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/pessimystica/journal The Last.fm journal for pessimystica. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2011/01/30/46sf2s_2000%27s_decade_albums Sun, 30 Jan 2011 05:00:55 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2011/01/30/46sf2s_2000%27s_decade_albums no matter if i got it on cd or mp3, no one really keeps track of that stuff anymore... what matters most is if an album makes some sort of impact or return appearances in your car cd player or mp3 playlist. Although it hasn't been the same as the 80s or 90s, this past decade has been an interesting mix... so here's a comprehensive list in an alphabetical / chronological order of albums from the past 10 years that i've listened to:

2000
A Perfect Circle - Mer De Noms
And One - Virgin Superstar
Coldplay - Parachutes
Covenant - United States of Mind
The Cure - Bloodflowers
Dandy Warhols - Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
Doves - Lost Souls
PJ Harvey - Stories From The City, Stories From The Sea
Placebo - Black Market Music
Radiohead - Kid A

2001
Ash - Free All Angels
Clan of Xymox - Notes from the Underground
Depeche Mode - Exciter
Jamiroquai - A Funk Odyssey
Echo & the Bunnymen - Flowers
Garbage - Beautiful Garbage
Gorillaz - Gorillaz
The Shins - Oh, Inverted World
Clinic
Girls Against Boys
New Order - Get Ready
Pacifier
The Raveonettes
Ryan Adams
British Sea Power
Supergrass

2002
Daniel Ash - Daniel Ash
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Black Rebel Motorcycle Club
Broken Social Scene - You Forgot It In People
Coldplay - A Rush of Blood to the Head
Covenant - Northern Light
Dirty Vegas
Doves - The Last Broadcast
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
The Libertines - Up the Bracket
Peaches - The Teaches Of Peaches
The Raveonettes - Whip it On (EP)
Supergrass - Life on Other Planets

2003
A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
And One - Aggressor
Benny Benassi
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Take Them On, On Your Own
Clan of Xymox - Farewell
Dandy Warhols - Welcome To The Monkey House
Dave Gahan - Paper Monsters
Elefant - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
Goldfrapp - Black Cherry
Kenna - New Sacred Cow
The Kills - Keep on Your Mean Side
Longwave - The Strangest Things
Melotron - Sternenstaub
Metric - Old World Underground
Mew - Frengers
Placebo - Sleeping with Ghosts
Postal Service
Radiohead - Hail to the Thief
The Rapture - Echoes
The Raveonettes - Chain Gang of Love
The Shins - Chutes Too Narrow
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
White Stripes
Wolfsheim
The Wrens - The Meadowlands
Year of the Rabbit

2004
Arcade Fire - Funeral
Autolux - Future Perfect
The Cure - The Cure
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Icon of Coil - Machines are Us
Interpol - Antics
Kasabian - Kasabian
The Killers - Hot Fuss
The Libertines - The Libertines
Scissor Sisters - Scissor Sisters
VHS or Beta - Night on Fire

2005
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Howl
Bloc Party - Silent Alarm
The Bravery - The Bravery
Brazilian Girls - Brazilian Girls
Coldplay - X&Y
Doves - Some Cities
Depeche Mode - Playing the Angel
Echo & the Bunnymen - Siberia
Franz Ferdinand - You Could Have It So Much Better
Ghostland Observatory - Paparazzi Lightning
Goldfrapp - Supernature
Gorillaz - Demon Days
The Kills - No Wow
Melotron - Cliché
Mew - And The Glass Handed Kites
New Order - Waiting for the Sirens' Call
Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth
The Rakes - Capture/Release
The Raveonettes - Pretty in Black
Supergrass - Road To Rouen

2006
And One - Bodypop
Brazilian Girls - Talk to La Bomb
Clan of Xymox - Breaking Point
Covenant - Skyshaper
Kasabian - Empire
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Peaches - Impeach My Bush
Placebo - Meds
The Rapture - Pieces of the People We Love

2007
Ken Andrews - Secrets of the Lost Satellite
Arcade Fire - Neon Bible
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Baby 81
Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City
Dave Gahan - Hourglass
Radiohead - In Rainbows
The Shins - Wincing the Night Away
VHS or Beta - Bring on the Comets

2008
Cut Copy - In Ghost Colours
Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires
The Kills - Midnight Boom
Ting Tings - We Started Nothing

2009
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
Kasabian - West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum

2010
Arcade Fire - Suburbs
Autolux - Transit Transit
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat The Devil's Tattoo]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/08/27/3vi5tl_que..._was%3F_(songs_in_other_languages) Fri, 27 Aug 2010 22:30:44 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/08/27/3vi5tl_que..._was%3F_(songs_in_other_languages) I've been learning German, Spanish, & French off & on for the past few years (aside from learning a little high school Spanish)... but i recently picked up a lot more German this summer since i went to Austria. I've been listening to a lot of German bands for the past 10 years. Along the way, I have found a lot of songs in Spanish & French as well. Here's a comprehensive list of songs/bands I like & a lot of songs in those 3 languages, as well as a couple in Italian & Icelandic.

