So on the sidebar, you should see some Pandora stuff... kinda cool huh? It shows recent songs that I "bookmarked" while listening to Pandora. I bookmark songs that I just like or who artists I am curious about and don't want to forget.
So there :)
I may also add one with my current stations... we'll see.
Jon
Friday, June 23, 2006
Sunday, June 18, 2006
Open the Pandora's Box
Check out www.pandora.com . This is an amazingly cool internet radio site. It creates customized radio stations based upon the musical characteristics of songs themselves rather than simply upon the tastes of other people.... It's an interesting philosophy and theory of doing internet radio. Whatever the case, it's good and their catalog is extensive. Plus its a nice and polished site. www.pandora.com.
And just for the fun of it, you can check out my profile and see my stations. I've bookmarked lots of songs I either liked or want to look at more...
http://www.pandora.com/people/canjecricketer
And just for the fun of it, you can check out my profile and see my stations. I've bookmarked lots of songs I either liked or want to look at more...
http://www.pandora.com/people/canjecricketer
Beatlemania Continues + Folk
Pardon the formatting- Myspace is such a pain...
Time for the latest music updates. Beatles continue to have a high play-count, and I just purchased the high value "1" cd- 27 #1 singles! Good stuff. I also bought the debut album of The Fire Theft, which is the reorganized form of the pioneer emo band (and best emo band ever) Sunndy Day Real Estate. It's pretty good. Not quite as good as "How It Feels to Be Something On" (IMO the best "emo" album ever).
Other things I'm listening to: -David Bowie- BBC sessions from the late 60's/early 70's. This is good rock music. -LOTS of REM. Such a classic band. Their msuic from the 80's is amazing. I knew there had to be good music from the 80's! (I've never been a fan of all the cheesy synth driven 80's rock/metal etc;) -The Who- Another good british invasion band. THat's kind of my focal point these days, though I'm listening to lots of other stuff too. -Innocence Mission- I had forgotten all about this group. I checked out there "Now the Day is Over" cd- quite a soothing and restful sort of cd to listen to before you go to bed. Plus they have lots of free mp3's on their website! Karen Peris has an amazing voice. -Folk in general- so lots of Dylan, and others. This is mostly on internet radio, especially WWW.PANDORA.COM . If you haven't been there, check it out! It's a great internet radio site. I've been especially working on my folk station. I've been discoverings lots of good folk/folksih stuff, including some of the great women artists. I really like Joni Mitchell's work so far. I've only heard one Joan Baez song, which I'm sure will incite Jessica if she reads this. -a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember right now-
Time for the latest music updates. Beatles continue to have a high play-count, and I just purchased the high value "1" cd- 27 #1 singles! Good stuff. I also bought the debut album of The Fire Theft, which is the reorganized form of the pioneer emo band (and best emo band ever) Sunndy Day Real Estate. It's pretty good. Not quite as good as "How It Feels to Be Something On" (IMO the best "emo" album ever).
Other things I'm listening to: -David Bowie- BBC sessions from the late 60's/early 70's. This is good rock music. -LOTS of REM. Such a classic band. Their msuic from the 80's is amazing. I knew there had to be good music from the 80's! (I've never been a fan of all the cheesy synth driven 80's rock/metal etc;) -The Who- Another good british invasion band. THat's kind of my focal point these days, though I'm listening to lots of other stuff too. -Innocence Mission- I had forgotten all about this group. I checked out there "Now the Day is Over" cd- quite a soothing and restful sort of cd to listen to before you go to bed. Plus they have lots of free mp3's on their website! Karen Peris has an amazing voice. -Folk in general- so lots of Dylan, and others. This is mostly on internet radio, especially WWW.PANDORA.COM . If you haven't been there, check it out! It's a great internet radio site. I've been especially working on my folk station. I've been discoverings lots of good folk/folksih stuff, including some of the great women artists. I really like Joni Mitchell's work so far. I've only heard one Joan Baez song, which I'm sure will incite Jessica if she reads this. -a bunch of other stuff that I can't remember right now-
The White Album, etc....
This was from April....
The White Album- need I say more? Ok, I will. Absolutely amazing. I hadn't heard of a lot of these songs, but this double-ep is stellar. I especially like the first disc, with Dear Prudence, ob la di ob la da, Glass Onion, Blackbird, and others, but disc two is great as well, with Mother Nature's Son and Revolution 1, and lots of other fun stuff. THe Goodnight song is a blast as well. HOw, I say, how did they do it? I don't think anything will ever compare to the Beatles.
