What Are You Listening to Right Now? - Page 4

spooky69 · 06-25-2008, 09:44 PM

Walter Carlos - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major
Good thing you caught me listening to something that makes me look hip and smart.

DMcCunney · 06-25-2008, 10:21 PM

Chrysalis - Definition

Back in the late 60's, San Francisco band like the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead were highly popular. MGM Records tried to duplicate the phenomenon by mining a different territory, and producing a series of albums from Boston based bands they labeled the "Bosstown Sound".

Chrysalis was one release. Definition was their only album, and it became a cult favorite. It's been on my top ten albums list from when I first heard it. The sound is psychedelic. Leader J. Spider Barbour was a grad student in entomology, and the songs are full of odd insect references, like the mayfly, cleaning wings singed by a candle flame, becoming a metaphor for the singer's failed romance. And for just outright weird, "Dr. Root's Garden", in which kids play outside his house, while inside, Dr. Root breeds bottles of disease to loose upon the world he thinks has wronged him.

Spider is still around, a biologist living in upstate NY, who also plays with a local band called the Curmudgeons. http://www.ulster.net/~spider/

The Rev-Ola specialty label in the UK re-released Definition on CD with bonus tracks , but this is the original vinyl.

Just wonderful.
______
Dennis

RWood · 06-25-2008, 10:35 PM

This year, far more than we have had for the past fifteen years, the songbirds are back. Cardinals are out in force and a few bluebirds, robins are plentiful, and even some orioles. Of course there are always a crow or two; but, the pigeon population seems to have diminished a great deal.

Music at the moment, Warren Zevon's I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

JSWolf · 06-25-2008, 10:39 PM

00134. "Weird Al" Yankovic - [Running With Scissors #01] The Saga Begins
00135. Sarah McLachlan - [Solace #11/11] Wear Your Love like Heaven
00136. Smile Empty Soul - [Smile Empty Soul #14] Eraser
00137. Wizard of Oz in Concert - [Dreams Come True #30/37] Debra Winger - Haunted Forest
00138. Beach Boys - [Greatest Hits 1961 - 1965, Vol. 1 #02] Surfin' U.S.A.

spooky69 · 06-26-2008, 03:16 AM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

00134. "Weird Al" Yankovic - [Running With Scissors #01] The Saga Begins
00135. Sarah McLachlan - [Solace #11/11] Wear Your Love like Heaven
00136. Smile Empty Soul - [Smile Empty Soul #14] Eraser
00137. Wizard of Oz in Concert - [Dreams Come True #30/37] Debra Winger - Haunted Forest
00138. Beach Boys - [Greatest Hits 1961 - 1965, Vol. 1 #02] Surfin' U.S.A.

00139. Lazy Susan - My Comforter Needs Adjusting (Will You Be the One to Do It)

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 08:48 AM

currently listening to the shrieking hordes of unwashed minions of satan which regularly invade the schoolyard outside my kitchen window. judging by volume, there are approximately eleventy gazillion of them in there now, and they are all simultaneously being flayed alive. when does school end this year ????

in parallel to that, in the courtyard of my own building, some unidentified birds (not pigeons) think that there is some kind of "who can make more noise" competition going on, and are bellowing "CHIRP !!! CHIRP !!! CHIRP !!!!" at the top of their surprisingly powerful lungs.

i think it may be time for my anti-noise dispositive again.

montsnmags · 06-26-2008, 09:01 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

...
i think it may be time for my anti-noise dispositive again.

OH! What's that?! Sounds brilliant, like something Doctor Who might use.

I'm currently listening to Americans milk camels and then drink it straight from the bowl.

Cheers,
Marc

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 09:07 AM

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Originally Posted by montsnmags

OH! What's that?! Sounds brilliant, like something Doctor Who might use.

if i say it is, can i have a sonic screwdriver to go with it ??? i so want one of those...

(in fact it's the dj headphones which i will soon have to have permanently grafted to my head)

Quote:

I'm currently listening to Americans milk camels and then drink it straight from the bowl.

Cheers,
Marc

the original, or the punk rock cover ?

(help me out, i'm trying to launch a new catchphrase here.)

vivaldirules · 06-26-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

currently listening to the shrieking hordes of unwashed minions of satan...

Band name: The Shums (aka, The Shrieking Hordes of Unwashed Minions of Satan) whose full name is The Shrieking Hordes of Unwashed Minions of Satan Which Regularly Invade the Schoolyard Outside My Kitchen Window

pshrynk · 06-26-2008, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by vivaldirules

Band name: The Shums (aka, The Shrieking Hordes of Unwashed Minions of Satan) whose full name is The Shrieking Hordes of Unwashed Minions of Satan Which Regularly Invade the Schoolyard Outside My Kitchen Window

SHUMSWRISOMKW just doesn't roll off the tongue with quite the same verve.

vivaldirules · 06-26-2008, 09:44 AM

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Originally Posted by pshrynk

SHUMSWRISOMKW just doesn't roll off the tongue with quite the same verve.

Uh-oh. If I enter SHUMSWRISOMKW into my secret SSCMDB decoder ring/badge/thingie, I get out Covert Silliness Operations. But I thought we weren't supposed to talk about that. Hey, don't look at me. It was Queen Zee who said it, not me.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 10:27 AM

pfff. silly dog, that's the whole point of a secret code.

