Daily Kos: Kossians: What Are You Listening To? (W/ Poll)

Kossians: What Are You Listening To? (W/ Poll)

by mayan

Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:41:55 PM PDT

Okey dokey...no matter who you support for presidential candidate, you probably listen to music...or books on tape.

It's a Friday night. Everybody is probably tired from participating and/or reading about the various squabbles. Or from walking the beat to get out the vote. Or from work. So...what are y'all listening to? What's your personal soundtrack for this part of the election cycle7 What do you inject in your ears when you slap on the iPod phones? Slip into your car? Program your clock alarm?

mayan's diary :: ::

I posted a similar diary a few months ago and the responses were fascinating. I learned a lot and was exposed to some interesting new directions.

As for moi? I just (re)discovered the Small Faces (Steve Marriott...holy crap...what a voice!) For lovers of world music, I just discovered Nikhil Banerjee. Miles Davis/Bitch's Brew accompanied me on my trek home from wage slavery. And lots and lots of Monk.

So, I've showed you mine...your turn. Share a little bit about what you've heard that you'd like to pass on to the group at large.

Sorry this diary is so short. But I am really interested. Thanks.

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What/who... (14+ / 0-)

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are you listening to? What's the top of your pops currently?

"We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson

by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:43:08 PM PDT
- for my newborn (1+ / 0-)
  
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  i've been putting together an iPod list of music for bedtime
  
  "We have to change our politics, and come together around our common interests and concerns as Americans." -- Barack Obama
  
  by jhutson on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:46:52 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Currently? (8+ / 0-)

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The cat bitching for her dinner.

You left off techno/electronica/dance. That's what is currently filling my iPod.

Ignorance can be solved with a book; stupidity is forever.

by Mber on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:43:39 PM PDT
- Heh. I was just realizing... (3+ / 0-)
  
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  I'm listening to the sound of a cat cleaning his nethers and then decided not to post it. Before I decided to post it in response to yours...
  
  by blueteam on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:45:43 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Heh. (0+ / 0-)
    
    Dude(tte), that made me laugh out loud.
    
    Ignorance can be solved with a book; stupidity is forever.
    
    by Mber on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:54 PM PDT
    
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- Whoops... (2+ / 0-)
  
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  I guess I placed it under experimental...I shall rectify!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:46:01 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Whooops reduxe... (1+ / 0-)
    
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    I just learned that I probably can't edit a poll that has been voted on...Sadder, older but wiser...my regrets!
    
    "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
    
    by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:19 PM PDT
    
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Elysian Fields at the moment... (3+ / 0-)

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...hazy noir rock for late evenings. :^)

a gallon of blood for a gallon of oil!

by haruki on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:45:21 PM PDT
- Thanks...I like!! (1+ / 0-)
  
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  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:50:24 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Blood on the Tracks (9+ / 0-)

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Vintage Dylan, which I pulled out recently after a long hiatus.

Also Gershwin Live! with Sarah Vaughan and the L.A. Phil/Michael Tilson Thomas. Perhaps the most spectacular music I've ever heard, which I've had almost continually in my listening queue since it was released in 1980.

Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.

by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:45:47 PM PDT
- It's a wonder that we still... (4+ / 0-)
  
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  know how to breath!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:51:01 PM PDT
  
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- I love Sarah Vaughn (6+ / 0-)
  
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  but don't know this recording, thanks for the rec!
  
  by Diane Chambers on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:54:04 PM PDT
  
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  - I just glommed... (3+ / 0-)
    
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    a CD of hers from the library. I'm looking forward to getting to know her and Betty Carter.
    
    "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
    
    by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:55:11 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Betty Carter is great. (3+ / 0-)
      
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      If you haven't heard it, there is an album of duets she did with Ray Charles that is really worth checking out (great version of "Baby It's Cold Outside"), as well as a live album called The Audience with Betty Carter. She's one of my favorite artists.
      
      by Diane Chambers on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:58:06 PM PDT
      
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      - Cool...will definitely... (1+ / 0-)
        
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        check out the Ray Charles one. Sounds potent.
        
