If you feel up to it, give these two albums a try:

 

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Radiolarians II (this one is admittedly different, but still very good.)

 

From the Amazon audio clips, I can tell I'd like both of those. Thanks.

 

My jazz education has been very haphazard, and as a result my style preferences are all over the map. I really like the pre- Kind of Blue hard bop Miles and other bebop stuff immensely, and didn't care for the modal stuff originally when I first heard it. In time I came to appreciate the significance of that departure from the overcomplex chord progressions in hard bop.

 

On a given day when I'm in a jazz mood, I may just as easily listen to early New Orleans jazz, or Charley Christian, or Art Blakeley, or anything with Lionel Hampton playing vibes. A big jazzhead friend just turned me on to a lot of early Wes Montgomery which had somehow eluded me and is unbelievably good.

 

Like I said, all over the map with no rhyme or reason other than holding onto the accidental exposures that I've really liked.

The new Eminem album is released today. I like it.

Akon's protege rapper Dolla killed in LA.

 

http://new.music.yahoo.com/dolla/news/poli...apper--61988744

Jay Bennett, former member of Wilco, who was fired during the making of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, has died at the age 0f 45. It sounds like his life went to crap after he left the band. http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2009/0..._at_age_45.html

Robert Randolph and the Family Band - Ain't Nothing Wrong With That - that song kicks ass. That is all.

i cannot stop listening to "The Substitution" by Silversun Pickups. I really cant remember the last time I put a song on repeat so many times

i cannot stop listening to "The Substitution" by Silversun Pickups. I really cant remember the last time I put a song on repeat so many times

 

^^^^^^^ thats a sick f***ing song.

The movie was UNBELIEVABLE - can't wait to see the band. Are they still playing as a three-piece?

 

 

I have heard great things about this movie/doc. Interesting, Anvil kicked it around the 1980s and never really got much attention, always crawling beneath the surface. Their song "666" is one of the coolest songs though, tremendous mid-tempo riffing on that one. Other than that, I have very little else of their material.

 

Will have to check out that movie.

Yeah, I was not a Silversun convert until I saw them at Coachella - great stuff.

Checking out Gogol Bordello this weekend at the Congress.

Checking out Gogol Bordello this weekend at the Congress.

 

That guy is a good actor as well. "Thats the dog, his name is Sammy Davis Jr. Jr."

 

The Congress is a complete s*** hole though.

Checking out Gogol Bordello this weekend at the Congress.

One of my roommates will be attending this.

 

The Congress is a complete s*** hole though.

It's definitely gotten better.

Yeah he was great in Everything is Illuminated. And the Congress is still pretty dumpy. What a great venue it's be if they could get the funds to do a proper renovation. Can't the city pick up part of the tab since it's most likely a historical landmark? s***, where are our outrageous tax dollars going?

 

Sometimes the best venues are dumps...depends on the sound. CBGBs was a slummy dive, but it had awesome acoustics. Was fortunate to see a couple gigs there before they shut the doors.

Does anyone else on here a huge fan of Chevelle?

Does anyone else on here a huge fan of Chevelle?

 

I used to love everything they came out with. But I havent noticed them in a long time. Do they have anything new out that is worth getting?

Not huge, but I like em.

I used to love everything they came out with. But I havent noticed them in a long time. Do they have anything new out that is worth getting?

What do you mean by a long time? "Vena Sera" was released in 2007 and that was an album that felt a lot harder than their previous ones. According to the band, their new album, "Sci-Fi Crimes", is going to be released in August so I'm pumped.

Gogol Bordello were insanely good last night.

Yeah he was great in Everything is Illuminated. And the Congress is still pretty dumpy. What a great venue it's be if they could get the funds to do a proper renovation. Can't the city pick up part of the tab since it's most likely a historical landmark? s***, where are our outrageous tax dollars going?

Olympic bids, shrubs in parks, anything touristy.

Olympic bids, shrubs in parks, anything touristy.

Nice. That mesothelioma I contracted yesterday at the Congress shouldn't be so bad.

Gogol Bordello were insanely good last night.

Forgot to mention there was a dude dressed up as Green Man (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) dancing in the crowd.

 

Forgot to mention there was a dude dressed up as Green Man (It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia) dancing in the crowd.

 

 

that is great. Was he doing the acid dance?

that is great. Was he doing the acid dance?

Pretty much. I think he was eventually tossed out for body surfing.

Just bought New Again. Carpathia is pretty clutch. Cut Me Up Jenny ain't bad either. Not sure if I like the secondary grouping of songs as much as I did from Tell All Your Friends though.