* - indicates song originally or additionally sung in English

German
Absurd Minds - Herzlos
And One - Panzermensch
And One - Speicherbar
And One - So Klingt Liebe
And One - Steine Sind Steine
And One - Tote Tulpen
And One - Traumfrau ... too many to list!!!!
Beborn Beton - Genauso Wie Ich
Beborn Beton - Im Innern Einer Frau
Beborn Beton - Vorbei
Brazilian Girls - Die Gedanken sind frei
Brazilian Girls - Sexy Asshole
De/Vision - In Dir
Falco - Der Kommissar
Falco - Rock Me Amadeus
Funker Vogt - Fur Dich
* Peter Gabriel - Games without Frontiers
Melotron - Der Anfang
Melotron - Glaserne Zeiten
Melotron - Immer Noch
Melotron - Kein Problem
Melotron - Lebenslauf
Melotron - Manchmal
Melotron - Menschenfresser
Melotron - Traumzeit .... toooooo many mehr to list!!!!!
* Nena - 99 Luftballoons
* Nena - ? (Fragezeichen)
Nena - Irgendwie, Irgendwo, Irgendwann
Nena - Leuchtturm
* Nena - Nur geträumt
Nena - Rette Mich
Nena - Uner kannt Durch's Marchenland
* Peter Schilling - Major Tom
Project Pitchfork - (Mehr Als) Der Absprung
Project Pitchfork - Endzeit
Project Pitchfork - Fleischverstarker
Project Pitchfork - Schall Und Rauch
Project Pitchfork - Sinus
Project Pitchfork - Zeitfalle
Rammstein - Du Hast
Rammstein - Fur Immer ..... tooooo many more to list...
Trio - Da Da Da
Visage - Der Amboss
Wolfsheim - Kein Zurück
Wolfsheim - Kunstliche Welten
Wolfsheim - Wundervoll
Xmal Deutschland - Incubbus Succubus

Spanish
* Blondie - Call Me
Brazilian Girls - Me Gustas Cuando Callas
Cetu Javu - Adonde
Cetu Javu - Quien Lo Sabia?
* Concrete Blonde - Bajo La Lune Mexicana
Puya - Mere nino
Suzanne Vega - Luka

French
Arcade Fire - Une année sans lumière
Blondie - Sunday Girl (French Version)
Brazilian Girls - Homme
Brazilian Girls - Sirenes De La Fete
Brazilian Girls - Le Territiore
* Chris Cornell - Can't Change Me
* Echobelly - Car Fiction
Juliana Hatfield - Fleur de Lys
* Placebo - Protège-moi
* Portishead - Only You
The Violettes - 1-2-3 Go

Italian
Rolling Stones - Con le mie lacrime
Sting - Fragile

Icelandic
Sigur Ros - Fludufrelsarinn ... & too many more to list
The Sugarcubes - Cat
The Sugarcubes - Dragon
* The Sugarcubes - Regina (Icelandic)

more to come...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/06/12/3pegfw_musical_favorites Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:50:52 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/06/12/3pegfw_musical_favorites Favourite bands
(top 10 in a rough order that hasn't changed much in 10 years)
Depeche Mode, The Cure, New Order, Echo & the Bunnymen, Clan of Xymox, The Chameleons, Bauhaus, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, The Damned

Favourite albums (one each from my faves above)
Depeche Mode - Violator
The Cure - Disintegration
New Order - Substance
Echo & the Bunnymen,
Clan of Xymox - self-titled
Chameleons UK - Script of the Bridge
Bauhaus - Crackle
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Alice in Chains - Dirt
The Damned - Strawberries

Greatest single ever made:
Echo & the Bunnymen - Lips Like Sugar - story behind this... i was taping Pearl Jam's "Jeremy" in 1992 & "Lips" happened to merge into the ending... i had never heard it or the Bunnymen before & was immediately intrigued. It's been my favorite ever since.

Favourite box sets
I only own The Cure & Siouxsie and the Banshees B-sides

Favourite Greatest Hits:
well, i already included a couple of them above... but i also like ones by Erasure, Echo & the Bunnymen, Psychedelic Furs, The Cure, & others that got me into 80s bands, since i was too young to fully get into them in the 80s

First CD bought:
Reality Bites - Soundtrack

First Concert:
The Offspring - Smash Tour, 1995!!!

Favourite Concert:
(accidentally) sneaking into Deep Ellum in Dallas to see The Cure in 2000

Concert You Wish You'd Seen:
Alice in Chains :( & Lollapalooza '92

Best Use of Music In Film:
The Crow - Soundtrack........ well, that's my favorite one anyway

Best Use of Music In TV series:
meh

Favourite music books:
none?