        "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
        
        by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:03:29 PM PDT
        
        [ Parent ]
    - Don't forget Dinah Washington and Odetta (2+ / 0-)
      
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      Not to mention Nancy Wilson. The great jazz divas are the last musical enthusiasm I've ever found. After burning through the late Beethoven and Bartok quartets, Ben Webster and Lester Young, and Ella/Sarah/Billie and the girls, I haven't found anything else to compare.
      
      Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
      
      by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:01:07 PM PDT
      
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      - Got a bunch of Dinah Washington... (1+ / 0-)
        
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        from an outstanding Mercury R&B box set (8 CDs!!!!) from the library.
        
        "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
        
        by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:34:54 PM PDT
        
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        Oooh, lucky you! (2+ / 0-)
        
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        Is she new to you? What a great discovery.
        
        Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
        
        by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:36:04 PM PDT
        
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        Not new... (2+ / 0-)
        
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        but always revelatory.
        
        Some of the gospel divas are mindblowing as well BTW. Give me that old school gospel! Marion Williams, Yeah! Rosetta Tharp! On and on...so good!
        
        Oh yeah...and Sacred Steel. Mind blowing stuff.
        
        "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
        
        by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:39:03 PM PDT
        
        [ Parent ]
  - Her best work ever! (4+ / 0-)
    
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    Jaw-droppingly outrageously good. Thomas is an equally skilled and tasteful accompanist, both at the piano and with full orchestra. The lushest, most sophisticated Gershwin you've ever heard in your life.
    
    Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
    
    by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:05 PM PDT
    
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    - Great recommend! Thanks! (1+ / 0-)
      
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      WIll definately check it out. I have Michael Tilson Thomas playing instrumental Gershwin.
      
      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
      
      by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:01:32 PM PDT
      
      [ Parent ]
- one of the greatest albums ever (2+ / 0-)
  
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  the only thing I knew how to do
  was to keep on keepin' on
  
  "Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war" - John Adams
  
  by esquimaux on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:22:41 PM PDT
  
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  - I still cry a little... (4+ / 0-)
    
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    ... every time I listen to Simple Twist of Fate.
    
    Hanoi didn't break John McCain, but Washington did.
    
    by Dallasdoc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:26:21 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
This, lately (7+ / 0-)

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Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. - Tennyson

by bumblebums on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:46:01 PM PDT
- Who is that? (1+ / 0-)
  
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  It's great!!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:51:40 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - The great guitarist Bill Frisell (2+ / 0-)
    
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    and drummer Matt Chamberlain, with help from bassist Viktor Krauss (Allison's brother), a couple of others, and some innovative production.
    
    Here's a colorful description:
    
    The Floratone sound is, in the words of Townsend, "futuristic roots music," at turns jazz-vibed, swamp-funky, intensely rocking, ambiently grooved. The music drips with grit, lopes with a sweet lyricism, bursts with surprising turns, sinks in with FX'd beauty. There's an aesthetic of euphoric journey as well as a nasty get-down-and-move sensibility.
    
    iTunes has it if you want to hear snippets. It's great!
    
    Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. - Tennyson
    
    by bumblebums on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:23 PM PDT
    
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    - outstanding ! (1+ / 0-)
      
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      viktor krauss's solo effort from a year or so ago is also pretty remarkable.
      
      Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. -Mark Twain
      
      by homo neurotic on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:02:34 PM PDT
      
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    - I remember hearing him on NPR a couple years (2+ / 0-)
      
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      ago while on a fishing trip. It was great campfire music. Then I forgot all about him til just now. Thanks
      
      "Pardon me, I thought you were a trout stream"
      
      by frankzappatista on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:06:07 PM PDT
      
      [ Parent ]
    - Is Frissell... (0+ / 0-)
      
      Robin Holcomb's spouse?
      
