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/rfilipe/journal The Last.fm journal for rfilipe. Last.fm journals are a place to talk about all things music. http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/12/25/b6a5n_2007_overview_-_greatest_albums Tue, 25 Dec 2007 02:25:00 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/12/25/b6a5n_2007_overview_-_greatest_albums I realized that I didn't really listen to a lot of 2007's albums, or at least I didn't pay much attention to them. This year was almost dedicated to the spectrum between 70~90's, but nontheless I like to think I've heard what I was supposed to hear.

So, my list goes as followed:

1) Witchcraft - The Alchemist
2) Dave Gahan - Hourglass
3) Dinosaur Jr - Beyond
4) Grinderman - Grinderman
5) Editors - An End Has a Start
6) Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Se Dice Bisonte, No Bufalo
7) She Wants Revenge - This Is Forever
8) Blonde Redhead - 23
9) The White Stripes - Icky Thump
10) Moving Units - Hexes For Exes

The (good) rest:

11) Ra Ra Riot - Ra Ra Riot
12) Riverside - Rapid Eye Movement
13) Patti Smith - Twelve
14) Babyshambles - Shotter's Nation
15) 65daysofstatic - The Destruction of Small Ideals

Top Disappointments:

1) The Bravery - The Sun And The Moon
2) Interpol - Our Love To Admire
3) Frog Eyes - Tears of the Valedictorian
4) Ian Brown - The World Is Yours
5) Low - Drumgs And Guns
6) 1900S - Cookies
7) Their Hearts Were Full of Spring - These Are Our Songs, We Wrote Them For You
8) Spoon - Ga Ga Ga Ga
9) The Magnetic Fields - Distortion

Please don't tell me to include Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem or Amy Winehouse. I'm really sick and tired of hearing about their latest overrated releases this year, it has become past annoying now.

But comparing this list to my list of 2006, I honestly prefer last year overview. 2007 was THE year for some bands, especially for Led Zeppelin and Joy Division, but definitely not a major debut year.

I'm crossing my fingers for 2008: new The Mars Volta, Morrissey and The Cure albums, a great way to introduce a happy new year!]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/11/26/b6a5m_%5Bmy%5D_(harsh)_truth_about_control Mon, 26 Nov 2007 01:49:10 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/11/26/b6a5m_%5Bmy%5D_(harsh)_truth_about_control So I finally got to see Control, the movie about Joy Division, and more specifically, Ian Curtis. For months I've been waiting for it to premiere, and to watch one of the most mysteryously dramatic stories about someone as odd as life itself. I can't say I'm disappointed, but unfortunately I can't say I'm satisfied either. I'll explain.

At the very first minute, you know you're going to get the silent treatment through the whole film. When you think about it, it makes some sense. Ian was a writer and a singer, but definitely not a speaker. You allow yourself to be embraced with a monochromatic silence, and a lack of long straight sequences that won't ever let you dissect whatever the hell was going on there. And yet, there is plenty of time for you to absorb the heat, or the cold, of that specific moment.

And there you have it. Ian Curtis is played by Sam Riley, a young man who's not a perfect match for Ian's looks, and definitely not a target hit on Ian's voice, but... he's the perfect middle term. The movie includes both music played by the original band members, and from the actors themselves, including the lead singing of Sam Riley. His effort is remarkable, but often failing miserably [his interpretation of Isolation is bloody terrible].

The story is straight forwarding. Perhaps too much. The sequences are short, silent, and they're simply too many. If Anton Corbjin's intention was to create frustration out of the lack of communication, he got way more than that. Which is good at some point, but then it just really gets you on your nerves. One hundred and twenty minutes of silence treatment can be harsh, so sometimes you're bombed with what seems to be some kind of an introspective diary, as if Curtis himself had the need to express and explain to you directly what he was going through. And honestly, it's akward. You can (could) get so much out of the facts themselves, that having someone explaining to you makes the whole plot fit together and following the same straight line.

And that, is bad.

Those who have seen 24 Hour Party People will find in Control a whole different approach. I was afraid Anton would make Ian's story into some kind of beautiful fairytale, something people could remember and tell others in a predefined order of events and emotions. And I wasn't completely wrong... the movie can be cruel, but it's not even as raw as those twenty minutes of Joy Division we get to lick in 24 Hour PP. Sean Harris may actually have been a better Ian than Riley, because he didn't call for the use of words. Riley is a closed book obviously, but only with heavy weights on top. Control represents darkness with a cherry on top.

