Saturday, March 27, 2010
Victim of the Shuffle
I was just walking the dog, and this song came up on the iPhone.
The last time I heard it was probably last summer when I was up at my dad's place.
There is a link between the sense of smell and memories (a good write up on sense memory can be found here) but what about when a song can provoke particular memories, of a time, place or event?
This is just wanking and has no real point, but...I do have to wonder...
Friday, March 26, 2010
Elizabeth's Top Albums
Elizabeth Barbone, of GlutenFreeBaking.com, put together a list of her favorite albums for The Album Project.
You can find her list here.
You can find her list here.
Maura's List for The Album Project
Maura put together a list of her favorite 25 albums for The Album Project.
As many know, music is very much a part of my life. I credit it for saving my life, actually, and for inspiring my identity. I tend to forget things, but this is the best list i can think of at present. #1 never changes.
My list:
Echo and the Bunnymen "Ocean Rain"
Portishead "Live at Roseland"
White Stripes "White Blood Cells" *thanks ned :)
Cure "Pornography"
Dead Can Dance "Toward the Within"
Radiohead "Ok Computer"
Siouxsie "Peepshow"
Nine inch Nails "With Teeth"
White Stripes "Elephant"
Gnarles Barkley "St. Elsewhere"
Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen"
Radiohead "Amnesiac"
Queens of Fado
Nine inch Nails "The Fragile"
Siouxsie "Haeyna"
Creatures "Boomerang"
Heavenly Voices Comp Vol 5
Faith and the Muse "Branwen"
Changelings "The Changelings"
Siouxsie "Through the Looking Glass"
Cure "Disintegration"
Cure "Bloodflowers/The Top"
Dead Can Dance "The Serpents Egg"
Hall and Oates greatest hits
tba
Thank you, Maura! This is another great list!
Please keep them coming in!
As many know, music is very much a part of my life. I credit it for saving my life, actually, and for inspiring my identity. I tend to forget things, but this is the best list i can think of at present. #1 never changes.
My list:
Echo and the Bunnymen "Ocean Rain"
Portishead "Live at Roseland"
White Stripes "White Blood Cells" *thanks ned :)
Cure "Pornography"
Dead Can Dance "Toward the Within"
Radiohead "Ok Computer"
Siouxsie "Peepshow"
Nine inch Nails "With Teeth"
White Stripes "Elephant"
Gnarles Barkley "St. Elsewhere"
Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen"
Radiohead "Amnesiac"
Queens of Fado
Nine inch Nails "The Fragile"
Siouxsie "Haeyna"
Creatures "Boomerang"
Heavenly Voices Comp Vol 5
Faith and the Muse "Branwen"
Changelings "The Changelings"
Siouxsie "Through the Looking Glass"
Cure "Disintegration"
Cure "Bloodflowers/The Top"
Dead Can Dance "The Serpents Egg"
Hall and Oates greatest hits
tba
Thank you, Maura! This is another great list!
Please keep them coming in!
BaristaBabe's Contribution to The Album Project
BaristaBabe contributed her list of top 25 albums for The Album Project.
Alright, so my friend A Futile Mistake is running his own Album Project and asked me to participate by giving him what I think of as my top 25 albums. Now, these are by no means The Greatest Albums Of All Time. Most of them are not revolutionary, earth shattering, musically unique, and so forth. My criteria was basically whether or not it was an album I could listen to from beginning to end without skipping anything (with a few exceptions). Which would be the criteria I'd use if I had to reduce my music collection down to only 25 albums.
So, in no particular order (well, with the exception of the first handful, as those three always come to mind when someone asks me my favorite albums):
1. Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castles
2. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
3. Tool - Aenima
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
6. Beatles - Abbey Road
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
8. Fiona Apple - Tidal
9. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
10. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
11. Better than Ezra - Live at House of Blues
12. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
13. The Eagles - Selected Works: 1972-1999
14. Sia - Colour the Small One
15. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
16. Depeche Mode - Exciter
17. The Beatles - The Red Album: 1962-1966
18. The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits
19. The Pretenders - Greatest Hits
20. Jonatha Brooke - Live
21. Ani Difranco - Like I Said
22. Soul Coughing - Lust in Phaze: The Best of Soul Coughing
23. Tool - 10,000 Days
24. The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall
25. Harry Connick, Jr. - When Harry Met Sally...
This would, no doubt, change if I were to try again in a month or if I had written it a year ago. I would probably miss Matt Nathanson and Jason Mraz, eventually. Maybe the Rolling Stones. I also tried to do most of it without sifting through my music collection (I was mostly successful), which means huge sections of it have no doubt been forgotten. It's not part of the rules, but if I could include just two more songs, they would be "Angie" by the Rolling Stones and "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen. Imagining my music collection without both is sad, but I'm just not in love with any of the whole albums both songs are on. I went for several greatest hits albums because I wanted to include the artist but couldn't settle on a single album. Runners up for instrumental albums: The Hours Soundtrack and Live at The Quick: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
Thank you for taking the time to do this.
I still have lists coming in and I am astounding by the good taste of the people contributing as well as the variety of the music.
Please take the time to contribute yours.
(Originally posted here.)
Alright, so my friend A Futile Mistake is running his own Album Project and asked me to participate by giving him what I think of as my top 25 albums. Now, these are by no means The Greatest Albums Of All Time. Most of them are not revolutionary, earth shattering, musically unique, and so forth. My criteria was basically whether or not it was an album I could listen to from beginning to end without skipping anything (with a few exceptions). Which would be the criteria I'd use if I had to reduce my music collection down to only 25 albums.
So, in no particular order (well, with the exception of the first handful, as those three always come to mind when someone asks me my favorite albums):
1. Ani Difranco - Little Plastic Castles
2. Sarah McLachlan - Fumbling Towards Ecstasy
3. Tool - Aenima
4. Michael Jackson - Thriller
5. Pink Floyd - Division Bell
6. Beatles - Abbey Road
7. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
8. Fiona Apple - Tidal
9. Mike Doughty - Haughty Melodic
10. Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds - Live at Luther College
11. Better than Ezra - Live at House of Blues
12. A Perfect Circle - Mer de Noms
13. The Eagles - Selected Works: 1972-1999
14. Sia - Colour the Small One
15. Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
16. Depeche Mode - Exciter
17. The Beatles - The Red Album: 1962-1966
18. The Cure - The Cure: Greatest Hits
19. The Pretenders - Greatest Hits
20. Jonatha Brooke - Live
21. Ani Difranco - Like I Said
22. Soul Coughing - Lust in Phaze: The Best of Soul Coughing
23. Tool - 10,000 Days
24. The Long Winters - When I Pretend to Fall
25. Harry Connick, Jr. - When Harry Met Sally...
This would, no doubt, change if I were to try again in a month or if I had written it a year ago. I would probably miss Matt Nathanson and Jason Mraz, eventually. Maybe the Rolling Stones. I also tried to do most of it without sifting through my music collection (I was mostly successful), which means huge sections of it have no doubt been forgotten. It's not part of the rules, but if I could include just two more songs, they would be "Angie" by the Rolling Stones and "Thunder Road" by Bruce Springsteen. Imagining my music collection without both is sad, but I'm just not in love with any of the whole albums both songs are on. I went for several greatest hits albums because I wanted to include the artist but couldn't settle on a single album. Runners up for instrumental albums: The Hours Soundtrack and Live at The Quick: Bela Fleck and the Flecktones.
Thank you for taking the time to do this.
I still have lists coming in and I am astounding by the good taste of the people contributing as well as the variety of the music.
Please take the time to contribute yours.
(Originally posted here.)
Lynn's List for The Album Project
Lynn took the time to contribute to The Album Project!
1. Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed
2. Janis Ian, Between the Lines
3. Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
4. Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound of Thunder (double live album)
5. Richard Shindell, South of Delia
6. Various Artists, Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
7. Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
8. Indigo Girls, Rites of Passage
9. Indigo Girls, Become You
10. Bonnie Raitt, Home Plate
11. Bonnie Raitt, Streetlights
12. The Chieftains etc., The Long Black Veil
13. Fairport Convention, Liege and Lief
14. Steely Dan, Aja
15. Cream, 2005 Live from Royal Albert Hall
16. Janis Joplin, Pearl
17. Simon and Garfunkel, Best of Simon and Garfunkel
18. Various Artists, Standing in the Shadows of Motown
19. Grateful Dead, Terrapin Station
20. Bruce Springsteen, Live in New York City
21. Jackson Browne, The Next Voice You Hear
22. Peter Gabriel, So
23. Evanescence, Fallen
24. Rickie Lee Jones, Girl at Her Volcano
25. The Kennedys, Half a Million Miles
Thank you so much, Lynn!
Please keep those lists coming in!
1. Rolling Stones, Let It Bleed
2. Janis Ian, Between the Lines
3. Joni Mitchell, Court and Spark
4. Pink Floyd, Delicate Sound of Thunder (double live album)
5. Richard Shindell, South of Delia
6. Various Artists, Endless Highway: The Music of the Band
7. Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited
8. Indigo Girls, Rites of Passage
9. Indigo Girls, Become You
10. Bonnie Raitt, Home Plate
11. Bonnie Raitt, Streetlights
12. The Chieftains etc., The Long Black Veil
13. Fairport Convention, Liege and Lief
14. Steely Dan, Aja
15. Cream, 2005 Live from Royal Albert Hall
16. Janis Joplin, Pearl
17. Simon and Garfunkel, Best of Simon and Garfunkel
18. Various Artists, Standing in the Shadows of Motown
19. Grateful Dead, Terrapin Station
20. Bruce Springsteen, Live in New York City
21. Jackson Browne, The Next Voice You Hear
22. Peter Gabriel, So
23. Evanescence, Fallen
24. Rickie Lee Jones, Girl at Her Volcano
25. The Kennedys, Half a Million Miles
Thank you so much, Lynn!
Please keep those lists coming in!
Karen's list for the Top 25 Albums
Karen has contributed a list for The Album Project.
Okay I found this was really hard to do as I listen to quite a lot of different types of music but not necessary their albums, so I restricted myself to just the bands I have albums of and return to over the years (as you see most are kind of older releases). Have fun. ~karen
1.) The New Pornographers : Mass Romantic
2.) Cranes : Forever
3.) Bare Naked Ladies : Born on a Pirate Ship
4.) Eric Clapton : The Cream of Clapton
5.) Radiohead : Pablo Honey
6.) Pixies : Doolittle
7.) Cake : Fashion Nugget
8.) Big Audio Dynamite II : The Globe
9.) Tori Amos : Little Earthquakes
10.) Violent Femmes : Add It Up (1981-1993)
11.) Billie Holiday : Greatest Hits
12.) Tom Petty : Full Moon Fever
13.) Sugar : Copper Blue
14.) Lemonheads : It's a Shame about Ray
15.) The Smiths : The Best of the Smiths, Vol 2
16.) Beastie Boys : Licensed to Ill
17.) Fugazi : 13 Songs
18.) Blondie : Blonde And Beyond
19.) Wyclef Jean : Presents the Carnival
20.) Toad the Wet Sprocket : Fear
21.) Jane's Addiction : Nothing's Shocking
22.) Phish : Hoist
23.) Dinosaur Jr. : Green Mind
24.) Ani DiFranco : Dilate
25.) Talking Heads : The Best of Talking Heads
Thanks, Karen, and a very special thank you for introducing me to No. 23.
Please keep your lists coming in.
I also have two new projects coming out in the near future. One about singles and the other about books. The are going to be much smaller lists, but I hope that people will contribute those as well.
Okay I found this was really hard to do as I listen to quite a lot of different types of music but not necessary their albums, so I restricted myself to just the bands I have albums of and return to over the years (as you see most are kind of older releases). Have fun. ~karen
1.) The New Pornographers : Mass Romantic
2.) Cranes : Forever
3.) Bare Naked Ladies : Born on a Pirate Ship
4.) Eric Clapton : The Cream of Clapton
5.) Radiohead : Pablo Honey
6.) Pixies : Doolittle
7.) Cake : Fashion Nugget
8.) Big Audio Dynamite II : The Globe
9.) Tori Amos : Little Earthquakes
10.) Violent Femmes : Add It Up (1981-1993)
11.) Billie Holiday : Greatest Hits
12.) Tom Petty : Full Moon Fever
13.) Sugar : Copper Blue
14.) Lemonheads : It's a Shame about Ray
15.) The Smiths : The Best of the Smiths, Vol 2
16.) Beastie Boys : Licensed to Ill
17.) Fugazi : 13 Songs
18.) Blondie : Blonde And Beyond
19.) Wyclef Jean : Presents the Carnival
20.) Toad the Wet Sprocket : Fear
21.) Jane's Addiction : Nothing's Shocking
22.) Phish : Hoist
23.) Dinosaur Jr. : Green Mind
24.) Ani DiFranco : Dilate
25.) Talking Heads : The Best of Talking Heads
Thanks, Karen, and a very special thank you for introducing me to No. 23.
Please keep your lists coming in.
I also have two new projects coming out in the near future. One about singles and the other about books. The are going to be much smaller lists, but I hope that people will contribute those as well.
Thursday, March 25, 2010
HCR Reconciliation
Senate Passes Set of Changes to Health Care Overhaul - NYTimes.com:
"Three Democrats opposed the measure, Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Ben Nelson of Nebraska."
Really?
Nelson got what he wanted and then voted against it after he voted for it?
Lincoln and Pryor happen to be Senators in the state that was best served by the free privately supported clinics that were promoted by MSNBC.
I honestly hope that you lose your primaries badly.
"Three Democrats opposed the measure, Senators Blanche Lincoln and Mark Pryor of Arkansas and Ben Nelson of Nebraska."
Really?
Nelson got what he wanted and then voted against it after he voted for it?
Lincoln and Pryor happen to be Senators in the state that was best served by the free privately supported clinics that were promoted by MSNBC.
I honestly hope that you lose your primaries badly.
FPR's Old School 25(or 26) Top Albums
FPR's Contribution to the Top 25 Album list for The Album Project.
ned, i'm going to do this off the top of my head, just to be genuine about the whole thing.
1. The Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Berlin, Lou Reed
3. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
4. Take No Prisoners, Lou Reed
5. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
6. Purple Rain, Prince
7. American Recordings I, Johnny Cash
8. New Sensations, Lou Reed
9. New York, Lou Reed
10. Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis
11. Man of La Mancha, original broadway soundtrack with Richard Kiley as Don Quixote
12. Shamokin, Mostly Other People Do the Killing
13. Leonard Cohen Live in London
14. Velvet Underground Live 1969
15. Ready to Die, Notorious B.I.G.
16. Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg
17. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
18. Musiquarium, Stevie Wonder
19. Velvet Underground (1968)
20. Scarecrow, John Cougar Mellencamp
21. Saved, Bob Dylan
22. Live at Max's Kansas City, Velvet Underground
23. Pet Sounds and Smile (tie) Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
24. Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones
25. Has Been, William Shatner
Okay, FPR cheated a bit with #23 but it is a great list nonetheless!
Please keep sending them in and sharing your favorite albums!
ned, i'm going to do this off the top of my head, just to be genuine about the whole thing.