      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
      
      by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:10:03 PM PDT
      
      [ Parent ]
      - She's married to Wayne Horvitz, I think (1+ / 0-)
        
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        Let the great world spin for ever down the ringing grooves of change. - Tennyson
        
        by bumblebums on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:14:49 PM PDT
        
        [ Parent ]
        
        Ah! (0+ / 0-)
        
        "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
        
        by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:30:30 PM PDT
        
        [ Parent ]
In the car (1+ / 0-)

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It's all Dora & Aladdin. 5YO, 3YO & 20 month old.

I have the greatest hits of Doris Day on my Iphone. That is the only "adult" album.

Good Times.

John McCain doesn't want healthy children.

by aimeeinkc on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:46:29 PM PDT
I've been listening to a lot of music this week (9+ / 0-)

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An online friend died and my husband needed emergency surgery.

Oh, and our beautiful 8 inch long indian algae eater died last night.

So I'm going to post a few of the videos in this thread that got me through everything.

Starting with:

"I Grieve" by Peter Gabriel

**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:47:12 PM PDT
- Sympathy for your difficulties (2+ / 0-)
  
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  And recs for Peter Gabriel
  
  You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
  
  by A Mad Mad World on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:50:23 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- Yes... (2+ / 0-)
  
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  may music be a balm upon these troubled waters.
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:52:11 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- Sorry to hear about your troubles..... (2+ / 0-)
  
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  I know that it's a Cat Stevens song...but I'm partial to Elliott Smith. Hopefully your troubles move away....
  
  Netroots Director for Oregon Senate Candidate Jeff Merkley
  
  by sarahlane on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:54:48 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Tonight it is... (3+ / 0-)

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Joss Stone... Soul Sessions. I might mix in a little Gary Moore later. I have a Bloody Chesapeake in my hands (that's a bloody mary with some Old Bay on top) and a warm kitty on my lap.

One hot Obamamamma!

by chillindame on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:08 PM PDT
- Hah...I thought (2+ / 0-)
  
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  Bloody Chesapeake was a band.
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:56:08 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Muse, Decemberists, Arctic Fire, Page & Plant (6+ / 0-)

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I'm mad as Gravel, and I'm not going to take it anymore!

by ceti on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:27 PM PDT
Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (2+ / 0-)

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**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:48 PM PDT
Henry Mancini (3+ / 0-)

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soundtrack to Touch of Evil

"Pardon me, I thought you were a trout stream"

by frankzappatista on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:48:59 PM PDT
- I want a pie full of Mayonnaise... (2+ / 0-)
  
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  There is your sentence Frankiez. Hmmm, sounds like a future poll response choice to me.
  
  One hot Obamamamma!
  
  by chillindame on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:50:50 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Well done - (0+ / 0-)
    
    now you must go into the wood and cut down the mightiest tree in the forest with....
    
    a herring!
    
    "Pardon me, I thought you were a trout stream"
    
    by frankzappatista on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:00:04 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
- Mancini is... (1+ / 0-)
  
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  the uber cool.
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:52:57 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
A nice collision... (3+ / 0-)

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between a PapaChach diary here and a surprise gift from a long-ago friend has me listening to old Replacements.

by blueteam on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:49:16 PM PDT
Classic Rock (7+ / 0-)

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Alternating between Bruce Springsteen and Van Morrison.

AT&T offers exciting work for recent graduates in computer science. Pick up the phone, call your mom, and ask for an application.

by Scipio on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:49:50 PM PDT
Ummm... (2+ / 0-)

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no folk or country music option? Currently I'm listening to Townes Van Zandt. I listen to him nearly everyday. I'm obsessed.