But the main reason of my disappointment is because there could be so much more here. The characters are exactly what you would expect them to be, and you can't really love one of them. They don't give that much mystery, maybe except for Annik, which is gorgeous, a stunning woman who had a minor grade of importancy on the general plot... again, there could easily be so much more. It's like each character had their own string pulling them towards the very same end, and just when you think the string is about to break, it doesn't.

At some point, Ian Curtis [Sam] tells Annik that "some things about Joy Division are not meant to be beautiful". This is exactly what Anton should have paid more attention to, because in the end, it's all just a somewhat comprehensive story which doesn't really leave you wondering around thinking "what the hell happened after all?". You're pushed, they give you a puzzle of a thousand pieces and for two hours, they mount the first 950 pieces for you. The beautiful thing about Ian and the late 70's/early 80's Joy Division story is the fact that you simply cannot understand it. It's a back and forth of events, and fortunately this roleplay is pretty well expressed throughout the whole movie...

...until you get tired of it. The true charisma and nature of Ian really lied of his lack of ability to just cope with the world, and how he seemed to find a way to get lost on his own depressive thoughts, still putting them up together on his lyrics. On "Control", he can simply be described as a downer.

But the moments do sink in, eventually, and wether they're forced or not, the truth is they hit you. You miss the caption as a whole, but you know it's there. Still, I would rather have a shorter approach 24HPP style, because in this particular case, distance only means you're getting closer. And if you don't get it, even better.

Overall, I enjoyed the movie, but the rush just is not one of my side-effects right now. Not even with the unfair "Atmosphere" being played just when Deborah finds Ian hanging, which would hit me like a damn frisbee if it wasn't so unfortunately predictable. But the [lack of] words is there, and they're burnt on wood. Timeless, eternal, just like they were then. But only now the world actually gets them. Sadly, the film also misses this final consideration.

I don't really think New Order enjoyed this particular focus on Ian's life instead of the band itself. But then again, they still feel their shame admitting that they just didn't care back then.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/08/22/b6a5l_song_covers_(updt_15_march_08) Wed, 22 Aug 2007 01:54:42 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/08/22/b6a5l_song_covers_(updt_15_march_08) Lately I've been trying to find all the musical covers I could find, of the songs I love the most. It doesn't really matter if I like the covering artist or not, I just wish to hear their tribute.

Here's an incomplete list of some of the covers I got so far, some of them I already had, but most were a royal pain in the ass to find. A lot more are coming and there are still plenty awaiting for a "validation check". I'll try to keep this updated!



A Perfect Circle – Diary Of A Madman (The Cure)

Andrew Bird – Oh Sister (Bob Dylan)

At the Drive-In – This Night Has Opened My Eyes (The Smiths)

Apocalyptica – Nothing Else Matters (Metallica)

Babyshambles – Janie Jones (The Clash)

Bauhaus - Ziggy Stardust (David Bowie)

Belle and Sebastian - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths)

Ben Kweller – Today (Smashing Pumpkins)

Bob Dylan – It ain't Me Babe (Johnny Cash)

Bodies of Water – Everybody Hurts (REM)

Bonnie Prince Billy – Thunder Road (Bruce Springsteen)

Calexico - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

Cat Power – I Found a Reason (Velvet Underground)

Cat Power – Wonderwall (Oasis)

Class of 99 – Another Brick in The Wall (Pink Floyd)

Crowbar – No Quarter (Led Zeppelin)

Damien Rice – When Doves Cry (Prince)

Danzig – Hand of Doom (Black Sabbath)

Death Cab for Cutie - This Charming Man (The Smiths)

Death Cab for Cutie - World Shut Your Mouth (Julian Cope)

Decemberists - Human Behavior (Bjork)

Deluxe - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

Dinosaur Jr - Just Like Heaven (The Cure)

Division Day - Enjoy the Silence The Smiths)

Elliott Smith - Thirteen (Big Star)

Elliott Smith - Trouble (Cat Stevens)

Eyehategod - Sabbath Jam (Black Sabbath)

Ferraby Lionheart - Man On the Moon(REM)

Final Fantasy - No Cars Go (The Arcade Fire)

Girls Against Boys - She's Lost Control (Joy Division)

