Introduce Yourselves!

Music I currently love best: late 70s/early 80s post-punk and pop- rock trash, 00s R&B and pop, hip-hop, minimalist electronic and classical music, a smattering of predictable cross-genre classics.

Music I want to learn more about in '01: hip-hop, early country and western, show tunes, avant-electronic stuff, early and latterday Jamaican music, African pop, and reconnecting with dance music would be nice too.

Music I currently love least: most current indie, post-Coldplay slowrock, 60s pop and its myriad imitators.

Music I like but dont feel a particular buzz for at present: jazz, krautrock, 80s pop, soul.

Music i like: Hip Hop, current R+B, jungle before it went crap, pirate radio pumping out garage at the weekend (massive shout out to the text message massive!), st etienne, post rock (for my sins), reggae (esp early ska), Scott Walker, mowtown, 70s soul/funk, decent indie (B+S, Magnetic Fields, Smiths, etc), increasingly jazz as the years creep by, new jazzy house stuff like cinematic orchestra, abba, masters at work style house, northern soul, Dexy's, ABC, Trail of Dead. Main worry: there's too much good music and not enough money!

Music I dont like: Coldplay et al, modern soul that reckons its more authentic that r+b (e.g. Erica Badu), Beatles (dont hate, but I'm sure you understand).

Like: Pulp, Garbage, Radiohead (not Kid A), Madonna, Daphne & Celeste, Britney Spears, Atomic Kitten, Portishead, Goldfrapp, Lamb, The Avalanches, Kent, Muse, Gomez, Dandy Warhols, Placebo, Supergrass Machine Gun Fellatio and whatever crappy all-girl group is in the charts at the moment, and bugger it, Scary Spice's solo stuff. See, I told you I was an idiot. And there's even more embarassing stuff I deliberately left out.

I hate: Eminem, Limp Bizkit, Korn, Christina Aguilera, Craig David, Limp Bizkit (so bad they deserve two mentions), Moby and Destiny's Child.

Music I lurve: Loads of girl groups (and by this I mean stuff like Destiny's Child and the Shirelles, not crap like the Bangles), Disco, Bacharach, hip hop, most Max Martin produced material (with the exception of N'Sync), r&b, too much old heavy metal, Roxy Music (& Eno in general til he started working with U2), 70s soul/funk, some post rock, J-pop, Adam & the Ants, Nick Cave, Abba, Scott Walker, Motown, Abba, Talk Talk, Pixies, Smiths, Prince, Aphex Twin, Dusty Springfield, Felt, Donna Summer, etc. etc. etc….

Music I loathe: Verticalmatchbox's creed of coldplay, divas with no flair (Mariah, Kylie, Christina, etc.), nu-metal, coffee table stuff like David and Macy Gray (could they be related??), indieshite.

Likes: Pie, cheeses, intellecutal chaos and salted meats.

Dislikes: Green vegtables, fat chicks.

He contributes to In Review with partner in crime Sterling Clover, and confuses some and delights others with his alternately long winded and painfully brief diatribes on women and music, but not nessicarily women IN music.

The King is dead. Long live The King.

current favorites: all natural lemon and lime flavors, queens of the stone age, 'fast food nation' by eric schlosser, hot roast beef sandwiches, the places, the stickmen.

perennial favorites: mudhoney, bikini kill, david foster wallace, amtrak, 'beyond the valley of the dolls,' 20-song blocks of the black crowes, fried bean curd in spicy sauce.

Have a look at my web site : http://www.users.bigpond.com/pturnbul : for more including my small place in the history of Australian post-punk...

I'm going to be at work til midnight tonight. Jolly ho, all I want is a dance.

Seem to spend money on records with the hope that I will discover the new Beatles or Brian Wilson but am nearly always disappointed.

There now follows the usual random, unqualified list of stuff i really like or have been listening to lately: SFA, Boo Radleys/Brave Captain, Olivia Tremor Control, The Shazam, Jayhawks, Jellyfish, Outkast, Ben Folds Five, The Zombies, Roy Wood, Smokey Robinson, Aimee Mann, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, The Kingsbury Manx, Blur, Ryan Adams, Dexys Midnight Runners etc etc etc.