Favourite Songwriters:
Robert Smith & Martin Gore

Favourite album covers:
don't really have any

Least fav album covers to albums you like/love/don't mind
that skinny chick in undies on the 1st She Wants Revenge album... i don't care for that skinny hipless look at all

Favourite Music DVDs:
Bauhaus - Gotham ... i have the VHS, ok?!
Depeche Mode - 86>98 Singles (VHS)
Ministry - singles (k, that's actually on DVD)

Artist You Will Always Believe In:
any from the 80s

Artist You Will Always Defend:
The Cure & Depeche Mode... mostly in reference to people who say "oh, aren't they an 80s band?".... um, any band that's still around 20-30+ years later is soooo much more than just an "80s band"!!!!!

Albums You Will Always Defend:
i won't defend any of them... i love em, & that's that!!!!

Singers Who Can Make Your Skin Crawl:
just look on eMpTV.............. or Billboard top 20

Artists I'm Supposed to like, but don't.
this would've been easier to answer like 10 years ago, but i dunno about my age bracket anymore... i hope Gen X'ers aren't supposed to like tween pop!!

Song You Can't Stand by an Artist You Like:
there aren't many...

Artist Who Broke Your Heart:
Creed... well, i wouldn't say they broke my heart, lol, but i was very disappointed in how popular they got

Band That Should Break Up:
just look on eMpTV..............

Bands That Should Get Back Together:
any from the 90s

Guilty Pleasure:
some Lady Gaga songs... i have gay friends, & they play her often at gay bars, so there ya go]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/05/03/3lzin7_female_rock_-_1978-2000%27s Mon, 3 May 2010 19:55:25 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/05/03/3lzin7_female_rock_-_1978-2000%27s Rock has obviously been dominated by male vocals, so most of the bands i listen to have male vocalists. But here are some of my all-time favorites... these include mostly singles, songs that have a video that may or may not have gotten much airplay, & many that you see normally on Karaoke lists that i love to sing... along with many others i'd luv to see at karaoke (they really need more Siouxsie & Concrete Blonde!!). They're listed basically in chronological order. There won't be nearly as many 2000's songs listed as there are 90s, sadly... it seems to have stopped there for alternative rock.

1980s

Blondie - Heart of Glass
The Pretenders - Brass in Pocket
The Pretenders - Tattooed Love Boys
Joan Jett - Do You Wanna Touch Me
Joan Jett - I Love Rock n Roll
The Pretenders - Message of Love
The Pretenders - I Go To Sleep
The Pretenders - Talk of the Town
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Sin in My Heart
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Spellbound
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Arabian Knights
Blondie - Rapture
Cocteau Twins - Wax & Wane
Eurythmics - Love is a Stranger
Frida - I Know There's Something Going On
Missing Persons - Words
Missing Persons - Destination Unknown
Yazoo - Don't Go
Berlin - Sex (I'm a...)
Berlin - The Metro
Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
The Pretenders - Back On The Chain Gang
Bananarama - Cruel Summer
Bananrama - Venus
Nena - 99 Luftballons
The Waitresses - Make The Weather
The Waitresses - I Know What Boys Like
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Cocteau Twins - Lorelei
The Pretenders - Middle of the Road
Berlin - No More Words
Berlin - Take My Breath Away
Blondie - Atomic
Bow Wow Wow - I Want Candy
Kate Bush - Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Cities in Dust
The Pretenders - Don't Get Me Wrong
Romeo Void - A Girl In Trouble (Is A Temporary Thing)
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
The Bangles - Walk Like an Egyptian
The Bangles - Eternal Flame
The Bangles - Manic Monday
The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter
'Til Tuesday - Voices Carry
Sinéad O'Connor - Mandinka
Suzanne Vega - Luka
Suzanne Vega - Left Of Center
10,000 Maniacs - Like the Weather
Concrete Blonde - Dance Along The Edge
Cowboy Junkies - Sweet Jane
Edie Brickell and New Bohemians - What I Am
10,000 Maniacs - Trouble Me
Xymox - Imagination
The B-52's - Roam
The B-52's - Deadbeat Club

