i heard some of the new mars volta album last night and im not liking it. they need to write some god damned songs, not just bang on their instruments for minutes.

Random U2 stuff...

People in GRap do. Kalamazoo sucks. Though I am going there to see Jonny Lang in November.






Are you? Awesome man....what will you be studying?

A few tips:

1) Don't sign up for any class before 11:15 a.m.
2) Pay attention to what buildings the classes you sign up for are in. It sucks having to run across campus multiple times per day.
3) Dorms - go for Foster or McNutt to see the most hot freshman girls. Wright will put you closest to campus.
4) Going Greek - I did it, but it's overrated after Miles Brand cracked the whip. Don't waste your time.
5) Find someone over 21 who looks even remotely like you, and have them make a copy of their IDs for you. Never try to get into Nick's with a fake. Stick with Sports, Kilroy's, and the Bird.
6) For God's sake, go to as many shows as possible. I got to see a lot of great bands for next to nothing before they were big....saw Spoon play for $5.
7) Never go to Vertigo or Axis.
8) Memorize the numbers for Aver's and Pizza Express.
9) Your G.P.A. in college means absolutely nothing when you look for your first post-college job (unless it's a 4.0). Just try to keep a 3.0 or better if possible.
10) Enjoy it. It's a good school with a great social atmosphere.

If there's anything else you want to know about the school, just PM me. Anyway, I still need music suggestions and no one will give me any. Come on people, I'm recovering from surgery here, miles removed from my music collection! Anyone got anything good to listen to?

i've been listening to a LOT of a german band called kante recently. some of their stuff's in english, some auf deutsch, but it's all good, baby. especially their (most?) recent album, zweilicht.

radio k- the ergs

have you seen them live? its about ten times worse. i mean they play very well and all... but they just go into these crazy long jam sessions. get to the fukking point already! oh how i miss at the drive in.

***

life and times - suburban hymn
album leaf - ?
these arms are snakes - oxeneers
interpol - antics
spitfire - Self-help
random videogame soundtracks (dork! i know...)

the smiths ,obv
the cure
depche mode
joy division
the ramones
the clash
old u2
journey
wolfsheim
public enemy

Coldplay, Oasis, Radiohead, Gnarls Barkley, T.I., Lil Wayne, Cam'ron, The Game, The Beach Boys, Nas.

listening to The Clash for the first time in a long time

The Bends. It took a second listen, but I'm coming around.

man, just wait till you get to OK Computer. my favorite from The Bends is "Just" though, that song rocks.

Six tracks away.

Before The Dawn Heals Us by M83 is my latest listen. I've got The Eraser, but I don't think I'm in the right mindset to listen to it.

You mean awake...?

I'm sick, so I don't feel like I can give Sir Thomas the attention he truly deserves.

Scott Tenorman liked Radiohead.



Favorite Bends song: Bone. Does that prove I don't know what I'm talking about?

nope. thats a good one too.

I feel like you're being pressured a bit to love them. I think you just have to relax, listen to them casually, and slowly get into the songs and come to realize what the band's all about. Enjoy the bends and and OK Computer, but hold off on Kid A for a bit until you think that you really have come to grips with both of those albums. Just my two cents, though.

Or get fucking ripped before you listen to Kid A. It's mind blowing.

Then again, it's mindblowing anyway.

Nope. I have 1000 different Radiohead-fan friends, and they have 1000 different favorite tracks from each album.

Wait a second...

I think my favorite is "Street Spirit" followed closely by "Blackstar," and "The Bends" and followed in tied for fifth "[Nice Dream]" and "My Iron Lung." I also absolutely love "High and Dry," the acoustic B-side of "Fake Plastic Trees, "Bulletproof... i wish i was" and "Bones." Then everything else, which still scores higher than most everything else in the world.

Like I said, The Bends is a primer, preparing you for the jump in sophistication. Don't fret, be cool.

It's my birthday in 40 minutes, so I'm probably blackout drunk. Wish I could be here for the Education of Dutch, though.

