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[luna]

[Aaron]

It maybe lol worthy, but it's very very very true...

[luna]

It's funny about the matrix, I was actually thinking I need to watch it because it's been a while but then I'll feel obligated to watch.the other two

[luna]

Hey radiohead people I like in rainbows and the king of limbs but am pretty meh about their old stuff, what other albums should I pick up?

[Goose]

Amnesiac and Kid A should be your next stops then, followed by Hail To The Theif.  You probably don't want to go any farther back than OK Computer, but Kid A was a pretty big transition point for them.  More than likely you'll only like stuff after that point.

[r00]

I second the motion for Kid A and Amnesiac, but would put much more emphasis on OK Computer.  That album is still their best cover to cover album IMO.

[luna]

I think I have ok computer on cd, haven't listened to it in ages but wasn't really into it in the first place.....then again that was back in high school I think?  Picking up kid A and amnesiac now. Thanks

[doom]

I may be one of the only people I know that is a big fan of Hail to The Thief.


I've been listening to these Rockabye Baby! Renditions for a while

Nine Inch Nails, Tool, The Pixies, Queens of The Stone Age, Bjork, The Cure, they're all so good.

[luna]

Hail To The Thief ended up being the first one I picked up, I really like it!

[rynne]

Ministry - In Case You Didn't Feel Like Showing Up.  For my money, this is the high point of Ministry's career---the best versions of the best songs from the best albums.


p.s. Why couldn't Fleetwood Mac have made more songs like "Tusk"?

[rynne]

So I was lurking on Prongs and found this cover of Ministry's "Every Day Is Halloween":

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBD57oT3RVA

The singer is a winner of RuPaul's Drag Race, apparently (I don't know, we lost Logo when we switched to FiOS). The music is nice, actually---the guy (girl?) responsible has worked with Current 93 and Marc Almond. The shocking moment came when I realized that the vocals sound like a less wigged-out* version of Marilyn Manson.



*Does not indicate that MM is more be-wigged than a drag queen.

[tim]

on Radiohead, the live album I Might Be Wrong is worth picking up. Covers some of the best material from Kid A and Amnesiac. Better versions, too.

[r00]

Listening to Howard Stern right now (like I usually do in the mornings at work).  He is running his "Whole Lotta Love" rerun week and they are playing the Gary Dell'Abate (Bababooey) apology tape episode right now.     It is just as fucking unbelievably hilarious now as it was when I heard it originally back in '99.  SO GOOD.

For anyone that loves Stern's show and has never heard this episode, look it up on youtube and enjoy. 

[Goose]

So what's Mike Portnoy been up to since leaving Dream Theater?  Well, a few things.  One of them is a "straight-forward" metal band, Adrenaline Mob, which is boring as all hell.  Avoid it.  Then there's the significantly more interesting Flying Colors, a supergroup consisting of Portnoy, Dave LaRue (Dixie Dregs bassist), Neal Morse (Transatlantic & Spock's Beard vocalist/keyboardist), Steve Morse (Dixie Dregs/Deep Purple guitarist) and Casey McPherson (Endochine/Alpha Rev vocalist).  The resulting album is diverse and extremely well-executed, and its a beautiful thing to hear when some extremely talented people really mesh.

Flying Colors - "Forever in a Daze" (Flying Colors)

Just yesterday it was announced they're heading into the studio to have their second album out by the end of the year.

[rynne]

Record store:

Antony & the Johnsons – I Am a Bird Now
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel Is Wiser...
Grouper – Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill
Here We Go Magic – A Different Ship
Liars – WIXIW
Porter Ricks – Biokinetics
Solange – True
Throbbing Gristle – D.o.A: The Third and Final Report of Throbbing Gristle (remastered 2-disc)
X-TG – Desertshore / The Final Report

I also got one of the guys at work to give me some metal albums, mostly as a way to hear something I wouldn't tend to seek out on my own. Of the bands he gave me, I'm digging Exivious, The Faceless, Ensiferum, and The Sword (who I know are about as throw-back trendy as you can get in metal, but fuck it, they're fun).