1990s
Iggy Pop & Kate Pierson - Candy
Sinead O'Connor - Nothing Compares 2 U
Sinead O'Connor - The Emperor's New Clothes
Soho - Hippychick
The Sundays - Here's Where the Story Ends
The Sundays - Can't Be Sure
Concrete Blonde - Joey
Concrete Blonde- Bloodletting (The Vampire Song)
Concrete Blonde - Caroline
Concrete Blonde - Darkening Of The Light
Concrete Blonde - Tomorrow, Wendy
Tori Amos - Silent All These Years
Tori Amos - Crucify
Shakespeare's Sister- Stay
Concrete Blonde - Someday
Annie Lennox - Why
The Sugarcubes - Hit
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Kiss Them for Me
The Sundays - Wild Horses
Patty Smyth & Don Henley - Sometimes Love Just Ain't Enough
10,000 Maniacs - These are Days
Belly - Feed the Tree
Belly - Gepetto
The Cranberries - Dreams
The Cranberries - Linger
Concrete Blonde - Mexican Moon
Concrete Blonde - Heal It Up
Juliana Hatfield Three - My Sister
Juliana Hatfield Three - Spin the Bottle
Bjork - Human Behavior
PJ Harvey - Man-Size
Sunscreem - Love U More
Angelfish - Suffocate Me
The Breeders - Cannonball
Sheryl Crow - All I Wanna Do
Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough
Veruca Salt - Seether
Veruca Salt - All Hail Me
Mazzy Star - Fade Into You
Liz Phair - Supernova
Portishead - Sour Times
Sarah McLachlan - Possession
Tori Amos - God
Tori Amos - Cornflake Girl
Frente! - Labour of Love
Faith and the Muse - Scars Flown Proud
Bjork - It's Oh So Quiet
Juliana Hatfield - Universal Heart-Beat
PJ Harvey - Down by the Water
Bjork - Human Behavior
Joan Osborne - St. Teresa
The Cranberries - Ode to My Family
Alanis Morissette - You Oughta Know
Alanis Morissette - Hand in My Pocket
Alanis Morissette - You Learn
Alanis Morissette - Head over Feet
Garbage - Vow
Garbage - Queer
Garbage - Only Happy When It Rains
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Garbage - Milk
The Cardigans - Carnival
Tracy Bonham - Mother Mother
Cowboy Junkies - Common Disaster
The Cranberries - Salvation
Jewel - You Were Meant for Me
Jewel - Who Will Save Your Soul
The Cardigans - Lovefool
Veruca Salt - Volcano Girls
Republica - Ready to Go
Paula Cole - Where Have all the Cowboys Gone?
Paula Cole - I Don't Want to Wait
Sarah McLachlan - Building a Mystery
Sarah McLachlan - Sweet Surrender
Sneaker Pimps - 6 Underground (Nellee Hooper Edit)
The Sundays - Summertime
Abra Moore - Four Leaf Clover
The Cardigans - Been It
PJ Harvey - A Perfect Day Elise
Liz Phair - Polyester Bride
The Cardigans - Erase & Rewind
Tracy Bonham - The One
Sheryl Crow - A Change Would Do You Good
Tori Amos - Spark
Blondie - Maria
Tori Amos - Jackie's Strength
Luscious Jackson - Ladyfingers
Garbage - Temptation Waits
Garbage - I Think I'm Paranoid
Garbage - When I Grow Up
Garbage - Special
Sheryl Crow - My Favorite Mistake
Sheryl Crow - Anything But Down
The Cranberries - Promises
Garbage - The World is Not Enough

2000's
PJ Harvey - Good Fortune
PJ Harvey - This Is Love
Peaches - F**k The Pain Away
Dido - Here With Me
Dido - Thank You
Ladytron - Seventeen
Garbage - Breaking Up the Girl
Metric - Combat Baby
The Kills - Wait
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Maps
Cansei de Ser Sexy - Alala
Cansei de Ser Sexy - Music Is My Hot Hot Sex
Peaches - Kick It
Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her
The Kills - Last Day of Magic
The Kills - Sour Cherry

this 2000's list is very select... but if anyone has any recommendations, i'll consider them!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/03/28/3irtl5_%22they_came_from...%22_-_country_origin_compilation_series Sun, 28 Mar 2010 03:33:54 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/03/28/3irtl5_%22they_came_from...%22_-_country_origin_compilation_series This has been a work in progress for a while. I started this compilation a few years ago & thought i'd put it together in no time... however, that wasn't so easy. It took longer than i anticipated, plus i kept changing my mind on what bands to include. But gradually, thanks to the use of Last.FM, Wikipedia, & xhochy.org, I was finally able to filter & narrow it down a lot easier. It will still take quite a bit of time to include songs & links, but at least for the time being, i have started the band lists. More to be updated later...


They came from ... England - #1
1The Damned- There'll Come A Day
2Killing Joke - A New Day
3Siouxsie and the Banshees - Desert Kisses
4The Cure-The Blood
5Echo & the Bunnymen-The Yo Yo Man
6Love & Rockets-Mirror people
7New Order-Mesh - Substance (Cries & Whispers)
8Depeche Mode-In Your Room (album version)
9The Chameleons-Is it Any Wonder?
10Blur-To The End
11Radiohead-How to Disappear Completely
12Doves - Break Me Gently
13March Violets-Lights Go Out
14Bauhaus-Spirit
15Nosferatu-The Wiccaman
16The Bolshoi-Books on the Bonfire
17Danse Society-Hold On
18Supergrass- She's So Loose
19Placebo-Plasticine
20The Psychedelic Furs-Into You Like A Train
21Adam Ant-Survival of the Fetish
22Fields of the Nephilim-Moonchild
23Visage - Damned Don't Cry
24Daniel Ash-Dream Machine
25The Mission-Deliverance

I like waaaay too many British bands... & it's official: according to a website i found that generates where bands come from, British bands take up half of my listening time. I honestly didn't know where to start at 1st when i started compiling these lists a few years ago, so i decided to make it easier on myself & just take the top 25 listed bands on my last.fm page... & these honestly represent the types of bands i listen to on a very regular basis, as well as including most of my all-time favorites (my top 4 ever are listed here)! I'm sure i'll like this so much that i'll make a 2nd & maybe a 3rd later, but this will suffice for now ;-) I'm still always baffled how there are so many good bands in a small country...

