Nighthawk

The remixes on that album are tight as fuck and worth what I paid ($7) for it alone, though I would have spent 12 or 13 if I had to. Although I did think it said "Carl Cox Megamix" but once I got it home, realized it was Chris Cox. A shame, cause you know, Carl Cox brings the good shit. The mix was still pretty good though. By the way, War is the only U2 album I actually like, and Bono is a prick, but I wouldn't call them overrated. Objectively, they're a pretty good fuckin band.

Dark, slimline cases with a small image of the original cover art in the middle, which if placed side by side, form the prism and rainbow from DSOTM on their spines. The set also comes with a hardbound book, by the way. I'll admit it's a hell of a nice set, just a poor choice of what's in it.

The past few posts have given me an idea for a concept rap album called Run DMX. I'll bring it along when I show up at Incandenza's apartment.

If the selected posters under discussion met, I'm sure we would never post on the board again. If those five posters left, the board would be worthless and die. I think we should meet and kill thesmartmarks.

"Hey, everybody is an idiot except me." - IDRM

From the sound of it, I will love Kid A. I adore barely cognizant noise albums.

I also like Blueberry Boat. Is it me, or is Napoleon Dynamite in The Arcade Fire?

To make a long story short, the whole situation is dictated by money. I like it out here though, I may consider settling when the time for that comes.

Yeah, I never really mentioned it, but I moved temporarily to the San Francisco area over the summer. All the stories you've heard about the city are true and understated.

I'll come and visit you for real. I'll be back in Florida in January or February.

I have sexual fantasies about Meg.

You know, Vicky Beckham's solo album is really terrible. I'm starting to wonder if I should just get rid of it. It has a really great cover, on the one hand, but on the other hand... man, does it suck. I only have it to be a Spice Girls completist, but is that something I really want to be? I think my best bet is to keep it, but throw it in the closet and pretend I don't have it.

I slept in a closet for a long time.

Speaking of errors in box set, there's Pink Floyd's nearly $300 insult. First, who but the most die hard Pink Floyd fans are going to drop $300 on a box set? And if they are die hard fans (hell, if they're only moderate fans) they're going to get about one disc's worth of new material out of it. What a joke. Cool packaging though.

So I was listening to this album today: And it sucks. Despite this, I can't stop myself from listening to it. It's as if Rick James were the gayest white man on earth and never matured past the fourth grade, or Frank Zappa had a lobotomy and started playing a casio keyboard instead of a guitar. On the technically positive side, the singer does have a falsetto which would put King Diamond to shame. I can't even hardly understand the lyrics, but here's a sample of what they sound like to me: "Bad boy won't you suck my dolly I piss my ass with a motherfuckin smile on my face And I get real stupid and you and you and you Cunt [not can't, cunt] stop me I'll show ya how official midgets jack me off La la la la la I hate Jimmy Page" That's makes so little sense that I can't help but find myself enthralled by it. I wish I had their first album, but not at the prices it's going for.

Here I'll place all the things I have to say about music which I don't want a thread about. Feel free to do the same. I don't know if anyone here has listened to much Christian pop music, but man, a lot of them are really shameless rip off artists. There's this song called "Joy In the Lord" which was an album single, but they even sing it in church, though I don't know who it's by, but it's pretty much a sped up Stairway to Heaven. Now if you ask people in church, they'll probably tell you that that's an evil song because it says "My sweet Satan" backwards. Actually, if you ever have the opportunity, listen to some hymns backwards. It's pretty fascinating. Now there's this pretty popular Christian singer name of Steven Curtis Chapman. Though in fairness he usually doesn't look that stupid. I heard this song of his the other day and the riff was a direct lift from Walk This Way. Now honestly... if you're going to steal a riff, don't steal one of the most popular and recognizable riffs in music. I mean, really.

Their "Ah yeah!" and "Check this out" remain some of the most (over?)used samples in music.

I mean to say happy birthday, buddy!

Hey, I hate you and hope you die you worthless prick.

Even though I haven't listened to those albums yet, I'm still betting Outkast's albums were as good or better. Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik may not have been as inovative as their later work, or quite as good, but it was damn good for what it was and hardly a blemish on them. ATLiens, I can't find anything bad to say about it except it wasn't as good as Aquemini. Aquemini is just one of the greatest albums ever released. OK Computer might be as well, but there's a certain point of greatest reached where nothing is better, just good in a different way. Aquemini is there.

Not bad. It had me in a kind of trance (it was on headphones, by the way) to where it was over and it only felt like it'd been playing 5 minutes. I agree with Foetus that they were the only industrial band and nobody else should want to associate themselves with the term after that.

I also listened to Diamanda Galas' Divine Punishment, though I can't find a cover for it. In retrospect, those were some pretty schitzophrenic album choices, although they were getting progressively more insane. edit:

I only dream about sex and killing. Unfortunately, I'm being completely honest.

Dan the Automator is the name I'll say with the most fervor. He's a producer, and his touch is gold. He's worked with Del on the Gorillaz project (misunderstood, but that's another discussion), Deltron 3030 and the Handsome Boy Modeling School collection, a various artists compilation produced by Automator and Prince Paul. You might already have Deltron 3030, but if not, get it. Del's rapping, so if you like him, there's your motivation, but the production's so good you'll want the instrumental version for casual listening. You might also be familiar with Hieroglyphics, but they and all their various solo careers are worth your time. Aesop Rock has a similar style to Del. Kool Keith has a different tone, but similar inflection. Look for his team ups with Dan the Automator as well, particularly Dr. Octagon. If you like old Pac, Snoop and Dre, you'd probably appreciate Biggie. Both of his albums are worth owning. And Biz Markie. He fits right in with what you like.

I like the Smashing Pumpkins because they remind me of high school. Not that I liked high school, but there was a lot of artistic merit to it. It was a virtual cliche of drug-addled angst and misdirected rage. The Pumpkins bring me back there more than any other band save Marilyn Manson, who I would listen to even if that weren't true. The Prodigy are a fine group, by the way, though I haven't listened to anything they've done since Fat of the Land. They're very respectable within their genre.