What's playing on your sound system right now?

[Taverner]

Me?



Love's me some Austin, Tejas music.

I swear to god, Austin doesn't belong in Texas. Austin, if you move to California, you can be our capital. Deal?

[SKKY]

1. "Peek a boo" by Siouxsie and the Banshees...

[NewWaveChick1981]

9. That's a GREAT song!

:hi: Love it!

[SKKY]

19. It is! Especially with good speakers that really produce...

...the deep bass that makes that song thump.

[NewWaveChick1981]

20. Yes it is.

Have you ever listened to it via headphones? It's pretty amazing that way too... :hi:

[Broken_Hero]

2. Life of Agony...

River Runs Red,

Bad Seed, track 8...for metal/alternative heads, a definite recommend...

[Nicole]

3. Dixie Chicks

Their debut album which I bought in 1998 or 1999. I have all of their albums but the first is still my favorite.

[lizziegrace]

4. Mighty Rearranger

Robert Plant

[Initech]

5. Zappa In New York

[bbernardini]

7. My wife won't let me get...

...the "To hell with cookies and milk, give me Titties & Beer" for our soon-to-be (January) kid.

[last_texas_dem]

6. Heart's "Dog and Butterfly"

My favorite by them, besides the debut. I'm listening to side two of the LP, the soft/ballads side. Splitting albums between hard and soft sides is one of those cool (well, IMHO, anyway) customs of the vinyl era that CDs can't pull off quite as well.

[NewWaveChick1981]

8. "88 Lines About 44 Women" by The Nails...

:hi:

[querelle]

15. OMG!

I haven't heard that one in ages! I used to love that song!

Q

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. I love that song...

:hi: It's one of my favorite New Wave songs... Glad you like it too, Q! :*

[RetroLounge]

25. They Might Be Giants do a good version too

:hi:

RL

[NewWaveChick1981]

26. Yes indeed.

:hi: I love that song no matter who's doing it! :rofl:

[Guava Jelly]

10. V for vendetta on my laptop

:)

[bbernardini]

Fastball concert from May. Other things we've listened to today:

The Eagles - soundboard recording of the second night of the MTV reunion taping
The Cure - FM concert from 1992
Die Aerzte - short concert selection from German FM
Sid 'n' Susie (aka Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs) - their World Cafe appearance
They Might Be Giants - FM concert from July 4, 1992 (in Chicago)
Air Supply - audience recording of their July 29 show in Atlantic City
Keane - concert from May on German FM

[bbernardini]

11. Fastball concert from May. Other things we've listened to today:

The Eagles - soundboard recording of the second night of the MTV reunion taping
The Cure - FM concert from 1992
Die Aerzte - short concert selection from German FM
Sid 'n' Susie (aka Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs) - their World Cafe appearance
They Might Be Giants - FM concert from July 4, 1992 (in Chicago)
Air Supply - audience recording of their July 29 show in Atlantic City
Keane - concert from May on German FM

[Xipe Totec]

12. My own voice

declaiming XIXth century Mexican poetry by Salvador Diaz Miron.

Weird? Yes.

My defining characteristic.

[sakabatou]

13. "Escaflowne: for Lovers Only" by Yoko Kanno

[querelle]

14. Moby

Play

Q

[Broken_Hero]

16. thank you

I need to get this cd...I have been meaning to, but I always forgot. I'm not good at remembering cds, when I go to the cd store. Its like a brain freeze when I get there, and I forget what I was there looking for...:)

[sendero]

18. I'm not playing anything.

... but I hear Led Zeppelin's "When the Levee Breaks" coming from my son's room :)

[mtowngman]

21. Ziggy Marley "True to Myself" n/t

[martymar64]

22. Butthole Surfers - Pepper

Being in Austin, I hear a lot of cool stuff. My close friends are mostly in the folkie and jam band scene. For some really fun (and a little weird) music, I recommend my friends' band Grass. For folkier stuff, I recommend my old roommate Mo Pair and also his cousin Russell Clepper. Both are outstanding musicians.

