<b>VNV Nation - Empires</b> - specifically, "Kingdom". Man, I dig this song. They're pretty good live though - that is, they perform well, even though their stuff is mostly prerecorded. But they seemed to work the crowd pretty well. Definitely good stuff.

Wesley Willis--Feel the Power: Chicago schizophrenic street artist. Puts out 3 or 4 records a year. Usually, each of his CDs has 24 songs or so, each song about 3 minutes each, and all the songs are damn near the same (beats, tempo, etc.). He usually "sings" about his bus rides on CTA and Pace, friends of his, and concerts he attends. He was actually signed to American Recordings, and put out 2 records through them in 1996--Feel the Power and Fabian Road Warrior. Also has a band called the Fiasco that does indie-punk rock. Generally hangs out in Chicago's Wicker Park area--my ex-fiance actually saw him on the street one day...and didn't ask for his autograph...damn her! ;) Listen to one of his CDs, if only for some simple humor.

"Rock over London! Rock on Chicago!"

Radiohead--The Bends

Alice in Chains--Facelift

The Crow--soundtrack: Arguably one of the best soundtracks ever put together.

McDonald's is the place to rock.

Dave and I are very familiar with Wesley Willis, syc. Heh.

I whupped batman's ass.

i also agree with you on the comment about The Crow soundtrack.

i especially love Nine Inch Nails - Dead Souls...yay. that's actually one of my favorite songs. it just has a slew of great artists though.

Who else is anal about (re)naming their MP3s?

*raises hand*

While I don't care much for ID3 tags, I absolutely have to have every file named correctly and in the same order (track number - artist - song title.mp3). All 1700+ MP3s currently on my hard drive are named that way, as are most of the ones I have backed up on a giant stack of CD-Rs.

What kind of system do you guys use?

Ehhh, Joy Division does it much better. Reznor's version is much too ..., I guess "produced" is the world I'm looking for.

Anyone else here like JD?

i'm anal about it. very. and i got this from dave. my playlist has to be absolutely perfect in its presentation - that is, the mp3s have to be listed as so:

Artist - Song Title

and the mp3s have to be named like so:

Artist-Song_Title.mp3

Currently, I have two different systems - one that I used to use, and the one that I'm migrating to.

I used to have a system where every mp3 was named like so:

Artist_With_Underscores_If_More_Than_One_word-Song_Title.mp3

That worked pretty well. I didn't care about ID3, so long as my mp3s were named like that.

Now, I'm migrating to

/dave/mp3/Artist/Album Name/Song Name.mp3

Mainly because that's the way iTunes rips mp3s, and iTunes is the best mp3 player -ever-. Eventually, I want to make iTunes rip mp3s like this

/dave/mp3/Artist/Album Name/Artist - Song Name.mpg

'cause honestly, that's how I'd prefer it. I'm also being super anal about how they're cataloged, both in iTunes' internal DB, as well as the ID3 tags. Luckily, iTunes makes this awfully easy, and then I can play them from all of my computers via a nice SMB share. Once I get the file server built, they'll all be on there, and all the computers in the house will automount their various shares. House-wide, we probably have about 6,000 unique MP3's. Mine have always been the most impeccable. Unfortunately, I need to go through them all and re-work them. Oh well.

Anyway. That's how I do it now.

Mother Love Bone--Mother Love Bone: Such a waste for Andrew Wood to die. Although, without his passing, Pearl Jam may not have come into existance.

Have to agree (as long as you meant anything *after* Wish). Certainly haven't been motivated enough to buy anything. Which, admittedly, may be as much a reflection on me as on the band.

I tend to not listen to my more meloncholy albums much any more. For the first time in more than a year I was able to pluck up the courage to play some Nick Drake. I had to think about it.

More or less goes without saying :) Plus I thought that it would be good to mention some groups that maybe others hadn't heard of before.

Well, the masses (bless 'em) are welcome to whatever they choose instead.

Yes, I rather like "Wish", minus "Friday I'm In Love". I think I could never hear that song for the rest of my life and it wouldn't bother me a bit. "High" was a great single, and "From The Edge Of The Deep Green Sea" is fucking EPIC.

Sadly, I've bought everything The Cure has done after "Wish", (except for the new "Greatest Hits" compilation) and the only thing I listen to somewhat regularly is the "Paris" live record. There's some great versions of some old "Pornography"-era tracks on there ("Figurehead", "One Hundred Years", etc).

As for New Order, sure they disappeared after "Republic", but isn't that better than putting out two or three crap albums like The Cure did? And at least we got some decent stuff from Electronic (specifically "Twisted Tenderness") and the first Monaco album isn't that bad.

Speaking of Electronic, this is just a shot in the dark, but does anyone know what happened to the Johnny Marr & The Healers album that was supposed to come out last year or something? I heard the opened for Oasis a long time ago and there was an album in the works, but then nothing.

