I've been listening to a lot of the Rocky Horror music.

maudlin maudlin of of the the well well

City Of Caterpiller
I Would Set Myself On Fire For You
Dead Kennedy's
Explosions In The Sky

yum

[B]Bruce Haack - Electric Lucifer[/B]

Electronic music pioneer creates homemade musical devices to tell epic tales with much Judeo-Christian imagery. Mostly terribly goofy, but there are some really cool sounds here. I first saw it mentioned in an interview with Madlib and it definitely sounds like something he'd sample. I spent a while looking for a band called Electric Lucifer, only to find out it was an album. Wacky synths, some funky bass lines, general oddness. [B]C[/B]

[B]Television Personalities - The Painted Word; Closer to God[/B]

I really like this band. Messy pop tunes, strong mod rock influences, a guy who tends to write horribly maligned lyrics and sings with a voice that makes Dylan sound like choir-boy at times. [I]The Painted Word[/I] came out in '84 and sounds a bit like it. Very dour, depressing psychedelic stuff, typical post-punk and a few oddities thrown into the mix. I'm not fond of the album but there are a couple songs I absolutely love like, "A Sense of Belonging" and "The Girl Who Had Everything," and the best songs here might be better than anything I've heard the band do, which really isn't a lot. Paul Weller and Morrissey reviewed "A Sense of Belonging" on some British music show or something back then and panned it basically. [B]D[/B]

[I]Closer to God[/I] is much more accessible. It's not better because it's more accessible but it helps. I really wanted to buy Priviledge instead of this but they didn't have any more copies so I settled. There are some really nice tunes, the production is superior to other TVP releases I've heard but (this was a '92 release) there's some hokum ****, too. Happens when a band has been around for over a decade I suppose. "Razor Blades and Lemonade," "Honey for Bears," and the title track stood out in the couple of listens I've given it so far. [B]B-[/B]

Today:

Broken Social Scene - [I]You Forgot It In People[/I]
Jasper Carrott - [I]Back To The Front Volume 2[/I] (Insanely funny)

King Crimson - [I]In the Court of the Crimson King[/I]

I just secured myself a copy yesterday, and at the present moment, I love it.

Today:

The Beatles - [i]Revolver[/i]
The Beatles - [i]Sgt. Pepper's[/i]
Sun Kil Moon

The Mekons - [I]The Mekons Rock 'N Roll[/I] and [I]Curse Of The Mekons[/I]

Sparklehorse - Good Morning Spider

Brilliant, brilliant album.

Robert Randolph & the Family Band - Live at the Wetlands
fIREHOSE - If'n

Pere Ubu
Danger Doom

[i]Live at Wetlands[/i] is a pretty cool album. The band's performance on Austin City Limits last year was great, so much energy.

Frank Zappa - [i]Zappa in New York[/i]
Beat Happening - [i]Jamboree[/i]
The United States of America - s/t

Every week is more or less the same, it just varies in numbers based on how often I'm home.

1 The Smiths 409
2 Pulp 150
3 The Smiths (Covers) 117
4 Blur 91
5 Billy Bragg 74
6 Alanis Morissette 73
7 Bob Dylan 57
8 Blondie 52
9 Bob & Tom 51
10 Dashboard Confessional 46

[QUOTE=morrissey]10 Dashboard Confessional 46[/QUOTE]

omg emo

screamocore

[QUOTE=morrissey]screamocore[/QUOTE]

no thats mcr

alot of dna, melt banana, and boredoms.

DNA kickass. As well as Melt Banana.

Frank Zappa - [I]Uncle Meat[/I]

[U]Weekly Top Artists: Oct 23 - 30[/U]

1. Propagandhi - 16
1. Comeback Kid - 16
3. Bright Eyes - 15
3. At The Drive-In - 15
5. Elliott Smith - 14
6. Dead Kennedys - 13
6. Rise Against - 13
8. Modern Life Is War - 11
9. Minor Threat - 10
9. Refused - 10
9. Neutral Milk Hotel - 10
9. Against Me! - 10

Talking Heads are genius.