Netroots Director for Oregon Senate Candidate Jeff Merkley

by sarahlane on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:50:10 PM PDT
- I have C&W up there... (1+ / 0-)
  
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  first! Honest. Due to my listening to Billy Joe Shavers. But you're right...no folk. Next time!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:57:31 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
John Coltrane - Naima (8+ / 0-)

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My husband is going to write an arrangement of this for us to record:

**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:50:14 PM PDT
- Tha's great... (1+ / 0-)
  
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  I was just listening to Monk and Trane from that recently discovered Carnegie Hall concert. Hair-raisingly excellent.
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:13:09 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
I like easy listening (2+ / 0-)

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Pretentious? Moi?

by dagnabbit on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:51:18 PM PDT
Listening to the fruits of digitization (3+ / 0-)

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Spent much of winter break digitizing old LPs. At the moment I'm listening to Emerson, Lake & Palmer, stuff that I haven't given an ear to for maybe a couple decades.

You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift

by A Mad Mad World on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:51:49 PM PDT
- What are you using to digitize... (1+ / 0-)
  
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  and how is it working? I got a TON of vinyl that I just can't quite part with yet. Damnit!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:58:16 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Easy Media Creator (1+ / 0-)
    
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    mayan
    
    Works well, and easy after you figure out how it works.
    
    It can clean up noise scratches and nicks.
    
    You can buy it on eBay pretty cheaply.
    
    You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
    
    by A Mad Mad World on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:45 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Cool...will check it out. (0+ / 0-)
      
      I don't know if I'm willing to undertake such an immense work. Still, I can't cut bait either.
      
      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
      
      by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:40:56 PM PDT
      
      [ Parent ]
Prospero's Speech by Loreena McKennitt (3+ / 0-)

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**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:51:57 PM PDT
- Love Loreena. Thank you. n/t (2+ / 0-)
  
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  ....the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. FDR 1933
  
  by Tailspinterry on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:55:38 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Terry Blanchard (2+ / 0-)

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Requiem for Katrina

The best way to predict the future is to invent it. Alan Kay

by Robinswing on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:52:33 PM PDT
Groove Salad (1+ / 0-)

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mayan

Techno/Ambient/Chill

..check it out in your iTunes radio stations under Ambient

by cosmicrob on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:53:12 PM PDT
More fun with Peter Gabriel - Growing UP (2+ / 0-)

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**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:53:18 PM PDT
The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (2+ / 0-)

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by The Damned.

I prefer this brand of Socratic inquiry, actually: WTF is wrong with you?

by lightiris on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:53:23 PM PDT
Putamayo World Music (2+ / 0-)

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Great stuff from all over the world. I buy a new CD every time I visit the San Diego Wild Animal Park.

My favorite album is entitled, 'A Mediterranean Odyssey'.

by Tam in CA on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:53:51 PM PDT
- If you like Putamayo (1+ / 0-)
  
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  You should check out Link TV world music.
  
  Lots of good stuff. And if you get DirecTV (owned by Murdoch, I know) you can see World Music on Link TV.
  
  You can't reason someone out of something they weren't reasoned into. - Jonathan Swift
  
  by A Mad Mad World on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:58:17 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
- Link if interested (0+ / 0-)
  
  Putumayo World Music
  
  by Tam in CA on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:30 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
A pick-me-up from Hiromi Uehara (1+ / 0-)

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XYZ

**Less than four months until the general election.**
Just a reminder for those who have other priorities.

by Spathiphyllum on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:54:20 PM PDT
- Wow! (1+ / 0-)
  
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  Spathiphyllum
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:17 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
Lucinda Williams.... (3+ / 0-)

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...Come out west and see...the best that you can be...I know you won't stay permanently...but come out west and see...

Dat and a lot of Amy Hanaialii Gilliom. She's Hawaiian, y'all. Every dial to her music, I feel like I am in an aloha shirt, boarding Hawaiian Airlines, looking for my seat, with my ukulele thrown over my back.

