so i've been deeply involved in other things not related to he-re/ar, but I should rather like to put together an end of year list and not cop out this year of our lord 2009. after all, it is the last one in which i can say "ought" (ought-4, ought-9, etc). can you refresh on that which has appeared this year, or perhaps point me in the direction of things?

ten recent records

poor school - the holy master
v/a - 1970's algerian proto-rai underground
augustus pablo - earth's rightful ruler
skin graft - blackout
norman howard - burn baby burn
james ferraro - chameleon ballet
los lamaradas - take the sky
kode9 & space ape - backward/9 samurai
boredoms - super roots 10
lungfish - talking songs for walking

ten favorite artists

saing saing maw
les rallizes denudes
milford graves
dagar brothers
the seeds
nat pwe orchestra
baby grandmothers
delroy wilson
the hospitals
suicide

and jandek funk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xajT5NGzaBE

it was worth a try.

well that went on right nicely, didn't it?

so now that this has been dead for several years, what are you assholes listening to?
do you participate in other music taste rating communities?
will you link me to your favorite end of year lists as they come in?


to answer my own questions:


1.most super noisy or super ambient shit, or hip hop from the early 90's. i either want to be a child or want to be clubbed over the head most times. gas's pop has moved leaps and bounds in myh mind. the past week i'm also on this beefheart thing as well. it's lyrics and delivery in this case.

2.i do not participate what so ever

3.i asked first, and although i geek out over music, i don't read much but julian cope.

i was going to say that i'm not a complete asshole.

i'd be lying.

nick asked me to bring this back. any of you fuckers still feel like talking?

I-C
R-A
V-E
y-O-u

http://conventionalsound.blogspot.com/

and

Syndicated through livejournal

This is my mp3 blog, started over a year ago, currently revamped! As of yesterday it is now active, and I will post FULL ALBUMS!

My focus is on pre 80s music, pretty much any genre, but if there is a theme it's psych.

xposted to a few places.

seriously guys, my kingdom for the capability brown album "voice"

can any of you help?

current listensingses:

abunai! - two brothers 12" ep (camera lucida)
fancelions - a tale of two houndbeasts (s/r)
bee mask - i will hold the bag (deception island)
panda bear - person pitch (paw tracks)
the dead c - future artists (ba da bing!)
glamorous pat - sisprum vish (s/r)
times new viking - present the paisley reich (siltbreeze)
raccoo-oo-oon - mythos and folkways vol.1 no.1 (woodsist)
v/a; jack rose, steffen basho-junghans, tetuzi akiyama, sir richard bishop - wooden guitar (locust)

anybody heard raccoo-oo-oon? people are saying they sound like third-tier animal collective, but I think they kinda got their own neat thing going on.

i know i have been filling the ears of everyone and their mom about my hard rock kick, but i'm looking for any other artists i've missed for my 2 disc under the radar of classic rock radio hard rock compilation. here's what i got so far (note, some of these artists are very well known, but the majority of their catalogue isn't):


sir lord baltimore
pentagram
montrose
blue cheer
highway robbery
mountain
the dictators
the stooges
MC5
the dead boys
richard hell
budgie
the troggs (other than wild thing, obviously)
vincent black shadow
pink fairies
hawkwind
the obsessed
st. vitus
granicus
foodbrain
motorhead
13th floor elevators
blue oyster cult
the damned
mink deville
flower travellin' band
shinki chen
love live life + one
galaxy
new gods
the pagans
rocket from teh tomb
the groundhogs
human instinct



and there's some punk rock on there, but i only added artists that i felt like went well within that milieu of fuzzed otu guitars, solos, balls to the wall riffs, etc. shit that was real rock n roll like and not as wussy as blondie or as well recognized for greatness as los ramones. i've got most of the american bands i want on there, but i know i'm lacking on the euro guys that i just can't think of right now. anyone want to help with bands or suggestions of tracks by the listed bands? shit, trying to cull my pentagram-lust down to one track is going to be impossible. trying to cull this down to two discs may prove impossible.

edit: jeebus, i keep adding and adding to this list. this is impossible.

working to put together a compilation of non-standard love songs---stuff like "i wanna be your dog" or being in love with something that isn't another person, deranged love songs, that type of thing. any suggestions are great.


also: agree or disagree on whether or not "gimme danger" qualifies as a love song, and why.

what songs do you come back to over and over, like some kind of bad relationship or addiction?

