Let's say I'm 30-*, with the emphasis on the asterisk, I live in Edinburgh, I know some of you :) and it's nice to be here, although I'm a bit scared to post, honestly. I think I found this place after Tom's "Why we hate indie kids" was posted rather mischievously elsewhere, with some nice consequent fallout displaying a total lack of irony. Currently (Monday, 4pm, it changes that quick) simmering with gentle obsession over Life Without Buildings's "Let's Get Out" although I'm not sure quite why, or whether I'm making a terrible social faux pas. Oh heck, I'll just hit Submit.
― Honey, Monday, 9 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Ok Duane, well if you're near it, as our ex-PM said, I'm in it. 26 yr old post-queer Aussie writer, author and freelance media whore (email me if you want to know where my novel Fuct & Fiction's available from). Grew up in Buttfucke, Queensland, won a scholaarship to Argentina when I was 17, landed in Buttfuckette, Argentina, for a year which I dedicated to the pursuit of weight gain via alcoholism. Returned, fucked up a lot more, thought I was Rimbaud in bad nailpolish, then stopped writing poetry when I realised I was lying to myself. went back to Arg, came back to Oz, had a break down, spent 4 months in a psych clinic trying to decide why life was worth it, and cleaniing my system out of the chemicals I'd put into it. Kicked the booze in 98, finished my BA in 2000, and am now working on the 2nd novel. Likes: Magnetic Fields, Lou Reed, VU, Patti Smith, Cafe Tacuba, Illya kuriaki and the Valderramas, Ryan Adams, Avalanches, Dylan, RHPs and Mark Kozelek, Elvis, Shellac, Big Black, Eminem etc. Literature of many types, sizes etc, and of course, a nice bit of cocksucking to pass the time. Dislikes: Commercial pap, though I do have a recent hankering for the Pet SHop Boys and Madonna.
― Geoff, Tuesday, 10 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― bnw, Friday, 13 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― D."Getting it together in the country" Zarakov, Saturday, 14 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Johnathan, Sunday, 15 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Sean Carruthers, Tuesday, 17 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― Tim, Tuesday, 17 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― DG, Tuesday, 17 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― duane zarakov, Tuesday, 17 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― AP, Sunday, 22 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
― michael wells, Monday, 23 April 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago) link
Shepherd's Bush/West London - from The North, grew up abroad and lived all over UK. late 20s - Freelance whatever?
likes getting lost, ignoring phones, playing dumb, Chris Marker films, having a pen handy, repetition, pressing the square root button, using the optimise function on cubase, filming with digicams then watching it back with friends, driving cars at night, ctheory.com/edge.org seam, listening to Hip-Hop in city traffic, google.com, hallucinogens, The Wire's Xmas Like and Dislike interviews, napster, dancing, airports, recordable MDs players, more dancing, film sets, Artangel projects, extropian urges, crisis, documentaries, surrendipity, jodi.org, Burroughs, reflexivity in art, CDs full of MP3s, the cinema of Wong Kar-Wai/Tarkovski/Koreeda, psychogeography, Bill Viola, paradoxes, motorways or any huge bits of concrete in the countryside, riding very fast down Oxford Street through all the traffic, laughing at the TV, keyboard shortcuts, Erik Davis, the tube system, corresponding with artists, Steven Shaviro, typing..I mean, writing and music
dislikes missing the beginning of films, comedians, ignorance, national attention deficiency disorder, institutionalised religion, people grew up with access to good records, slow moving intricate things, not having a car anymore, anyone who seeks to restrict freedom of information, the guy who slept with my girlfriend, and people who dislike missing the beginning of films
― K-reg, Tuesday, 1 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― The Dirty Vicar, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― the pinefox, Wednesday, 2 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Marcello Carlin, Saturday, 5 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I play sad country ballads to myself on guitar because nobody else can stand it. Which goes for most of my records too.