Wang

Talk radio right now - Listening to the last hour of the Junkies (DC) and the DC replay of O&A....

Only because the song is actually called "Bones". That song rules. Thom's vocal acrobatics in the chorus defy logic.

Message to Dutch: Many people who don't like Radiohead go on to live relatively normal lives. I know a lawyer who doesn't like Radiohead. I got this from Wikipedia, regarding people like this:



I myself have never fallen in love with Kid A. Does this mean I have less self-worth? Sure, I have trouble in my day to day life (I still can't tie my shoes) and dealing with people who don't understand, but that's their problem, not mine! So, I guess I'm just trying to say, embrace who you are. If you like Radiohead, great, if not, no big deal. Stop reading here Dutch.




To everyone else: I know I'm full of it, but we've turned this in to too big of a deal for Dutch. Shame on us. He needs to feel like we'll accept him no matter what! This is the only way to ensure he tells us his true feelings for Radiohead, and we can then judge him accordingly. And that whole bit about not liking Kid A, that was a lie, seriously, I love it. So much.

To this day Kid A is my favorite album ever. Notice my avatar.

Show me the money - the juliana theory

only one line the whole song, but its great

i've been listening to alot of oingo boingo lately as well as romeo void and echo and the bunnymen

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Van Halen just came up on my pandora station

'Ain't talkin bout love'

The version I downloaded has it titled "Bone" in iTunes. My roommate's girlfriend is backing you up, so I'll just say that's not my fault.

I like The Bends more than OK Computer right now. I can't say I'm a HUGE fan of either, but I understand it's an acquired taste.

Also, my musical selection is entirely based on mood, so maybe another day will bring a greater appreciation. --Or maybe it just not my style.

I didn't really listen to the boys until I was a Freshman in college, and one of my roommates was about half as intensely into them then as I am now.

I think I had a 2-4 month period during which I slowly began appreciating the band. There were a few tracks I dug immediately (pop-style), but I didn't really start LIKE-liking the band for a long time.

So if you don't love it, just try and keep them in the "shuffle mix" for the next 8 weeks. I come from a completely "music appreciation" background, with absolutely no "technical likey-likey" shit on my resume.

So, if you really don't get it or appreciate it after a few spins/weeks, just get all stoned and listen to Kid A.

Wang

I became a big Radiohead fan back in high school, and I fully admit that my appreciation began after listening to them.......on weed. The Bends really seemed to rock out with a lot of my stoner friends back then, and it was the only thing I could ever get them to listen to that wasn't Phish (I am a Phish fan too, but in proper doses).

Don't let people shove the band down your throat, Dutch. Just give them an occasional listen and see what you think. Even though I am a big fan, I can't stand watching other people denegerate others because they don't "get it" or don't listen to it. I used to chastize people for thinking that way about the Talking Heads (which I view Radiohead as a late `90s incarnation of - and no, I don't want to get into a heated debate about that point, that was merely my opinion at the time).

In all honesty, I was a fan, but not a diehard fan until I saw them in concert. They were simply incredible in concert and I gained a real appreciation for them then. But you are far from stupid if you gave them a chance and didn't like them, after all, we like what we like as music fans. Kid A is pretty out there and I know many people who hate it (even though I like it). In fact, to my memory, it's the oddest album I can ever remember reaching #1 on the album charts.

It took about 5-6 listens for me to really appreciate albums like Kid A and Amnesiac. The Bends is a little easier on the ears and an album that most can appreciate. If you have the chance to find any live performances on the web (even their SNL performance where Thom does the crazy dance and Johnny plays an instrument that looks like an old telephone operator machine), and let me know what you think.

Today I feel like feeding my cheesy `80s music addiction. And yes, as a child of the `80s, there are some musical tastes that I have that I can't really defend. I listened to Candy-O by The Cars this morning, and I will defend that Ric Ocasek and gang were pop geniuses, regardless of what anyone else says about them. I will also sadly admit that I am a fan of bands like Genesis (especially when Peter Gabriel was there, but even after he left), and will listen to a little of them today too. Is there something wrong with me? Definitely - but I like my occasional cheesy `80s music marathon, what can I say....

