music the muse

[<j:s>bedlam]

nothing like music to get the juices flowing! here are a few of my selections/recommendations:

dredg
sigur ros
godspeed you black emperor
the mars volta
portishead
a perfect circle
tool
radiohead
meg lee chin
far
failure
the post
voyager one
woven
cave-in

many more, but these are the crucial ones

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[strych9ine]

Pierre (Sir sPECtre) and I had a long discussion about electronic music here: click me (http://www.photoshoptechniques.com/forum/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3661)

Meg Lee Chin is fantastic... godpeed is interesting live, can't go wrong with Portishead. I just started listening to The Faint who've made some fantastic albums.

Underworld's dubnobasswithmyheadman is one of the greatest albums ever IMO. I really shouldn't start talking about music because I'll never shut the hell up. :*

[WFDesign]

somebody just handed me a live portishead album the other day - i had never heard them before. excellent stuff.

[<j:s>bedlam]

man . . . i hear ya 9ine, once i get going on music it's hard to shut me up . . .

have you guys heard beth gibbons' (the singer from portishead) solo record?? it's fantastic . . . very jazz inspired & nicely experimental . . . i went & saw her live a few weeks ago & it was incredible. one of the guys from portishead was playing with the band . . . all i can say is check it out, very different from portishead, but too good to pass up!!!

[<j:s>bedlam]

ok, i gotta ask . . . who are some of the best live bands you've ever seen??? mine will go something like this (somewhat in order)

sigur ros (hands down best show ever)
dredg
tool
woven
meg lee chin
beth gibbons
sparta
glassjaw

going blank, will post more if they come to me . . .

next?

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[swine]

best bands i have seen live...

In Flames, (swedish melodic death metal at it's finest!)
Soilwork
Dream theater (need i say more?)
Placebo
Nightwish
Nofx (not that great live, but really funny on stage)
Arch Enemy
Children of Bodom (one of their last shows with their old guitarist)

uhh, too many others to count right now...

(oh, i guess it's a little obvious i like metal
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[strych9ine]

Concert list... that's tough, I've been to so many.

FRONT 242 and PROJECT PITCHFORK
PRODIGY and MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO
PANTERA with DEFTONES and WHITE ZOMBIE
LORDS OF ACID with PRAGA KHAN
APOPTYGMA BERZERK and VNV NATION
VNV NATION with ASSEMBLAGE 23 and HAUJOBB
NINE INCH NAILS with MARILYN MANSON
Many, many more...

Does seeing Dave Chappelle live count? :*

[<j:s>bedlam]

oh yeah, forgot about the deftones!!
and tenacious d!!

i've seen tons of live shows too, but unfortunately, a lot of them were just terrible, or one good band & 3 bad ones . . . you know how it goes . . .

chappelle cracks me up . . .

[Magikman]

Good God, do I feel old.

Lets see, live bands
Deep Purple
Foghat
Little Feet
and some others in Germany at the Yahunderhall (sp?).

Fleetwood Mac
UofW

Ya, I know, who are they????

[WFDesign]

-Weezer/Tenacious D (saw the D twice, once when they were headlining, and once opening for Weezer.)
-Dave Matthews Band/Bela Fleck & the Flecktones (stupid fans, great music)
-Blue Man Group
-Ozma/Arlo/the Oranges Band
-Pearl Jam/Idlewild

[austizmo]

You liked dredg live? I hated them. But... that could be because they kept stopping in the middle of their songs for no apparent reason. ANd bitching and moaning because no one was 'getting into it'. We could have got into it if they would have played a whole song through. Anyhow, dredg on CD is excellent, dredg live... meh.

Ok so my favorite concert list... One thing before I start. Simply because I liked a band live doesn't mean I like them. Same goes for bands I like on CD... like dredg. That being said.

The #1 spot goes to LUXT. Anytime I get a chance to see these guys I do. Their music is pretty spiffy and they put on great shows. They played their hearts out to a room with about 15 people once. Good stuff that.

#2 would have to be Papa Roach when they played 3 Oaks just before realeaseing Love Hate Tragedy. That was an incredible show. But being only one show rather than many, it takes second.