Please don't tell me you feel sorry for Ben. Ben is a well cared for dalmatian and has not been harmed by my political views.

by Bensdad on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:55:32 PM PDT
- Don't lean back and break your ukulele! (1+ / 0-)
  
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  Interview/performance with Amy Hanaiali'i Gilliom
  
  by Eloise on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:40:47 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - Oh, what a great link.... (1+ / 0-)
    
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    mayan
    
    ...thank you. Great fun!
    
    Uke goes in the overhead!
    
    Please don't tell me you feel sorry for Ben. Ben is a well cared for dalmatian and has not been harmed by my political views.
    
    by Bensdad on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:55:50 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
Rufus Wainwright (2+ / 0-)

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His new Judy Garland tribute album. He's probably my favorite contemporary male singer.

by Diane Chambers on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:59:38 PM PDT
oldies: Tiesto - Nyana, disc1-outdoor n/t (1+ / 0-)

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mayan

by MackInTheBox on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:00:10 PM PDT
I've got Pandora (1+ / 0-)

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mayan

programmed to play a combination of baroque and bebop.

Now up: Senate Races 2008: Intro, AK, CO

by plf515 on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:01:25 PM PDT
My 6 CD changer (3+ / 0-)

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currently has:
Singles Going Steady by the Buzzcocks
Boxer by the National
Original Pirate Material by the Streets
Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
In the Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
and Dylan's Royal Albert Hall concert.

I want to win. You want to beat him, and that's a problem for me, because I want to win. -The West Wing

by AnnArborBlue on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:02:45 PM PDT
- Pretty friggin'... (0+ / 0-)
  
  well-rounded!
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:07:22 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
my / my partner's combined cd collection (3+ / 0-)

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is in the state of disarray. this is a state whose votes are never found, let alone counted.

last night, we played a game i call "use the force, luke." sit in front of the 700 or so un categorized discs, close your eyes, point, where your finger lands is what gets pulled and played.

i was aghast to have culled madonna's ray of light. (not mine). he, of course, was delighted.

victory was mine. he pulled 'life on planet groove' by maceo parker. tee hee.

2% jazz, 98% funk-ay stuff!

Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. -Mark Twain

by homo neurotic on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:07:47 PM PDT
- maceo parker... (1+ / 0-)
  
  Recommended by:
  homo neurotic, PapaChach
  
  is my wife's absolute go-to
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:14:33 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - mine too (1+ / 0-)
    
    Recommended by:
    mayan
    
    seen him live four times. i play saxophone (accomplished amateur at best), and he's among my favorite standard bearers of the instrument.
    
    Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. -Mark Twain
    
    by homo neurotic on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:26:09 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
    - Yeah... (1+ / 0-)
      
      Recommended by:
      homo neurotic
      
      Maceo's the alto player she most wants to play like.
      
      "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
      
      by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:15:10 PM PDT
      
      [ Parent ]
- Miles is cool but (4+ / 0-)
  
  Recommended by:
  mayan, homo neurotic, Tailspinterry, blueman1
  
  Coltrane burns, dig?
  
  I know who Obama's veep will be. You can too!
  
  by slaney black on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:39:13 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - dug. (1+ / 0-)
    
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    mayan
    
    i can be a pretty long winded fellow, so i'll just not even start for a change. capture how i feel about john coltrane? haven't got the words to do the job justice.
    
    Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its only sure defense. -Mark Twain
    
    by homo neurotic on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:45:26 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
I just got into Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise (2+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
Diane Chambers, mayan

(I always call him Surfjan, being from CA).

I know, late to the party.

by robokos on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:21:50 PM PDT
Van Gogh discordant; Matisse a little static-y nt (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan

by Abra Crabcakeya on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:22:44 PM PDT
lykke li, wale, ratatat (0+ / 0-)

Lykke is pretty awesome, she's from Sweden and her new album, Youth Novels, has been running through my head for over a week now. Check her page.

ratatat as well is a new find for me, and i have really enjoyed discovering their hip hop/rock inspired electronic sound, especially their remixes.

wale is just awesome, he;s Mark Ronson's newest project, and he'll be releasing his first album sometime in 08.