― Tracer Hand, Monday, 7 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― paulsheridan, Tuesday, 8 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― scott plagenhoef, Tuesday, 8 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Wednesday, 9 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― SleepTilItHurts, Thursday, 10 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― geordie racer, Wednesday, 16 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Will tell more maybe later. Just hanging out for now, taking it all in.
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Scott, Thursday, 17 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Janne Vanhanen, Monday, 21 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
some of my likes: Velvet Underground, New York City, the Kinks, David Bowie, London, Philadelphia, Gamble-Huff TSOP soul, the Ramones, Constitutional Law, political theory, Tax Law and Estate Planning, Stravinsky, Arthur Schoenberg, Vladimir Nabokov, Brian Eno, Roxy Music, Ween, New Hope Pennsylvania, Brian Wilson, cannolis, homemade pierogies, Frank Zappa, the German language, spicy food, the NYC subway system, Vermont, Sonic Youth, Nick Drake, Joy Division, the Boredoms, Sigur Ros, My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, the Smiths, Joy Division, Jean Renoir, Krautrock, David Lynch, Wu Tang Clan, Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, Mozart, Cape May, Wales, Neil Young, Syd Barrett, Belle and Sebastian, Portishead, liberal politics, Spiritualized, death metal, Slayer, Henry Fielding, being a pain-in-the-ass, sleep, Czeslaw Milosz, William Douglas, Brian Wilson, the Rolling Stones, Italy, rice, John Coltrane, Smashing Pumpkins, Tool, artsy-fartsy and offbeat people, cold weather, old buildings.
some of my dislikes: Rage Against the Machine, Republicans, Miami, Los Angeles, hot and sticky weather, "mook rock" (i.e., Korn, Slipknot, Blink-182, etc.), Antonin Scalia, Criminal Law, Pearl Jam, emo, most (non-techno) dance music, buttrock, Morrissey's solo music, Billy Corgan, TV talkshow pundits, journalists, cars, New Order, Switzerland, borscht, Garth Brooks, Drew Carrey, Grateful Dead, Creed, Ralph Nader, peaches, stupidity, conservatism.
indifferent: Eminem, Brittney Spears, the Beatles, most electronica, r'n'b, William Burroughs, yuppies (though purported to be one), sushi.
― Tadeusz Suchodolski, Tuesday, 22 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Sterling Clover, Tuesday, 22 May 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― fred solinger, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Ally, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― anthony, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
http://www.mp3.com/pennysongs
cheers!
― Mike Hanley, Saturday, 2 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Blake, Tuesday, 5 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Jan and Dean, Dif Juz, the new Lucinda Williams record. Twee.
6'1", 160 lbs.
Asexual when sober.
― Steven James, Tuesday, 5 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I'm 33, live in Chicago. I work in an art / film/ music library. We've got a music library with an annual budget of about $25,000, so I've been listening to a lot of free stuff lately and our collection is surprisingly good.
Um, to be brief, I'm very intolerant and have distinct taste boundaries that could be best characterized as urban: I like poppy things, stoopid things, funky things and arty / experimental things. I like music sung in languages other than English and Mayo Thompson-era Rough Trade. I dislike Brand Name personality music, confessional music and music made by guys who wear plaid shirts. I have, however, been known to boogie out to the trashiest rock anthems.