"Matador at Fifteen"-a good compilation of music by the label that brought us Interpol, Yo La Tengo, and Steven Malkmus.
Starflyer 59- picked up their rerelease editions of their first two albums, which both include rare ep's. "Silver" and "Gold." This is classic mid-90's shoegazer alternative rock. Also picked up their second to most recent album, their worst yet- "I Am the Portuguese Blues," but it was a demo for a buck 25 so who can complain?
Stavesacre "Collective"- another cheap demo. Stavesacre was/is a good band when you're in the mood for something a bit heavier.
Paul Simon "On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Going"- good stuff here- pretty much hits highlights through Paul's post-S&G days. Lots of good songs. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" is really funny. Also includes a disk of rare live recordings, including a very different Graceland-ish version of "Mrs Robinson."
James Taylor "October Road". Christine got me into James Taylor ;)
Smashing Pumpkins "thirty-three" ep- I'm really rediscovering this classic band of the 90's. Not quite as good as the "Tonight Tonight" ep, but another good bit of late pumpkins. I missed a lot of their stuff the first time around (ie back when they were still around)
The "Downtempo" station on Rhapsody radio- I can't get enough downtempo.
Viva Voce- So I bought a cd by this obscure Christian band back in the mid-late 90's and really liked it (album was Hooray for Now), but never heard anything about them again. Last week I was at the Barsuk site downloading some free Deathcab, when I noticed that Viva Voce not only still exists but is signed with Barsuk apparently. Since I last heard anything about them, they've released two LP's, one of which I listened to on Rhapsody. So that was cool. THeir sound has changed a bit from their edgier, more experimental earlier sound to a polished sort of Yo La Tengo/Ivy-esque sound. Good stuff!
The White Album- need I say more? Ok, I will. Absolutely amazing. I hadn't heard of a lot of these songs, but this double-ep is stellar. I especially like the first disc, with Dear Prudence, ob la di ob la da, Glass Onion, Blackbird, and others, but disc two is great as well, with Mother Nature's Son and Revolution 1, and lots of other fun stuff. THe Goodnight song is a blast as well. HOw, I say, how did they do it? I don't think anything will ever compare to the Beatles.
"Matador at Fifteen"-a good compilation of music by the label that brought us Interpol, Yo La Tengo, and Steven Malkmus.
Starflyer 59- picked up their rerelease editions of their first two albums, which both include rare ep's. "Silver" and "Gold." This is classic mid-90's shoegazer alternative rock. Also picked up their second to most recent album, their worst yet- "I Am the Portuguese Blues," but it was a demo for a buck 25 so who can complain?
Stavesacre "Collective"- another cheap demo. Stavesacre was/is a good band when you're in the mood for something a bit heavier.
Paul Simon "On My Way, Don't Know Where I'm Going"- good stuff here- pretty much hits highlights through Paul's post-S&G days. Lots of good songs. "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" is really funny. Also includes a disk of rare live recordings, including a very different Graceland-ish version of "Mrs Robinson."
James Taylor "October Road". Christine got me into James Taylor ;)
Smashing Pumpkins "thirty-three" ep- I'm really rediscovering this classic band of the 90's. Not quite as good as the "Tonight Tonight" ep, but another good bit of late pumpkins. I missed a lot of their stuff the first time around (ie back when they were still around)
The "Downtempo" station on Rhapsody radio- I can't get enough downtempo.
Viva Voce- So I bought a cd by this obscure Christian band back in the mid-late 90's and really liked it (album was Hooray for Now), but never heard anything about them again. Last week I was at the Barsuk site downloading some free Deathcab, when I noticed that Viva Voce not only still exists but is signed with Barsuk apparently. Since I last heard anything about them, they've released two LP's, one of which I listened to on Rhapsody. So that was cool. THeir sound has changed a bit from their edgier, more experimental earlier sound to a polished sort of Yo La Tengo/Ivy-esque sound. Good stuff!
Music Fixation
So I've really been enjoying writing on myspace.com about what I'm currently listening to. But what I don't like is that it gets really long and then I have to delete old stuff. But I like keeping the old comments around, so I think I'm going to start posting music stuff on this blog. So I'm going to repost above my most recent myspace post and the content it replaced....
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