Hertz, my apologies for both misreading your post and posting my reply. It didn't quite come out like I intended. Not sure what I was thinking there. :)

mm: Point taken. :)

sycamore, I can't accept your apology, because there was no need to offer it in the first place ;)

Now, on a related note, I was going to apologise to the masses. I was going to say I'm sorry I was so elitist back there, because really, it's about what you like. My music isn't better than yours. It's just different.

But then I got subjected to Wheatus for the four billionth time by some nimrod at the lights, so they can just forget it.

Mr. Bungle--Mr. Bungle

Nine Inch Nails--The Fragile: Both discs

Blur--13: Wonderful CD. Probably their best.

Whilst working on a new section of my site...
 

Candlebox--Candlebox

Moby--Everything is Wrong

Pearl Jam--Yield

DAMN!

Great selections...

"I don't need you... Your lies, they won't surface"... great great GREAT track.

James "Pleased To Meet You": Yet another great album to go unreleased in the US. What a shame.

<b>System of a Down - Toxicity</b> - I grabbed it Saturday morning. Decided I needed it. 'Course, it's playing on my iPod, which I'll probably listen to everything through now. Isn't Jenni nice to let me get this?

Now I need to get a car. That's my next toy. :)

Tori Amos - Strange little girls
Very wierd, but very good, thought provoking if distrubing at times.

Chemical Brothers - Come with us.
Fantastic work music, still my favorite electronica by far!

Cake - Comfort Eagle "we are building a religion, we are building it bigger, we are widening the corridors and adding more lanes, we are building a religion, a limited eduition, we are now accepting callers for these pendants and chains" Fantasic album.

Powderfinger - My Happiness
Just..good *laughz.

I think the baby kicked Tori in the brain on the way out. The concept behind that album is one of the most retarded things I've ever heard of. Despite this, I'm still a big fan of Tori, and I've actually got a good amount of her stuff on me iPod. I think I shall listen to it today. "Boys For Pele" is her strongest album. Good stuff.

<b>Rage Against The Machine - Evil Empire</b> - good good stuff. "Down Rodeo" is one of my favorite songs, and the rest is pretty good too. Rage put on a hell of a live show, and I was sad to see 'em go. But yeah - it's a good album. You should listen to it too. :)

Jesus dham...
 

You just HAD to buy the iPod, didn't you? :)

Well. I went to Jenni and I was like "Look, I won't get this if you don't want me to. Seriously. No problem at all. So if you don't want me to, I won't get it. What say you?" and she was like "It's cool. Get it." So yeah. I'm down with it.

It seriously is very very cool. I have it on shuffle now, going through all of my 929 songs (that are on here, anyway). Right now it's on Rammstein - Rammstein. Good stuff. But yeah. I didn't <b>have</b> to, but I'm glad I did - even in 2 days, it's been very very cool to have. I like it. You'll get one after you get a Mac. :)

"But Jenni said it's okay..." Heh.

j/k :)

/me listens to the woman.

Seriously though, I wasn't going to get it if she had any reservations about me doing so. Since she didn't, I did. And I'm glad - it's damn cool. It's been playing all morning and still has 75% battery life left. Not too frickin' shabby.

That IS cool.

I was going to buy SOAD the other day, but decided that I wanted a new road atlas instead. :)

Yeah. Getting lost in DC is no fun...

But... maybe it would be more enjoyable if you had SOAD CDs to keep you company? :)

Linkin Park--Hybrid Theory

Depeche Mode--A Broken Frame: I haven't listened to this CD in quite some time. It's probably their 2nd worst CD, but it's a good listen. Pretty damned good for being released in 1982.

ehhhh Linkin Park, good cd.

Better than I thought it would be. Once I heard the 3 singles off it, I decided to go ahead and buy it. Definitely good. It was the largest selling CD in the US last year--almost 5 million copies. Surprising.

Yes and no.
Angry music for an angry world, i hark back to what i wrote before in that thread about 2002.

I'll have to try out Linkin Park. Can always make space on my iPod. :)

Jenni and I are about to leave for work, so I think we're gonna start it off with....

<b>Candlebox - Candlebox</b> - I know sycamore posted this a while back, but it's worth repeating. This album, while lacking the "wholeness" of, say, "The Downward Spiral", is still pretty much filled with great songs. I love it.

<b>Toadies - Rubberneck</b> - this is probably one of my favorite albums of all time. I can listen to it over and over. It's relatively short, infinitely listenable, and just plain <b>good</b>. I've had this CD for nearly 7 years and after hundreds of listens, I have not gotten tired of it at all. Of course, it's playing on my iPod, which I think is going to quickly become my music player of preference. We even use it in Jenni's car... wahoo!

<b>Weezer - Weezer</b> - after Rubberneck finished, I needed something else to listen to. I scrolled down my lists of artists really quick and settled on Weezer. Although <b>Pinkerton</b> is, in my opinion, a more mature album, I really wanted to listen to <i>My Name Is Jonas</i>. And so it was, the self titled album was picked.

