en http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/uk/ Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 Thu, 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 +0000 60 http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal The Last.fm journal for Shaunography. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2011/03/12/49p1s4_clothes_of_sand_%28stupid_chart_game%29 Sat, 12 Mar 2011 15:41:47 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2011/03/12/49p1s4_clothes_of_sand_%28stupid_chart_game%29 Solen from lofepramine! - I' suprised you did it, too - it is rather annoying ;D

Since my overall charts are six years old and, thus, have many artists I don't like anymore - this is based on my last twelve months. Lets go!

1. How did you get into 29?
Pearl Jam - heard 'Jeremy' and 'Even Flow' on TV and loved them, I guess. This was many years ago now...


2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Stolen Babies - the first song on the album, 'Spill!'


3. What's your favorite lyric by 33?
SikTh - 'Wait For Something Wild' lyrics:

"I'll take her there
Until she don't wanna be with me
Painted flowers in the restaurant
The air there wasn't clean

I'm missing you, that's all I know

Lights reflect the water
Wind blows quietly
The Water doesn't care.
It's dark and the lake is frozen
Wait for something wild.
The trees are dead and dried out
Wait for something wild...

Do we sail?
Do we try to sail?

The lake, it has a beauty
That in her, I also see."


4. What is your favorite album by 49?
Kaada/Patton - 'Romances' it's their only album!

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Alice in Chains *counts* 9


6. What is your favorite song by 50?
Down - probably 'New Orleans is a Dying Whore'


7. Is there a song by 39 that makes you feel sad?
Neil Young - 'War of Man'


8. What is your favorite song by 15?
Faith No More - impossible to choose, but I'll go with 'Stripsearch'


9. What is your favorite song by 5?
Radiohead - 'You and Whose Army?' probably, but there are so many


10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
My Dying Bride - nope! Definitely not!


11. What is your favorite album by 40?
Byron - 'Forbidden Drama'


12. What is your favorite song by 10?
Cult of Luna - 'Following Betulas'


13. What is a good memory you have involving 30?
Life of Agony - getting completely stoned to 'Soul Searching Sun' during the summer. Definitely a summer album!


14. What is your favorite song by 38?
Duke Ellington - 'Pyramid'


15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
Every Time I Die - yep, plenty - 'Easy Tiger' comes to mind.


16. How many times have you seen 25 live?
Kaada - none yet


17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
Fantômas - 'Rosemary's Baby'


18. What is your favorite album by 11?
Secret Chiefs 3 - 'Xaphan: Book of Angels Volume 9'


19. Who is your favorite member of 1?
The Dillinger Escape Plan - don't know? Liam, because he's a vegan and has sick taste in music.


20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Type O Negative - nope!!! Never will either!! :|


21. What is a good memory involving 27?
Miles Davis - yes, hearing him for the first time ;)


22. What is your favorite song by 16?
Naked City - 'The Way I Feel'


23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Muse - 'Plug in Baby'


24. What is your favorite album by 18?
Thelonious Monk - "Monk's Mood"


25. What is your favorite song by 21?
Opeth - 'The Moor'


26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26?
Tom Waits - 'Downtown Train'


27. What is your favorite album by 3?
Porcupine Tree - 'Up the Downstair' obviously!


28. What is your favorite song by 2?
Mr. Bungle - tough one. Of all time, I'd say 'Violenza Domestica' but at the moment its 'Merry Go Bye Bye'


29. What was the first song you heard by 32?
Tool - 'Sober'


30. What is your favorite song by 8?
Anathema - 'Closer' or 'Dreaming Light'


31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Massive Attack - none, shamefully.


32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Sepultura - 'Lookaway' because Patton's on it boooiii


33. What is your favorite album by 12?
John Zorn - 'The Dreamers'


34. What is the worst song by 45?
Stone Temple Pilots - I'm sure there's a crap one, can' think of any though


35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34?
Mike Patton - 'Wuxiapian'


36. What is your favorite album by 48?
Kyuss - 'Welcome to Sky Valley'


37. How many times have you seen 42 live?
Charles Mingus - none


38. What is your favorite song by 36?
While Heaven Wept - 'The Drowning Years'


39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Jesu - 'Ruined'


40. What is your favorite album by 7?
Django Reinhardt - 'The Electric Years'


41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you feel happy?
Regina Spektor - yeah, most of her songs.