Album recommendations for these people/genres:

1. Judas Priest?
2. Thrash Metal?
Aslo: Why do some (usually very metal) people hate Metallica's early stuff even though it really did seem to change/create the lasting thrash metal sound and nothing seems to have come out that sounds anything close to like it from that time? Even if Exodus' first came out in 84 that's a year behind Kill 'em All and though I love Bonded by Blood it's more loose fun metal whereas Metallica's is solid as hell without being too evil. I dunno I'm naive in this territory.
3. Is there more stuff like Ice Cubes first and Public Enemy's second albums?

I hope this is an appropriate post.

i'd like to bring my brief repartee the topic of venetian snares with 👁 Image
connexion over here, as i think it's something that might be good to expand a bit:

http://community.livejournal.com/out_crowd/11993.html

essentially, he gives a very intellectual reaction to v.snares, to which i charge him with overanalyzing. waddaya think?


http://community.livejournal.com/fuckyoucrew/664088.html

I read this bit by 👁 Image
datageneral over on fyc, and thought it was pretty good, so here's passing on to those of you who don't read it.

SPECIAL SECRETS INSIDE: WHY IS THERE NO AMBIVALENCE? <->AND<->A LITTLE TREAT FROM THE PAST

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if what's underneath there wasn't enough, there's always this:

http://www.poe-news.com/features.php?feat=31845

exposing yourself to the public, metallica, and ambivalence


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it has recently come to my attention in playing with [Bad username: out_crowd)]ass</b>ociated with the "music rating community." this was, of course, in large part a thought process re-ignited by a post made by 👁 Image
newyorkisnow which has been carelessly deleted and thereby

oddly, when i check, i remain the only person on livejournal who lists this as an interest. more than anything, i see this as indicative of something i was tempted to joke about, namely being something of a staple on the scene of these things. i will not go into divulging a giant list of everything i've done and been a member of, but there is a certain satisfaction in knowing that even if i haven't been doing this as long as, say, the original FYC member, i've still probably been banned from more of these things than most people have applied to (the sort of rating community equivalent to "i've forgotten more about X than you'll ever learn." hell, i've even apparently created the favorite community of at least one of you attention-loving music nerds. and even if mangle wasn't your favorite, or you never even saw it, if i remember correctly, at least one popular follower gained its initial strength from a comment bomb from several of my then esteemed members.


with that being said, i certainly won't stop anyone from discussing music here. that topic has certainly been something i've struggled to find an interesting way to discuss here since this place died off. nevertheless, i'd like to present my (probably) final attempt to reignite the oven over here---lj_musical_mangle will now be a forum to discuss the phenom. of music rating communities.

what are they?
are they worthless?
what are you favorite memories of them?
would you like to bitch about what happened in one of them?
what is this "rating community" taste people occasionally mention?


and so on. you people are (for the most part) very smart, so you get the point.

the future is now, and it is open to everyone, and i mean that. i don't care about your age, race, creed, sex, orientation, past group affiliation, past group affliction, feelings about me, possession of firearms or controlled substances, or really much of anything else.

as you know, most posts coming in here are in a moderation queue, though some of you will have the ability to make them without worry for a queue until/unless i remember how to change that. you also know that i can be very quick to ban people so for god sakes have fun rather than anything else.

and hey, if you're up to it, see to it that the fine folks at 👁 Image
sound_rationale and fyc get wind of this, so that if they should dane to be interested, they can join in. i can't post at the former and don't feel like becoming 👁 Image
raw_density to post in the latter.

