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I had fun listening to some of the world music fest clips here. It especially made me interested in balkan music.

KitCat, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:31 (seventeen years ago) link

THANKS JORDAN YOU TOO

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I love many different kinds of Latin music (both trad and modern), Ethiopian jazz/funk, some eastern-jazz fusion stuff and all sorts of European folk, traditional or modern. I don't think UK folk counts as "world music" but that's probably my favorite. I have some Korean rock. I like I saw that movie Gypsy Caravan and EVEN THOUGH it was definitely a movie intended for NPR listeners, I enjoyed it anyway. I like the world's music, I guess.

I dunno if this qualifies as "world music" but it rules
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/3/35/Journey_in_Satchidananda_(Alice_Coltrane).jpg

La Lechera, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:35 (seventeen years ago) link

"I like I saw"
My finest moment

La Lechera, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:36 (seventeen years ago) link

I like Balkan music. It's cool seeing people folk dance in 7.

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:38 (seventeen years ago) link

This is but one reason why I like emusic -- there is a lot of interesting stuff on there that I would never find/hear otherwise. Also they have tons of Fania releases.

La Lechera, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:39 (seventeen years ago) link

I need more education on world music. I really like African music from what I can tell, but I don't know if I'm able to narrow it down to a more specific region/country.

jon /via/ chi 2.0, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:41 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah, plus most of the "African" music I listen to is pretty heavily influenced by Western music. I like all the highlife stuff I've heard, some pretty awesome guitar on there.

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

I end up hearing most non-western music on the radio, although I've got some Brazilian, African, Cuban, and Indian cds that I'm into (mostly drumming-centric stuff).

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:42 (seventeen years ago) link

For African stuff I basically have various afrobeat records + some West African drumming things (Drummers of Burundi = A+).

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:43 (seventeen years ago) link

alice coltrane x2, love that record, yes plz. I had a huge Impulse! phase in college. My other favorite was Pharaoh Sanders - Karma.

kenan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:44 (seventeen years ago) link

This is a totally cool record:

http://www.showandtellmusic.com/CDIMAGES/sea_cov.jpg

kenan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:45 (seventeen years ago) link

When I was in high school my mom went to Eastern Europe on a choir tour and brought me back some really, really bad Czech and Hungarian hard rock CDs.

I really like ska/rocksteady/dub/reggae.

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

You all should hear this:
http://www.mcdustsucker.de/discography/laswell/images/trance.jpg

La Lechera, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I guess I hardly think of Jamaican music as "foreign" at all, just because it's so heavily influenced by U.S. music and vice versa (and the African diaspora blah blah blah).

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:47 (seventeen years ago) link

But you can take that to the extreme that there's no such thing as "foreign" music to United Staters.

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:49 (seventeen years ago) link

Well, yeah, that "Teen Dance Music" record I posted is basically taking western music and playing with Eastern instruments, so it feels less foreign. But it's awesome stuff; even the non-Ennio Morricone tracks sound like Ennio Morricone, played on such foreign instruments.

kenan, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

Sure, "world music" is a pretty meaningless and arbitrary term, but so is every other genre classification.

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:50 (seventeen years ago) link

I like Orchestra Baobob and saw these guys at the African festival a few weeks ago and liked them a lot.

Eazy, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

world music = crashing waves, wind in trees

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

maaaaaan

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:51 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/41S2F6TJ44L._AA240_.jpg

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:52 (seventeen years ago) link

lol at classical loon, awesome band name

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 15:58 (seventeen years ago) link

So. When a client comes in I always offer them coffee. This one guy came in earlier and I offered him coffee.

He said, "Oh sure, I'll take a decaf."

OUTRAGEOUS!!!

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/I/51578NJYC8L._AA240_.jpg

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:00 (seventeen years ago) link

^^^from the people who brought you wolf eyes, wolf parade, guitar wolf et al

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:02 (seventeen years ago) link

hahaha jazz wolf

La Lechera, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:04 (seventeen years ago) link

hmm, the boss is in today (was off last week for the holiday), and i'm not sure we 'click'. but will probably only interact with her for another few hours. weird lady.

colette, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:05 (seventeen years ago) link

I feel like shit. Weird sort of hangover from food and booze-laden weekend. And I have to meet a guy from WorkerJusticeInc. tonight for drinks and I rrrrreally don't want to.

:(

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:07 (seventeen years ago) link

But you can take that to the extreme that there's no such thing as "foreign" music to United Staters.

True, but I still see a difference between stuff like afrobeat, where the local rhythms are translated to drumset and guitars and keys etc., and musicians trying to play some kind of traditional folk style (which I guess in this case would be the West African drums + vocals groups).

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:08 (seventeen years ago) link

I was image-searching something related to wolves and found this instead:

http://graphics.jsonline.com/graphics/owlive/img/jun02/sfpolka45_front.gif

Eazy, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:09 (seventeen years ago) link

man of the people

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:11 (seventeen years ago) link

OK. Let's entertain each other. You go first.

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:21 (seventeen years ago) link

I heard a joke the other day but I can't tell it on the internet. I'm going to take a long lunch instead.

Jordan, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:25 (seventeen years ago) link

I would like to reinstate Thirsty Thursday, or some approximation thereof. Discuss.

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:28 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes.

End of discussion.

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago) link

^^^^drunks

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.xoospace.com/myspace/graphics/24521.jpg

Eazy, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm up for the reinstatement of TT, especially now that the FFs aren't doing anything during the week. However, I can't do TT this week because I'm taking the GRE on Sat. and I need to cram this week. I took one of the computer simulations yesterday, I got a 780/800 on the verbal and a 420/800 on the math. ;_;

I don't need math to do library science, right?

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:34 (seventeen years ago) link

OMG GOOD LUCK NICK!

horseshoe, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:35 (seventeen years ago) link

i like the idea of thirsty thursdays, we used to do 'toasty tuesdays' or something similar when i lived here before, and it usually involved margaritas. fun even though i didn't drink back then.

colette, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

p.s. nick you're going to do great!

colette, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm up for reinstated Thirsty Thursdays, too. Also, Kr is out of town all this week. Let's party.

jaymc, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:37 (seventeen years ago) link

The free testing software the GRE people send out when you sign up is PC-only. GOOD JOB!

Fortunately I got some other mock testing software with the prep book I purchased. Only two full tests, but I have four mock paper tests left too.

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

ps 420/800 for math is not great

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:38 (seventeen years ago) link

though honestly I could be working harder on preparing. I guess that's what the last week is for, though, right?

n/a, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

PCs are the future.

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:39 (seventeen years ago) link

The Mac fad is passing.

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

Discuss.

Jesse, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:40 (seventeen years ago) link

How scientific is library science?

dan m, Monday, 17 September 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago) link


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