Grizzly Bear - Owner Of a Lonely Heart (Yes)

Hayden - Gauge Away (Pixies)

Hole - Old Age (Nirvana)

Hole - You've Got No Right (Nirvana)

Foo Fighters – Have A Cigar (Pink Floyd)

In The Nursery - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

Ian Ball - Breakfast in America (Supertramp)

Iron & Wine - Waiting For a Superman (Flaming Lips)

Jack Off Jill – Lovesong (The Cure)

Jeff Buckley - The Boy With The Thorn In His Side (The Smiths)

Johnny Cash - Mercy Seat (Nick Cave)

Johnny Cash - Personal Jesus (Depeche Mode)

Johnny Cash – I See A Darkness (Bonnie Prince Billy)

Jose Gonzalez - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Big Star)

Junip - The Ghost of Tom Joad (Bruce Springsteen)

Los Planetas - Disorder (Joy Division)

Low - Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me (The Smiths)

Loquat - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

M Ward - Let's Dance (David Bowie)

M Ward - Girl From The North Country (Bob Dylan)

Matt Pond PA – In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)

Melvins - Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

Metallica - Loverman (Nick Cave)

Moonspell - Love Will Tear Us Apart (Joy Division)

Motorhead - Louie Louie (Kinks)

Muse - Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want (The Smiths)

Nada Surf - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

Nancy Sinatra - Jackson (Johnny Cash)

Neil Finn & Friends - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

Neurotic Fish - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

New Order - New Dawn Fades (Joy Division)

Nirvana - Ain't it a Shame (Huddie Ledbetter)

Nirvana - All You Need Is Love (The Beatles)

Nirvana - D7 (Wipers)

Nirvana - Do You Love Me (Kiss)

Nirvana - Grey Goose (Huddie Ledbetter)

Nirvana - Heartbreaker (Heartbreaker)

Nirvana - Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground)

Nirvana - Love Buzz (Shocking Blue)

Nirvana - Molly's Lips (The Vaselines)

Nirvana - Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin)

Nirvana - Return Of the Rat (Wipers)

Nirvana - They Hung Him On a Cross (Huddie Ledbetter)

Nirvana - White Lace and Strange (Thunder & Roses)

Patti Smith - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

Pearl Jam - Cant Help Falling In Love With You (Elvis Presley)

Pearl Jam – I Believe In Miracles (Ramones)

Pearl Jam – Light My Fire (The Doors)

Pearl Jam - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)

Pink Floyd - House Of The Rising Sun (The Animals)

Pink Floyd - Stairway To Heaven (Led Zeppelin)

Psychedelic Furs - How Soon Is Now (The Smiths)

Primal Scream - New Dawn Fades (Joy Division)

Ocean Blue - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

Supergrass - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others (The Smiths)

Ramones – Have You Ever Seen The Rain (Creedence Clearwater Revival)

Ramones – Surf City (Jan And Dean)

Ramones – Out Of Time (Rolling Stones)

Ramones – Somebody To Love (Jefferson Airplane)

Ramones – When I Was Young (Supertramp or The Animals?)

Ramones – My Back Pages (Bob Dylan)

royksopp - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

The Cure - Creep (Radiohead)

The Cure – Love (John Lennon)

The Cure – Hello, I Love You (The Doors)

The Divine Comedy - There Is A Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

The Divine Comedy - Radioactivity (Kraftwerk)

The Divine Comedy - Les Jours Tristes (Yann Tiersen)

The Divine Comedy - Life On Mars (David Bowie)

The Divine Comedy - Vapour Trail (Ride)

The Divine Comedy - John Mathis' Feet (American Music Club)

The Lucksmiths - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

The Killers - Shadowplay (Joy Division)

The Smashing Pumpkins - A Night Like This (The Cure)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Never Let Me Down Again (Depeche Mode)

The Smashing Pumpkins – Boys Don’t Cry (The Cure)

The Smashing Pumpkins – Transmission (Joy Division)

The Smashing Pumpkins - Isolation (Joy Division)

The Smiths - Across The Universe (The Beatles)

The String Quartet - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

The Twilight Singers – Live With Me (Massive Attack)

X-Wife - She's Lost Control (Joy Division)

Walleye - There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (The Smiths)

William Shatner - Common People (Pulp)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/08/03/b6a5k_a_story_in_only_89_steps_-_the_fuckin%27_big_thing Fri, 3 Aug 2007 02:53:19 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/08/03/b6a5k_a_story_in_only_89_steps_-_the_fuckin%27_big_thing If records could talk, all of these eighty nine albums would tell you the story of my life, detail by detail. Because they were there, through everything that's been said and done. This is not a list of my favorite albums - that would be more than twice the size - rather than that, this list is about the albums that somehow changed the way I am, or the way I look up to life.