They came from ... the United States!! - #2
1Nine Inch Nails - The Hand That Feeds
2Soundgarden - Zero Chance
3Ministry-The Land of Milk & Honey
4Dandy Warhols - Wonderful You
5My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Devil Bunnies
6Interpol-Say Hello to the Angels
7Alice in Chains-Dam That River
8Until December-Free Again
9Revolting Cocks-Something Wonderful
10Juliana Hatfield-Dying Proof
11Failure-Smoking Umbrellas
12Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Need Some Air
13Sponge-Fields
14Garbage-Temptation Waits
15Concrete Blonde-Darkening of the light
16The Shins-Australia
17Sheryl Crow- There Goes the Neighborhood
18Faith and the Muse - Scars Flown Proud
19Deee-Lite-Good Beat
20Static X-The Trance is the Motion
21Autolux-Turnstile Blues
22Cypress Hill-Cock The Hammer
23The Wrens-Hopeless
24Beastie Boys-Gratitude
25R.E.M. - Can't Get There From Here

One would think since i'm from the States that this would be easy... but I really had to sort thru all the British bands to figure out what were my top 25 listened to American bands... interestingly, there were only 10 bands from the US in my top 50, & the rest of the 20 barely came in the top 100 bands! Not that there aren't enough bands in this country, but i just prefer British ones. However, i will say my favorite female singers tend to be American, so a few of them are listed here. Bands are listed in order of frequently listened to.

They came from... Germany! #3
Project Pitchfork-Beautiful-Logic-Strings
And One -Schwarz
Melotron -Manchmal
Beborn Beton-Eisplanet
Nena-? (Fragezeichen)
Wolfsheim-Kaufrausch
Das Ich-He Mensch
Funker Vogt-Nuclear Winter
Absurd Minds -Brainwash v2
Rammstein-Mutter
Santa Hates You-You're Fucking It Up
Paul van Dyk-Let Go
Camouflage-Dreaming
DeVision-Subtronic

& not finished with that one quite yet...

They came from ... Canada!! - #4
Front Line Assembly - Provision
Skinny Puppy - Candle
ohGr - Cracker
Moev - Yeah, Whatever
Delerium with Sarah McLachlan - Silence
Peaches - Boys Wanna Be Her
Broken Social Scene - Stars & Sons
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #3 (Power Out)
Alanis Morissette - Right Through You
The Stills - Of Montreal
Metric - Succexy
Sarah Mclachlan - Sweet Surrender
Men Without Hats - SOS
Payolas- Where is this love
Cowboy Junkies- Common Disaster
Our Lady Peace- Starseed
Econoline Crush- Home

3 more to come from: Australia, Ireland/Scotland, & mixed European!!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/01/23/3cyqda_taping_songs_off_the_radio_in_the_90s... Sat, 23 Jan 2010 07:59:40 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2010/01/23/3cyqda_taping_songs_off_the_radio_in_the_90s... ahhh, the early 90s... b4 cds started to take over, you know you were addicted to waiting until a good song came on the radio in the early 90s & pressed RECORD on that outdated thing called the tape player :-P I might add that i was usually playing Nintendo while listening to these when i prolly should've been doing homework *grin*... &/or (God forbid) riding the darn school bus & listening to my WALKMAN!!! bahaha... Here're some of my favorites (currently on shuffle) that i eventually replaced with mp3s... these songs are still special to me cuz unlike downloading anything at your finger tips these days, you actually got to know individual songs a lot better & grew attached to them. I never grew tired of them, unlike too many overplayed radio singles that (mostly) aren't listed here. This isn't 1 of those "oh yah, i used to really like this song" moments... i still like these songs. It ain't nostalgic if you never left ;-)