I am currently building a database of all my records and of course its for insurance reasons not because I'm sad.

One of my fave films is Brazil and my fave tv prog is the Simpsons. The current question i am pondering is, how much can you actually tell about someone from a list of their favourite things?

Er... That's it!!!!!

Old Fart

Odessey And Oracle is indeed most fine but given you said one of your weaknesses was box sets (as it is mine) I'm sure you'll understand I have the fantastic box set Zombie Heaven. 2 cds of everything they ever released in their original mixes, 1 cd of home demos and studio outtakes and 1 cd of BBC sessions plus a rather lovely booklet.

What with recent re-releases of Odessey I think its been getting more notice of late than it probably has for many years. The tracks recorded immediately after it as the band started to metamorphosise into Argent are equally as beautiful and even a lot of the tracks from the first album Begin Here are worth hearing. I especially like their version of Summertime(over exposed though that song is), although anything Colin Blunstone sings sounds good.

I'm sure there is no other band who would have such a strong singles collection and yet only one UK hit. Their problem I think was the complete lack of image. Just 4 unassuming guys who dropped out of their studies/bank jobs to have a go at being a band. Its pretty rock 'n' roll how un-rock 'n' roll they actually were - I'm sure if they had fought with each other, done loads of drugs and tried to write a rock opera they would have been huge but thankfully they didn't and weren't

I study journalism. I am also the editor of pop-magazine Nomad, a sort of The Face-meets-early nineties Melody Maker affair that doesn't sell very well, but has managed to show that intelligent writing about pop culture is possible even in this particular part of the world.

Spent my teenage years being an indie kid, then ditched guitars and switched to modern-day club and pop sounds. Into: UK garage, house, hip hop, R&B, Bacharach, brazilian/easy listening... I've spent the most part of last year listening to garage. Then during the summer I discovered Todd Edwards, and now I listen to nothing but garage and Todd Edwards. Mostly.

In my spare time I also DJ, and I'm starting to make tracks on my computer. They're not terribly good yet, but I've made an Aaliyah vs Jimmy Nash bootleg which I'm kinda proud of, and which all my friends and relatives had to sit through. I opened my set at last year's biggest Croatian rave with it, too. Then procedeed to play loads of garage and house. On the chill-out floor, mind you.

So I got the Nuggets box instead (even though I had about half of it on other compilations). The best box I've ever bought! ( superb re- mastering, great packaging, fantastic book)

I have the Nuggets box too and agree on how fantastic it is. Hard to believe all this stuff is from only a 3 year time period and nice to get an informative booklet too. I got the Phil Spector box for my christmas and it has an awful uninformative booklet. I suppose the quality of the music is paramount but when you pay £40/£50 for a box you expect decent packaging.

You may find that Odessey is the best Zombies stuff but most of the rest of the tracks on the box are great too and I don't think you would regret the purchase.

thanks.

Likes: Dogs, cities, vegetable stir-fry, B movies (esp. Peter Jackson), anime, the desert, the Internet, video games, Pellegrino, litchi nuts, wandering aimlessly, dancing to psy trance, dreams, crazy people, midnight movies, mind expanding literature, old houses, that my name sounds cool in Japanese, melodic techno, jungle, electro, FSOL, psy trance, early Rush, finishing this paragraph.

Dislikes: Pop, Jazz, House, IDM, chat rooms, alcoholic beverages, secular existentialism, mindless people.

Currently: Sitting on my legs typing at 2:00 AM.

Website: http://greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a.tcl?top ic=Psychedelic%20Trance

Music-wise I gravitate between some hip-hop, Brit guitar types (loved the Doves album) and dance stuff, including (this jumps from genre to genre) Herbert, much of the Detroit jazzier sound (like C. Craig & Recloose), K & D and their derivatives, Ian Pooley and the Jaxx.

Pop annoys me and I love anything by Kundera and Haruki Murakami. The Avalanches new disc is my constant summer companion.

cheers.

I am a Student Teacher (RE) Studying at Bath Spa Uni.