[LadyoftheRabbits]

23. "Georgia On My Mind" by Ray Charles n/t

[RetroLounge]

24. Fountains of Wayne

Welcome Interstate Managers

:hi:

RL

[lost-in-nj]

30. Hey

thats down the street from me!

Fountains of Wayne that is



lost

[southpaw]

27. Peter Murphy "Cuts You Up"

[meegbear]

28. Alice Cooper - Muscle of Love ...

[Spirochete]

29. Brian Setzer Orchestra

Think the name of it is Dirty Boogie.

[supernova]

31. Delirium... Karma

I love listening to this kind of stuff to work by:

[necso]

32. Grateful Dead,

"Me and My Uncle": live, date unknown (unfortunately):

Me and my uncle went ridin' down,
South Colarada, West Texas bound.
We stopped over in Santa Fe,
That bein' the point, just about half way,
And hey, you know it was the hottest part of the day.

And I took the horses up to the stall,
Went to the barroom, ordered drinks for all.
Three days in the saddle, you know my body hurt,
It bein' summer, I took off my shirt,
And I tried to wash off some of that dusty dirt.

West Texas cowboys, they's all around,
Wee¹ liquor and money, they loaded down.
So soon after payday, you know it seemed a shame;
You know my uncle, he starts a friendly game,
Yeah: High, Low, Jack and the Winner Take the Name².

....

Pop³ start winnin'; cowboys got sore.
One of them called him, and then two more,
Accused him of cheating; Oh no, it couldn't be!
I know my uncle, he's as honest as me,
Hell, I'm as honest as a Denver⁴ man can be, that's me.

One of them cowboys, he starts to draw,
And I shot him down, Lord, he never saw.
Shot me another, hot damn, he won't grow old.
In the confusion, my uncle grabbed the gold,
And we high-tailed it down to Mexico.

Now, I love those cowboys, I love their gold,
I love my uncle, God rest his soul,
Taught me good, Lord, taught me all I know.
Taught me so well, I got that gold,
And I left his dead ass there by the side of the road.

Yeah!

...

1: W' or Wi' pronounced with an "e"-sound, so as to avoid confusion with "why" is my guess. The use of "w" to stand for "with" is common, but pronouncing it as "double-u" doesn't sound right.

2: A card game where betters bid the number of points they'll score if they get to "call" the trump suit. (The rules vary, but winning tricks containing the high, low, or jack of trumps typically counts for one point.)

3: Not sure, but "Pop" could be a familiar, but respectful, way of addressing an older man, especially a near relative.

4: For a long time I thought that this word was "Devil's" (in addition to misperceiving other words and phrases in the song -- a common failing of mine). Then I looked up the lyrics and found "Denver" instead of "Devil's" -- but there were some errors in the lyrics that I found, so they didn't inspire complete confidence. Now, when I listen expecting "Devil's", I (typically) hear "Devil's". But when I listen expecting "Denver", I (typically) hear "Denver"... Although sometimes I hear "deadly -- and sometimes I'm not sure. (sigh)

Perception can be a complicated thing: influenced (and distorted) by expectations, hopes, knowledge, (broader) perspective, state (of being), other predispositions, etc.

And sometimes the more you "think" about something -- or, more generally, try to perceive it (especially obsessively) -- the more this distorts your perception of that thing. Yet perception (taken broadly) is the foundation of many other things, knowledge, understanding, perspective, etc -- at least in part.

Life can be a complicated business, and it can be helpful to keep the fundamentals close to mind -- like the existence of misperceptions, misunderstandings and misjudgments.

[dolo amber]

33. If by "soundsystem" you mean the shit speakers on my laptop...

Then it's Leftfield "Leftism". I've had this record on for 2 days. :bounce:

[Omphaloskepsis]

34. Artist: The Lawrence Arms

Album: Cocktails & Dreams
Song: There's No Place Like a Stranger's Floor

[leeroysphitz]

35. The Flaming Lips. "Haven't Got A Clue"

"Every time you state your case the more I want to punch your face."