Audience Participation Weekend
Wooo, it’s Friday! And I. Just. Got. Paid!
I’m a good mood so far today. (Getting to wake up late, after a Riots win against Brooklyn’s natural enemies, will do that.) Anyway, for the past few weeks or so, I’ve been on a quest to get some new music. (My 14-hour-workdays for the last 9 weeks (yes ONLY 9 WEEKS BUT FEELS LIKE 90 YEARS) means I have, essentially, gone through my 2000+ song ipod oh, about 100 times…and I just can’t…I can barely stand to listen to Billy Joel anymore. BILLY JOEL!) So, I have been trying to watch MTV, CMT, and VH1 to get some new stuff that I’d like and I also check out songs people mention a lot (Ken Wheaton: that fire song is IDIOTIC!). The most excellently awesome Texas April, kindly provided me with a playlist (and tricked me into signing up for a new site (dropbox.com…I haven’t yet tested out their posting features…) She then blogged about the process and I found that funny:
I have this friend Dawn. She’s smart, super funny, totally hot, and in general – awesome. However there are some things we need to work on to enhance the package. For starters, her taste in music.
A quick glance through her Twitter timeline will tell you she’s got issues. There is far more Miley Cyrus and Nickelback than any self-respecting 29-year-old woman should have. Also, holy hell did I create a Twitter monster.
RAWR, TWITTER MONSTER HUNGRY…which reminds me, I’m actually gonna do a twitter post today…
Anyway, Mary -driven mostly by instincts of self-preservation, actuallly got in on the act. So, go read April’s post, click below the fold and check out Mary’s choices and then leave your own suggestions in the comments. Note: Heavy metal = never gonna happen; classical music = hella never gonna happen.
Beyond that, I really am totally open. I love everything from Miley Cyrus to like Hillary Duff and everything in between! 
I keed, I keed…my ipod really does have EVERYTHING on it. Ask Alceste.
Talking Heads And She Was
Kaiser Chiefs Everyday I Love You Less And Less
Spacehog In The Meantime
The B52s Planet Claire
Soul Coughing Super Bon Bon
The Magnetic Fields The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side
Liz Phair What Makes You Happy
Keane Somewhere Only We Know
Saint Etienne Only Love Can Break Your Heart
Beulah Sunday Under Glass
The Dead Kennedys Viva Las Vegas
10,000 Maniacs Like The Weather
Bloc Party Luno
Blondie The Tide Is High
Tom Tom Club Under The Boardwalk
Billy Bragg & Wilco Way Over Yonder In The Minor Key
Modest Mouse Float On
Neutral Milk Hotel in the aeroplane over the sea
The Decemberists July, July!
Massive Attack Teardrop
Doves There Goes The Fear
Love & Rockets All In My Mind
Bjork Bachelorette
They Might Be Giants Istanbul (Not Constantinople)
World Party Put The Message In The Box
The Smiths How Soon Is Now
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions Rattlesnakes
Crowded House Weather With You
The Strokes Someday
Hole Doll Parts
Bauhaus Slice Of Life
Squirrel Nut Zippers Hell
Cake I Will Survive
Snow Patrol Run
PJ Harvey This Mess We’re In
Arcade Fire Wake Up
The Killers Change Your Mind
Gin Blossoms Found Out About You
Cocteau Twins Heaven or Las Vegas
Susanne Vega Language
Kirsty MacColl What Do Pretty Girls Do
Wilco Pot kettle black
The Ramones Blitzkrieg Bop
Mission of Burma That’s When I Reach For My Revolver
Wire I 2 X U
Interpol The New
James Laid
The Mendoza Line Will You Be Here Tomorrow
Nine Inch Nails Hurt
The Futureheads Hounds Of Love
The Pretenders Message Of Love
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark Enola Gay
The Smithereens Behind The Wall Of Sleep
The Dead Milkmen Punk Rock Girl
Joy Division Love Will Tear Us Apart
Violent Femmes Blister In The Sun
999 Homicide
The Psychedelic Furs All That Money Wants
Black Flag Wasted
The The Uncertain Smile
Siouxsie & The Banshees Christine
Camper Van Beethoven Take The Skinheads Bowling
Joe Jackson Is She Really Going Out With Him
Billy Brag A New England
Nirvana All Apologies
The Sex Pistols Anarchy In The U.K.
Gary Numan Are ‘Friends’ Electric?