I have to admit I lurk more than I post here but with the current state of the British Music press there's nowhere better for intelligent music criticism.

Likes: 2Step Garage, Early 90's hardcore, jungle when it was good, R&B, Hip Hop(Outkast and Mos Def are the best) Post Rock, Spiritualised, Kelis, Destiny's Child. Karl Marx, Weber, Keynes, Simon Reynolds, Doug Henwood, Erik Davies(Check out Techgnosis awesome book) cool Sci-fi, The Sopranos(Genius!) and too much other crap to mention.

Dislikes: Coldplay, Travis et al. Indie bores/snobs, Nu Metal sheep, NME, neo- classical economics. Religious Bigots/fundamentalists, OFSTED, Utilitarians(of all varities) oh and not forgeting the conservative party.

Umm that's it!

current favourite songs: billie ray martin - "your loving arms", the gerbils - "crayon box", throw that beat in the garbagecan! - "a kiss from you", the go-betweens - "people say", lil kim - "suck my dick", television personalities - "favourite films", kicking giant - "fuck the rules" bratmobile - "cool schmool" ´lew kirton - "heaven in the afternoon" sea & cake - "afternoon speaker"

favourite bands: erics trip, jonathan richman/modern lovers, daniel johnston, b&s, tindersticks, skinned teen, field mice & other sarah stuff, lou barlow stuff, noise addict, helen love, teen anthems.

i don´t like: most jazz stuff (that i´ve heard), metal, too cheesy new romantic...well i like most stuff. oasis, stones (except one or two songs) the who, phillysoul, westcoast hiphop, FUNK....

musically, i'm all over the place. in my cd player right now is aphex twin, but we can also talk pink floyd, belle and sebastian, radiohead, godspeed you black emperor!, manics (old), rem, smiths, nirvana... hell, you get the idea. i'll buy anything, and like most stuff thats not manufactured.

i have a webshite, but its crap and redundant. i'll build another when i get a moment...

oh, i'm 28, got a fantastic personality, am devastatingly good looking, and oooze charm and wit... or something...

Eighties music trivia is my superpower (or so my friends believe). I even know a non-top 40 song or two from since then. I'm probably cooler than I think I am. Or not. Hi.

I don't have a website, I do have a band and THEY have a website... we are the Cloud Minders, go to thecloudminders.com and you'll see bugger all, because we've not had time to do anything to it yet. Try seeking us inside the labyrinth of Peoplesound.com (we ARE there HONESTLY) and you'll hear what we sound like, you could even buy our EP, and we're making another one, and I'm making a solo album, but there's another story too.

I've only just scratched the surface of my musical loves, and I've only just scratched the surface of this website - any site named after a Win album is fine by me. I hate the way I lapse into American style writing when I'm saying stuff on websites. Keep up the good work, I love you guys. Can I write for you sometime?

Still, I hardly ever listen to that stuff anymore. I'm always on the look for new and interesting music, and so freakytrigger is an incredible resource. A few years ago, I never thought I'd like hip- hop, but now I'm a convert (I admit I'm a bit of a backpacker, Black- Eyed Peas Jurassic Deltron etc). I never thought I'd like electronic music of any kind; Now I'm a huge fan of Orbital, Two Lone Swordsmen, Innerzone etc. Always open to new suggestions, thanks for being here for me!

Vaughan Simons, 29, living in West London, working for BBC Online (but not techie or geeky - a computer's a computer, and that's all I know). Music - used to be severely alt-indie-leftfield in the early 90s, when I was at university and then unemployed and had time on my hands. Now, I don't keep in touch with any of the latest trends, hardly know what's Number 1 in the fabulous pop charts from week to week, like everything from Gavin Bryars thru to David Gray (I know, I'm sorry), via Ute Lemper, Phil Spector and sixties girl groups, chill-out electronica (my friends think I'm stressed - I got about ten CDs that could be classified as 'chill-out' for Christmas), Magnetic Fields. Basically, anything and everything, and a lot of nothing. The favourite hidden corners of my music collection will always be inhabited by Disco Inferno, Furniture and David Sylvian though, I guess.