Weekly Top Artists
Sunday Oct 23 - Sunday Oct 30

1 Billy Bragg 42
2 Nada Surf 24
3 Alex Drosen 22
3 Elliott Smith 22
5 Massive Attack 19
6 Ryan Adams 15
7 Eskimo Joe 10
8 Oh No! Oh My! 3

And, my two new purchases:
Pixies - [I]Doolittle[/I]
Bob Dylan - [I]The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan[/I]

[QUOTE=Little Man being Erased]And, my two new purchases:
Pixies - [I]Doolittle[/I]
Bob Dylan - [I]The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan[/I][/QUOTE]

Those are both great albums.

I wonder why Doolittle seems to get more attention than Surfer Rosa. Surfer Rosa always seemed like the better album to me.

Because people have different opinions.

Obviously. But why is Doolittle widely considered the greater of the two? No reason to answer like a smartass, I'm actually curious.

Oct 23 to Oct 30, 2005
1 Hug 32
2 Hüsker Dü 23
3 Billy Bragg 22
4 Tom Waits 19
4 Dr. Octagon 19
6 Crippled Pilgrims 14
6 The Beatles 14
8 Arto Lindsay 13
9 Sun Kil Moon 11
10 Cows 8

I am love love loving all the Billy Bragg on the lists. B-)

[QUOTE=Daniel!]Those are both great albums.[/QUOTE]
Yep, I seem to find myself agreeing.

[QUOTE=morrissey]I am love love loving all the Billy Bragg on the lists. B-)[/QUOTE]
Thanks to your persistence.

[QUOTE=morrissey]I am love love loving all the Billy Bragg on the lists. B-)[/QUOTE]
The recent thread on him helped me re-realize how great he is. Good stuff indeed.

[QUOTE=Dreww]I wonder why Doolittle seems to get more attention than Surfer Rosa. Surfer Rosa always seemed like the better album to me.[/QUOTE]

I agree.

Weekly Top Artists
Sunday Oct 23 - Sunday Oct 30

1 Elliott Smith 68
2 I Would Set Myself On Fire For You 44
3 The Get Up Kids 37
4 Modest Mouse 34
5 Dredg 31
6 Sufjan Stevens 30
7 Cursive 26
8 On the Might of Princes 20
9 Comeback Kid 19
10 Explosions in the Sky 14

Elliott's always top notch.

[QUOTE=Luxor]Weekly Top Artists
Sunday Oct 23 - Sunday Oct 30

1 Elliott Smith 68
2 I Would Set Myself On Fire For You 44
3 The Get Up Kids 37
4 Modest Mouse 34
5 Dredg 31
6 Sufjan Stevens 30
7 Cursive 26
8 On the Might of Princes 20
9 Comeback Kid 19
10 Explosions in the Sky 14

Elliott's always top notch.[/QUOTE]

Same with I Would Etc.

Good album.

That riff at the end of track 2, is so hot.

[QUOTE=pixiesfanyo]Same with I Would Etc.

Good album.

That riff at the end of track 2, is so hot.[/QUOTE]
I like yo style nigga

They owe Albini alot of credit though because he basically created that "Original Pixies Sound". With their later albums you can actually hear what they really sounded like, they were a far more lush sounding band which wasn't captured on [I]Surfer Rosa[/I].

[QUOTE=NachoChez]Maybe Albini captured what they really sounded like, not the other way around.[/QUOTE]

Not at all, listen to the compositions of their other albums and listen to their live performances. They were never a stripped down band in the first place.

I got a few songs from the new HORSE the Band album.

Dig.

1 Death Cab for Cutie 39
2 Explosions in the Sky 32
3 The Magic Numbers 25
3 Sigur Rós 25
5 Mogwai 21
6 dredg 20
7 Stereolab 19
8 Pelican 17
9 Jimmy Eat World 16
10 The Books 15

1 At the Drive-In 13
2 the pillows 9
3 Sigur Rós 7
4 A.C. Newman 6
4 Air 6
6 Windsor for the Derby 5
7 HEADPHONES 4
7 M83 4
7 ...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead 4
10 Pink Floyd 3