1. The Velvet Underground and Nico
2. Berlin, Lou Reed
3. Bringing It All Back Home, Bob Dylan
4. Take No Prisoners, Lou Reed
5. Blonde on Blonde, Bob Dylan
6. Purple Rain, Prince
7. American Recordings I, Johnny Cash
8. New Sensations, Lou Reed
9. New York, Lou Reed
10. Birth of the Cool, Miles Davis
11. Man of La Mancha, original broadway soundtrack with Richard Kiley as Don Quixote
12. Shamokin, Mostly Other People Do the Killing
13. Leonard Cohen Live in London
14. Velvet Underground Live 1969
15. Ready to Die, Notorious B.I.G.
16. Doggystyle, Snoop Doggy Dogg
17. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, Public Enemy
18. Musiquarium, Stevie Wonder
19. Velvet Underground (1968)
20. Scarecrow, John Cougar Mellencamp
21. Saved, Bob Dylan
22. Live at Max's Kansas City, Velvet Underground
23. Pet Sounds and Smile (tie) Beach Boys/Brian Wilson
24. Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stones
25. Has Been, William Shatner
Okay, FPR cheated a bit with #23 but it is a great list nonetheless!
Please keep sending them in and sharing your favorite albums!
JenHen's Album List
JenHen contributed her 25 Top Albums to The Album Project!
1. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
2. Phish - Rift
3. Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack
4. Grateful Dead - 8-6-74 Roosevelt Stadium NJ
5. Liz Phair - Exile to Guyville
6. Sweeney Todd Soundtrack
7. Wicked Soundtrack
8. David Bowie - Let's Dance
9. Abba - Gold
10. Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974
11. Depeche Mode - Best Of Vol. 1
12. GNR - Appetite for Destruction
13. Twisted Sister - Big hits and Nasty cuts
14. Paul Simon - Graceland
15. Phish - Colorado 1988
16. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
17. Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 hits
18. The Music Never Stopped - Roots of the Grateful Dead
19. Violent Femmes - Add it up 81-93
20. Michael Jackson - Bad
21. Repo! A Genetic Opera
22. Bob Dylan - Biograph Volume 2
23. Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
24. They might be giants - Flood
25. Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Thanks for the list, Jen. Twisted Sister makes their first appearance.
Please contribute your lists, your family's list, or your hairdresser's list!
1. Dr. Horrible's Sing Along Blog
2. Phish - Rift
3. Reservoir Dogs Soundtrack
4. Grateful Dead - 8-6-74 Roosevelt Stadium NJ
5. Liz Phair - Exile to Guyville
6. Sweeney Todd Soundtrack
7. Wicked Soundtrack
8. David Bowie - Let's Dance
9. Abba - Gold
10. Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974
11. Depeche Mode - Best Of Vol. 1
12. GNR - Appetite for Destruction
13. Twisted Sister - Big hits and Nasty cuts
14. Paul Simon - Graceland
15. Phish - Colorado 1988
16. Lily Allen - Alright, Still
17. Elvis Presley - Elvis 30 #1 hits
18. The Music Never Stopped - Roots of the Grateful Dead
19. Violent Femmes - Add it up 81-93
20. Michael Jackson - Bad
21. Repo! A Genetic Opera
22. Bob Dylan - Biograph Volume 2
23. Natural Born Killers Soundtrack
24. They might be giants - Flood
25. Primus - Sailing the Seas of Cheese
Thanks for the list, Jen. Twisted Sister makes their first appearance.
Please contribute your lists, your family's list, or your hairdresser's list!
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Absurd
Yesterday, I was reading a list of problems with progressives. You know the type of things that are on the list...sodomy, abortionist, environmentalism, et cetera.
It got me thinking...what would be the perfect t-shirt to represent these views?
Not that I would wear it, per se, but that you all could buy for $19.99 and express yourself using my words.
Now, this is going to offend some of you, and that is kind of the point.
Because Progressives are offended all the time, and laughed at and such, and you know what, we keep winning. You know why, because our ideas are better.
It got me thinking...what would be the perfect t-shirt to represent these views?
Not that I would wear it, per se, but that you all could buy for $19.99 and express yourself using my words.
Now, this is going to offend some of you, and that is kind of the point.
Because Progressives are offended all the time, and laughed at and such, and you know what, we keep winning. You know why, because our ideas are better.
Rachel Maddow to Sen. Brown
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
KidA1977's Top 25 Albums
KidA1977's contribution to The Album Project.
A Mistake is asking friends to share their top 25 favorite albums of all time. I tried doing one of these a while back, but I found myself doing far too much commentary on each album and it took me so long to write it that I never finished. What can I say, I was voted "Talks most says least" in my high school senior superlatives. That and "Most likely to fall asleep in class" but that's another post. This list is in no particular order except for the first three...
1) OK Computer - Radiohead (Ned saw this coming. BEST.ALBUM.EVER.)
2) Abby Road - The Beatles (the best b-side of any album I have ever listened to)
3) Regatta de Blanc - The Police ("Can't see for the brightness is staring me blind...")
4) Portishead - Live at Roseland
5) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (cliche, I know, but this and the next one got me through law school)
6) Giant Steps - John Coltrane
7) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
8) Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction (the best rock album of the 80's)
9) Led Zeppelin - The BBC Sessions
10) Grace - Jeff Buckley (strangely, I don't listen to much Jeff Buckley other than this album)
11) KidA - Radiohead (hard to pick between this and Amnesiac, but it was really close)
12) Rage Against the Machine
13) Ten - Pearl Jam
14) The Joshua Tree - U2 (everyone knows the first five songs, but the last six could be better)
15) The White Album - The Beatles
16) Van Morrison - Moondance (I danced with my wife to "Into the Mystic" at our wedding)
17) Neil Young - Harvest
18) Broken - Nine Inch Nails (Whitney Abbott got me into this album and it blew my tenth grade mind)
19) Tool - Aenima
20) White Ladder - David Gray (never leaves my car)
21) Sand in the Vaseline - Best of the Talking Heads (had a hard time coming up with one album, so I cheesed out and picked a greatest hits)
22) Weezer - The Blue Album
23) Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
24) Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
25) Toxicity - System of A Down
Thank you for the list. I really love seeing these and remembering how much I liked certain tracks or the entire album. I found myself searching for songs and albums based on these lists. Thanks to everyone that has contributed and please, tell your friends!
A Mistake is asking friends to share their top 25 favorite albums of all time. I tried doing one of these a while back, but I found myself doing far too much commentary on each album and it took me so long to write it that I never finished. What can I say, I was voted "Talks most says least" in my high school senior superlatives. That and "Most likely to fall asleep in class" but that's another post. This list is in no particular order except for the first three...
1) OK Computer - Radiohead (Ned saw this coming. BEST.ALBUM.EVER.)
2) Abby Road - The Beatles (the best b-side of any album I have ever listened to)
3) Regatta de Blanc - The Police ("Can't see for the brightness is staring me blind...")
4) Portishead - Live at Roseland
5) Kind of Blue - Miles Davis (cliche, I know, but this and the next one got me through law school)
6) Giant Steps - John Coltrane
7) Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
8) Guns and Roses - Appetite for Destruction (the best rock album of the 80's)
9) Led Zeppelin - The BBC Sessions
10) Grace - Jeff Buckley (strangely, I don't listen to much Jeff Buckley other than this album)
11) KidA - Radiohead (hard to pick between this and Amnesiac, but it was really close)
12) Rage Against the Machine
13) Ten - Pearl Jam
14) The Joshua Tree - U2 (everyone knows the first five songs, but the last six could be better)
15) The White Album - The Beatles
16) Van Morrison - Moondance (I danced with my wife to "Into the Mystic" at our wedding)
17) Neil Young - Harvest
18) Broken - Nine Inch Nails (Whitney Abbott got me into this album and it blew my tenth grade mind)
19) Tool - Aenima
20) White Ladder - David Gray (never leaves my car)
21) Sand in the Vaseline - Best of the Talking Heads (had a hard time coming up with one album, so I cheesed out and picked a greatest hits)
22) Weezer - The Blue Album
23) Paul's Boutique - The Beastie Boys
24) Dream of the Blue Turtles - Sting
25) Toxicity - System of A Down
Thank you for the list. I really love seeing these and remembering how much I liked certain tracks or the entire album. I found myself searching for songs and albums based on these lists. Thanks to everyone that has contributed and please, tell your friends!
