Introduce Yourselves!

Obtained 'Kylie' by Kylie Minogue on cassette at age of 7 (1988), have not looked back since. Favourite album ever would be 'Different Class'. Will say no more, as will feel obliged to namecheck about 200 bands'n'artists, and this would be bit gratuitous.

Now doing cut-and-paste/irritainment music like everyone else. I go by DJ Veal, until I'm sure that lame Canadian band by the name of Veal is dead-and-gone.

For the record, I like hearing everything once; after that I'm a lot more discerning! Also for the record, I LIKE hip-hop. And my personal goal is never to get stuck, temporally, in any music (as in, let's say, my wife: stopped listening to new music in the 70s so only music up to the 70s is of any worth)(perhaps I'm being a little harsh on her). I think we, now as always, live in the times of the best music ever.

in reality I run a record label by myself and the PRL with several others, a fledgling and incomplete website that's been up a scant 2 and half months (the board part being around for a year). I also buy, research and sell rare books for a living.

turn ons include the Los Angeles Free Music Society, Dock Boggs, outsider music, Cleveland 70's punk and Tropicalia (to name a few).

turns offs include Stephen Malkmus, Britpop, reggae (though not dub or 60's ska), and "pop."

now I AM a phd student in philosophy, focusing on aesthetics, in particular philosophy of music. I study and work as a graduate assistant slave at the lovely u of minnesota, twin cities. if I'm fast I might graduate in, uh, 2006. or 2007.

I wrote about anything related to music on my blog.

Julio, being a movie, 101 does have a disproportionally large number of beautiful people in it, but I think I can say with certainty that if you were to come to Reykjavík to check out the party scene, you would find a satisfying number of beautiful blondes… Nathalie – I did say chances are… ;-)

i am currently listening to fink! by the swamp zombies, in the last few weeks: scratch, the nits, shig & buzz, johnny cash, dj red alert, happy mondays, momus, zoobombs, boredoms, 5.6.7.8's, jack drag, beatles, eels, peter tosh, misfits, willie nelson, at the drive-in, hard rain vol.1 (dylan tribute), michael franti, william s. burroughs, steven jesse bernstein, blue meanies, sonic youth, digable planets, a lot of lounge music, laptop, shitloads of reggae, the cure, violent femmes, speech, weezer, etc... also a little website updating: www.soapbubblebox.isgreat.net a blogger page: www.soapbubblebox.blogspot.com yeah, thats about it for me

ps- i also burn cds and trade them, wink wink, nudge nudge...

A DJ and a DIY musicmaker.

play turntables delayed and guitars and impacts in Interferents, a Brooklyn-based improvised recomposing sound unit.

I'm proud to be playing round records on the WFMU Listener hour Saturday morning, August 31st. check out the shows archive at wfmu.org, they are and have been the best ever at free-form.

it's all about This Heat, Can, Devo, Plagal Grind, electric Miles Davis, Turbo Blender Man, Timbaland, Messthetics, Laddio Bolocko, Lightning Bolt, Deerhoof, Volcano the Bear, Vibracathedral Orchestra, no wave, brutal prog, schmoozecore, file sharing, and mix tapes.

bim

I first got into music through listening to old 50's compilations borrowed from an Auntie when I was a small boy. First three singles bought. Deeelites-Groove is in the heart, The Farm-Altogether Now,Definition of SOund-Wear your love like heaven. First album-Happy Mondays-Bummed. I think.

I'm usually pretty reserved so I think I'll end here.
I'll sign off with my 10 most listened to Mp3's at the moment

1)Anita Ward-Ring My Bell
2)Woody Guthrie-Cocaine Blues
3)Vaselines-Slushy
4)Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince-Girl's Aint Nothing But Trouble
5)A Guy Called Gerald-Voodoo Ray
6)Blind Willie McTell-You Was Born To Die
7)Taskforce-It's Us Were Back
8)Mint Royale-Don't Falter
9)The Carter Family-Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
10)Ms Dynamite-Dy-na-mi-tee

At the moment I am listening to Black Dice, Ray Charles, Patsy Cline, Deerhoof, Les Savy Fav, Nina Nastasia, Fat Possum/Delta Blues, Pole, Mum, Liars, Yo La Tengo, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Talking Heads, Electrelane, National Trust, Jimi Tenor, Rye Coalition, The Replacements, Chet Baker, Lambchop, Prince, Rolling Stones, Outkast, Miss Kittin, Von Bondies, Pharcyde, and always always TOM WAITS.