42. What is your favorite album by 41?
Nick Drake - 'Pink Moon'


43. What is your favorite song by 24?
Deftones - 'Chery Waves'


44. What is a good memory you have involving 46?
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - none that I can think of


45. What is your favorite song by 35?
Traditionalists - cant think of a favourite, they're more of an album band, the songs only last one minute or so each.


46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy?
Team Sleep - nope.


47. What is your favorite album by 4?
The Legendary Pink Dots - 'Under Triple Moons'


48. Who is a favorite member of 37?
Tomahawk - Mike Patton, obv


49. What was the first song you ever heard by 43?
Cat Power - 'New York'


50. How many albums do you own by 20?
Black Sabbath - 5]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2010/12/09/43dji1_synchronized_boredom. Thu, 9 Dec 2010 16:47:57 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2010/12/09/43dji1_synchronized_boredom. You know the rules: winamp on shuffle bla bla, stolen from Lofepramine


1. What’s my mood like right now?
"Peace, Love & Unity" - DJ Hype

Comment : Not entirely true, but my mood is generally okay

2. How’s tomorrow going to be for me?
"Godchild" - Miles Davis

Comment : I'll turn into a godchild? Or.. I was ALWAYS a godchild?

3. What kind of person am I?
"Given to Fly" - Pearl Jam

Comment : Nice. Flying can't be bad, can it? I'll take it as a good thing.

4. Am I loved?
"Somewhere" - Soundarden
.
Comment : At least someone does! Better than saying "Nowhere"

5. How can I achieve my highest potential?
"Ode to Divorce"- Regina Spektor

Comment : I'm not even married, how can I divorce someone? Maybe I have to get married, then divorce her. Sounds harsh, doesn't it?

6. What should I do with my life?
"Homicide" - Error

Comment : :| don't encourage me! Such a brutal answer!!!

7. Is everything going to be alright in the end?
"Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box" - Radiohead

Comment : Is everything going to be alright? Doubtful!

8. What is my best quality?
"The Crown of Sympathy" - My Dying Bride

Comment : I'm good at being sympathetic. Well, it could be worse

9. What’s the meaning of life?
"Flies and Blue Skies" - King's X

Comment : Always thought flies were kinda pointless. How wrong could I be? xD

10. What do people think of me?
"Sick on Sunday" - Dillinger Escape Plan

Comment : I guess that's fair.. okay 6/7 of the time.

11. How crazy am I?
"A Little Bitter" - Alice in Chains

Comment : I can't argue with that. Bitter & then some...

12. Will I have a good life in general?
"Capt. Midnight" - Tomahawk

Comment : Is that a 'yes'? Either way, I'll be up at night. Nothing new, then...

13. What’s going to happen to me this week?
"Bad Vibrations" - Razor

Comment : I'm not suprised! No week is perfect.

14. Where will I be a year from now?
"I Have Failed" - Crowbar

Comment : Oh, great! Thanks! Infact, I'm shocked it will take a year!


15. What is my fondest wish?
"Michelle" - The Beatles

Comment : I don't know anyone called Michelle who I like - I'll just take that as "I need a woman."

16. How did my parents meet?
"Look at You" - Screaming Trees

Comment : True.

17. How will I die?
"Ruined" - Jesu

Comment: I already know that! But 'Ruined' in what way?

18. What song will be played at my funeral?
"Road" - Nick Drake

Comment : at least I'll have a nice song... (same answer as Aida)

19. What will happen after I die?
"Flogging the Horses" - SikTh

Comment : I don't own any horses!

20. What will I dream about tonight?
"My Wine in Silence" - My Dying Bride

Comment : :\]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2010/06/25/3qf5pe_had_to_%28leave%29 Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:54:12 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2010/06/25/3qf5pe_had_to_%28leave%29 Stolen from the_umbersun!

Put your music player on shuffle. Click -Next Song- for every question and write it down.

