More what are you listening to now (part 5, I think?)

I'm listening to Life is Beautiful, beautiful classical music. Useful working music. But a few minutes ago it was Freedom, by Yothu Yindi.

Phoenix Suns vs. Golden State Warriors

Reckless by Australian Crawl, before that twas Lovecats by The Cure...

Led Zeppelin IV. Play it backwards and it sounds interesting, play it normally and it sounds great. Either way, you're getting value...

I just bought the new Sheryl Crow album and really like it a lot. I also stuck in Over the Rhine's Ohio in the player and am enjoying that as well. Next is a couple of older Coheed & Cambria albums.

Was feeling melancolic so Mary Gautier's(pronouced Go-shay) Drag Queens and Limosenes followed by a medley of Kate Rusby.

Both beautiful voices, simply accomanied.

Ladysmith Black Mambazo.

Lately it's been a lot of Grant Lee Phillips' "Virginia Creeper" album.

I just got Kate Nash, "Made of Bricks." There's also been a lot of Regina Spektor lately.

I'm listening the building radio station which I swear plays the same 10 songs over and over and over.

I want my ipod!

The wind chimes on my front porch!

http://www.steve-fm.com/main.html

An old radio station from Columbia, SC - they actually play just about everything. And usually, only once a week!

Also their 'station announcements' are funny. And no DJs EVER!

The Monkees - Auntie's Municipal Court

American Doll Posse - Tori Amos

Neil Gaiman reading Neverwhere.

The thrumming HVAC system, the hum of my computer terminal, the spinning rollers of the shared printer, the clacking of keyboard keys, the receptionist answering the phone at the front desk, the sniffling of a coworker, and my own breathing... Ah, life at the office.

Best Beatles song ever (IMO) - Lady Madonna

David Bowie's Low is paused on my iPod while I listen to a useless (for me) conference call.

Sunday's Early Music show on BBC3, courtesy of their website's Listen Again feature.

The sound of me clicking through hundreds of images from the 18xx US Federal Censuses.

Dear 19th Century people,
Your handwriting sucks.
Me

I was listenin to Tool's 10,000 Days album on the way home...

nice choice Seanie. Am now listening to Eternal by Samael.

Spanish Grease by Willie Bobo.

Tim Russert on MSNBC

Benedictus from Karl Jenkins' Armed Man Mass

Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock

Good thing my neighbors are all at work because I just got a new home theater system.

Clutch - iPod set to random to cycle through songs on 6 albums.

Local legends, The Violent Femmes - Kiss Off

"I take one, one, one 'cause you left me..."

Primus- Wynona's Big Brown Beaver

The photocopier. Start of semester brings everyone to photocopying.

Sufjan Stevens's "Greetings from Michigan: The Great Lake State".

Best album I've heard all year.

Both Traveling Wilburys albums. I never have figured out what happened to Vol. 2.

Yeah, what did happen to Vol. 2?

Dude, there seems to be an anomaly in the music industry where entire albums vanish mysteriously from the face of the Earth, while crappy albums mysteriously continue to be made and re-released...

There was no Vol. 2. 'Twas a joke.

I know it was a joke :P So was that part of my post.

*goes off muttering something about stupid sarcasm*

I honestly was unaware of this. I feel so stupid. I'm not even worthy of my "I'm With Stupid" t-shirt to wear it around the house...

WAAAAAH!

Phish all day yesterday, may continue today with the 9 hour recording of their last show.

I'm listening to Tool's 'Parabola' (one of my absolute favorite songs). I am a huge Maynard James Keenan and Trent Reznor fan; usually, I'm either listening to either Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer or NIN.

You should have used the sarcasm font on that post, kawika. Don't sweat it TeenAuthor. BTW, there is no Chrome Dreams I either.

Am listening to Chevelle right now, but there's only one song left on this CD so I'll have to dial up something else shortly.

I admire those of you who listen to whole CDs all the way through. I have some sort of musical ADHD; sometimes I don't even make it through an entire song before I skip to something else. There are very few albums I can listen to in their entirety.

I find myself doing less and less full album listening these days, too. It's the download/digital era I think. The playlist is king. Last week I worked from home and had an all vinyl day. Was cool, but made me dwell on the lost art of the album both musically and visually. Luckily, I can indulge in both full albums and just tracks.

Chose Bloody Kisses by Type O Negative as my next listen. These guys lend themselves to all album listening since they approach their music that way and don't really have "hits". Plus they're a lot of fun and Peter Steele is dead sexy.

Mmm... a 10.5 minute version of Bedrock's Heaven Scent. I really want to go dancing tonight.

The Monkees - P. O. Box 9847

The Spooky Men (on youtube)

I put my mp3 player on random at work, which means I get John Mayer next to Bach next to Sally Rogers (folk) next to a track from RENT...makes for an interesting day, I have to say.

Today I heard a couple of songs from the Rocky Horror Picture Show and it made me want to listen to the whole thing, so I did. Not exactly work-appropriate, I think, but it's ok since I have headphones.