Oh, Lisa, everyone knows that 83% of polls are false
The Challenge of Measuring The Right-Wing Fringe - Swampland - TIME.com:
"67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.
57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim
45 percent of Republicans (25 percent overall) agree with the Birthers in their belief that Obama was 'not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president'
38 percent of Republicans (20 percent overall) say that Obama is 'doing many of the things that Hitler did'
Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama 'may be the Antichrist.'"
Thanks to KristianCee for the link.
"67 percent of Republicans (and 40 percent of Americans overall) believe that Obama is a socialist.
57 percent of Republicans (32 percent overall) believe that Obama is a Muslim
45 percent of Republicans (25 percent overall) agree with the Birthers in their belief that Obama was 'not born in the United States and so is not eligible to be president'
38 percent of Republicans (20 percent overall) say that Obama is 'doing many of the things that Hitler did'
Scariest of all, 24 percent of Republicans (14 percent overall) say that Obama 'may be the Antichrist.'"
Thanks to KristianCee for the link.
Yes, you may know it as the UPS song
But I love it...even more than the Iron & Wine version that was on the Garden State soundtrack.
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
No, this album isn't on my list (though it did make it into the top 40) but it did make PVH1976's list, so...it works for a variety of people.
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
No, this album isn't on my list (though it did make it into the top 40) but it did make PVH1976's list, so...it works for a variety of people.
AngryYoungDem's 25 Albums for The Album Project
Angry Young Dem's contribution to The Album Project.
A Mistake is asking friends to share their top 25 favorite albums of all time. Like the Tao of FAU I was reluctant to do this because my taste in music is decidedly uncool. Typically, when I took about my tastes in music, i open myself to derision. But the more I thought about it, A Mistake isn't just asking for cool people to post their cool top 25 albums. At the center of what he is saying is that musical tastes help define who we are. Certainly, there is a lot to be read into most of my choices that made my list. So, without further ado (Angry Young Dem):
1.Turnstiles - Billy Joel (I have two anthems to my life, "James" and "Angry Young Man" both come from this album)
2.Live/1975-1985 - Springsteen (what can I say, I am from NJ. Thunder Road and The River live are amazing as is the rest of the album)
3.Glass Houses - Billy Joel (One of two tapes that was always playing in my car throughout highschool)
4.Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf (I don't care what people think. Every song on this album is a classic to me)
5.The Stranger - Billy Joel (his best album, IMO, but not as meaningful to me as the two others)
6.Essentail Bob Dylan -Bob Dylan (didn't pick this up until senior year of college. I had been missing A LOT)
7.Cold Spring Harbor - Billy Joel (his first album and the other one that was always in my car)
8.Appetite for Destruction - GNR (very popular around my Bar Mitzvah and one of the few times I had "cool" taste in music)
9.Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (seee directly above and replace "bar mitzvah" with 10th grade)
10.Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume 1 - Elton John (c'mon, I had 4 Billy Joel's in my top 10, did you not think there would be an Elton too?
11.Innocent Man - Billy Joel (one of the first albums I remember buying (and I learned about sex but not enough) (although I never made it with a red-head girl in a chevrolet))
12.Piano Man - Billy Joel (terrific album, but draws attention away from some of his better stuff)
13.Chicago IX - Chicago (Their first greatest hits album. Still listen to it all the time.)
14.Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty (His first solo album (i think). My brother introduced me to him)
15.Love Songs and Negotiations - Paul Simon (take a look or listen at this album it has to be in everyone's top 15, it just has to)
16.Achtung Baby - U2 (I remember listening to this in my friend Archit's basement. Best of memories)
17.Ten - Pearl Jam (again, the whole "cool" thing. Plus very angry which was me in high school)
18.Time Pieces - Eric Clapton (so hard to choose one Clapton over another, but this is the one I owned and listened to as a kid)
19.Hot August Night - Neil Diamond (again, i don't care if people mock me. This album is amazing)
20.Throwing Copper - Live (Davidson Dungeon, Freshman year. trying so hard to fit in. It didn't work, but I found my place anyway!)
21.1 - The Beatles (I knew I needed to know more about the Beatles and this was a logical place to start)
22.Almost Famous - Soundtrack (I love this movie and can listen to this album over and over again)
23.Garden State - Soundtrack (just coincidence that 2 soundtracks back to back. Introduced me to some great bands that I wound not have listened to otherwise)
24.Wildflower - Tom Petty (another solo album. I have goto albums when I need to relax and this is one of them)
25.Daylight Again - Crosby Stills & Nash (I learned about this album in summer camp when I was 11 or 12 and for some reason Southern Cross just stuck with me)
I can't say that I would listen to all these albums today and it would have the same impact on me. Outside of the Billy Joel albums, Springsteen, Dylan, Chicago, Almost Famous and Wildflower, I probably haven't listened to one of these albums start to finish in at least 10 years. I chose them because either it represents my music or an important point in my life. Other artists who just missed the cut include: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Jay and the Americans, and Stevie Wonder. I hope you enjoy this. Flame away.
Thank you so much for this, and please tell your friends, family, enemies and people you know that are in the WPP to contribute!
A Mistake is asking friends to share their top 25 favorite albums of all time. Like the Tao of FAU I was reluctant to do this because my taste in music is decidedly uncool. Typically, when I took about my tastes in music, i open myself to derision. But the more I thought about it, A Mistake isn't just asking for cool people to post their cool top 25 albums. At the center of what he is saying is that musical tastes help define who we are. Certainly, there is a lot to be read into most of my choices that made my list. So, without further ado (Angry Young Dem):
1.Turnstiles - Billy Joel (I have two anthems to my life, "James" and "Angry Young Man" both come from this album)
2.Live/1975-1985 - Springsteen (what can I say, I am from NJ. Thunder Road and The River live are amazing as is the rest of the album)
3.Glass Houses - Billy Joel (One of two tapes that was always playing in my car throughout highschool)
4.Bat Out Of Hell - Meatloaf (I don't care what people think. Every song on this album is a classic to me)
5.The Stranger - Billy Joel (his best album, IMO, but not as meaningful to me as the two others)
6.Essentail Bob Dylan -Bob Dylan (didn't pick this up until senior year of college. I had been missing A LOT)
7.Cold Spring Harbor - Billy Joel (his first album and the other one that was always in my car)
8.Appetite for Destruction - GNR (very popular around my Bar Mitzvah and one of the few times I had "cool" taste in music)
9.Blood Sugar Sex Magik - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (seee directly above and replace "bar mitzvah" with 10th grade)
10.Elton John's Greatest Hits Volume 1 - Elton John (c'mon, I had 4 Billy Joel's in my top 10, did you not think there would be an Elton too?
11.Innocent Man - Billy Joel (one of the first albums I remember buying (and I learned about sex but not enough) (although I never made it with a red-head girl in a chevrolet))
12.Piano Man - Billy Joel (terrific album, but draws attention away from some of his better stuff)
13.Chicago IX - Chicago (Their first greatest hits album. Still listen to it all the time.)