What does next year have in store for me? Angry Heart [Black Sabbath]

What does your love life look like? A Fragment [Agalloch] :(

What do I say when life gets hard? Aretha, Sing one For Me [Cat Power]

What song will I dance to at my wedding? Go To Sleep [Radiohead]

What do you want as a career? Mistreated [Deep Purple]

Your favorite saying? The Running Board [The Dillinger Escape Plan]

What do you think of your parents? So Much to Say [Dave Matthews Band]

Where would you go on a first date? Come on Up to the House [Tom Waits] Fuck yeah!

Drug of choice? A Kiss to Remember [My Dying Bride]

Describe yourself. How May I Help You? [SikTh]

What is the thing I like doing most? Fragile Dreams [Anathema]

The song that best describes the president? Desire [Life Of Agony]

How will I die? Charming the Flames [Fields]

The song that will be played at your funeral ? Echoes [Cult of Luna]

The song you'll put as the subject? Had To (Leave) [Kataonia]]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/04/25/2oe2z9_50_questions_about_my_top_50 Sat, 25 Apr 2009 10:32:30 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/04/25/2oe2z9_50_questions_about_my_top_50 Taken from the_umbersun

1. How did you get into 29? (SikTh)
When they first started out they were often bigged up on Radio 1's rock show.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22? (Slayer)
Seasons in the Abyss

3. What’s your favorite lyric by 33? (Stone Sour)
She asked me,
Why so shy?
If you only knew what I was thinking
You would understand.


4. What is your favorite album by 49? (Repulsion)
Grindcrusher

5. How many albums by 13 do you own? (Type O Negative)
All of them :D

6. What is your favorite song by 50? (Sepultura)
Slaves of Pain

Is there a song by 39 that makes you sad? (Mother Love Bone)
Chloe Dancer/Crown of Thorns

8. What is your favorite album by 15? (Cannibal Corpse)
Vile.

9. What is your favorite song by 5? (Life of Agony)
This Time and Words & Music

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy? (Every Time I Die)
Off Broadway

11. What is your favorite album by 40? (Raging Speedhorn)
We Will be Dead Tomorrow

12. What is your favorite song by 10? (Tomahawk)
Point & Click

13. What is a good memory you have involving 30? (Kyuss)
Generally getting high to their music in the summer

14. What is your favorite song by 38? (Mastodon)
Sleeping Giant

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy? (Interpol)
Rest My Chemistry

16. How many times have you seen 25 live? (Amplifier)
Once

17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23? (Down)
Stone the Crow

18. What is your favorite album by 11? (Mr. Bungle)
Disco Volante

19. Who is a favorite member of 1? (Alice in Chains)
Layne Staley.


20. Have you ever seen 14 live? (My Dying Bride)
No.But I will some day.

21. What is a good memory involving 27? (Slipknot)
I'm sure there are some,. but I don't recall any in particular!


22. What is your favorite song by 16? (Opeth)
The Moor

23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47? (Rage Against the Machine)
Killing in the Name, probably.

24. What is your favorite album by 18? (Deftones)
Saturday Night Wrist

25. What is your favorite song by 21? (Neil Young.)
Too many to name just one!

26. What is the first song you ever heard by 26? (Black Sabbath)
Iron Man

27. What is your favorite album by 3? (Faith No More)
Angel Dust, but recently I've been lovin' AOTY

28. What is you favorite song by 22? (Slayer)
Seasons in the Abyss

29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32? (Metallica)
Enter Sandman

30. What is your favorite song by 8? (Porcupine Tree)
Fadeaway

31. How many times have you seen 17 live? (Jerry Cantrell)
Once

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy? (Fields)
Most of them!