#45 Oh I LOVE me some Timewarp!

45 - Just don't start singing along to "Sweet Transvestite" or "Touch Me". It could get a little weird.

*g* The songs are so singable, it was hard at times. Luckily I face a corner (cubicles, you know) so I can mouth the words without anyone the wiser :D

>48 bluesalamanders: Hehehe! When I'm wearing a surgical mask at work I'll even lipsync the shout-out lines.

"I see you shiver with antici..."

"Say it , say it, say it!"
"Consti..."

Listening to the Juno soundtrack. Tis neato.

I also have my iPod on shuffle songs...now playing my second Red Hot Chili Peppers track of the morning, and from the same CD as well. Before that some Ministry, Roy Orbison, INXS, Jane's Addiction and others I can't quite drege up from my wonky memory. Off to get more coffee.

Just don't guffaw that coffee onto your keyboard from the other threads making you laugh...

#41 I used to have a vinyl collection, but was forced to give it up when I moved overseas. Someday, when I get some extra money I will start rebuilding a collection of vinyl and buy some nice vacuum tubes to build myself an amp (I enjoy woodworking and doing simple circuit designs). I have always been somewhat of an analog nut; but given that most modern vinyl is digitally mastered (aka a CD master) it's a bit of a moot point for modern releases.

I really wish that music labels would release alternative masters of albums that break the paradigm of 'this CD has to be the loudest in the changer' mentality. I would kill for an old-school remastering of some of the newer albums out there; but alas, I know there isn't really a market for that type of thing.

Today was an icky day at work, between the migraine that the meds were only just barely keeping at bay, the meds themselves making me slow and a bit dizzy, and some other stuff I won't go into, so I listened to some movie soundtracks - Pride and Prejudice (the BBC/A&E version), Children of Dune, Much Ado About Nothing, and A Walk in the Clouds. Great stuff. And, during the last half hour, Shrek, which is more like a mix with a bunch of really random songs than a soundtrack.

Nothing on in RL, but I have the Can-Can (from Orpheus in the Underworld) brainworming through my head at the moment.

Dah-dah-dah-dah
da-di-da-di-da-da-dam
Dah-dah-dah-dah
da-di-da-di-da-da-dam

lately Samael, Clutch, Down & Chevelle.

I don't care that it's an Xmas song

Jonathan Coulton - Chiron Beta Prime

Planet Claire- the B-52's

I listen to Pandora a lot. Right now the Brazilian station. Gorgeous stuff.

TeenAuthor, Pandora plays Sufjan Stevens' How Dumb I Sound a lot on one of my stations and I love it (except for the ending). Is that on the album you mentioned? I'd never heard of him before.

I'm listening to the Lilith Fair CDs and getting in touch with my crunchy, granola, Birkenstock-wearing, Earth-mama-in-a-corporately-sanitized-way feminine side. And I still want the Indigo Girls, Sarah McLachlan and Jewel to sing "The Water Is Wide" at my memorial service. Or just Sarah, if I have to make sacrifices. ;)

Cheb i Sabbah, a random mix from all his albums including the new one.

nothing at the mo, but lately Warren Zevon, Tom Waits & John Hiatt.

Because iTunes sucks at actually randomizing my music library for playback, I created a smart playlist that only contains songs that have been played 9 times or less. There are songs I had completely forgotten about playing now.

Right now it's Peter Gabriel - Solsbury Hill

Bron-y-Aur Stomp, by Led Zeppelin, on my computer.

I started a new audiobook, The Thirteenth Tale, but it was just too verbose for me. The narrator in the story does a lot of ruminating, and I don't like a lot of ruminating. I like things concise and to the point. So I dropped 13th and started "Middlesex," which I'm enjoying much more so far.

In the music area, my new favorite band is The Feeling. Apparently they've already got quite a following in the UK, but haven't really broken Stateside at all. I discovered them on a Sundance Channel music series. If you like upbeat, hooky pop that'll have you singing along in no time, give The Feeling a try---for a good, characteristic first listen, try "Love It When You Call":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubqQbvYZZTs

Angels and Airwaves is also a recent fave, noteworthy for their richly layered sound and the almost militantly positive messages of their songs. Here's a great first listen from A&A, "The Adventure":
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwfT0okfmEY&feature=related

Raising Sand by Alison Krause and Robert Plant, my new favorite album.

Dark Side of the Moon on VINYL, baby!!

The wife practicing piano for church tomorrow. A several times weekly treat!

134 Tom Petty gems, all shuffled and janglin'...

#63 -- I do the same thing, flip the "most played" upside down and then I'm amazed at all the songs i forget I had... ever notice it tends to "randomly shuffle" the same artist within a few songs?

#41 -- Feb. was "no radio month" around here, I have to dedicate the time to listen to, and re-appreciate, entire albums...

I started Eragon yesterday. I'm enjoying it so far.

Hell and High Water by Throttlerod. Next up will probably be some Scissorfight.