14.Full Moon Fever - Tom Petty (His first solo album (i think). My brother introduced me to him)
15.Love Songs and Negotiations - Paul Simon (take a look or listen at this album it has to be in everyone's top 15, it just has to)
16.Achtung Baby - U2 (I remember listening to this in my friend Archit's basement. Best of memories)
17.Ten - Pearl Jam (again, the whole "cool" thing. Plus very angry which was me in high school)
18.Time Pieces - Eric Clapton (so hard to choose one Clapton over another, but this is the one I owned and listened to as a kid)
19.Hot August Night - Neil Diamond (again, i don't care if people mock me. This album is amazing)
20.Throwing Copper - Live (Davidson Dungeon, Freshman year. trying so hard to fit in. It didn't work, but I found my place anyway!)
21.1 - The Beatles (I knew I needed to know more about the Beatles and this was a logical place to start)
22.Almost Famous - Soundtrack (I love this movie and can listen to this album over and over again)
23.Garden State - Soundtrack (just coincidence that 2 soundtracks back to back. Introduced me to some great bands that I wound not have listened to otherwise)
24.Wildflower - Tom Petty (another solo album. I have goto albums when I need to relax and this is one of them)
25.Daylight Again - Crosby Stills & Nash (I learned about this album in summer camp when I was 11 or 12 and for some reason Southern Cross just stuck with me)
I can't say that I would listen to all these albums today and it would have the same impact on me. Outside of the Billy Joel albums, Springsteen, Dylan, Chicago, Almost Famous and Wildflower, I probably haven't listened to one of these albums start to finish in at least 10 years. I chose them because either it represents my music or an important point in my life. Other artists who just missed the cut include: Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Jay and the Americans, and Stevie Wonder. I hope you enjoy this. Flame away.
Thank you so much for this, and please tell your friends, family, enemies and people you know that are in the WPP to contribute!
Anya's Top 25 Albums for The Album Project
Anya's contribution to The Album Project.
I refuse to put them in any particular order (though the order is probably somewhat telling), I purposely excluded soundtracks, classical favorites and compilations to make it easier for myself, but some "best of" collections were included when a single album by that artist could not be settled upon. That being said, I am sure I forgot something, but these are all albums I frequently listen to over and over from beginning to end.
1. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
2. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
3. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
4. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
5. NOFX - The Greatest Songs Ever Written (by Us)
6. They Might Be Giants Apollo 18
7. Pixies - Doolittle
8. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
9. The Clash - Sandinista!
10. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
11. Fiona Apple - Tidal
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
13. The Stereo - Three Hundred
14. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prision
15. Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
16. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
17. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
18. Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy/...Was A Real Boy
19. Paul Simon - Graceland
20. Weezer - Pinkerton
21. Parliament - Give Up The Funk
22. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To
Party
23. Harry Chapin - Portrait Gallery
24. The Cure - Greatest Hits
25. John Lee Hooker - Chill Out
For some reason 25 was a difficult number, I felt like 20 or 30 would have been easier... weird.
Thanks for everyone who has provided a list and I am looking forward to a lot more!
I refuse to put them in any particular order (though the order is probably somewhat telling), I purposely excluded soundtracks, classical favorites and compilations to make it easier for myself, but some "best of" collections were included when a single album by that artist could not be settled upon. That being said, I am sure I forgot something, but these are all albums I frequently listen to over and over from beginning to end.
1. Elvis Costello - My Aim Is True
2. Dead Kennedys - Fresh Fruit For Rotting Vegetables
3. Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American
4. The Beatles - Rubber Soul
5. NOFX - The Greatest Songs Ever Written (by Us)
6. They Might Be Giants Apollo 18
7. Pixies - Doolittle
8. The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
9. The Clash - Sandinista!
10. Elvis Costello - This Year's Model
11. Fiona Apple - Tidal
12. A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders
13. The Stereo - Three Hundred
14. Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prision
15. Alkaline Trio - From Here to Infirmary
16. Pixies - Surfer Rosa
17. The Roots - Do You Want More?!!!??!
18. Say Anything - ...Is A Real Boy/...Was A Real Boy
19. Paul Simon - Graceland
20. Weezer - Pinkerton
21. Parliament - Give Up The Funk
22. The Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Don't Know How To
Party
23. Harry Chapin - Portrait Gallery
24. The Cure - Greatest Hits
25. John Lee Hooker - Chill Out
For some reason 25 was a difficult number, I felt like 20 or 30 would have been easier... weird.
Thanks for everyone who has provided a list and I am looking forward to a lot more!
Pets
The cat (Hemingway) and the dog (Curly) act with each other like...well...cats and dogs.
But...and maybe it is because the weather has become colder...
I am sitting on the couch, the dog is sitting beside/behind me so...the cat has decided to sleep upon the dog.
Part of me wishes that I could turn around to take a picture of this but I know that it would upset the delicate balance.
If the cat and the dog can sleep together, if James Carville and Mary Matalin can sleep together, cannot Progressives and Tea Party Patriots get along?
But...and maybe it is because the weather has become colder...
I am sitting on the couch, the dog is sitting beside/behind me so...the cat has decided to sleep upon the dog.
Part of me wishes that I could turn around to take a picture of this but I know that it would upset the delicate balance.
If the cat and the dog can sleep together, if James Carville and Mary Matalin can sleep together, cannot Progressives and Tea Party Patriots get along?
Losing Ugly
Republicans weigh costs of losing ugly - Glenn Thrush and Marin Cogan - POLITICO.com:
"The only thing worse than winning ugly is losing uglier.
The Democrats’ ungainly march toward a victory on health care reform Sunday night provoked a graceless response from angry House Republicans, who shouted insults across the chamber, encouraged outbursts from the galleries, brandished “Kill the bill” placards from the Speaker’s Balcony and, apparently, left veiled threats of electoral retribution on the benches of undecided Democrats."
I honestly thought that Monday would be quiet after the historic vote for the (flawed) HCR bill. Maybe I was being naive, maybe it was wishful thinking on my part. Around the interwebs, I see people who were against Health Care Reform saying that the people who were happy about this were uninformed or, frankly, idiots.
So, I am going to say to them what they said to be after the selection of George W. Bush in 2000.
"Get Over It! You Lost!"
Thanks, and hopefully, going forward, we can concentrate on what brings us together (like music) instead of what separates us.
"The only thing worse than winning ugly is losing uglier.
The Democrats’ ungainly march toward a victory on health care reform Sunday night provoked a graceless response from angry House Republicans, who shouted insults across the chamber, encouraged outbursts from the galleries, brandished “Kill the bill” placards from the Speaker’s Balcony and, apparently, left veiled threats of electoral retribution on the benches of undecided Democrats."
I honestly thought that Monday would be quiet after the historic vote for the (flawed) HCR bill. Maybe I was being naive, maybe it was wishful thinking on my part. Around the interwebs, I see people who were against Health Care Reform saying that the people who were happy about this were uninformed or, frankly, idiots.
So, I am going to say to them what they said to be after the selection of George W. Bush in 2000.
"Get Over It! You Lost!"
Thanks, and hopefully, going forward, we can concentrate on what brings us together (like music) instead of what separates us.
An Outside Observer's Top 25 Albums
An Outside Observer's list for The Album Project.
Probably worth nothing that 90% of my music collection was acquired pre-1998, and by acquired, I mean "stolen from family member" or "copied a friend I thought was cooler than me."
1. Greenday - Insomniac
2. REM - Out of Time
3. REM - Automatic for the People
4. Simon and Garfunkel - Live in Central Park
5. Harry Chapin - Gold Medal Collection
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Party Doll and Other Favorites
7. Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume 2
8. China Beach: Music and Memories
9. Aerosmith - Big Ones
10. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
11. They Might Be Giants - Flood
12. Depech Mode - The Singles 81 - 85
13. Erasure - Erasure Pop!: The First 20 Hits
14. Eddie from Ohio - Looking Out of the Fishbowl
15. Garth Brooks - Sevens
16. Indigo Girls - Become You
17. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
18. Kenny Chesney and John Cougar Mellancamp - Live CMT Crossroads
19. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
20. Billboard Top Hits: 1985
21. Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying
22. Toby Keith - Noogies for Liberals
23. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
24. Genesis - Invisible Touch
25. U2 - Joshua Tree
Thanks for the list, and please tell your friends and family members and the bartender to contribute!
