What are you listening to?

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Just finished "Boys Better" by the Dandy Warhols. What can I say about them? They're dark, they're odd, but they're fun. don't recommend them to everyone, but if you want to try something different, check 'em out.

Now on Winamp "Leave My Kitten Alone" by the Beatles. Ah... pre-Yoko Beatles. <sigh>

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

"Race with the Devil on a Spanish Highway" by Al di Meola. He also has a song with a similar title "... on a Turkish Highway."
Al does jazz-rock fusion guitar. He's quite good and I recommend listening to any of his tracks.

[Entsuropi]

A fusion guitar sounds like a weapon.

And i have been listening to the Matrix: Reloaded soundtrack. Same as the matrix soundie - wierd mixture of classical, rock and techno.

[Fellfrosch]

"Oil on my head" by Janah. I have no idea who they are, but they're very cool. I love Internet radio.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

They Might Be Giants. Anything by them. It's all good in that neighborhood. Songs like "Puttin' On the Ritz" or "O Tannenbaum" all make for some crazy tunes. I swear if I had never heard of this band then I'd still be whom I am, but to maybe a lesser degree. But who knows.

There's also Five Iron Frenzy and The Mighty Mighty Bosstones.

[Mad Dr Jeffe]

Morphine's always a good bet.....
I also just bought some Classical music.

[Mistress of Darkness]

I'm listening to Shakira - Objection (Tango), but I've got "Fire Fight"/"Bang Bang" by Ramstein running through my head.

With my limited knowledge of German, some of their songs can be rather depressing, but still the beauty of it makes me want to find EUOL, and beg him to let me borrow some. Or maybe Brenna wouldn't mind. . .

[Mr_Pleasington]

I love They Might Be Giants!  I saw them live last year and it was a genuine hoot-nanny.

If you all are looking for something extremely creepy...and I mean freakishly so...check out Current 93's Faust.  Spooky stuff, great for horror gaming.

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

You lucky bastard Mr. P! I hope that I can go see them in Ohio this year, but if not I want to see them sometime!

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

i've seen them twice. ~Apollo 18 (before the band) and ~john Henry (with the band). I must admit that while they had some clever bits, and I enjoyed the performance of "Spy" and they had an all around tighter sound, I enjoyed the earlier concert better, when it was just the Johns and come recorded tracks. their "Ana Ng" was FURIOUS and incredibly intense (they invited opener Otis Ball onto the stage and he did a very good Jimi Hendrix, everything but burning the guitar...). They just had something there.

Oh, and maybe it was because we (meaning just a couple of us who were bold) were able to a) play John's guitar, b) pilfer the stage for artifacts, and c) speak with John F. for a bit and get him to sign several T-shirts. But then again, it might also just have been high school enthusiasm and novelty.

I'll give the John Henry concert this as well: I found a twenty on the floor, which got me a really nice TMBG hat (which I then had stolen from me at BYU, but I'm not bitter)

[Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock]

Well you should be. But apparently they're going to be in Buffalo in July, so I'll be seeing myself some giants.

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

They're a good show either way, i just like the old band better.

Right now I have J Mascis and the Fog on. He's that guy from Dinosaur Jr and Porno for Pyros. I dig his vocal stylings. this whole album is worth it.

[Mr_Pleasington]

Man, I haven't thought about Dinosaur Jr. in years.  I'll have to dig that album of theirs I own out and give it a spin to see how it has held up over the years.

[EUOL]

Well, I changed my CD's (or, actually, switched playlists on my car MP3 player) so I thought I'd mention it.  Now I'm listening to a randomized playlist of:

1) Pink Floyd, Dark Side of the Moon
2) System of a Down, Toxicity
3) Moby, Play
4) Queen, Greatest hits disc II.

I'll tell you, the combination of trippy mellowness, thrasher Nu Metal, house, and 80's pop/rock is very, very interesting...

[The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers]

Trippy. when I design a playlist, I usually thematize it. At home though, I just throw everything into one long list (that's outdated by 4 or 5 months, btw).

Right now Shadowy Men from a Shadowy Planet are playing "customized." It's one of their more memorable, but not necessarily best songs. If you don't know who the Shadowy Men are, I pity you.