I like movies too: Aki Kaurismaki, Lukas Moodyson, Jim Jarmusch, David Lynch, Lynne Ramsay. And words by Donald Antrim, John Fante, Aaron Cometbus.

I was once on Memphis, TN local TV, being interviewed about their annual barbecue festival.

Oh, and I also hate strip lighting.

I'm Jeff, I'm 28 and live in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale with too many CDs, tapes, records, music magazines and flyers for shows/raves/parties I didn't even go to. I probably know more about jam bands than most people on here 'cause I live with a hippie. With some luck and a little effort, I hope to relocate to NYC later this year.

My collection includes a fairly broad range of music, and there always seems to be another genre/band/musician that demands investigation. I'm not a completist except for a select few bands/artists (see the "another genre/band/musician" investigation note above).

Favorites: Theo Parrish (just ask me about it!), Pharoah Sanders, Mouse on Mars, Smiths, Slowdive, Slits' CUT, and when no one's around, cheesy Euro dancepop on the radio.

Give yerself some credit, and welcome! With your listening range you'll fit right in.

Hi, I'm João Pedro Almeida, a 25-yr-old music lover who stumbled upon this forum while searching for mp3 of Zwan's "Mary Star of The Sea"... this is nice, though... ;)

My attention got caught by the presence of mr. Ned R., known to me because of some reviews on the AMG and from the infamous "136 albums of the 90's" article (by the way, Ned, Kevin S. should give you some percentage... after all, you convinced me to buy Loveless and Isn't Anything...), and the overall spirit of the posts I read was positive, all about sharing knowledge of the music one likes, no acute flaming or insulting (ok, I'm lying, but it wasn't that much), so... well, here I am!! :)

My personal music taste is wide, but inside the pop/rock universe, as I don't cope very well with classical and a lot of jazz. Some of my favourites (in no special order whatsoever):

- Yes
- The Smashing Pumpkins
- Blur
- Led Zeppelin
- Radiohead

Latest discoveries:

- The Strokes
- Opeth
- Liars
- Porcupine Tree
- Shellac
- Wire
- Amon Tobin

Some albums I dig (a lot):

- Mellon Collie and the I.S. - the Pumpkins
- Led Zeppelin IV (or "4 symbols"), though I is very good as well
- A Night at the Opera, by Queen
- Modern Life Is Rubbish - Blur
- Surfer Rosa - PIXIES & Steve Albini
- Mirage - Camel
- The Dandy Warhols Come Down
- End Hits - FUGAZI
- Selling England by the Pound / Foxtrot (tie) - Genesis

so, that's me. I'll post around when I have the time, but I'll definitely post. bye now.

(that's a long post. Damn.)

JP

Wow! Well, thanks, much appreciated! Glad you could join us -- post away and have fun!

hi i'm schnell schnell i've been lurking for a good while and decided to post a few weeks ago when someone made some ridiculous comment like premo is better than swizz beats! i'm 20, i like lots of music, at the moment i am going through a krautrock/noise/hippunk phase but i also like the kind of hip hop that arouses battle cries of 'FUCK ALL DAT FAKE BLING SHIT' and i used to be quite involved in some kind of uk punk underground that has sadly (or not) died. occasionally i write in fanzines but i'm not interested in music crit much. my ilm ambition is for that jonathon guy to put a troll link after one of my posts. as i rudely stated on another thread (sorry nickalicious) I AM DRUNK AND HAVE JUST DISCOVERED SUPER AE PH33R M3