33. What is you favorite album by 12? (Converge)
Jane Doe.

34. What is the worst song by 45? (Django Reinhardt)
There's not a song by him which I dislike.

35. What was the first song you ever heard by 34? (W.A.S.P.)
Chainsaw Charlie (Murders in the New Morgue)

36. What is your favorite album by 48? (Fantômas)
Suspended Animation


37. How many times have you seen 42 live? (Cult of Luna)
None.

38. What is you favorite song by 36? (Massive Attack)
Special Cases

39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28? (Regina Spektor)
Ode to Divorce

40. What is your favorite album by 7? (Pearl Jam)
No Code.

41. Is there a song by 31 that makes you happy? (Tom Waits)
Step Right Up

42. What is your favorite album by 41? (Soundgarden)
Badmotorfinger

43. What is your favorite song by 24? (Tool)
Forty Six & 2


44. What is a good memory you have involving 46? (Alter Bridge)
Summer, I suppose

45. What is your favorite song by 35? (Mad Season)
Don't have one.

46. Is there a song by 9 that makes you happy? (Pantera)
Probably!

47. What is your favorite album by 4? (Radiohead)
Amnesiac

48. Who is a favorite member of 37? (Team Sleep)
Chino, I suppose!

49. What is the first song you ever heard by 43? (Megadeth)
The World Needs a Hero

50. How many albums do you own by 20? (Misfits)
Three]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/22/2f75v5_random_song_title_survey Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:52:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/22/2f75v5_random_song_title_survey 1. What’s my mood like right now?
"Strung Out" Life of Agony

Comment : Haha, maybe!

2. How’s tomorrow going to be for me?
"Blood & Fire" Type O Negaive

Comment : Let's hope not, eh?

3. What kind of person am I?
"Golem II: The Bionic Vapour Boy" Mr Bungle

Comment : Not gonna argue...

4. Am I loved?
"Thank You For This" Mastodon
.
Comment : I guess so, then!

5. How can I achieve my highest potential?
Knives and Faces Raging Speedhorn

Comment : Good advice to take

6. What should I do with my life?
"Gods' Dice" Pearl Jam

Comment : Guess I'll let him decide.

7. Is everything going to be alright in the end?
"Echoes" Cult of Luna

Comment : Erm, probably not.

8. What is my best quality?
I Got Stripes

Comment : You heard the man.

9. How does my sex life look?
"batle at sea" Mastodon

Comment : Fuck yeah!

10. What’s the meaning of life?
"Skulls And Flesh And More" Fields

Comment : Err, agree to disagree?

11. What do people think of me?
"Midnight Steppers" Big Bill Broonzy

Comment : Yeah, I can dance bitch!

12. Would I make a good lover?
"strung out" This Mourning After
.
Comment : d'oh!

13. How crazy am I?
"Women Left Lonely" Cat Power

Comment : That explains a lot...

14. Will I have a good life in general?
"Supershooter" Fu Manchu

Comment : Let's hope that's a positive thing.

15. Can my partner ever really love me?
"The Girl I love (unfinished))" Keith Caputo

Comment : It's unfinished so, I guess not! :'(

16. Can me and my partner ever be more than friends?
"Videotape" Radiohead

Comment : Oh dear. Erm, moving on...

17. What’s going to happen to me this week?
"Wait Until Tomorrow" Jimi Hendrix

Comment : Sounds about right...

18. Where will I be a year from now?
"the dawn of a drunk bum" Byron

Comment : Couldn't have expected any more!


19. What is my fondest wish?
"strung out" Elimination

Comment : would be a bit of a laugh

20. What is the love of my life doing at this very moment?
"Patterns In the Ivy" Opeth

Comment : Sounds like a lovely scene.

21. How did my parents meet?
"Walk" Pantera

Comment : Walk on home, boy!

22. How will I die?
"A Little Poker Tomorrow Night?" Mike Patton

Comment : Sounds like a scene mafia film.

23. What song will be played at my funeral?
"Mistreated" Deep Purple

Comment : PERFECK!

24. What will happen after I die?
"Love Light Shining" Bob Marley

Comment : I'll come back and haunt you mothafukkas.

25. What will I dream about tonight?
"Hail, Hail" Pearl Jam

Comment : Me being king, I guess.

26. How does my media player feel about me?
"[track artist=candlemass]the well of souls/track]" Candlemass

Comment : Not very highly, I take it.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/21/2f3vck_song_title_questionaire Wed, 21 Jan 2009 16:14:28 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/21/2f3vck_song_title_questionaire Taxed from blessedheart

Using only song names from your top artist, answer these questions...

Alice In Chains

1) Are you a male or female?

Sickman

2) Describe yourself:

Junkhead

3) How do you feel about yourself?

