Ambient Musica

Just bought Aphex Twin Selected Ambient Recordings 85-92 (?). Terrific ambientness. Best napping album ever, followed closely by The Dark Side of the Moon. Listening to that music makes me want to make my own ambient stuff, so that is my new mission.

Finally

Its about time I post again.

Got Antics. Terrific of course. Not quite as good as Turn On the Bright Lights but still good. I like the uptempo songs on TOTBL better than the ones on Antics. But I absolutely love the first song, great organ intro.

On another front, Im starting a record label. It will be called Created Records. First release will be An Indie Rock Love Story, which is just a bunch of songs by indie bands that flow together well and tell a story.

Devo concert = phenomenal.
Creedence Clearwater Revisited = good.

Keep on rocking in the free world.

Finally

At last I got the internet to work at school which means I can proceed to download new music. Happy now. Not so happy about learning but the ends justify the means of whatever.

My Morning Music

What a good morning for a little Doolittle! Almost had a heart attack today when I thought that my copy of the Pixies classic was missing. Fortunately, I had only misfiled it in the mishmash of discs that compose the last slot of my visor holder. Once I found it beneath The Love Below I knew I was in for a good day. Sadly, the 30ish minute trip wasn't enough time to get to "Hey" which is my favorite from the album. In retrospect, I probably could have skipped "Dead" and then consequently skipped "There Goes My Gun" to hear it. But that's not my style. I went straight up gangster and listened the whole way through, just like when I was 8 jumping on the trampoline and listening to Ace of Base's The Sign in its entirety. I always am surprised that the opening riff from "Here Comes Your Man" is never included in those guitar magazines 100 Greatest Riffs/Licks articles. Simply stunning guitaring by Mr. Santiago. Oh well. Maybe the Pixies are the Velvet Underground for today; never commercially huge but in time people will realize their greatness.

How about a round of applause for that semicolon a couple of lines up?

Five for Friday -- August 20

Every Friday I'll post a list. Here's the first.

Top 5 Songs with Numbers in the Title

1. No. 13 Baby -- Pixies
2. Seven Nation Army -- the White Stripes
3. Song No. 2 -- Blur
4. One After 909 -- the Beatles
5. Rainy Day Women #12 and 35 -- Bob Dylan

My Morning Music -- August 19

And now for the first of many times that I will elaborate on my early morning (6:30 am) listening habits.

I've noticed that when you drive to work early in the mornings you get a lot of time to listen to music loudly, unless of course you enjoy blabbering morning talk show hosts. Anyvays, I've been totally digging on Devo lately. And thanks to forward thinking Uncle Scott I have a prized ticket to their sold-out show at the Riviera on September 24. I think my favorite song is "Jerkin' Back n' Forth," such terrific "drumming" and an astounding synthesizer solo (which I imagine is relatively unsaid about a synthesizer solo).

The Q101(ugh) Block Party was great, even though it was hosted by Q101. I would like to personally thank Perry Farrell for cancelling Lollapalooza which gave me the chance to see the Walkmen and Modest Mouse (along with Death Cab for Cutie) for the terrific price of "$10." (If anyone can explain to me how a ten dollar seat ended up costing me $16.25 for will call over the internet I would love to understand) I had heard some good things about the Walkmen's live show and they definitely lived up to the hype. I'm not entirely sure how their singer's head didn't explode with all of his super neck straining. But they were great. Their drummer was phenomenal (so quick!) and the bassist was hilarious (so goofy!). Next to take the stage was Death Cab. Even though I don't like them they put on a pretty good show. However, I'm 94% positive that Officer Farva from Super Troopers was their drummer. Last of course was Modest Mouse. They totally rocked it. You have to dig all the instruments on stage, and Isaac Brock was his usual great showman self. I would definitely see them again for three times the price and I would recommend them to anyone, except for maybe 50 Cent (but I would surmise that Kanye West would dig them).

And lastly, today is my 1/2 birthday.