#3 is Shortie. I've been to 2 shows with these guys, and they were both excellent. I got my first taste of crowd surfing at a SHortie show.

#4 is a mix of bands. Key to Arson, West at Seven, Growth of Alliance, and hmm... no I think thats it.

[<j:s>bedlam]

austizmo: sorry to hear you had a bad experience with dredg . . . i've seen 'em 6 times, often in half-empty clubs with no one who knew who they were & they still just played great . . . strange, but i suggest you give them another shot, you won't be dissapointed . . .

wfd: would love to see blue man group live . . . how was it? i laughed my arse off all the way through the d . . . did they have the set-break movies when you saw them? (butt baby being my fave)

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[The Iconoclast]

LOTS of Blue Man Group (PCV IV and Mandelgroove and Sing Along being my favs)

They Might Be Giants
Weezer (Anything before their green album is ok...)
Gorillaz
Tenacious D (Take out the broadsword, SLICEY SLICE)
The Strokes
White Stripes

And that Eiffel 65 Song "I'm Blue"

(I originally thought it was BMG and I've been addicted ever since...just that one song... :lol: )

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[The Iconoclast]

Oops didn't see that last question which wasn't even directed towards me but I'll jump in nonetheless...

I saw BMG live (Pipes was on Off-Broadway)

We didn't have the set break, but in the end, we had a toilet paper party thing...the lights flashed and rolls of toilet paper were emptied and the WHOLE ROOM FILLED UP...the bottom floor was literally up to their necks... :lol:

Oh I could go on about that show...most fun I've ever had... :6

[<j:s>bedlam]

icono: input appreciated! tenacious d . . . heard they're making a movie about how they got together, that should be entertaining to say the least . . .

[WFDesign]

<j:s> Yeah, the D showed one of the set-break movies at one of the shows. It was about Kyle leaving the band to become a man-whore. Awesome stuff. About their movie (and most of this is just hearsay) I've heard the DVD will have all of the set-break movies on it, and it will possibly be directed by Ben Stiller.

[Ammar Midani]

Originally posted by strych9ine
NINE INCH NAILS with MARILYN MANSON

Now i know where you cam from youZ:b


Ammar

[<j:s>bedlam]

austizmo: being from texas, would you happen to be familiar with a band called ojo? just gotta ask . . .

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[austizmo]

No I wouldn't. I just moved down here about 3 months ago. The only local bands I've heard of are Element 80 and Mahanaim.

[<j:s>bedlam]

ah . . . well, ojo's defunct anyway . . . i was just curious . . .

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[WFDesign]

Anybody else here heard of a Cali band called Ozma?

[austizmo]

Ozma... no can't say that I have. Where are they based out of? A Vacaville band you guys might want to check out is West at Seven.

http://www.westatseven.com

Excellent music.

[WFDesign]

Ozma's out of Pasadena.

[Ammar Midani]

Ozomatli (http://www.ozomatli.com/home-frameset.htm)

Ammar

[austizmo]

I checked out Ozomalti today. I like some of the jazzier elements of their music. But overall, I'm not really into it much. I guess im not a fan of salsa(?).

I couldn't find Ozma's web page... so no take on them.

[WFDesign]

try www.ozmaonline.com (http://www.ozmaonline.com). I think they've got some samples on their site. Their new album is a little different than their old stuff - sounds more produced, I guess would be the best way to describe it. Their two older albums (Rock & Roll Pt. 3, and the Doubble Donkey Disc) are some of the best geek rock I've heard. In my opinion, they blow Weezer right outta the water.

See if you can find a song called Korobeiniki, it's a pop-punk cover of one of the songs from Tetris.

[Ammar Midani]

Everybody plese check out Cesaria Evora she's my queen. You won't regret it. latin and mellow.


Ammar

[WFDesign]

Are there any sound clips on her site other than the bg music (which rocks, by the way)?

[Ammar Midani]

Try this link Derek:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000APHOT/qid=1068898795/sr=2-1/ref=sr_2_1/102-9494776-6520955


Ammar

[austizmo]

You guys should definatly check out www.djdrummerboy.tk. He's an old friend of mine studying music at UND. Some of his stuff is really good. I like Halo, Deep, and Genesis myself.