Dirt

4) Describe where you currently live:

Man In The Box

5) If you could go anywhere, where would you go?

I Stay Away

6) Who is your best friend?

Brother

7) Your favourite colour is:

Frogs

8) You know that:

I Know Somethin (Bout You)

9) What's the weather like:

Sunshine

10) If your life was a television show, what would it be called?

Sludge Factory

11) What is life to you?

Love, Hate, Love.

12) What is the best advice you have to give?

Don't Follow

13) If you could change your name, what would you choose?

I Can't Remember]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/01/2d96lf_65_questions Thu, 1 Jan 2009 15:19:43 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2009/01/01/2d96lf_65_questions Taxed from Ellen!

1. What are you listening to right now?
Come on Up to the House by Tom Waits

2. What song makes you sad?
Lots, but Radiohead's later stuff mostly. I don't like picking ONE song, when I have 8,000 in my playlist.

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Anything by:
Coldplay, Avril Lavigne, Scouting for Girls, Pendulum, etc.

4. Your all time favorite band?
Alice In Chains.

5. Your newly discovered band is?
Naked City

6. Best female voice?
Regina Spektor, Sinead O Connor...

7. Best male voice?
Tom Waits, Thom Yorke, Layne Staley, Steven Wilson (NOT JACK "BORING" JOHNSON!!!!!)

8. Music types you find yourself listening to most?
Experimental, jazz, avant-garde, hard rock, blues, ambient.

9. What do you listen to, to hype you up?
Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge or Every Time I Die

10. What do you listen to when you want to calm down?
Charles Mingus, Lamb, Massive Attack, Kaada/Patton, Team Sleep, Porcupine Tree.

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Bloodstock, which was aaaages ago

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now.
Mother Love Bone, Porcupine Tree, Tom Waits...

13. Most hated band/artist
Pendulum, Red Hot Chilli Peppers.

14. Song that makes you think?
Mostly Radiohead, but lots of other artists

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Dillinger Escape Plan.

16. Coolest music video?
Fuck music videos. Videos are NOT music. Fuck them all. Music is fucking AUDIO.

17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Do I need to say it again?

18. What do you play/would you play in the bedroom to spice things up?
Miles Davis, boi!!!!

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
Keyboard, bass, vocals (ish), harmonica.

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
Yep.

21. Are you in a band?
No, I want to make music by myself.

23. Ever dated a musician?
Nope.

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
Sometimes, yeah. I want to tour with awesome bands like amplifier or Massive Attack

29. Best chick band you know of?
Kittie, probably! They're fairly shit, though.

31. Last song that you heard on the radio/cd...etc...?
"Around the Bend" by Pearl Jam on my cd player

32. What do you think of Classical music?
I love piano artists such as Tchaikovsky, but more traditional artists such as Vivaldi are superb.

33. What do you think of Country music?
I like Hank Williams Jr.

34. What do you think of Death metal?
Don't like death metal.

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Helloween maybe

36. Are you a groupie?
next question.

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Indeed. I listen to a lot of Jewish music as well as Easten European stuff. I used to be into Japanese music but not as much these last few months.

38. What famous musician would you like to fuck?
Kt Tunstall, or Regina Spektor because she's adorable.

39. Worst concert moment?
Losing my eyebrow bar in the Dillinger pit!

40. Funny concert moment?
Opeth. "If you don't know this song, fuck off and die."

41. Saddest concert moment?
Missing Deftones at Download 2006.

42. Best local act you can think of?
Elimination

43. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
Organ.

44. Do you listen to the radio?
No.

45. Do you watch music TV?
Never.

46. Do you follow the music charts, like the top 40?
Hahahaha,

47. Have you ever met any famous musicians?
The singer from ALESTORM!!!!

48. Are any of your friends/family/etc. musicians?
Not professionally.

49. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
"Fadeaway" by Porcupine Tree.

