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/eshm/journal The Last.fm journal for eshm. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2011/01/13/45lv4b_i_was_born_without_a_conscious%2C_full_of_freedom%2C_full_of_nonsense Thu, 13 Jan 2011 01:39:08 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2011/01/13/45lv4b_i_was_born_without_a_conscious%2C_full_of_freedom%2C_full_of_nonsense Wow I totally forgot how good the song The Moment of Conception was! I'm over here totally having flashbacks of college. This is a remarkable album by an even more remarkable artist.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2011/01/11/45h3kx_heligoland Tue, 11 Jan 2011 01:01:14 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2011/01/11/45h3kx_heligoland I've really earned a deep appreciation for Massive Attack's Heligoland.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2010/06/04/3oq6lv_kid_cudi Fri, 4 Jun 2010 19:44:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2010/06/04/3oq6lv_kid_cudi I guess I owe a fucking radio station this one. 94.5 Lake FM in MKE has a televison station that mimicks was MTV was at its inception. They play NOTHING but music videos all day.

One day I saw the Pursuit of Happiness video. I was like WTF is this shit!? My Wife too, we were like "this shit doesn't even match the beat."

Then we might have seen the video once more.

Then two Fridays ago I saw the video again, and then almost instantly passed out on the couch I saw the video on. When I woke up literally the first thought (before were are my glasses) was those fkn lyrics going thru my head: "I'm on the pursuit of happiness, I know..."

So I sought him out.

I have been humping his album and mixtape since then. I haven't felt this same way about a rapper since the Deltron 3030 album.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/11/23/36mu8t_ice%2C_ice%2C_motherfuckin%27_t Mon, 23 Nov 2009 07:45:24 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/11/23/36mu8t_ice%2C_ice%2C_motherfuckin%27_t Addicted to Danger is truly a great song that embodies the storytelling elements that other rappers hope to one day have. Who since this album has held it down as tight as Ice-T did in regards to storytelling?]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/23/2l6qnp_jersey_girl Mon, 23 Mar 2009 05:29:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/23/2l6qnp_jersey_girl It cannot be said enough how absolutely beautiful, unique and monumentally wonderful Jersey Girl by Tom Waits truly is. When I heard this song, not only did I become a Tom Waits fan, but it was partially cos of this song that I knew I was prepared to marry my Wife. The song encapsulates so many different emotions for me personally, and the lyrics delivered by Waits cannot set aside for something new. Its one of those songs that you wish there was a magical "6 Star" rating you could apply with whatever the hell your listening to your shit on. I owe a lot of my time to Waits, and I could slap a child in the face to see him perform one day, another one of those artists I discovered eons upon eons late. Fucking hell, I was growing up. Listening to what I thought was 'music'. Everything those kids are doing nowadays, 'cept on a different level. But now here I am rambling. It was this domain, and their fancy little application that turned me onto Waits one late night a year or two ago. Thanks a million. I really am truly appreciative each and every time I have a "Tom Waits moment" like I am now, I am so fucking thankful for this website.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/21/2kzdtk_recent_listening Sat, 21 Mar 2009 01:08:36 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/21/2kzdtk_recent_listening As of late at home I've been on some big band/swing while in the car I've been on a Korn kick.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/20/2kyoan_best_lyrics_in_years Fri, 20 Mar 2009 20:46:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/03/20/2kyoan_best_lyrics_in_years While Kanye's Graduation was fucking epic, nothing quite beats the modern-day prodigal flow of Lil' Wayne. I excused him when I was younger, as I was part of that whole "No Limit Soldier" thing back in the late 90's. I gave up rap after all that and it was not until "Graduation" that I listened to rap again. But the song I'm Me has to be one of the best rap songs in the last several years. You cannot beat some of the lines..

