This is something I've been thinking about doing for a while. Those of you who want to do this, go for, just post in the comments.
Start with your birth year, and pick one album per year that you really like - preferable what would be the "Album of the Year" for you for that year. What follows in my list. (I actually have a secondary one - I made these into a playlist on my portable MP3 player). Each list was about 1.75 Gig. :)
1967 Disraeli Gears - Cream
1968 White Album - Beatles
1969 Willy and the Poor Boys
1970 Tea for the Tillerman - Cat Stevens
1971 Tapestry - Carol King
1972 Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
1973 Dark Side of the Moon - Pink Floyd
1974 The Butterfly Ball - Roger Glover and Friens
1975 A Night at the Opera - Queen
1976 Beautiful Noise - Neil Diamond
1977 Bat Out Of Hell - Meat Loaf
1978 Life in the Food Chain - Tokio K
1979 Replicas - Gary Numan / Tubeway Army
1980 Back In Black - Ac/DC
1981 Fire Of Unknown Origin - Blue Oyster Cult
1982 Friend Or Foe - Adam Ant
1983 Piece of Mind - Iron Maiden
1984 Purple Rain - Prince
1985 Pink World - Planet P
1986 The Bridge - Billy Joel
1987 Appetite for Destruction - Guns 'n' Roses
1988 Shadowland - k d lang
1989 Journeyman - Eric Clapton
1990 Flood - They Might Be Giants
1991 Blue Light, Red Light - Harry Connick Jr
1992 Come On Come On - Mary Chapin-Carpenter
1993 God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
1994 Songs For The Daily Planet - Todd Snider
1995 Stomp Revival - Bone Pony
1996 Brutal Architecture - Rocket Scientist
1997 Come On Over - Shania Twain
1998 5 - Lenny Kravitz
1999 Raingods with Zippos - Fish
2000 Flight of the Migrator - Ayreon
2001 Weathered - Creed
2002 Audioslave - Audioslave
2003 Permission To Land - The Darkness
2004 Americano! - Roger Clyne and the Peacemakers
2005 Loco Motive - Coboy Troy
2006 Furia Ignea - Alabarda
2007 Bloodangel's Cry - Krypteria
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Play an instrument day
Music Memiors
a favorite song or artist that plays or features that instrument.
guitar: Lots but today I'll say Tony McAlpine
piano: Billy Joel
mandolin: David Grisman, notably Hot Dawg
drums: Max Roach
bass: Another One Bites the Dust
harmonica: Blues Traveller
flute: Ian Anderson
Bonus:
Cowbell! - Don't Fear the Reaper - of course. We need more Cowbell.
a favorite song or artist that plays or features that instrument.
guitar: Lots but today I'll say Tony McAlpine
piano: Billy Joel
mandolin: David Grisman, notably Hot Dawg
drums: Max Roach
bass: Another One Bites the Dust
harmonica: Blues Traveller
flute: Ian Anderson
Bonus:
Cowbell! - Don't Fear the Reaper - of course. We need more Cowbell.
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Another blog for me :)
I have a second blog - one devoted to my comments on video games. It will have my views of the industry, first glance reviews, in depth reviews, and anything else I think fits.
Come take a look at Confessions of a Casual Video Gamer
Come take a look at Confessions of a Casual Video Gamer
Friday, January 18, 2008
Perk me up songs
From the Music Memiors
Top 5 songs that "perk" you up when you hear them.
I have a playlist that I call "Groovebeat" that I listen to when I need to perk up. This are on that list, and are among my top list. :) This stuff is not the kind of music I listen to all the time. :)
Crabbukit - K-OS
Can't stop the Rock - Apollo 440
Dragon Attack - Queen
Chicken with the Train - Cowboy Troy
Du Hast - Rammstein
Top 5 songs that "perk" you up when you hear them.
I have a playlist that I call "Groovebeat" that I listen to when I need to perk up. This are on that list, and are among my top list. :) This stuff is not the kind of music I listen to all the time. :)
Crabbukit - K-OS
Can't stop the Rock - Apollo 440
Dragon Attack - Queen
Chicken with the Train - Cowboy Troy
Du Hast - Rammstein
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
Tuesday Tunage - Used CDs
Do you ever buy CDs used? If so, where?
Yes. I get many more used than new, to tell the truth. Where? Greywhale, Hastings, FYE, Amazon.com, Second Spin.com..... Pretty much anywhere that sells them
Have you ever sold your CDs back at a used shop or a place like Half.com?
Not really. When my mom passed away, and I inherited her music collection, I sold chunks of it back.
Have you ever been surprised to find a certain CD @ a used CD store?
All the time. I'll see CDs I think are amazing and think "Why is this here, the person that had it must have no taste". :)
What has been your best find @ a used CD store.
Hastings was having a clearance sale on used CDs, and I found Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (as if anyone didn't already know it was Pink Floyd), the anniversary edition for 2 bucks. :)
Yes. I get many more used than new, to tell the truth. Where? Greywhale, Hastings, FYE, Amazon.com, Second Spin.com..... Pretty much anywhere that sells them
Have you ever sold your CDs back at a used shop or a place like Half.com?
