What are you listening to right now?

Post by **spooky girlfriend** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:00 am

It did kind of make me want to throw my head back and forth at times, and I did have to watch my foot on the gas pedal.

But a very nice listen - it made the drive go by much faster. My kids were impressed that I bought a Green Day CD.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Sat Dec 10, 2005 6:57 am

Will you ever see it again?

laughingcrow · Post by **laughingcrow** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:02 am

The Brave And The Bold by Bonnie Prince Billy & Tortoise...really good, a covers album including versions of Springsteen, Richard Thompson and Elton John!

Also, just discovered a Canadian band called Fly Pan Am...their self-titled debut is ace!

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:46 am

... starting with "Richard Pryor Addresses A Tearful Nation"

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:46 am

Excellent album, pole. I was listening to that song when the planes struck the WTC on September 11, 2001.

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:58 am

BlueChair wrote:Excellent album, pole. I was listening to that song when the planes struck the WTC on September 11, 2001.

Gee, I hope this doesn't deter you from listening to this album ?
I've heard half of it so far and I like it a lot. Very soulful stuff.
And "Mean Flower" is simply brilliant.

Post by **BlueChair** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 11:04 am

I'm not one that can't listen to an album due to negative associations. If anything, the album soothes me in retrospect.

I also discovered Brad Mehldau, the brilliant jazz pianist through that record.

El Vez · Post by **El Vez** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:22 pm

Pole,

I've had that same track stuck in my head since last night as well. Such a beautiful song, quite possibly the coolest song title ever and just an all around damn fine record.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 2:16 pm

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Sun Dec 11, 2005 5:29 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:So, Bad Amb, that's an audio recording on DVD, right? I don't quite get the concept, does it only play on a DVD player? I guess in these days of home entertainment systems and computers with DVD players and classy speakers (such as I have!) this makes sense. But if it does play on a regular old-fashioned player, does it soundd better? Presumably the significantly huger sspaace on a DVD makes for greater depths of sound quality.

It's one of the two strands of high-resolution audio, the other being SACD. DVD-Audio discs normally have an additional tracks in Dolby Digital audio which allows them to be played on normal DVD players but work best on DVD-Audio capable players. The Bowie DVD-Audio discs only have an additional dts track which means your normal DVD player must be able to decode dts for it to play anything at all.
I've got a player able to deal with SACD and DVD-Audio so I'm getting the top-end mixes. 'Stage' sounds absoutely stunning in 5.1, as mixed by Visconti, and far superior to the CD reissues from earlier this year.
The Sinatra I posted earlier is a stunning example of what the format has to offer and is one of my favourite discoveries of the year. Both SACD and DVD-Audio are struggling to stay in the limelight, although these shitty dualdiscs that are appearing often have some form of DVD-Audio included on the DVD side, so there's still hope.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 8:28 am

Gettin' in the spirit this morning with...

Nothing says Christmas quite like surf guitar - seriously.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:36 pm

Bad Ambassador wrote:'Stage' sounds absoutely stunning in 5.1, as mixed by Visconti, and far superior to the CD reissues from earlier this year.

Damn, I'll have to plan the investment!

Why are dual discs 'shitty'?

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:42 pm

Otis Westinghouse wrote:Why are dual discs 'shitty'?

The only ones I have are the Talking Heads Brick Dual Discs and I think they are terrific, though I understand that some people are having trouble playing them. They seem to be slightly thicker than standard CDs, which may be an issue.

Post by **BlueChair** » Mon Dec 12, 2005 7:43 pm

My computer doesn't read Dualdiscs.

Bad Ambassador · Post by **Bad Ambassador** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 1:40 pm

The problem with dualdiscs is only 50% of the issue. As WSS points out, the DVD sides are often bloody marvellous and I'm still pining for the Talking Heads set. However, the CD side, cos the discs are thicker than convential CDs have some real trouble playing in certain machines. They increase the likelihood of problems ripping mp3s to your computer as well as causing CD players to make funny noise or worse, they might not even recognise the disc. However, for the DVD aspect of higher-resolution audio they're much better than nowt.

This arrived in the post today and is now playing...

martinfoyle · Post by **martinfoyle** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 6:48 pm

I'm listening to a bootleg of the Rolling Stones demos for Tattoo You at the moment, it's torrenting here. Awesome 9:43 version of Slave, my favourite Stones tune.

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 7:18 pm

David Live is a great document. Jealous of your sound quality!

crash8_durham · Post by **crash8_durham** » Tue Dec 13, 2005 11:19 pm

a new songs emailed to me by a new friend in Japan named kelly pettit.

http://myspace.com/kellypettit

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 1:05 pm

The Decemberists' Colin Meloy singing "Everyday Is Like Sunday".

miss buenos aires · Post by **miss buenos aires** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:01 pm

invisible Pole wrote:The Decemberists' Colin Meloy singing "Everyday Is Like Sunday".

Oh my goodness gracious, where can I get that?!

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 2:22 pm

http://aquariumdrunk.blogspot.com/

Download "Jack the Ripper" and "Pregnant for the Last Time" here - or you could buy this

from various places online.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 5:32 pm

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 7:25 pm

Was watching 24hourpartypeople on the telly and it made me hungry for the very familiar pleasures of this, my no. 1 debut LP of all time and favourite cover of all time.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Dec 14, 2005 10:15 pm

Now the Bees' (aka Band of Bees) "Chicken Payback", from Free The Bees. Brilliant retro album, in best possible sense of the word. Too much fun.

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 7:39 am

The Who - Who's Next ('95 Polydor reissue)