Ask Alfred Soto

idk you like reading about law/supreme court stuff so much. i guess this wouldn't be as exciting tho

jury duty is like giving a handjob to a turtle

Turtles are at least horny.

hey al have you ever listened to francis and the lights? super good 80s phil collins/prince/p gabriel thing, basically all his music streaming here:

http://francisandthelights.muxtape.com/

i love this dude. seems like something up your alley.

so do you do pr for this band or

alfred, are you on the twitterz?

Nah. Like Gretta Scacci said in The Player: "Life's too short."

I do have a blog: http://humanizingthevacuum.wordpress.com/

max, thanks for the suggestion! I'll check it out. All my favorite referents, etc.

so do you do pr for this band or

― plax (ico), Sunday, August 15, 2010 7:06 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

haha i mean i think everyone should listen to em! but i keep thinking its like made for al soto, its all 80s r&b w/ computer sheen

jury duty is like giving a handjob to a turtle

but it's oh so exciting for the lawyers involved.

Dear Soto, What are your ten fave singles and albums of the Aughties please? A perfunctory search on your blog yielded the expected nothing.

xoxokjb

Here's twenty albums. Don't take the order too seriously:

1. M.I.A. – Kala
2. Bob Dylan – “Love and Theft”
3. DJ Shadow – The Private Press
4. Ghostface – Fishscale
5. Kylie Minogue – Fever
6. The Mekons – OOOH!
7. The Go-Betweens – Oceans Apart
8. Miranda Lambert – Crazy Ex-Girlfriend
9. Erykah Badu – New Amerykah Part One
10. Aaliyah – Aaliyah
11. Jay Z – The Blueprint
12. Bjork – Vespertine
13. Lee Ann Womack – There’s More Where That Came From
14. The Mountain Goats – We Shall All Be Healed
15. Roisin Murphy – Overpowered
16. LCD Soundsystem – Sound of Silver
17. Arctic Monkeys – Favorite Worst Nightmare
18. Sleater Kinney – One Beat
19. Missy Elliott – This is Not a Test!
20. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

20. Drive-By Truckers – Brighter Than Creation’s Dark

sometimes you surprise me.

well, i guess nos. 2 and 6 surprise me, too.

no taylor swift no credibility

haha. YEAH. taylor swift is the super-duper awesome voice of a new generation.

Love a couple of her singles.

Lee Ann Womack – There’s More Where That Came From

Just read an interview with her today! She's a friends of the gays. But I hadn't thought about her since "I Hope You Dance" which was (eek!) 2000. Will check this out.

Now singles please (they're more important).

I may even have overrated that one, considering how the highs of her 2008 album really get me, well, high. Like this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKTr9pKw-5I&feature=av2e

haha i mean i think everyone should listen to em! but i keep thinking its like made for al soto, its all 80s r&b w/ computer sheen

Really? That descrip sounds awesome, but I listened to a few minutes of it and my gf said it sounded like Blues Traveler.

it sounded like Blues Traveler

harsher words have never been uttered.

never figured out what troll started this thread, but I'm grateful.

Really? That descrip sounds awesome, but I listened to a few minutes of it and my gf said it sounded like Blues Traveler.

― jaymc, Sunday, August 15, 2010 9:11 PM (27 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

first track on the new album?

I just went to the Muxtape link you posted. Listened to a few tracks, but I wasn't really paying attention that much.

Right now:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkM5MiPjaf4&p=325F569B393E8D21&playnext=1&index=38

xp I will give it another chance, tho!

Alfred, do you like Elton John's "Island Girl"?

I love that whole album! Prefer "Hard Luck Stories" and "I Feel Like a Bullet..."

first track on the new one is kind of "blues traveler-y" but i cant really think of anything else that sounds like blues traveler at all

Alfred, are you down w/ metal? any new stuff?

do you like dubstep, funky house, related sub-genres?

these are the things i wonder.

I like to say I'm a dilettante with genres but devoted to artists. I'm still trying to understand chillwave and dubstep. I'll always pledge allegiance to house, even when a couple of recent high profile attempts at house have left me cold (e.g. Kelis).

That descrip sounds awesome, but I listened to a few minutes of it and my gf said it sounded like Blues Traveler.

^ New board description?

lol

OK, max, I am listening to F&tL again, and am liking it now! Also: I really like the track he produced for Drake.

yeah, though the drake rap sucks

poor drake

http://i40.tinypic.com/2s78ikz.jpg

btw

I like rap but don't always care about rapping.

OK, "Tap the Phone" is a little DMB-ish.

Sometimes I wonder if I might not like DMB if I just sat down and listened to some of it instead of being all kneejerk.

there are some decent DMB songs for sure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnXeZclbO68

always liked this song from when i first heard it back when i was around eleven

I mean ... I liked "What Would You Say" when it first came out in '95.

I will not allow DMB to taint this thread.

Alfred, if you had to be reincarnated as either Dave Matthews or the guy from Owl City, which option would you choose?

(i predict he says "death")

Dave Matthews was dorky-cute in the "What Would You Say" era, but he probably tastes of Mountain Dew and falafel.

do you have his number?

Dave Matthews was dorky-cute in the "What Would You Say" era, but he probably tastes of Mountain Dew and falafel.

nobody's asking you to eat him

what would you say?

alfred, i think i remember a mojito thread where you scold the concept of simple syrup in a mojito. do u have a favored mojito recipe? if so could you describe?

yr friend,

cad