1. Suzanne Vega - Blood Makes Noise
2. Stereo MC's - Elevate My Mind
3. The Shamen - Move Any Mountain
4. Fluke - Groovy Feeling (Make Mine a 99)
5. Book Of Love - Alice Everyday
6. Concrete Blonde - Someday - 1st CB song i ever heard... it's awesome... but they never have it at karaoke *sniff*
7. INXS - Heaven Sent - this song is just that ;-)
8. The Beloved - Sweet Harmony
9. Erasure - Breath of Life
10. Jesus Jones - International Bright Young Thing - i have always liked this one better than "Right Here, Right Now"... it rocks
11. Dr. Alban - It's My Life - i'm wondering how popular this song really got? i'll bet it was fun to dance to at clubs... too bad i wasn't old enuff at the time
12. The Hunger - Never Again - local Houston boys in their synthpop days that i saw a few times when they went more rock in the later 90s
13. Utah Saints - Something Good - weird story: i fell asleep 1 night with the radio on & woke up at 2 am to this song. i thought i was dreaming. there was something strangely unreal, yet addicting to it, & it later became 1 of my favorite songs to listen to while playing the Nintendo game Skyshark *grin*. damn, i really miss that game *sigh*
14. Toad The Wet Sprocket - Walk On The Ocean - AMAZING!!!
15. The Judybats - Being Simple
16. Aztec Camera - Somewhere In My Heart - i didn't know this was an 80s song for the longest time, i thought it came out in '92... eh, only 4 year difference
17. The Goodmen - Give It Up - i didn't realize just how good this song was until i heard it on some real speakers years later, since i had the crappiest speakers ever :-P i'll bet it sounded amazing at clubs, though... waaaay underrated
18. Anything Box - World Without Love
19. Soup Dragons - Divine thing - these guys actually played this song on Letterman or some other late nite show in '92... luv this song
20. Tears for Fears - Break It Down Again
21. Information Society - Peace & Love, Inc. - more Nintendo memories ;-)
22. The Cure - Halo - my favorite Cure b-side!!
23. Morrissey - Tomorrow - still my favorite Morrissey song PERIOD!!!
24. Lightning Seeds - The Life Of Riley
25. Soho - Hippychick - confession: i actually heard this before that Smiths song that it samples... then a couple of years later i heard "How Soon is Now"
26. Cracker - Teen Angst (What The World Needs Now) - this song partly led to my venturing into alterna-rock territory... & i never looked back ;-) plus the song title was oh so fitting :-P
27. KLF - 3 AM Eternal - i also didn't realize how awesome this song was until over a decade later on better speakers... wow, it was like listening to it for the 1st time
28. Shakespeare's Sister - Stay
29. Sunscreem - Love You More
30. Army of Lovers - Obsession
31. Cause & Effect - You Think You Know Her - ahhh, Depeche Mode's little cousins ;-)
32. Martin Gore - Death's Door - speaking of Depeche Mode, so creepy & cool!
33. Big Pig - Breakaway
34. Boy George - The Crying Game - i actally saw this in the theater with my best friend in high school.. heh... our innocent teenage selves weren't innocent for long :-P
35. Machines Of Loving Grace - Butterfly Wings
36. The Farm - Groovy Train
37. The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
38. Blur - There's No Other Way
39. Candyflip - Strawberry Fields Forever - confession: i didn't know this was a Beatles cover until years later... but at the time it came out in 1990, i had a huge crush on this darn song... it would make my best friend & i giddy as all heck for some reason, & it still makes me smile :)
40. Anything Box - Living In Oblivion

i'll add more as i think of em... but i'll stop here ;-) Comment if you like any of these &/or grew up listening to Houston 104's New Music Zone from 7-10 weeknights :-D & thanks KRBE, for at least not playing total rubbish during my teenagehood, even though the station went on a downward spiral after '94 :-/]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/12/26/39zt9c_christmas_songs Sat, 26 Dec 2009 02:45:39 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/12/26/39zt9c_christmas_songs yes, there are tons of em... but here're some that represent the types of bands i listen to on a regular basis, along with a few old favorites:

Nat King Cole The Christmas Song
Bing Crosby & David Bowie - Little Drummer Boy / Peace on Earth
The Kinks - Father Christmas
The Carpenters Merry Christmas Darling
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Il Est Ne Le Divin Enfant
Cocteau Twins - Frosty the Snowman
The Damned - There Ain't No Sanity Clause
The Ramones - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
U2 - Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)
The Alarm - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
Band Aid - Do They Know It's Christmas?
The Pretenders - 2000 Miles
The Waitresses - Christmas Wrapping
Alison Moyet The Coventry Carol
XTC - Thanks For Christmas
Enya - Oiche Chiun (Silent Night)
The Flaming Lips - Christmas at the Zoo
Smashing Pumpkins Christmastime
Sheryl CrowBlue Christmas
Chris Cornell & Eleven - Ave Maria
The Dandy Warhols - Little Drummer Boy
Dido Christmas Day
The Raveonettes - The Christmas Song
Mew - She Came Home for Christmas
The Pretenders - Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/12/02/37ftbn_2000%27s_decade_albums Wed, 2 Dec 2009 03:51:59 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/12/02/37ftbn_2000%27s_decade_albums wow... so, it's that time of year... er, decade again. This is the 1st in a series of playlists in which i've kept track of 100+ albums from this decade, picked 1 song from each album (usually 1 of my favorite tracks), & categorized them into different playlists (5 at the moment). This alternative batch is from albums during 2000-2003