Not really. When my mom passed away, and I inherited her music collection, I sold chunks of it back.
Have you ever been surprised to find a certain CD @ a used CD store?
All the time. I'll see CDs I think are amazing and think "Why is this here, the person that had it must have no taste". :)
What has been your best find @ a used CD store.
Hastings was having a clearance sale on used CDs, and I found Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd (as if anyone didn't already know it was Pink Floyd), the anniversary edition for 2 bucks. :)
Friday, January 11, 2008
Friday Meme
Top 5 from the Music Memiors
Top 5 "Perfect" albums (albums that you can play all the way through without skipping a track)
Okay, I'm limiting myself to actual albums - live albums, and greatest hits collections don't count. It's too cheesy to pick greatest hits albums for this kind of thing.
The #1 greatest album of all time has to top the list:
Queen - A Night at the Opera
The others in no particular order:
Rush - Moving Pictures
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
Big and Rich - Horse of a Different Color
And this one is not a greatest hits collection, but the greatest "Soundtrack" (i.e. collection of songs, not a score) for a movie. Double album, not a single bad song on the list - Sort of cheat of the above non collections thing, but this one is too good to pass up.
Heavy Metal
And just because they have to be mentioned the obligatory Beatles album - Revolver
Top 5 "Perfect" albums (albums that you can play all the way through without skipping a track)
Okay, I'm limiting myself to actual albums - live albums, and greatest hits collections don't count. It's too cheesy to pick greatest hits albums for this kind of thing.
The #1 greatest album of all time has to top the list:
Queen - A Night at the Opera
The others in no particular order:
Rush - Moving Pictures
Cat Stevens - Teaser and the Firecat
Big and Rich - Horse of a Different Color
And this one is not a greatest hits collection, but the greatest "Soundtrack" (i.e. collection of songs, not a score) for a movie. Double album, not a single bad song on the list - Sort of cheat of the above non collections thing, but this one is too good to pass up.
Heavy Metal
And just because they have to be mentioned the obligatory Beatles album - Revolver
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Birthday loot
Well, today I turned 41.
And I went on a shopping spree (had saved for months). :)
What I got:
Some videogames (Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga, Guilty Gear XX, King of Fighters 2006, Kameo, Champions of Norrath).
A couple CDs - Leaves Eyes: Vinland Saga and Kripteria : Liberatia
A couple DVDs - Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, and B5: Legend of the Ranges.
A number of books - Jim Butcher - Cursor's Fury
Doctrinal Insights to the Book of Mormon Vols 1 & 2 Compiled by K Douglas Basset
Believing Christ and Other Good News - Stephen E. Robinson
And an art print:
And I went on a shopping spree (had saved for months). :)
What I got:
Some videogames (Dynasty Warriors: Gundam, Lego Star Wars: Complete Saga, Guilty Gear XX, King of Fighters 2006, Kameo, Champions of Norrath).
A couple CDs - Leaves Eyes: Vinland Saga and Kripteria : Liberatia
A couple DVDs - Jeff Dunham: Spark of Insanity, and B5: Legend of the Ranges.
A number of books - Jim Butcher - Cursor's Fury
Doctrinal Insights to the Book of Mormon Vols 1 & 2 Compiled by K Douglas Basset
Believing Christ and Other Good News - Stephen E. Robinson
And an art print:
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Dark of the Year
It's that time of the year where light is scarce and night is long.
Depression is photosensitive.
As much as I love the holidays, the cheer, the family, the time off for my birthday.....
It just hangs in the back, and jumps when I am not guarding against it.
The beast comes out in the dark of the year.
I hate it.
I try and fend it off with my medication (which helps immensely - I'd likely be immobile or suicidal during this time if I didn't have it). I try and fend it off with distractions like movies and TV and video games or music, but you can only do that so far. My wife is a comfort like no other. But still, occasionally, the beast jumps, and lands.
Tonight is one of those nights.
As much as I have come to terms with it, and have structured my life around the ways to keep it at bay, I really hate my depression. And on days like today, I can really feel it hating me right back.
Note (Jan 7th) - I've pretty much gotten over the funk I was in when I wrote this - thanks for the well wishes.
Depression is photosensitive.
As much as I love the holidays, the cheer, the family, the time off for my birthday.....
It just hangs in the back, and jumps when I am not guarding against it.
The beast comes out in the dark of the year.
I hate it.
I try and fend it off with my medication (which helps immensely - I'd likely be immobile or suicidal during this time if I didn't have it). I try and fend it off with distractions like movies and TV and video games or music, but you can only do that so far. My wife is a comfort like no other. But still, occasionally, the beast jumps, and lands.
Tonight is one of those nights.
As much as I have come to terms with it, and have structured my life around the ways to keep it at bay, I really hate my depression. And on days like today, I can really feel it hating me right back.
Note (Jan 7th) - I've pretty much gotten over the funk I was in when I wrote this - thanks for the well wishes.