Probably worth nothing that 90% of my music collection was acquired pre-1998, and by acquired, I mean "stolen from family member" or "copied a friend I thought was cooler than me."
1. Greenday - Insomniac
2. REM - Out of Time
3. REM - Automatic for the People
4. Simon and Garfunkel - Live in Central Park
5. Harry Chapin - Gold Medal Collection
6. Mary Chapin Carpenter - Party Doll and Other Favorites
7. Grammy's Greatest Moments, Volume 2
8. China Beach: Music and Memories
9. Aerosmith - Big Ones
10. Barenaked Ladies - Gordon
11. They Might Be Giants - Flood
12. Depech Mode - The Singles 81 - 85
13. Erasure - Erasure Pop!: The First 20 Hits
14. Eddie from Ohio - Looking Out of the Fishbowl
15. Garth Brooks - Sevens
16. Indigo Girls - Become You
17. Indigo Girls - Indigo Girls
18. Kenny Chesney and John Cougar Mellancamp - Live CMT Crossroads
19. Toad the Wet Sprocket - Fear
20. Billboard Top Hits: 1985
21. Tim McGraw - Live Like You Were Dying
22. Toby Keith - Noogies for Liberals
23. 10,000 Maniacs - In My Tribe
24. Genesis - Invisible Touch
25. U2 - Joshua Tree
Thanks for the list, and please tell your friends and family members and the bartender to contribute!
FAU's Top 25 Albums!
FAU's 25 Top Albums for The Album Project:
Submitted on the condition that you disclose that my collection of "albums" has not really changed since 1996.
1) The Beatles - Rubber Soul (the perfect bridge between their pop years and their more experimental years)
2) Fugazi - 13 Songs (greatest opening bass riff EVER)
3) Led Zeppelin - III (too often overlooked)
4) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (I've listened over and over and over again)
5) Paul McCartney - Unplugged (originally released as a limited edition, it was the first album that I RAN to the store to purchase)
6) Cake - Fashion Nugget (gave me faith that there was still good music to be recorded)
7) U2 - Zooropa (totally under appreciated and dismissed for far too long)
8) Billy Joel - Turnstiles (by far his best work)
9) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (first time in years that I was excited when buying an album)
10) The Killers - Hot Fuss
11) Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
12) The Matrix - Music from the Motion Picture
13) Tomb Raider - Music from the Motion Picture (don't judge, just listen to it and enjoy)
14) Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (because everyone needs an angry teenage album)
15) Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs (and a second for good measure)
16) The Buzzcocks - Operators Manual (essentially a greatest hits, but an awesome one)
17) Pearl Jam - Ten (so hard to pick between this one and VS)
18) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks
19) Moby - Play
20) The Who - Who's Next
21) The Velvet Underground - The Best of The Velvet Underground (yes, I know that it's the easy pick)
22) Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
23) Dar Williams - Mortal City (I blame and thank Jester for this one)
24) Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
25) Michael Jackson - Thriller (first LP I ever owned, how can it not be on here)
My personal metric for this was, "what are the 25 discs that I could listen to almost every song on and not really want to skip one track?"
Thanks and please keep sending those lists in!
Submitted on the condition that you disclose that my collection of "albums" has not really changed since 1996.
1) The Beatles - Rubber Soul (the perfect bridge between their pop years and their more experimental years)
2) Fugazi - 13 Songs (greatest opening bass riff EVER)
3) Led Zeppelin - III (too often overlooked)
4) Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes (I've listened over and over and over again)
5) Paul McCartney - Unplugged (originally released as a limited edition, it was the first album that I RAN to the store to purchase)
6) Cake - Fashion Nugget (gave me faith that there was still good music to be recorded)
7) U2 - Zooropa (totally under appreciated and dismissed for far too long)
8) Billy Joel - Turnstiles (by far his best work)
9) Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand (first time in years that I was excited when buying an album)
10) The Killers - Hot Fuss
11) Nirvana - MTV Unplugged in New York
12) The Matrix - Music from the Motion Picture
13) Tomb Raider - Music from the Motion Picture (don't judge, just listen to it and enjoy)
14) Ministry - The Mind is a Terrible Thing to Taste (because everyone needs an angry teenage album)
15) Nine Inch Nails - March of the Pigs (and a second for good measure)
16) The Buzzcocks - Operators Manual (essentially a greatest hits, but an awesome one)
17) Pearl Jam - Ten (so hard to pick between this one and VS)
18) Sex Pistols - Never Mind The Bullocks
19) Moby - Play
20) The Who - Who's Next
21) The Velvet Underground - The Best of The Velvet Underground (yes, I know that it's the easy pick)
22) Paul Simon - Rhythm of the Saints
23) Dar Williams - Mortal City (I blame and thank Jester for this one)
24) Edie Brickell & The New Bohemians - Shooting Rubberbands at the Stars
25) Michael Jackson - Thriller (first LP I ever owned, how can it not be on here)
My personal metric for this was, "what are the 25 discs that I could listen to almost every song on and not really want to skip one track?"
Thanks and please keep sending those lists in!
Monday, March 22, 2010
Sandor's 25 Top Albums
SandorS has offered his contribution to The Album Project.
(In alphabetical order)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres
John Fahey - The Legend of Blind Joe Death
Katell Keineg - Ô Seasons Ô Castles
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Outlaws - The Soundtrack
Paul Simon - Graceland
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Phish - Billy Breathes
Phish - Rift
Pink Floyd - Animals
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Roy Orbison - Hits You Remember
Tammany Hall NYC - back in the bottle
The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
The Clash - The Story of the Clash, Volume 1
The Notting Hillbillies - Missing Presumed Having A Good Time
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys - The Live Adventures of the Waterboys
Tom Jones - Greatest Hits
Tom Russell - Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
Trainspotting - Various Artists
True to the spirit of the Project!
Thank you and encourage your neighbors, college roommates, and the patients in the psyche ward that you encounter to submit their lists!
(In alphabetical order)
Black Sabbath - We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll
Blue Öyster Cult - Spectres
John Fahey - The Legend of Blind Joe Death
Katell Keineg - Ô Seasons Ô Castles
Leonard Cohen - Various Positions
Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
Marillion - Misplaced Childhood
Outlaws - The Soundtrack
Paul Simon - Graceland
Peter Gabriel - Passion
Phish - Billy Breathes
Phish - Rift
Pink Floyd - Animals
Roger Waters - The Pros and Cons of Hitchhiking
Roy Orbison - Hits You Remember
Tammany Hall NYC - back in the bottle
The Be Good Tanyas - Chinatown
The Clash - The Story of the Clash, Volume 1
The Notting Hillbillies - Missing Presumed Having A Good Time
The Rolling Stones - Hot Rocks
The Waterboys - Fisherman's Blues
The Waterboys - The Live Adventures of the Waterboys
Tom Jones - Greatest Hits
Tom Russell - Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
Trainspotting - Various Artists
True to the spirit of the Project!
Thank you and encourage your neighbors, college roommates, and the patients in the psyche ward that you encounter to submit their lists!
Kyle UC's 25 Top Albums
KyleUC contributed his list to The Album Project.