David Bowie Ashes To Ashes
The Auteurs Bailed Out
Depeche Mode Behind The Wheel
Tricky Black Steel
British Sea Power Blackout
Television Call Mr. Lee
The Libertines Can’t Stand Me Now
Tori Amos Caught A Lite Sneeze
Gorillaz Clint Eastwood
Concrete Blonde Darkening Of The Light
The Police Darkness
Julian Cope East Easy Rider
Martha & The Muffins Echo Beach
The Jody Grind Eight-Ball
Thomas Dolby Europa And The Pirate Twins
Matthew Sweet Evangeline
The Buzzcocks Ever Fallen In Love
Radiohead Fake Plastic Trees
XTC enerals And Majors
The Jesus & Mary Chain Half Way To Crazy
The Breeders Happiness Is A Warm Gun
Pixies Here Comes Your Man
The Sundays Here’s Where The Story Ends
Dogs Die in Hot Cars I Love You ’cause I Have To
Beth Orton I Wish I Never Saw The Sunshine
The Cure In Between Days
Peter Gabriel In Your Eyes
Squeeze Is That Love
Mary’s Danish Julie’s Blanket (Pigsheadsnakeface)
The Cars Just What I Needed
Sonic Youth Kool Thing
Spiritualized Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating
Lush Ladykillers
Vic Chesnutt Lucinda Williams
Tears for Fears Mad World
Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians Madonna Of The Wasps
Yeah Yeah Yeahs Maps
Mercury Rev Goddess On a Hiway
The English Beat Mirror In The Bathroom
Hoodoo Gurus Miss Freelove ’69
Yo La Tengo My Little Corner Of The World
U2 Mysterious Ways
Luscious Jackson Naked Eye
Throwing Muses Not Too Soon
Elvis Costello & The Attractions Oliver’s Army
Fun Boy Three Our Lips Are Sealed
Bettie Serveert Palomine
Ultravox Passing Strangers
Lou Reed Perfect Day
Public Image Limited Rise
The Stone Roses She Bangs The Drum
The Jazz Butcher She’s on Drugs
Belly Slow Dog
R.E.M. So. Central Rain
The Clash Spanish Bombs
Ministry Stigmata
Morrissey Suedehead
Franz Ferdinand Take Me Out
New Order Temptation
The Starrlings That’s It You’re In Trouble
Belle & Sebastian The Boy With The Arab Strap
The Pogues The Broad Majestic Shannon
Iggy Pop The Passenger
Kate Bush There Goes A Tenner
The Jam Town Called Malice
The Normal TVOD
The Church Under The Milky Way
Gang of Four We Live As We Dream, Alone
August 14th, 2009 at 10:35 am
I’ve actually added more songs to the list – and because I have no idea when I’ll be in your car again, I may add even more.
http://www.loona.net/songs.html
This is the alt/indie cd. Let me know if you want a prog rock/rock/(I guess no metal) or an electronic/ambient cd as well.
August 14th, 2009 at 10:46 am
Given what I know about your taste, and my encyclopedic knowledge of music, here’s what I’d recommend:
Black Eyed Peas, “Joints & Jam” (early single)
Blaque, “Bring It All To Me” (you might know that one already)
Usher, “Simple Things” (you might know that one too)
Skye Sweetnam, “Sharada”
The Dream, “Walking on the Moon”
August 14th, 2009 at 10:57 am
Yaron I didn’t know any of those! Will check them out.
Mary, I think “electronic” and “rock/rock” might suffer from the qualities that I hate about metal/classical. I hate noise. And if I cant discern an actual beat and be able to understand actual words, it’s a no-go. Sorry, Chopin. Just sounds like screeching noise (many rap songs also irritate me for that same reason, just noise interspersed with “fuck that bitch ass cop.”)
August 14th, 2009 at 10:58 am
I’ll send Peter, he knows what’s up.
If you want to rock out I love this British song (NSFW):
Lo Fidelity Allstars- Battleflag
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B99nd2iKGOw&feature=PlayList&p=E949798BADE6376B
I love the Postal Service cd – love the lyrics and the music.
Stars: Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55FMOJMhV9s
August 14th, 2009 at 11:05 am
If you are going to get me into poetry I am going to get you into Nina Simone. It would be obvious to just suggest “Feeling Good,” but really, you should go ahead and get yourself one of her cds. My first one ever (a zillion years ago) was “Nina Simone: The Colpix Years,” and that one has done right by me, but there are a bunch of other compilation type cds that are all good.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:22 am
“I hate noise.” – hmmm…I may need to burn another cd without the Ministry, NIN, Black Flag and Wire. I was going to add a Minor Threat song to the mix, good thing I didn’t.
August 14th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Angela, here’s my problem with Nina Simone (love Heather Headley though….wait, am I being racist and confusing her again…Heather is Nina’s daughter right?) Anyway, my problem with Nina Simone is she sounds like a dude. So, I just wish she were a dude, or like change her name to like “Joe,” so I stop expecting a woman and then get a dude. I would totally love her, if I wasn’t always like “who is this guy, I like this” and then the answer is “Nina.” CREEPS ME OUT!
August 14th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Nina’s daughter actually performs under the name Simone, and I don’t think her real name is Heather, so, yup, you’re racist.
Get over the dudeness and listen to the g.d. music. Miley Cyrus’s voice ain’t exactly angelic.
August 14th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Uh oh, trouble brewing.
August 14th, 2009 at 3:00 pm
Oh and you should get that Kid Cudi song where he samples Poker Face. That song hits. Hard.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Now, you know I cut you a lot of slack considering you hadn’t ever heard ‘Stairway to Heaven’ until you were, um, 29, but if you’re nice, I will burn you a copy of my Aretha Franklin: Queen of Soul box set and/or my Frank Sinatra: The Capitol Singles boxed set. The Sinatra set is back when he was young and the music was more fun, not his later “Chairman of the Board” cranky years. I keep the two sets on either side of my apartment, because if they get too close to each other, they glow with internal awesomeness, not unlike Indiana Jones’ Shankara stones.
August 14th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Oh, and trust in Mary’s taste. It’s better than good, it’s psychadelicfunkalicious.