What are you listening to right now?

Sinead o'connor

"I do not want what I haven't Got"

Virgin Prunes - Theme for Thought

Jessica

Fu Manchu - Mongoose

"Diamonds On My Windshield" - Tom Waits

Radio One - The Scott Mills show.

Massive Attack "Black Milk"

A group of Benedictine Monks singing "Hey Hey We're the Monkeys" as an antiphonal chant.

Pretty far out.

--Arinn

White Rose Movement - Alsatian

Jessica

am i still everyone's friend if I say HOLE and Courtney Love's solo albums?

The first Hole CD that hubby Kurt helped produced was pretty decent - I might still own a copy of it. The later one that Billy Corrigan helped produced was much, much weaker.

Jessica

Lol.. you're still my friend Heidi... because I'll see your Courtney and embarrassingly raise you one Ambrosia "How Much I Feel"... yes it's soft hits of the 70's day here at Fortress Brian. I will never be able to disapprovingly point a musical finger at anyone... ever.

Only if you continue to punish yourself by listening to Yoko Ono next.

--Arinn

i will always love "live through this". always. it's a great record. am i still everyone's friend if i say i listen to that more often than i do nirvana?

I listen to Nirvana and Hole equally, but I find I enjoy singing along with HOLE much more. I think it's because everything is in my key and I can understand what she says much more.

Now I know that this is sacrilege to some, but I've always liked the Foo Fighters way better than Nirvana. I'd hate to think of Dave Grohl wasting away in obscurity had Cobain survived (plus, he plays an awesome Satan.. see the Tenacious D movie. Hi-fucking-larious.)

Oh yeah, Dead Kennedys Holiday in Cambodia ... one of the greatest song intros ever. That East Bay Ray can play.

*snort* This conversation will be enormously funnier when everyone has read my novel.

Oy.

--Arinn

i loved nirvana. i believed in kurt and i was so looking forward to the REM-inspired follow-up to "in utero" that never happened ("in utero", of course, being a repsonse album to their commercial success and not really a step in any direction) due to somebody's untimely death.

what i will never forget is how i felt the first time i heard nirvana. as a pixies fan, i thought they were super super rad because they took that sound and added a metallic punch. "school" was like our song, my friends and i. and i still like it a lot, it's just a bit more difficult to listen to. i admit i retreated far from rock music and especially nirvana for a long time after kurt died. it's crazy to think kids that were just being born when i first heard nirvana are now the same age i was when i first heard nirvana.

i even remember us arguing what was the better song: "debaser" by the pixies, "school" by nirvana or "hate the police" by mudhoney.

Nirvana was the only one of the grunge bands I really liked.

Jessica

Now THE PIXIES, there's a band I love... The first time I heard them, it was a life changing experience. I was lucky enough (when I was managing a record store) to get front row to see them open for U2 during the Achtung Baby tour. I've seen them 4 times now (including the last reunion tour) All awesome shows. They were incapable of making a bad song. Also through my old record store connections, I was able to attend a luncheon with Frank Black/Black Francis whenever he released his first solo effort. That was the ONE time I think that I was able to meet an artist that I loved and admired and felt totally comfortable talking to him. What a nice and smart guy... now we just need some new material.

so are there any other board members in a band besides me?

I have a few guitars and I diddle around on 'em (not as frequently as I'd like). I've rehearsed with a few bands long ago but I've never actually played out before. Unless you consider jazz.. I used to play trombone in college. (not the rusty kind)

I get asked periodically, based on how I look - a lot of people just assume I'm a musician. (I get asked if I'm an artist a lot too.) I used to play the sax and want to start taking lessons again, but don't have time right now.

Jessica

I have dated a lot of drummers. I suppose that doesn't count.

I LOVE the PIXIES. they are my ultimate ultimate fave band ever. I have every single Pixies album, single, live album, acoustuc album, BBC recordings, compilation, tribut album, EVERYTHING.

that makes me their biggest fan. And ultimately, better than you.

I flew to Indiana to see them play. How dorky is that?

Not dorky at all, Heidi... I've driven from Dallas to Pittsburgh to meet people before. How fuckin' geeky is THAT?! LoL

Mastodon Sleeping Giant ... is teh rox0rz.

are they from atlanta? i think one of my old bands opened for them at the echo lounge in 2001.

Yes.. I think they are. They just played the Gypsy Tea Room here with Totimoshi recently. Quite possibly the loudest show I've ever attended... but awesome musicians.

Crash Test Dummies - Superman Song

Deep Purple - Abandon

Moby - the best of.

Trippy.

Deep.

Writers music if ever there was...

The Shangri-Las - Leader Of The Pack

Jessica

In honor of the Thickets going back into the studio yesterday to begin recording their new album...today I am listening to their last album, "Spaceship Zero".

I love this one.

--Arinn

I'm listening to the Christmas/Solstice Mix I made for friends this year. Here's the play list:

1. Blue Christmas - Chris Isaak

2. Ice - Shellyan Orphan

3. I Saw Daddy Kissing Santa Claus - Stand Still

4. Red Water(Christmas Mourning) - Type O Negative

5. The Night Santa Went Crazy - “Weird Al” Yankovic

6. Run, Run Rudolph - Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem Band

7. Merry Christmas, Baby - Bonnie Raitt & Charles Brown

8. Christmas Night Of Zombies - MXPX

9. A Place Called Home - Kim Richey

10. Lobotomy For Christmas - Dan Hart

11. Midnight Lullaby - Tom Waits

12. Yule Shoot Your Eye Out - Fall Out Boy

13. O Holy Night(Instrumental) - The Tipitina Foundation

Iommi - S/T, Deep Purple - Bananas

Ooh! Great band, great song and great sound... their awesome producer Shadow Morton was aptly named 'cause he was eclipsed by the industry giant Phil Specter at the time.... but I think he was just as good.

Jimi Hendrix Third Stone From the Sun

Roky Erickson You're Gonna Miss Me
Screamin' Jay Hawkins Voodoo Jive: The Best of Screamin' Jay Hawkins

Two excellent choices!

Jessica

Bruce Dickinson - Tyranny of Souls

the Arid Sea - Closing In

Jessica

Way cool.

Was listening to Maiden's Flash of the Blade, Invaders, To Tame A Land and The Duellists while practicing with the knife.

Ain't nuthin' wrong with The Maiden.

If you can believe it, Christmas Carols, in German, no less....

Rocking out to "More Songs About Buildings and Food" - Talking Heads

ChainSmoker by Monoxide

patti smith - "radio ethiopia"

Great White - Back To The Rhythm

Alice Cooper - Hey Stoopid

Right Now I am listening to:
Aerosmith-Crazy

Warren Zevon's Excitable Boy album.

No better way to start the day.

the roots - "rising down"

Secondhand Serenade's Songs! Vulnerable is the first one that comes in my list. followed by Broken!