TORCHE w/Akimbo and Black Cobra
4/26: Azusa, CA - Smart City Grinds
4/28: Santa Barbara, CA - Casa de la Raza
4/29: Richmond, CA - Burnt Ramen
5/1: Portland, OR - Foodhole
5/2: Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern

I know some of you folks that are on the West Coast need to check out at least one of these shows. Bring earplugs.

alright kiddies:

at night i drive like a maniac. many of you know this, but only a few firsthand.
day and night i work too much, many of you know this, but only a few firsthand.
what does all this mean?

i don't have the time, and because of this awful computer, i don't have the h.d. space for much music. i can't go about getting the stuff i want or stuff i don't know i want but actually want in some esoteric fashion.

lately though, my fast driving mind has been responding to really hectic, frenetic drumndrillnetcnbass. you know what i mean, that's why you're here.

that is also why i'm writing here.

you see, i'm offering a prize to the person who can send me the best compilation of the above mentioned music. cash prize. and some other crap, but i haven't decided yet. in this light, all i can see is the half-soiled captain morgan's bandana i got during mardi gras, and you probably don't want that unless you like the smell of my sweat.

offer your entry as a yousendit or whatever link in comment form to this post. hell, if you're not a member, you can still post on this one, i don't care. you'll probably lose though. i'll be scoring entries on a formula that factors in:

a score for delivery times
a small subjective value for how i "feel" when i'm driving to it
a score for continuity
a score for "intensity" based on how little time is spent at low tempo
a score for the amount of variety in the beats. this means go easy on the gabba.
a score for a well defined/played out mood(s)


don't waste my time kids, i'll make it worth your while. i appealed to this club for a reason, i know y'all can bring it.

What has everyone been diggin lately?

Here's what I've had my nose into for the past few weeks:
Boris - Akuma No Uta
Sunn O))) - Black One
Dove - s/t
Big Business - Head For the Shallow
Ali Farka Toure & Toumani Diabate - In the Heart of the Moon
Los Natas - Corsario Negro
Skullflower - Orange Canyon Mind
Mike Boo - Dunhill Drone Committee
D-Styles - Inspiration Information
The Pyschic Paramount - Gamelan Into the Mink Supernatural (spun like crazy)
Ash Ra Tempel - Schwingungen

What I need to buy:
Angel'in Heavy Syrup - Angel'in Heavy Syrup IV
Corrupted - El Mundo Frio
Acid Mothers Temple - Starless and Bible Black Sabbath
Boris - Heavy Rocks (such a good album)

DISCUSS.

I made a new random mix.

You can download it here in Zip format this time.

Track List:

01. Steamhammer - Supposed to be Free (from MK II)
02. Tangerine - Chain Gang (from The Peeling of Tangerine)
03. 21.Peron - Cocukluk Anilarim (from 21.Peron)
04. Aggregation - In the Garden (from Mind Odyssey)
05. C.A. Quintet - Underground Music (from Trip Thru Hell)
06. Dr. Z - Summer for the Rose (from Three Parts to my Soul)
07. Ellison - Strawberry Pain (from Ellison)
08. Lazy Smoke - There was a Time (from Lazy Smoke)
09. Peps & Blue Quality - Somebody (from Sweet Mary Jane)
10. Ugly Ducklings - Mama Keep Your Big Mouth Shut (from Someone Outside)
11. The Vejtables - Good Times (from Feel the Vejtables)
12. Ill Wind - Hung Up Chick (from Flashes)
13. Highway Robbery - I'll Do it Again (from For Love or Money)


Tell me what you think.

6-8 PM TONIGHT MY RADIO SHOW ON 90.3 FM THE CORE. YOU CAN STREAM IT AT WWW.THECORE.RUTGERS.EDU. THIS WON'T BE MY PERMENANT TIME SLOT FOR THE SEMESTER, BUT WILL BE FOR THE COMING WEEK OR TWO. THANKS A LOT. HOPE Y'ALL IS LISTENIN

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