Is anybody going to read this? No. But anyways, I live in a small town. The last 5 records I listened to were Wowee Zowee, In A Priest Driven Ambulance, Tonight's The Night, The Queen is Dead, and Enter the Wu-Tang. I like bread.

That's all for now...

that's not who you are and what you're into. Where's the hype for your website? xp

― stet, Thursday, September 5, 2013 Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

And yes, I *am* a human. I'm into just about everything. I like to think of my web site as the entire World Wide Web.

cosmopolitan

Hello am curious! I also live in Hudson County (Hoboken). Welcome, neighbor!

Wow. I thank you all for welcoming me to ILM. I wish I could thank each one of you individually but that might take quite some time and interrupt your busy schedules. I must thank Ned Raggett for suggesting I introduce myself here. Ned, you are a fine fellow and a most noble person. Thanks for the suggestion. For the low-income/broke people: Maybe someday someone will create a specific thread on ILE for us (the low-income/broke people) to get together online and share relevant personal stories, news articles, etc. It might make for an interesting thread. For Treeship: Thank you very much for that compliment of saying that I seem like a cool person! As for my obstacles with creating my Twitter account, the basic story would probably be a bit too long to go into here in this thread, but I can send you a message at your user profile. Any help in the matter is appreciated.

yeah, please feel free to shoot me a private message anytime. welcome to ilx.

Thanks Treeship. Just sent you the private message a few moments ago. If you need me to clarify anything in the message, just let me know. You can send me a private message or an email (I included my email address if you need it for anything), whichever you prefer.

I wish I could thank each one of you individually but that might take quite some time and interrupt your busy schedules.

what?? what?!? i am sprinting to the bank to make important investing decisions, checking my rolodex via a palmed mirror that also allows me to check out my business hair. a crucial marketing meeting awaits. i lead a team that lives to make other people buy things. i'm scheduling in a workshop to learn how relaxing can benefit my triple bottom line! profit!!!

When will ned Raggett stop impinging on the rights of people to have twitter accounts this will not stand

SEIZE HIM

I am simply horrible, so. (And thanks to a.m.c. for the most kind words.)

OH HI

NJ REPRESENT

What are the demographics on this thread geographically? Feel like so many of us turn out to be from NJ.

Well I certainly amn't - from NJ!:)

When I first began posting on ilx, I lived in Nashville. Then I lived in Florida for a few years and now I live in Atlanta. I rode a train through NJ once and spent the night at a big suburban house where my friend nannied for a guy named Tony Danza (not that Tony Danza), so I feel like I've done NJ reasonably right.

I love NJ.

cotswolds.

i am concerned that the tentacles of ned raggett reach all the way to NJ.

I read this as testicles, or maybe I just pretended to. Eat your heart out Brian Eno.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJ3tqIukBKg

Wow, I just spent a few minutes reading through some of the original posts itt.

Hi. I'm Paul Cox (no, not the photographer or the guy who runs too pure). I'm 28 and now live in Nashville. I didn't move here to be a songwriter, and the music scene here is nowhere near as vibrant as its portrayed through the rest of the world. But, there are a few decent clubs and some good record shops -- enough to keep me broke, anyway. I've lurked around here for close to a year, but have only begun posting recently.

― paul, Tuesday, March 26, 2002 8:00 PM (11 years ago)

I was but a wee little babe then.

I rode a train through NJ once and spent the night at a big suburban house where my friend nannied for a guy named Tony Danza (not that Tony Danza), so I feel like I've done NJ reasonably right.

― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Friday, September 6, 2013 12:57 PM (2 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's like going to see the Eiffel Tower or Central Park... at least do something original next visit...

How come there's 1200+ posts on this thread, and I don't recognize 75% of these people?

before we can answer, we need to know who are the 25% ?

i was in nj yesterday. it was okay but i'd rather pump my own gas tbh

the one and only Ned Raggett (a most noble person if I do say so myself)

sounds fishy

Litterer's Orange Juice!

Johnson's Popcorn! Shriver's Salt Water Taffy! Mack & Manco Pizza! (Uh oh, looks like they split and now it's just Manco & Manco.)