* - seen live

Top 2000's Decade Albums, Part 1 - alternative rock 1 2000-2003
1 Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You *
2 The Cure - Out of this World *
3 Doves - The Cedar Room
4 PJ Harvey - This Is Love
5 Placebo - Slave to the Wage
6 Radiohead - National Anthem *
7 Supergrass - Moving
8 Ash - Burn Baby Burn *
9 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Spread Your Love *
10 Coldplay - Sparks
11 Echo & the Bunnymen - Supermellow Man *
12 Garbage - Silence is Golden *
13 Gorillaz - Sound Check
14 The Shins - One by One All Day *
15 Clinic - The Equaliser
16 Girls Against Boys - Basstation
17 Interpol - Untitled *
18 The Libertines - Death on the Stairs
19 New Order - 60 Miles an Hour *
20 Pacifier - Run
21 The Raveonettes - Attack of the Ghostriders *
22 Ryan Adams - Burning Photographs
23 British Sea Power - Remember Me
24 Broken Social Scene - Cause = Time *
25 Cat Power - He War *
26 Dave Gahan - I Need You *

more playlists to come...]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/08/16/2xxhgt_ultimate_basslines_list Sun, 16 Aug 2009 03:24:46 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/08/16/2xxhgt_ultimate_basslines_list For about the past 30 years in alternative rock, new-wave, post-punk, goth rock, grunge, indie, & other similar genres, the following are many of my personal favorite basslines to play along to. I have included songs that helped me learn how to play the bass (in the mid 90s), songs that i personally tabbed out for myself & an online page I had up for many years (RIP, Geocities - message me if you want the tab for the linked tracks &/or with the play icon), & songs i keep coming back to to either play along or just enjoy the bass blasting thru my speakers. Sure, there could be many more, but these are specifically ones that I can play & have listened to constantly... so they are, for the most part, not exceedingly difficult, but many are very fun! I even left some of the easy ones for variety... so hopefully anyone who sees this, particularly those that play bass guitar, will find some that they enjoy as much as i have :) Also, feel free to post any of your personal favorites below that could fit this list. I'll keep adding on to this as i find more old favorites...

1980s - David J, Peter Hook, & Simon Gallup rule my 80s bass world ;-)

Bauhaus - Dancing
Bauhaus - In the Flat Field
Bauhaus - Hair of the Dog
Bauhaus - Kick in the Eye
Bauhaus - She's in Parties
Bauhaus - The Sanity Assassin
Boomtown Rats - Up All Night
David Bowie - Ashes to Ashes
The Call - The Walls Came Down
The Church - Under the Milky Way
The Church - Reptile
Clan of Xymox - 7th Time
Clan of Xymox - Muscoviet Musquito
Close Lobsters - Too Bloody Stupid
The Cult - Rain
The Cure - Close to Me
- Fascination Street
- A Forest
- Hot Hot Hot
- Killing An Arab
- Lovecats
- Love Song
- Other Voices
- Charlotte Sometimes
The Cure - Torture
The Cure - How Beautiful You Are
The Danse Society - Belief
The Danse Society - Godsend
The Danse Society - Hide
The Danse Society - Somewhere
Duran Duran - Rio
Fields of the Nephilim - Celebrate
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Two Tribes
Haircut 100 - Love Plus One
Billy Idol - White Wedding
The Jam - Town Called Malice
Joy Division - Dead Souls
Joy Division - Isolation
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Joy Division - Shadowplay
Joy Division - She's Lost Control
Joy Division - The Only Mistake
Joy Division - These Days
Joy Division - Transmission
Killing Joke - Love Like Blood
Love & Rockets - Haunted When the Minutes Drag
The March Violets - Lights Go Out
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - A Daisy Chain for Satan
Nena - Rette mich
New Order - Ceremony
New Order - Perfect Kiss
New Order - Sunrise
The Pixies - Monkey Gone to Heaven
The Police - When The World Is Running Down, You Make The Best Of What's Still Around
The Pretenders - Message of Love
The Pretenders - Love My Way
Peter Schilling - Major Tom
REM - Radio Free Europe
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - I Can See Stars
Red Lorry Yellow Lorry - Beating My Head
Romantics - Talking In Your Sleep
Siouxsie & the Banshees - Arabian Nights
Sisters of Mercy - Lucretia My Reflection
Talk Talk - It's My Life
U2 - New Year's Day
Until December - Sequence Line


1990s - since i started playing bass in the 90s, it all started here for me... i consider Flea, Ben Shepherd, P-Nut, Alex James, & Tim Bob (aka Tim Commerford) to have influenced me the most :)