...and some marched, and some sat-in, and some were beaten, and some went to jail, and some died for freedom's cause. That's what hope is. -Barack Obama

by phukhotfashion on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:25:41 PM PDT
- Wow... (0+ / 0-)
  
  mighty fine stuff! Thanks for turning me toward such great music.
  
  "We're all working for the Pharaoh" - Richard Thompson
  
  by mayan on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:04:53 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - very welcome (0+ / 0-)
    
    ...and some marched, and some sat-in, and some were beaten, and some went to jail, and some died for freedom's cause. That's what hope is. -Barack Obama
    
    by phukhotfashion on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 10:03:52 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
"jam" rock (2+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan, Tailspinterry

Phil Lesh, maybe Railroad Earth (more like jam bluegrass)

"Great is the guilt of an unnecessary war" - John Adams

by esquimaux on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:25:57 PM PDT
11/17/73 n/t (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
Tailspinterry

"Sometimes the dumbest thing that gets said makes the point for you"

by FrostyKotex on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:26:50 PM PDT
I just had my ITunes going at random (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan

and heard from Shonen Knife, Shoukichi Kina, Pat Suzuki on the original Broadway soundtrack of Flower Drum Song, Ed Trickett, Brave Old World, and the Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.

by Eloise on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:48:42 PM PDT
Brother Reade is one of my new faves (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan

And yeah I am old and yeah I listen to rap a lot

Better to wear out than to rust out.

"He who fears something gives it power over him."--Arab proverb

by crazyshirley2100 on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:51:17 PM PDT
- def worth a listen (2+ / 0-)
  
  Recommended by:
  mayan, Tailspinterry
  
  "rap music" was impressive, but they don't tour much, so i've been waiting to them live since i first heard them
  
  ...and some marched, and some sat-in, and some were beaten, and some went to jail, and some died for freedom's cause. That's what hope is. -Barack Obama
  
  by phukhotfashion on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:56:11 PM PDT
  
  [ Parent ]
  - they get a little 'wordy' (1+ / 0-)
    
    Recommended by:
    mayan
    
    but really nice for a first outing. Hoping they keep it coming.
    
    "He who fears something gives it power over him."--Arab proverb
    
    by crazyshirley2100 on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:11:59 PM PDT
    
    [ Parent ]
The Tubes (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan

by Unbozo on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:54:38 PM PDT
U23D is an awesome concert movie. (1+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
mayan

The 3D, mostly from aerial cams puts you right on stage. Thousands of tan, buff young Argentinians pogo and arm-wave in perfect time to the tunes. I wanted to see it again the minute the credits rolled.

....the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. FDR 1933

by Tailspinterry on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 07:55:18 PM PDT
John Coltrane (3+ / 0-)

Recommended by:
Diane Chambers, mayan, Tailspinterry

Blue Train.

by blueman1 on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:02:20 PM PDT
Ha! Air America Radio, some WNYC, BBC but (0+ / 0-)

not much music.

Best Diary of the Year? http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/2/23/03912/3990

by LNK on Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 08:41:16 PM PDT

Permalink | 95 comments

	Lots of C&W
1%	1 votes
	Bach Beethoven and Brahms (and Mozart and Stockhausen)
4%	3 votes
	Loads of political speeches
2%	2 votes
	Reggae
4%	3 votes
	World
2%	2 votes
	Van Gogh and Matisse
0%	0 votes
	Way too eclectic to go into
12%	9 votes
	Experimental
2%	2 votes
	Rock
18%	13 votes
	Golden Oldies
4%	3 votes
	Your lovers hearbeat
1%	1 votes
	Jazz
10%	7 votes
	Who wants to know?
1%	1 votes
	All the above
8%	6 votes
	You've curiously left out the following...
24%	17 votes