50. Song that describes your life?
"Everyone I Went To High School With is Dead" Mr Bungle.

51. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
Try to

52. Does a musician's physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
I've never been shallow.

53. What famous musician do you want to marry?
Regina Spektor, she has such a beautiful mind.

54. Favourite movie sound track?
Clerks, maybe. Or the first Lord of the Rings.

55. Any musician pet peeves?
Guitarists who rehearse when to "pose." And people who play nothing but power chords.

56. What do your parents listen to?
My dad likes blues (proper blues like Van Morrison and Tom Waits, nothing tedius like Stevie Gay Vaughan.)

57. What are you listening to right NOW?
"Better" by Regina Spektor

58. Do you wear band T-shirts?
Sometimes, but I've grown out of it a little.

59. What do you think of people who do?
Depends what the shirt is!

60. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Definitely jazz/avant-garde/experimental.

61. What song is stuck in your head right now?
"Hamp's New Blues" Charles Mingus

62. Do you sing in the shower?
If I'm alone!

63. If so, what? If not, why not?
Songs which are fun to sing to, often stuff like Radiohead or Massive Attack or Fiery Furnaces

64. Would you rather marry a musician or be one yourself?
Be one myself.

65. How important is your partner's taste in music to you?
I'm not shallow. If my girlfriend listened to the biggest load of agarbage known to man, I would still love her regardless. However, if a girlfriend of mine understood the art of jazz and didn't listen to tripe like RHCP that would be awesome.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/09/07/25ivyu_first_heardfell_in_lovecurrent_favorite. Sun, 7 Sep 2008 12:32:45 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/09/07/25ivyu_first_heardfell_in_lovecurrent_favorite. Last six months:

10. The Dillinger Escape Plan
First heard: I Love Secret Agents
Fell in love: Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants
Current favourite: Lurch (will probably change tomorrow)

9. Fantômas
First heard: Book 1: Page 1
Fell in love: [track artist=Fantômas]The Godfather[/track
Current favourite: [track artist=Fantômas]Rosemary's Baby[/track]

8. Pearl Jam

First heard: [track artist=pearl jam]i am mine[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=pearl jam]i am mine[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=pearl jam]present tense[/track]

7. Django Reinhardt

First heard: [track artist=django reinhardt]belleville[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=django reinhardt]belleville[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=django reinhardt]I Saw Stars[/track]

6. Black Sabbath

First heard: [track artist=black sabbath]paranoid[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=black sabbath]hand of doom[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=black sabbath]immaculate deception[/track]

5. Tom Waits

First heard: [track artist=tom waits]goin' out west[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=tom waits]downtown train[/track]
Current faourite: [track artist=tom waits]Jesus gonna be here[/track]

4. Opeth

First heard : [track artist=opeth]hope leaves[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=opeth]the moor[/track]
Current faourite: [track artist=opeth]heir apparent[/track]

3. Porcupine Tree

First heard: [track artist=porcupine tree]blackest eyes[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=porcupine tree]arriving somewhere but not here[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=porcupine tree]fadeaway[/track]

2. Mr. Bungle

First heard: [track artist=mr. bungle]carousel[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=mr. bungle]quote unquote[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=mr. bungle]platypus[/track]

1. Radiohead

First heard: [track artist=radiohead]just[/track]
Fell in love: [track artist=radiohead]pyramid song[/track]
Current favourite: [track artist=radiohead]lucky[/track]]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/09/03/25bcs0_dull_bands_who_don%27t_deserve_the_recognition_they_get Wed, 3 Sep 2008 18:42:02 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/09/03/25bcs0_dull_bands_who_don%27t_deserve_the_recognition_they_get Foo Fighters
Kings of Leon
Red Hot Chilli Peppers
The Smiths
Kaiser Cheifs
Coldplay
Franz Ferdinand
System of a Down
The Bloodhound Gang
Korn
Pendulum
U2
Incubus

Disclaimer: this is not a list of my least liked bands; raher a list of overpayed bands whose laundry is more interesting than their music.