311 - All Mixed Up
311 - Beautiful Disaster
311 - Come Original
311 - Down
311 - Electricity
311 - Flowing
311 - Homebrew
311 - Prisoner
311 - Transistor
Blur - Sing
Blur - She's So High
Blur - Girls & Boys
Blur - Coffee & TV
The Breeders - Cannonball
Bush - Cold Contagious
Cake - The Distance
The Cardigans - Lovefool
The Charlatans - Can't Even Be Bothered
The Charlatans - The End of Everything
The Charlatans - Weirdo
Deftones - My Own Summer (Shove It)
Depeche Mode - Useless
Filter - Hey Man, Nice Shot
The Folk Implosion - Natural One
Garbage - Supervixon
Garbage - Stupid Girl
Godsmack - Whatever
Goldfinger - Here In Your Bedroom
Live - Pain Lies On The Riverside
Morrissey - Tomorrow
My Life with the Thrill Kill Kult - Sex On Wheelz
MxPx - Chick Magnet
Nine Inch Nails - Piggy
Nirvana - Aneurysm
Nirvana - Breed
Nirvana - In Bloom
The Offspring - I Choose
Radiohead - Karma Police
Rage Against the Machine - Bombtrack
Rage Against the Machine - Bullet in the Head
Rage Against the Machine - Killing in the Name
Rage Against the Machine - Wake Up
Rage Against the Machine - Freedom
Rage Against the Machine - People of the Sun
Rage Against the Machine - Down Rodeo
Rage Against the Machine - Without a Face
Rage Against the Machine - Genocide
Rage Against the Machine - Revolver
Rage Against the Machine - Settle for Nothing
Rage Against the Machine - Tire Me
Rage Against the Machine - Vietnow
Rage Against the Machine - Year of the Boomerang
Rancid - Time Bomb
Rancid - Ruby Soho
Rancid - Journey to the End of the East Bay
Rancid - Hyena
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Breaking the Girl
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Funky Monks
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Suck My Kiss
Red Hot Chili Peppers - I Could Have Lied
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Give It Away
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge
Red Hot Chili Peppers - My Lovely Man
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Soul to Squeeze
Soundgarden - Applebite
Soundgarden - Blow Up the Outside World
Soundgarden - Outshined
Soundgarden - Rhinosaur
Soundgarden - Slaves & Bulldozers
Soundgarden - Spoonman
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live
Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored
Stone Temple Pilots - Big Empty
Stone Temple Pilots - Sex Type Thing
Third Eye Blind - How's It Going to Be
Tool - Sober
The Verve Pipe - Photograph
The Wallflowers - The Bleeders
The Wallflowers - The Difference
Weezer - Only In Dreams
Yo La Tengo- Moby Octopad


2000s - i hadn't been drawn to as many bass players this decade (or bands for that matter)... but my favorite by far is Carlos D of Interpol!

Franz Ferdinand - Auf Achse
Franz Ferdinand - Michael
Franz Ferdinand - Tell Her Tonight
Interpol - Untitled
Interpol - Obstacle 1
Interpol - Say Hello to the Angels
Interpol - Slow Hands
Interpol - Not Even Jail
The Bravery - No Breaks
Broken Social Scene - Stars And Sons
Doves - Black And White Town
Elefant - Sunlight Makes Me Paranoid
Placebo - Haemoglobin
The Libertines - Vertigo
Supergrass - Brecon Beacons
Metric - Combat Baby
Muse - Exo-politics
Radiohead - Where I End and You Begin
Radiohead - The National Anthem
VHS or Beta - Night on Fire
VHS or Beta - Alive
The Wrens - Faster Gun]]> http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/08/11/2xio2g_my_life_according_to_love_&_rockets Tue, 11 Aug 2009 00:54:33 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/pessimystica/journal/2009/08/11/2xio2g_my_life_according_to_love_&_rockets Using only song names from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions. Pass it on to 15 people you like and include me. You can't use the band/artist I used. Try not to repeat a song title. It's a lot harder than you think! Repost as "my life according to (band name)"

Pick your Artist:
Love And Rockets

Are you a male or female:
No New Tale to Tell

Describe yourself:
So Alive

How do you feel:
Sad & Beautiful World

Describe where you currently live:
Here on Earth

If you could go anywhere, where would you go:
Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven

Your favorite form of transportation:
Kundalini Express

Your best friend is:
God & Mr. Smith

You and your best friends are:
Rock & Roll Babylon

What's the weather like:
It Could Be Sunshine

Favorite time of day:
The Dog-End of a Day Gone By

If your life was a TV show, what would it be called:
An American Dream

What is life to you:
Ball of Confusion (That's What the World is Today)

Your fear:
Bound for Hell

What is the best advice you have to give:
Yin & Yang & the Flower Pot Man

Thought for the Day:
Welcome Tomorrow

How you would like to die:
If There's a Heaven Above

Your soul's present condition:
All in My Mind

Your motto:
No Big Deal]]>