Kossians: What Are You Listening To? (W/ Poll)

by mayan

Fri Feb 08, 2008 at 06:41:55 PM PDT

Daily Kos Help

What/who... (14+ / 0-)

for my newborn (1+ / 0-)

Currently? (8+ / 0-)

Heh. I was just realizing... (3+ / 0-)

Heh. (0+ / 0-)

Whoops... (2+ / 0-)

Whooops reduxe... (1+ / 0-)

Elysian Fields at the moment... (3+ / 0-)

Thanks...I like!! (1+ / 0-)

Blood on the Tracks (9+ / 0-)

It's a wonder that we still... (4+ / 0-)

I love Sarah Vaughn (6+ / 0-)

I just glommed... (3+ / 0-)

Betty Carter is great. (3+ / 0-)

Cool...will definitely... (1+ / 0-)

Don't forget Dinah Washington and Odetta (2+ / 0-)

Got a bunch of Dinah Washington... (1+ / 0-)

Oooh, lucky you! (2+ / 0-)

Not new... (2+ / 0-)

Her best work ever! (4+ / 0-)

Great recommend! Thanks! (1+ / 0-)

one of the greatest albums ever (2+ / 0-)

I still cry a little... (4+ / 0-)

This, lately (7+ / 0-)

Who is that? (1+ / 0-)

The great guitarist Bill Frisell (2+ / 0-)

outstanding ! (1+ / 0-)

I remember hearing him on NPR a couple years (2+ / 0-)

Is Frissell... (0+ / 0-)

She's married to Wayne Horvitz, I think (1+ / 0-)

Ah! (0+ / 0-)

In the car (1+ / 0-)

I've been listening to a lot of music this week (9+ / 0-)

Sympathy for your difficulties (2+ / 0-)

Yes... (2+ / 0-)

Sorry to hear about your troubles..... (2+ / 0-)

Tonight it is... (3+ / 0-)

Hah...I thought (2+ / 0-)

Muse, Decemberists, Arctic Fire, Page & Plant (6+ / 0-)

Deep Forest - Sweet Lullaby (2+ / 0-)

Henry Mancini (3+ / 0-)

I want a pie full of Mayonnaise... (2+ / 0-)

Well done - (0+ / 0-)

Mancini is... (1+ / 0-)

A nice collision... (3+ / 0-)

Classic Rock (7+ / 0-)

Ummm... (2+ / 0-)

I have C&W up there... (1+ / 0-)

John Coltrane - Naima (8+ / 0-)

Tha's great... (1+ / 0-)

I like easy listening (2+ / 0-)

Listening to the fruits of digitization (3+ / 0-)

What are you using to digitize... (1+ / 0-)

Easy Media Creator (1+ / 0-)

Cool...will check it out. (0+ / 0-)

Prospero's Speech by Loreena McKennitt (3+ / 0-)

Love Loreena. Thank you. n/t (2+ / 0-)

Terry Blanchard (2+ / 0-)

Groove Salad (1+ / 0-)

More fun with Peter Gabriel - Growing UP (2+ / 0-)

The Light At The End Of The Tunnel (2+ / 0-)

Putamayo World Music (2+ / 0-)

If you like Putamayo (1+ / 0-)

Link if interested (0+ / 0-)

A pick-me-up from Hiromi Uehara (1+ / 0-)

Wow! (1+ / 0-)

Lucinda Williams.... (3+ / 0-)

Don't lean back and break your ukulele! (1+ / 0-)

Oh, what a great link.... (1+ / 0-)

Rufus Wainwright (2+ / 0-)

oldies: Tiesto - Nyana, disc1-outdoor n/t (1+ / 0-)

I've got Pandora (1+ / 0-)

My 6 CD changer (3+ / 0-)

Pretty friggin'... (0+ / 0-)

my / my partner's combined cd collection (3+ / 0-)

maceo parker... (1+ / 0-)