite an ordeal.

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 28 Nov 2005, 12:47

this morning I have listened to

Venetian Snares - Masodik Galamb

Chris Morris radio show from 1994 (thanks JP)

CBC Montreal - state radio station from Quebec - on the web at cbc.ca

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 29 Nov 2005, 00:35

Dadaist wrote:Chris Morris radio show from 1994 (thanks JP)

Ha ha! Have you listened to the one where they take the tortoise out of its shell yet?

Listening to Faintly Blowing by Kaleidoscope (very quietly).

Dadaist · Post by **Dadaist** » 29 Nov 2005, 14:26

Jackson Priest wrote:
Dadaist wrote:Chris Morris radio show from 1994 (thanks JP)
Ha ha! Have you listened to the one where they take the tortoise out of its shell yet?

Not yet.

Currently listening to the sountrack for Star Trek II - The Wrath Of Khan

...a bitter personal feud set as a battle on the high seas ... of space ....

Skeely · Post by **Skeely** » 30 Nov 2005, 12:04

Bought in Barnardos this morning, and now playing on the Skeely office turntable is Tokyo Mobile Music. It's great collection from 1982 Japan, with Byrne/Eno type cut-up disco, dub, and odd synth pop interspersed with Tokyo street sounds (Bullet trains, games arcades and stuff). Ooh, Kraftwerk's "The Model" in Japanese has just come on. What a great find! The cover has close-up pictures of a Sony Walkman, which must have been new technology at the time (does anyone else get a sense of deja-vu seeing the streets full of people wearing earphones?).

I was nearly tempted by a Trojan compilation, Tighten Up, but it's fairly scratched.

Jackson Priest · Post by **Jackson Priest** » 30 Nov 2005, 12:14

Skeely wrote:Bought in Barnardos this morning, and now playing on the Skeely office turntable is Tokyo Mobile Music. It's great collection from 1982 Japan, with Byrne/Eno type cut-up disco, dub, and odd synth pop interspersed with Tokyo street sounds (Bullet trains, games arcades and stuff). Ooh, Kraftwerk's "The Model" in Japanese has just come on. What a great find!

Sounds brilliant. I read that as, "bought in Barbados this morning" at first, and wondered how you had got back to Portobello so quickly. Now I'm just annoyed that you saw it before me!

ecm · Post by **ecm** » 11 Dec 2005, 20:13

Depeche Mode - Violator

I guess it qualifies as a guilty pleasure?

bearcub · Post by **bearcub** » 11 Dec 2005, 22:07

ecm wrote:Depeche Mode - Violator

I guess it qualifies as a guilty pleasure?

We've all got them

Been listening to Arcade Fire - 'Funeral', pretty good.