1. Stooges- Fun House
2. Meat Puppets- Meat Puppets II
3. Clash- London Calling
4. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
5. Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
6. Neil Young- Tonight’s the Night
7. Ramones- Ramones
8. Beatles- Revolver
9. Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime
10. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
11. Various Artists- Nuggets
12. The Eat- It’s Not the Eat, It’s the Humidity
13. Pixies- Doolittle
14. Buzzcocks- Singles Going Steady
15. Faith No More- Angel Dust
16. Neil Young- On the Beach
17. The Fall- Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Chronicle
19. Black Flag- My War
20. The Birthday Party- Junkyard
21. The Monks- Black Monk Time
22. Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding
23. Richard Hell & the Voidoids- Blank Generation
24. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
25. Dead Kennedys- Plastic Surgery Disasters
Thanks for all the contributions and please encourage your friends, co-workers, and that cute person you see at the coffee shop to submit one.
1. Stooges- Fun House
2. Meat Puppets- Meat Puppets II
3. Clash- London Calling
4. Beach Boys- Pet Sounds
5. Captain Beefheart- Trout Mask Replica
6. Neil Young- Tonight’s the Night
7. Ramones- Ramones
8. Beatles- Revolver
9. Minutemen- Double Nickels on the Dime
10. Pink Floyd- Wish You Were Here
11. Various Artists- Nuggets
12. The Eat- It’s Not the Eat, It’s the Humidity
13. Pixies- Doolittle
14. Buzzcocks- Singles Going Steady
15. Faith No More- Angel Dust
16. Neil Young- On the Beach
17. The Fall- Complete Peel Sessions 1978-2004
18. Creedence Clearwater Revival- Chronicle
19. Black Flag- My War
20. The Birthday Party- Junkyard
21. The Monks- Black Monk Time
22. Bob Dylan- John Wesley Harding
23. Richard Hell & the Voidoids- Blank Generation
24. Van Morrison- Astral Weeks
25. Dead Kennedys- Plastic Surgery Disasters
Thanks for all the contributions and please encourage your friends, co-workers, and that cute person you see at the coffee shop to submit one.
A Note on The Album Project
The point of this is to be fun therefore mashups, bootlegs, bests of, soundtracks, and compilations are all allowed on your list.
There is no judgment and I really appreciate the people who have contributed already.
Thanks for joining in The Album Project.
There is no judgment and I really appreciate the people who have contributed already.
Thanks for joining in The Album Project.
Kathleen's Top 25 Albums
Kathleen contributed to The Album Project!
Most shockingly, none of these artists have ever perfomed on 90210. And apparently I stopped buying albums even before 90210 ended. Oh well!
1. Guns 'N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2. Led Zeppelin - IV
3. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
5. Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine
6. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
7. Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
8. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
9. Better Than Ezra - Closer
10. Better Than Ezra - Deluxe
11. Better Than Ezra - Artifakt
12. EMF - Schubert Dip
13. Blind Melon - Blind Melon
14. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
15. Spacehog - Resident Alien
16. Cake - Fashion Nugget
17. Cake - Pressure Chief
18. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
19. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
20. Faith No More - King for a Day…
21. Faith No More - Angel Dust
22. Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music…
23. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
24. Sublime - Sublime
25. Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
Please contribute your list and come on, tell your friends!
Going through the lists, I am seeing a lot of albums that I forgot about.
Most shockingly, none of these artists have ever perfomed on 90210. And apparently I stopped buying albums even before 90210 ended. Oh well!
1. Guns 'N Roses - Appetite for Destruction
2. Led Zeppelin - IV
3. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
4. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the USA
5. Soul Asylum - Let Your Dim Light Shine
6. Soul Asylum - Grave Dancer's Union
7. Everclear - So Much for the Afterglow
8. Everclear - Sparkle and Fade
9. Better Than Ezra - Closer
10. Better Than Ezra - Deluxe
11. Better Than Ezra - Artifakt
12. EMF - Schubert Dip
13. Blind Melon - Blind Melon
14. Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness
15. Spacehog - Resident Alien
16. Cake - Fashion Nugget
17. Cake - Pressure Chief
18. No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
19. Cyndi Lauper - She's So Unusual
20. Faith No More - King for a Day…
21. Faith No More - Angel Dust
22. Stone Temple Pilots - Tiny Music…
23. Paula Abdul - Forever Your Girl
24. Sublime - Sublime
25. Sheryl Crow - The Globe Sessions
Please contribute your list and come on, tell your friends!
Going through the lists, I am seeing a lot of albums that I forgot about.
MDMCAT1's Album List
MDMCAT1's Contribution to The Album Project.
1. Def Leppard - Hysteria
2. Def Leppard - Pyromania
3. Def Leppard - Adrenalize
4. REO Speedwagon - HITS
5. Chicago - Greatest Hits 1985-1995
6. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
7. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
8. ABBA - Gold
9. White Lion - Pride
10. Air Supply - Greatest Hits
11. Heart - Greatest Hits 1985-1995
12. The Mamas & The Papas - Greatest Hits
13. Grease Soundtrack
14. Pink - Missundaztood
15. Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade
16. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
17. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978
18. Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories
19. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
20. Survivor - Greatest Hits
Please contribute your list and encourage your friends to do as well.
1. Def Leppard - Hysteria
2. Def Leppard - Pyromania
3. Def Leppard - Adrenalize
4. REO Speedwagon - HITS
5. Chicago - Greatest Hits 1985-1995
6. Fleetwood Mac - Greatest Hits
7. Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
8. ABBA - Gold
9. White Lion - Pride
10. Air Supply - Greatest Hits
11. Heart - Greatest Hits 1985-1995
12. The Mamas & The Papas - Greatest Hits
13. Grease Soundtrack
14. Pink - Missundaztood
15. Janet Jackson - Design Of A Decade
16. Madonna - The Immaculate Collection
17. Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978
18. Jim Croce - Photographs & Memories
19. Stone Temple Pilots - Purple
20. Survivor - Greatest Hits
Please contribute your list and encourage your friends to do as well.
Jenny's Contribution to The Album Project
Jenny took the time to contribute to The Album Project.
1. Timbaland Presents: Shock Value by Timbaland
2. Living in Clip by Ani DiFranco
3. 1962-1966 (The Red Album) by The Beatles
4. 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) by The Beatles
5. Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture by Various Artists
6. Funhouse by Pink
7. Konvicted by Akon
8. Celebrity Skin by Hole
9. Alright, Still by Lily Allen
10. Greatest T*ts by Lords Of Acid
11. Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
12. 1, 2, 3 Soleils by Taha, Khaled, and Faudel
13. Add It Up (1981-1993) by Violent Femmes
14. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
15. Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists
16. James Taylor: Greatest Hits by James Taylor
17. The Hits by Garth Brooks
18. My Way by Usher
19. Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded by Rihanna
20. The Dance by Fleetwood Mac
21. Empire Records: The Soundtrack by Various Artists
22. Dangerously in Love by Beyonce
23. The Heat by Toni Braxton
24. Mixed Up by The Cure
25. Crash by Dave Matthews Band
Please send in your list!
1. Timbaland Presents: Shock Value by Timbaland
2. Living in Clip by Ani DiFranco
3. 1962-1966 (The Red Album) by The Beatles
4. 1967-1970 (The Blue Album) by The Beatles
5. Pulp Fiction: Music From The Motion Picture by Various Artists
6. Funhouse by Pink
7. Konvicted by Akon
8. Celebrity Skin by Hole
9. Alright, Still by Lily Allen
10. Greatest T*ts by Lords Of Acid
11. Tragic Kingdom by No Doubt
12. 1, 2, 3 Soleils by Taha, Khaled, and Faudel
13. Add It Up (1981-1993) by Violent Femmes
14. So Tonight That I Might See by Mazzy Star
15. Singles: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Various Artists
16. James Taylor: Greatest Hits by James Taylor
17. The Hits by Garth Brooks
18. My Way by Usher
19. Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded by Rihanna
20. The Dance by Fleetwood Mac
21. Empire Records: The Soundtrack by Various Artists
22. Dangerously in Love by Beyonce
23. The Heat by Toni Braxton
24. Mixed Up by The Cure
25. Crash by Dave Matthews Band
Please send in your list!