MP3s
 

I'm using Winamp to listen to an MP3 playlist. Some of the stuff on the list:

Harvey Danger
Therapy?
Pennywise
Swingin' Utters
NOFX
No Use For a Name
Motorhead
Belly
Alanis Morissette
Deee-Lite
Cypress Hill

<b>Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile</b>. Best double-CD album ever. 'Nuff said.

agreed.

bjork - post

fear the icelandic :)

<b>Guns N' Roses - The Spaghetti Incident?</b> - It's by far their worst, but it's still pretty good. "Ain't it Fun" is a great track, as well as Jenni's favorite - "Down on the Farm". :)

*COUfuckyouGH*

mmmm... maybe tonight? :P

Hey. Leave and come get me now. 6, remember?

What's the "Down On The Farm" joke?

Was I sposta get something? : \

Axl sings in a british accent. She hates it. Hence the joke. :)

Oh geez. I've never heard the song, but it sounds like a terrible idea. :p

It's actually rather good, I think. Anyway...

<b>P.O.D - Satellite</b> - pretty good album. I saw them live a while back and thought they were pretty alright. However, I recently got hooked on "Alive" and I had to get this CD. So, it plays rather nicely off my iPod and I enjoy listening to it. 15 tracks of goodness.

[ Edit - Wow! This is post # 1000. I guess I'll pass Tony soon too. :P ]

The Cure - "Mixed Up": Man, I hadn't listened to this in forever. A great selection of pre-1990 Cure hits remixed for my pleasure.

Fat Bob shoulda put out "Mixed Up 2" instead of that "Greatest Hits" crap.

<b>Incubus - Make Yourself</b> - really good CD. Really really good CD. I just find it infinitely listenable, save for "Drive", which I get <b>really</b> tired of. "The Warmth" is one of my favorite songs ever. "Out From Under" rules too.

um... vast - music for people

yay me, i've never posted to this thread.

actually i just like all of the vast stuff i've heard, so i picked this one. it's just...so good. yeah. maybe dave could explain that better than me.

Nickelback - How you remind me
a song rather than an album but its fucking good!
I love it!
Creed -Weathered
is great too. (CD not song)

<b>Guns N' Roses - Appetite for Destruction</b> - this really is a great album. All of the songs are good, and some are just plain <b>great</b>. It reminds me of doing the air guitar thing with Jen back when we were little, and singing "Sweet Child O' Mine" on the stairs like a little idiot. Plus, it's just <b>good</b>.

"Here I am, and you're a Rocket Queen, I might be a little young but honey I'm not naive."

devo devo devo devo.
Pioneers that got scalped. The Anthology.
to be exact.
I seriously can't get this out of the cd player in my car.
They are seriously underrated, and the cover they did of "Head Like a Hole" is just superb, better than the original.
course, when not devo, then The Residents.
*is prepared to be flamed into oblivion by certain individuals ;)*

You are no longer welcome in my house. That is such a bullshit statement. :) That's alright though. I know it. Even Andrea knows it. You can live in your little dream world. :)

My little dream world? Hey, it's all a matter of personal opinion. I enjoy listening to the cover more than I do the real song. I think Devos version is more....interesting, to say the least.

I agree, DEVO wins every time. IMO the original was hardly the groundbreaking work it is supposed to be. Reznor didn't come up with the idea of distorting the vocal track, and the whole thing is one step away from being a "rock anthem" with its overly simple lyrics. The only difference is that it's drenched in nihilism instead of cock-sure charisma. That's my opinion and I'm stickin' to it.

Maybe he came up with the idea, thought "this really sucks", and tossed it out the window. Devo, in their awful lack of taste, decided to regurgitate the original for a shitty soundtrack. :)

MY opinion on the whole 'head like a hole' devo cover subject...

thumbs down.

i just...wow, that is one of the worst songs i've ever heard in my entire life. talk about nonsense, thrown together CRAP. i mean of course this is just my opinion and...

chris, you're still just AS cool but...

ugh. i can't find the words. :)

i think the words "awfully shitty" and "horrendous" are the ones i'd use. :)

<b>Tom Petty - Wildflowers</b> - there's something about Tom Petty that I'll always dig. I saw him live back in '99 and what I expected to be a good concert turned out to be <b>great</b>. His music is awesome, and he's involved in some great projects - namely The Heartbreakers and The Traveling Wilburys. Good good stuff.

<b>Pearl Jam - No Code</b> - Pearl Jam is still one of my favorite bands, even after some 11 years. They continually put out great music. It just really appeals to me.

This is definitely a good album. Their two best are, undoubtedly, "Ten" and "Vitalogy". However, that doesn't mean they're the only two worth owning. I got this for Christmas '96, and there are some songs on here that have just really stuck. Hard to pick a favorite, but I really dig "Mankind". As well as the rest of the album. :)

Alanis Mosisette - Under Rug Swept
Its growing on me, fast. I still perfer Jagged Little Pill though.