Un fuckin believable, Lil Wayne's the president
Fuck em, fuck em, fuck em, even if they celibate
I know the game is crazy, it's more crazy, than it's ever been
I'm married to that crazy bitch, call me Kevin Federline

Niggas is bitches, bitches, I think they full of estragine
Than we hold court and take your life for the settlement
Yeah, plus I'm the best and no I aint positive I'm definite
I know the game like I'm reffin it
This is the Carter, the Carter 3, The New Testament
And I'm the god and this is what I bless 'em with

Last year they had the grammy's, and left me in miami
Sleepin' on a nigga, like I'm rappin in my jammies
I'm rappin' when you sleep, I was rappin when you were in jammies
Mel Gibson flow, Lethal Weapon, book them Danny
I'm a monster I tell you, monster Wayne
I have just swallowed the key to the House Of Payne
Now I'm stuck here to deal with the houses pain
Fuck with me and I will peal, like the house's paint
Let's go, niggas don't know seamon cause I'm better in boat
The only time I will depend is when I'm 70 years old
That's when I can't my hold shit within, so I shit on myself
Cause I'm so sick of tired shittin' on everybody else
I'm tryin' to tell you like I'm sayin' somethin'
I'm from the dirty like the bottom of my pants cuff
And there nothin' gon' stop me, so just envy it
Hay? i'll except a friendly quit! haha"

Lil' Wayne
Tha Carter III
Lyrics]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/02/23/2ie4ms_mclachlan Mon, 23 Feb 2009 21:49:08 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2009/02/23/2ie4ms_mclachlan all these years later Sarah McLachlan- Angel still has the power it did when i first became amazed by it.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2008/12/19/2cfhpa_my_eclectic_score_increases_12_months_later_to_95 Fri, 19 Dec 2008 22:14:15 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2008/12/19/2cfhpa_my_eclectic_score_increases_12_months_later_to_95 Take your top 20 artists. For each of these artists, collect the top 5 similar artists. The resulting number of unique artists is your eclectic score. If the score is small (extreme = 5) your musical preferences are very limited, and if it is large (larger than 80, extreme = 100), then you have an eclectic musical preference. You can compute your own score at http://anthony.liekens.net/pub/scripts/last.fm/eclectic.php

My eclectic score is currently

95/100

The 95 related artists for my profile are (2), Bob Dylan, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Bonobo, Clannad (2), Counting Crows, Diana Krall, Elvis Costello & The Attractions, Enigma, Enya, Era, Faithless, Fastball, Fatboy Slim, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Gin Blossoms, Halo33, Hank Williams, Hollywood Studio Symphony, Hooverphonic, Il Divo, Jack White, James Horner, Jamie Cullum, Joe Jackson, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Williams, Johnny Cash & Willie Nelson, Josh Groban, June Carter Cash, KMFDM, Katie Melua, Keane, KoЯn, Kris Kristofferson, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Lamb, Leonard Cohen, Loreena McKennitt, Luciano Pavarotti, Ludwig van Beethoven, Madeleine Peyroux, Marilyn Manson, Marilyn Manson & The Spooky Kids, Masaharu Iwata, Massive Attack, Matchbox Twenty, Mediæval Bæbes, Modwheelmood, Moya Brennan, Nightmares on Wax, Nine Inch Nails, Oasis, P, Plácido Domingo, Portishead, Rachel Portman, Radiohead, Rammstein, Rob Zombie, Ry Cooder, Sarah Brightman, Secret Garden (2), Semisonic, Skinny Puppy, Snow Patrol, Talking Heads, The Black Keys, The Chemical Brothers, The Hives, The Peter Malick Group, The Raconteurs, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Strokes, The The, Thunderball, Tom Waits & Crystal Gayle, Tosca, Travis, Tricky, UNKLE, Voodoo Child, Willie Nelson, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, XTC, h, 下村陽子, 仲野順也 (2), 光田康典, 崎元仁, 桜庭統, 植松伸夫, 浜渦正志 (2), �]]> http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2008/12/01/2b71wy_lower_back_pains_relieved Mon, 1 Dec 2008 15:45:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/eshm/journal/2008/12/01/2b71wy_lower_back_pains_relieved For a brief moment this morning while shovelling, fatigue wanted to set in. But then out of the blue Thunderkiss '65 came on the iPod. Shovelling = DUN

Also I feel a Nas phase creeping over the horizon.]]>