PVH's List for the Album Project
@PVH1976's Contribution to The Album Project.
1. Cold Play ~ "Parachutes"
2. Radiohead ~ "The Bends"
3. Damian Rice ~ "O"
4. Sarah McLachlan ~ "Mirrorball"
5. The Postal Service ~ "Give Up"
6. Cold Play ~ "X & Y"
7. Sinead O'Connor ~ "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
8. Tori Amos ~ "Little Earthquakes"
9. U2 ~ "The Joshua Tree"
10. Dido ~ "No Angel"
11. Sting ~ "Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984 - 1994"
12. Sinead O'Connor ~ "Faith & Courage"
13. Maroon 5 ~ "Songs About Jane"
14. Nirvana ~ "Nevermind"
15. R.E.M. ~ "Out of Time"
16. The Cranberries ~ "Everybody Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?"
17. Pet Shop Boys ~ "Pop Art"
18. Van Morrison ~ "The Best of Van Morrison"
19. James Blunt ~ "Back to Bedlam"
20. The Cure ~ "Disintegration"
21. The Police ~ "Every breath You Take: The Classics"
22. Blue October ~ "Foiled"
23. Green Day ~ "American Idiot"
24. Ben Harper ~ "Both Sides of the Gun"
25. The Smashing Pumpkins ~ "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Please contribute your list!
1. Cold Play ~ "Parachutes"
2. Radiohead ~ "The Bends"
3. Damian Rice ~ "O"
4. Sarah McLachlan ~ "Mirrorball"
5. The Postal Service ~ "Give Up"
6. Cold Play ~ "X & Y"
7. Sinead O'Connor ~ "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got"
8. Tori Amos ~ "Little Earthquakes"
9. U2 ~ "The Joshua Tree"
10. Dido ~ "No Angel"
11. Sting ~ "Fields of Gold: The Best of Sting 1984 - 1994"
12. Sinead O'Connor ~ "Faith & Courage"
13. Maroon 5 ~ "Songs About Jane"
14. Nirvana ~ "Nevermind"
15. R.E.M. ~ "Out of Time"
16. The Cranberries ~ "Everybody Else is Doing it, So Why Can't We?"
17. Pet Shop Boys ~ "Pop Art"
18. Van Morrison ~ "The Best of Van Morrison"
19. James Blunt ~ "Back to Bedlam"
20. The Cure ~ "Disintegration"
21. The Police ~ "Every breath You Take: The Classics"
22. Blue October ~ "Foiled"
23. Green Day ~ "American Idiot"
24. Ben Harper ~ "Both Sides of the Gun"
25. The Smashing Pumpkins ~ "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness"
Please contribute your list!
My Favorite Sign from the HCR Debate
Maybe it is because I am being ironic, or maybe it is because when one side uses talking points as the basis of informed debate, the society as a whole loses.
I do have to add that I do believe that unless we, as a country, begin to come together, we are are going to fall apart. The anger, distrust, and vitriol add nothing to the debate and serve to do nothing but enhance the reputations of bad men (unintelligent, illogical and piss poor personal choices being the metric for bad here) like Glenn Beck.
Images are from The Democratic Underground and the Denver Post.
Erik S.'s List for The Album Project
Erik S. contributed to The Album Project
Here is his list:
1 Nirvana - In utero
2 GNR - Appetite for Destruction
3 Van Halen – Van Halen
4 Fugazi – 13 Songs
5 Metallica - Metallica
6 Led Zeppelin- IV
7 Peal Jam - VS
8 ACDC - Back in Black
9 Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs
10 Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
11 Green Day – Insomniac
12 Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
13 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mothers Milk
14 Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
15 Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
16 Weezer – Weezer
17 Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91
18 Helmet – Betty
19 Nirvana – Nevermind
20 Hole – Live through this
21 Van Halen – Fair Warning
22 Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
23 Ministry - KE*A*H**
24 Metallica - . . . And Justice for All
25 Yo Gabba Gabba – Music is Awesome
Please contribute your list!
Here is his list:
1 Nirvana - In utero
2 GNR - Appetite for Destruction
3 Van Halen – Van Halen
4 Fugazi – 13 Songs
5 Metallica - Metallica
6 Led Zeppelin- IV
7 Peal Jam - VS
8 ACDC - Back in Black
9 Beastie Boys – To the 5 Boroughs
10 Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral
11 Green Day – Insomniac
12 Foo Fighters – Foo Fighters
13 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Mothers Milk
14 Rage Against the Machine – Rage Against the Machine
15 Marilyn Manson – Antichrist Superstar
16 Weezer – Weezer
17 Public Enemy – Apocalypse 91
18 Helmet – Betty
19 Nirvana – Nevermind
20 Hole – Live through this
21 Van Halen – Fair Warning
22 Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
23 Ministry - KE*A*H**
24 Metallica - . . . And Justice for All
25 Yo Gabba Gabba – Music is Awesome
Please contribute your list!
Sunday, March 21, 2010
HCR Debate
You can watch it live on C-SPAN.
This is better sport than most of the NCAA games I have seen so far.
This is better sport than most of the NCAA games I have seen so far.
Winterpills & Big Star
I wrote about Winterpills earlier in the week.
A couple of days after that Alex Chilton passed away.
Now, in honor of Chilton, Winterpills has covered Big Star's Thirteen.
It is worth the listen and/or the download.
Via Facebook
A couple of days after that Alex Chilton passed away.
Now, in honor of Chilton, Winterpills has covered Big Star's Thirteen.
It is worth the listen and/or the download.
Via Facebook
Follow Up To The Ohio Tea Party Attack on The Man With Parkinson
Chris Matthews interviews the President of AFP which is reference to this post from earlier.
How many people who are Tea Party Patriots or adherents to Glenn Beck's 9/12 Project identify as Christian? Would you venture to say that it is a majority? The reason I ask is because far too many Christians are cafeteria Christians, taking one verse from the Old Testament and another from the New Testament and the combining them to for something that does not fit within mainstream theology which they couple with a spurious understanding of American History and Political History.
I am looking forward to this being over one way or another.
If you want another perspective, The Young Turks covered this incident. Hearing Brian Unger say that, "You just can't reason with these douchebags," made me happier than I care to admit.
(Link to the MSNBC hosted video)
The Tea Part Patriots on HCR
Another video that is worth the 9 minutes. It makes me laugh. Zealots of any type are banal at best and terrifying at the very worst.
(Via VodPod)
Handcuffed in Blindsight
My favorite piece of speculative fiction in 2006/2007 was Blindsight by Peter Watts, which was a darkly rich piece about the nature of thought, what it means to be human, where (as individuals) we fit in the larger world around us.
I saw this on the Awl and io9 on Friday and BoingBoing yesterday.
What it comes down to is the Watts questioned how he was being treated and then was beaten by Border Partol guards.
Yeah, we are a kinder, gentler America right now.
I suppose there is something that say authors can be beaten because they have no actionable intelligence.
The temptation to go off on a rant and demand to see the alleged video tape of the encounter and to demand that there is as judicial review process, as well as the hope for the Canadians to get involved to protect their own...
But...it would be futile.
I saw this on the Awl and io9 on Friday and BoingBoing yesterday.
What it comes down to is the Watts questioned how he was being treated and then was beaten by Border Partol guards.
Yeah, we are a kinder, gentler America right now.
I suppose there is something that say authors can be beaten because they have no actionable intelligence.
The temptation to go off on a rant and demand to see the alleged video tape of the encounter and to demand that there is as judicial review process, as well as the hope for the Canadians to get involved to protect their own...
But...it would be futile.
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