― Kerry Keane, Monday, 11 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
sorry..you can't pigeonhole me. nope, won't let it happen :)
― sobriquet, Tuesday, 12 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
I was born as a shiny new vinyl 45-rpm record in 1969; when the doctor pressed a needle to my skin, he heard "Ball Of Fire" by Tommy James And The Shondells. Well fed by a diet of pop radio, I rapidly grew into a slim long-player and people would call me "Ziggy Stardust." Then I grew bigger and fatter until I was "Yessongs" by 1974, with triple gatefold and Roger Dean apparel. My adolescent rebellion wavered between slipping cantakerous Harry Partch cantatas and Kraftwerk concept album sleeves over my soul. Bloated and overplayed, I suddenly broke (though I was labeled "unbreakable"), and out of my shards grew a thousand punk and New Wave records. For a brief time I spun wilder and faster and became a 12-inch single of "Rapture" by Blondie, but soon broke out in a bad case of crackles and pops. Remixed and posing anew as "Twenty Jazz-Funk Greats" by Throbbing Gristle, I spun 'round on the turntable of education until I was formally rejected. By the time I was "The Queen Is Dead," I'd lost my virginity to an eight-track and suddenly metamorphosed as a cassette. Over the years I became worn out through too much abuse of my "Bone Machine" "cassingles," so I went into silent hibernation, wrapped a jewel case about me, and became a fully grown Aphex Twin double CD. Now I am contemplating whether or not to undergo life counseling and try out being an audiovisual DVD of "Vespertine" by Bjork or pare back and settle for a career as a minidisk of Matmos or Momus. In the meantime, I've lost a lot of weight and am proud to show off my trim mp3 files of rare Brian Eno bootlegs to hard drives I know and love.
You are my DJ, I am what you play.
― X. Y. Zedd, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Jason, Wednesday, 13 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― tarden, Thursday, 14 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Dave, Sunday, 17 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
My name is Dave, I am 21 and a sophomore at Princeton U. in New Jersey. I am Canadian, and my parents live in Toronto (although my family and I are originally from Newfoundland). I've been a sax player for about eleven years now, and also play bits of piano, drums, bass and guitar. When I was a kid, I sang in a lot of classical choirs until my voice broke, and listened to my parents' Beatles records as well as Roxette, C + C Music Factory and MC Hammer. After a big Nirvana phase, I now listen to Aphex Twin, Peter Brotzmann, P.I.L., Big Black/Rapeman/Shellac, John Zorn, Radiohead, Pussy Galore and Lester Young. I am the Program Director for WPRB, a station in New Jersey. If you'd like to listen, there's a RealAudio link at http://wwww.wprb.com and if you like any of the stuff on this list, you'd probably dig us. Nice to meet you, by the way.
― Dave M., Sunday, 17 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― suzy, Sunday, 17 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Joe, Tuesday, 19 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― jennygb, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
Ha! I thought you were Joe McGlinchey! Welcome aboard.
― Nicole, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
some old nonsense is at http://fiddlesticks.com
― George Wright, Wednesday, 27 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Add, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
My first rock idols were Mama Cass and Janis Joplin. I had all the usual adoption/houseboy fantasies one has at that age. Then they went and died on me. So I replaced them with Bowie and Patti Smith. My pop development: went from Have a Nice Day Top 40/bubblegum stuff to glam to punk to...oh, you know, all kindsa stuff. Current faves: Stereo Total, Super Furry Animals, Clinic, Makeup, White Stripes, Turbonegro. All Time Faves: Kinks, 60s pop Stones, Bowie, George Jones, Love, Ike & Tina, Giorgio Moroder, Roxy, Kraftwerk, Sparks, T. Rex, Birthday Party, Pixies, Marc Almond, French Pop, Sylvester.
Don't post much, but I love reading you all! I wish to broaden my listening tastes and I'm very happy to have discovered this board. I used to work at a gay disco in the late 80s/early 90s but haven't been exposed to much dance music, intelligent or otherwise, since then. So I wanna catch up. It's a drag I came upon ILM (through the Momus website, in case you're interested) just as the Napster filters really kicked in. I want to hear all these records you're recommending!
Currently the things I hate include: Dave Navarro, most queercore, aging LA punkers who won't shut up about their golden era (e.g. Exene "Hey kid's, culture's over, what a drag, let's open up a punk rock museum and knickknack shop and start a band with Rancid" Cervenka), Betty Page 'dos, Laker flags, most sports, that cliched LA vs. NY rivalry... um, um, um, guess I don't really hate that much these days.
Shit, this is longer than I intended. My name is Arthur, I was born on Bloomsday, my father's name is James, my mother's name is Joyce. Bye...
― Arthur, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 28 June 2001 00:00 (twenty-two years ago) link