Daniel, Esq.
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I tried listening on Lala to one of Sub Pop's most lauded releases: Afghan Whigs' Congregation. Provocative cover, provocative lyrics, but it mostly reminds me that -- Nirvana aside -- I really didn't enjoy grunge as music (I liked th…
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gotta be. what titles/acts are you most interested in?
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At this new moment? Watching my daughter and her friend jump around to Miley Cirus' Best of Both Worlds. Horrible, trite, artless songs. But she's happy, so I'm happy.
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well, i recently read that, since the sony acquisition, emusic has seen its first substantial rise in the subscriber base in the past few years. the articles didn't say that emusic was poverty-stricken before the sony acquisition,… -
What am I listening to right now? Me, playing Spanish Romance arr. by Robert Hamilton. And, to be clear, I'm playing it slowly and very, very poorly. I can read the sheet music, tho, so that's something (albeit it very little…
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Nothing special, this sale. Buzz me when there's another sitewide $2.00/disc sale.
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lol. no, i'd say:
Johnny Cash
Joan Jett
Joe Jackson
Boy George
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Wait, on second thought, maybe I love just 5 things you used to hate.
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Tim, I love half the things you used to hate!
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Stereolab, maybe. I've had the The Radio 1 Sessions for a while, but just got around to listening to it. Never heard them …
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i've got it. one song (schrapnel) is a monster: dense, dark, and thumping. one of the best dance tracks of the decade.
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Love Sade.
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prices still too high on non-sale items imo
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Another good option: Ornette Coleman's The Shape Of Jazz To Come.
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lol. i want to hear this! who sings on it, why is it so bad, and where can i find WATW 2.0?
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Any ballad from Gregg Allman's Laid Back solo disc.
Ex. A -- C below.
These Days (Jackson Browne cover)
in Last Call Comment by Daniel, Esq. January 2010 -
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Yeah. I started that thread (my claim to fame!). It's an impossible question, since (a) no song does enough to be a clear choice and (b) my selection changes with my mood. Having said all that, in What is the perfect pop song? Comment by Daniel, Esq. January 2010 -
Most of the big Rhino collections do nothing for me. Their deluxe-reissues, with generous bonus material, are ace, tho.
There are some Rhino box-sets I love, e.g., Left Of The Dial (the 80s college-rock set), but they haven't be… -
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I'm still happy to discuss it! -
I actually just qued a bunch of Waits' discs in my saved-for-later list. I like Waits' regular voice. I hedge when I hear him distorting his voice (but not when he's growling, which he often does and which I like about his voice). Sometimes it wo…
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I can see this. And I loved his odds-and-ends collection from a few years ago (one of my favorite discs of that year).
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I don't think there's much in the way of "bonus material." The album is a real pop masterpiece, tho.
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Power-pop/singer-songwriter fans shouldn't miss Chris Bell's I Am The Cosmos. Bell was the McCartney to Alex Chilton's Lennon in the group Big Star. He died shortly after leaving Big Star, and his scattered solo recordings were collected to…
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Wait, why would there be Liars discs -- they aren't Warner Bros., are they?
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Ugh, no chance for me, then. Well, none of the box-set deals seemed so intriguing to me.
BUT WHAT A DAY FOR NEW RELEASES. Dizzying. -
No Smiths (so far). Lots of solo Morrissey, tho.
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Best news would be if the NYPost article is right, and two new majors simultaneously appeared.
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If you assume Def Jam would have to (or would be likely to) come on board with Universal, and Def Jam isn't coming, then maybe it means the major(s) isn't Universal. -
No thread for other publication's best-of-the-decade lists? Hm. Well, here's The Stylus Decade. (The writers reunited for a one-off best-of list). Good list imo.