(why do you think we need the decoder rings in the first place ???)

RWood · 06-26-2008, 10:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by montsnmags

... I'm currently listening to Americans milk camels and then drink it straight from the bowl....

Ahhhhhhhhh, raw milk. If it doesn't kill you, it makes you stronger.

Morning here, I have some oldies but goodies lined up to the next few hours -- Mamas & Papas, Lovin's Spoonful, Jackson Browne, Eagles, Spirit, Meat Loaf, and Byrds.

I just finished listening to Arlo Guthrie's first album Alice's Restaurant and the song Highway in the Wind. Now there is a group of songs by one-hit-wonders, Right now is Liar, Liar by the Castaways, next up is Goody Two-Shoes by Adam Ant.

zelda_pinwheel · 06-26-2008, 10:56 AM

Adam Ant !!! i love him. Stand and Deliver !!

well i think i know what i'm about to be listening to...

DixieGal · 06-26-2008, 12:00 PM

Madonna's Confessions from a Dancefloor

Also listening to the sound of ringing phones, loudmouth co-workers, the roaring of the AC unit on the roof 2 stories down, frequent sirens, and the sounds of other people complaining about their jobs. I need a vacation.

06-26-2008, 10:27 AM	#57
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	pfff. silly dog, that's the whole point of a secret code. (why do you think we need the decoder rings in the first place ???) Last edited by zelda_pinwheel; 06-26-2008 at 10:36 AM.

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06-25-2008, 09:44 PM	#46
spooky69 Stats: Posts: 233 Karma: 1189 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	Walter Carlos - Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 In G Major Good thing you caught me listening to something that makes me look hip and smart.

06-25-2008, 10:21 PM	#47
DMcCunney New York Editor Posts: 6,384 Karma: 16540415 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: PalmTX, Pocket eDGe, Alcatel Fierce 4, RCA Viking Pro 10, Nexus 7	Chrysalis - Definition Back in the late 60's, San Francisco band like the Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead were highly popular. MGM Records tried to duplicate the phenomenon by mining a different territory, and producing a series of albums from Boston based bands they labeled the "Bosstown Sound". Chrysalis was one release. Definition was their only album, and it became a cult favorite. It's been on my top ten albums list from when I first heard it. The sound is psychedelic. Leader J. Spider Barbour was a grad student in entomology, and the songs are full of odd insect references, like the mayfly, cleaning wings singed by a candle flame, becoming a metaphor for the singer's failed romance. And for just outright weird, "Dr. Root's Garden", in which kids play outside his house, while inside, Dr. Root breeds bottles of disease to loose upon the world he thinks has wronged him. Spider is still around, a biologist living in upstate NY, who also plays with a local band called the Curmudgeons. http://www.ulster.net/~spider/ The Rev-Ola specialty label in the UK re-released Definition on CD with bonus tracks , but this is the original vinyl. Just wonderful. ______ Dennis

06-25-2008, 10:35 PM	#48
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	This year, far more than we have had for the past fifteen years, the songbirds are back. Cardinals are out in force and a few bluebirds, robins are plentiful, and even some orioles. Of course there are always a crow or two; but, the pigeon population seems to have diminished a great deal. Music at the moment, Warren Zevon's I'll Sleep When I'm Dead.

06-25-2008, 10:39 PM	#49
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 80,784 Karma: 150249619 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	00134. "Weird Al" Yankovic - [Running With Scissors #01] The Saga Begins 00135. Sarah McLachlan - [Solace #11/11] Wear Your Love like Heaven 00136. Smile Empty Soul - [Smile Empty Soul #14] Eraser 00137. Wizard of Oz in Concert - [Dreams Come True #30/37] Debra Winger - Haunted Forest 00138. Beach Boys - [Greatest Hits 1961 - 1965, Vol. 1 #02] Surfin' U.S.A.

06-26-2008, 08:48 AM	#51
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	currently listening to the shrieking hordes of unwashed minions of satan which regularly invade the schoolyard outside my kitchen window. judging by volume, there are approximately eleventy gazillion of them in there now, and they are all simultaneously being flayed alive. when does school end this year ???? in parallel to that, in the courtyard of my own building, some unidentified birds (not pigeons) think that there is some kind of "who can make more noise" competition going on, and are bellowing "CHIRP !!! CHIRP !!! CHIRP !!!!" at the top of their surprisingly powerful lungs. i think it may be time for my anti-noise dispositive again.

06-26-2008, 10:56 AM	#59
zelda_pinwheel zeldinha zippy zeldissima Posts: 27,827 Karma: 921169 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Paris, France Device: eb1150 & is that a nook in her pocket, or she just happy to see you?	Adam Ant !!! i love him. Stand and Deliver !! well i think i know what i'm about to be listening to...

06-26-2008, 12:00 PM	#60
DixieGal Hi There! Posts: 7,473 Karma: 2930523 Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Ft Lauderdale Device: iPad	Madonna's Confessions from a Dancefloor Also listening to the sound of ringing phones, loudmouth co-workers, the roaring of the AC unit on the roof 2 stories down, frequent sirens, and the sounds of other people complaining about their jobs. I need a vacation.