IMO karma police is one of THE best songs that I have ever heard and ever made, and actually made me want to go and listen to rest of radiohead. Then again, you're really just getting the opinion of a casual fan.

BTW right now I have just discovered DJ shadow. sick ****ing ****

What album are you listening to? Endtroducing? I was introduced to this album in high school and it blew me away at the time....

Yeah. Put that on and drive on the expressway at night alone. Good times, but also scary times.

Wang

I first heard Radiohead at the beginning of my Junior year in high school, so about two years ago. The first album I heard was OK Computer. I heard Airbag and thought it was pretty good. Then came Paranoid Android and I had to have listened to it at least 40 times in the span of one day and I was (at the time) convinced it was in fact the greatest and most genius song ever recorded.

So I started to explore the world of Radiohead and got all of their albums. I was told by a friend to listen to their albums in order, but to just skip Pablo Honey. I didn't skip it, and I didn't like it. Anyways, I listened to The Bends and loved it. Listened to OK Computer and, of course, loved it. Then I hit Kid A, and that was a moment that changed my life. After one listen, yes just one, I was instantly convinced it was in fact the greatest album ever recorded. Never before have I heard a band completely change their sound and still create great music. I moved on to Amnesiac and was a little disapointed, it was good, but not what I was expecting. I listened to Hail to the Thief and was once again blown away by Radiohead's ability to create great music. I am positive that Kid A is the greatest album ever created, and Idioteque ( no longer Paranoid Android) is the greatest and most genius song ever created.

Radiohead changed my life, and they started what I like to refer to as my "Musical Revolution." Before listening to Radiohead I was never a big music guy, but Radiohead made me realize that music can be a beautiful and life-changing experience. Since that point, I have never looked back.

Right now I'm loving The Postal Service. I have been listening to "Give Up" a lot.

haha thats basically what i did last night (was listening to a variety of things, but at one point i had some shadow on). i got lost on the way to a party and ended up just driving around lost all night. im pathetic.

actually looking back on it i probably had more fun doing that than i wouldve had at the party.

Good album.

I've got some Talib Kweli stuck in my head, but I haven't decided what I'm going to listen to yet.

I really like "Such Great Heights"

I've elected to listen to truANT by Alien Ant Farm. A little mindless modern rock while I get my work done.

Currently playing: The Tain by The Decemberists.

A 5-track EP that is 5 parts to the same song.

Awesome.

is that the one with smooth criminal?

Inner Session brahhh.

I'm listening to Can, and I just finished listening to a funsounding band called The Glands. I haven't listened to them in years.

Next up is Summerteeth, by Wilco.

Wang

No, that was called ANThology. It was their first album. truANT was their second album, and the last one in which they used that terrible play on words.



Question for all:

Best Wilco album?

I loooove Summerteeth, YHF, A Ghost Is Born, and the first disc of Being There...but if I had to pick one, I'd have to go with A Ghost Is Born.

I'm thinking about some Oasis to start the evening

I ended up listening to Dave Matthews - Who woulda guessed!?!?

I could make an argument for Summerteeth or for Mermaid Avenue, which wasn't mentioned on your original list (even though it is a collaborative effort and not really their music, but still a great album), I think Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is their opus. That album is Wilco's OK Computer. It will be the album they are remembered for down the road.



Oasis, then Dave Matthews....throw in any emo band and I would react like Alex does in A Clockwork Orange when locked up in the room listening to Beethoven.

The correct order:

1) YHF
2) Being There
3) Summer Teeth
4) A Ghost is Born
5) Some Uncle Tupelo stuff
9) AM

I don't like AM. And I don't count Billy Bragg collabos.

Wang



This is the first and ONLY time I will ever use this acronym. Only because you made a Clockwork Orange reference.

QFT