More will be added in due course.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/08/25/24r0ch_2008%3A_a_musical_oddysee Mon, 25 Aug 2008 13:25:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/Shaunography/journal/2008/08/25/24r0ch_2008%3A_a_musical_oddysee As far as last year goes, we had enough qualiy albums to make a decent top twenty list (okay, okay...fifteen... we haven't listened Machine Head in years, and God only wants to know what Serj's solo album is like)

The year of 2007 brought us a total of 16 listenable albums (including Opeth's The Roundhouse Tapes live album). Check back to my Top 7 'o 07 journal for a round-up of 2007

4. Portishead - Third

The first offering from the Somerset trio in eleven years, Portishead (more-or-less) pick-up from where they left off with their 1997 selftitled effort. The first real significant change to the listener is the production; a real clean sound is present throughout the album, sounding nearly as lush as Radiohead's In Rainbows. The track's Machine Gun and Small provide the best listening experience the CD has to offer, but overall the album wasn't quite worth the colossal wait. 3/5

3. Mike Patton - A Perfect Place OST

Mike's third official solo album, serves as a soundtrack to the film of the same name, A Perfect Place. The album seems to be centered around one lick/riff, (Main Title), and is featured in various places throughout the film and CD. This review focusses predominatly on the music, however, because I was "neither here nor there" regarding the film itself. Aside from the subtle, jazzy overtones, the CD is quite samey in places, but occasionl tracks shine above the others, such as A Little Poker Tomorrow Night? and Catholic Tribe which both provide top class musucal entertainment. In all fairness, the album is a collction of songs featured on a film - it is not a unitary movement. Overall, the songs serve the purpose well enough, even on an audio-only basis. 3/5

2. Alestorm - Captain Morgan's Revenge

How many albums can you think of where every single track is a sing-a-long? Let me rephrase... how many albums can you think of where every single track is a sing-a-long, and HAS ACTUALLY BEEN A GOOD ALBUM? I'm struggling to think of any, besides Alestorm's debut Captain Morgan's Revenge.
On the face of it, "true Scottish Pirate metal" doesn't sound entirely appealing - one conjures up dreadful images of over-dressed clowns prancing around on stage "ARR!"ing a lot.

Wrong.

Alestorm are a metal band. There's nothing else to it. Lyrically, they aren't pirate cliche's - they sing about getting drunk and battling at sea, but it sounds MANLY! The opening track Over the Seas is one of the most exciting album openers I can even think of, boasting a chorus which any concert attendee will be singing a long to by the end of it, and some of the best metal drumming Britain has heard for WAY too long. The second track, the selftitled Captain Morgan's Revenge is arguably the most epic song of the last few years. Thrash metal with folky textures, this is probably their anthem. Their electric performance at Bloodstock Open Air concluded with this track.

I could sit here babbling on about each song and why they're awesome (see also Death Before The Mast and Terror on the High Seas), but I'll leave you with this: pirates can thrash too.

The only fault is the album's length, clocking in at only forty minutes. 4/5

1. Opeth - Watershed

Opeth's first studio outing since 2003(?)'s epic Ghost Reveries saw them, in all honesty, writing probably their heaviest and most diverse album all in one. I used to be a listener frightened of the prospect of a 'new album' from one of my favourite bands. "What if it's not as good as the others?" "I probably won't have time to like it" etc... but once I shedded that immature attitude three or four years back I've welcomed album releases with open arms.

I'm not one for downloading. I love holding my purchase in my hand, reading the booklet and figuring out the artwork - avoiding the temptation of listening to downloadable albums. I continued this trend with Waershed. Despite last.fm being jampacked with reviews, likes/dislikes of Waershed, I refused to listen to the album until it was officially released and I had it in my hand. There's nothing more satisfying than hearing a brand new album for the first time in a CD PLAYER!!!!!

On the first listen, I thought Watershed was "pretty good, but not up there" (basically, I rated it a long with Deliverance) but the third and fourth listens can be crucial. You begin to pick up on bits you didn't necessarily notice the firs time - and the bits you loved on the first two listens sound even better to you now. Arguably the album's single best track, Heir Apparent, didn't cry out to me and say "Hey, Shaun - I'm awesome." until about the fourth listen... at first the obvious Coil along with the beautiful Burden and the epic Hex Omega - but Heir Apparent is what this album is all about. The closing riff is one of the finest moments in Opeth history, if you take in mind the awesomeness of the song before it. It was the only song off they album they played at Bloodstock, which says to me that they agree with me ;)

This album is strong enough to be in Opeth's top 5 albums list, so the album gets 5/5]]>