Albums I cried to, smiled to, danced to, made love to, got angry to, hated to, rocked to, albums that made me think, albums that made me think of others. My idea was to make my 50 album tribute, but yes, I got a little carried away :) I'm certainly missing a few, but they will be added then.

As a respect to the elders, the albums are sorted from their release date. (well, now it's not so clear with the date mistakes corrected. But I'll get there ;P)


1)Johnny Cash – Sings Hank Williams (1960)

2)Led Zeppelin – Led Zeppelin (1969*corrected)

3)Grateful Dead – American Beauty (1970*corrected)

4)Miles Davis – Columbia Recordings (1961)

5)Jimi Hendrix – Electric Ladyland (1968)

6)Nick Drake – Five Leaves Left (1969)

7)Al Green – The Belle Album (1970?)

8)David Bowie – The Man Who Sold The World (1971)

9)Johnny Cash – Folsom Prison Blues (1971)

10)The Doors – L.A. Woman (1971)

11)Nick Drake – Pink Moon (1972)

12)Pink Floyd – The Dark Side Of The Moon (1973)

13)Tom Waits – The Heart Of Saturday Night (1974)

14)Pink Floyd – Wish You Were Here (1975)

15)Joy Division – Unknown Pleasures (1979)

16)The Cure – Boys Don’t Cry (1980)

17)The Cure – Seventeen Seconds (1980)

18)Joy Division – Closer (1980)

19)The Clash – Combat Rock (1982)

20)Bauhaus – Burning From The Inside (1983)

21)Echo & the Bunnymen – Ocean Rain (1984)

22)The Smiths – The Smiths (1984)

23)Tom Waits – Rain Dogs (1985)

24)The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead (1986)

25)Depeche Mode – Black Celebration (1986)

26)The Smiths – Strangeways, Here We Come (1987)

27)Sonic Youth – Daydream Nation (1988)

28)The Stone Roses – The Stone Roses (1989)

29)New Order – Technique (1989)

30)The Cure – Disintegration (1989)

31)Depeche Mode – Violator (1990)

32)Temple of the Dog – Temple Of The Dog (1990)

33)Pearl Jam – Ten (1991)

34)Jeff Buckley – Grace (1994)

35)Nick Cave – Murder Ballads (1995)

36)The Smashing Pumpkins – Mellon Collie (1995)

37)Pulp – Different Class (1995)

38)Smog – Kicking A Couple Around (1996)

39)Screaming Trees – Dust (1996)

40)Elliott Smith – Either/Or (1997)

41)Jeff Buckley – Grace (1996)

42)Radiohead – Ok Computer (1997)

43)Belle & Sebastian – The Boy With The Arab Strap (1998)

44)The Divine Comedy – Fin De Siècle (1998)

45)Perry Blake – Still Life (1999)

46)Beth Orton – Central Reservation (1999)

47)Low – Secret Name (1999)

48)Ornatos Violeta – O Monstro Precisa de Amigos (1999)

49)Jeff Buckley – Mystery White Boy (2000)

50)Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Lift Your Skinny Fists… (2000)

51)a silver mount zion – He Has Left Us Alone But… (2000)

52)Johnny Cash – American III (2000)

53)Lambchop – Nixon (2000)

54)The Divine Comedy – Regeneration (2001)

55)Bonnie Prince Billy – Ease Down The Road (2001)

56)Nick Cave – No More Shall We Part (2001)

57)Pulp – We Love Life (2001)

58)New Order – Get Ready (2001)

59)Fantômas – Director’s Cut (2001)

60)a silver mount zion – Born Into Trouble As The Sparks Fly Upwards (2001)

61)Radiohead – Amnesiac (2001)

62)Lambchop – Is A Woman (2002)

63)The Cure – Bloodflowers (2002)

64)Johnny Cash – American IV (2002)

65)Low – Things We Lost In The Fire (2002)

66)Tom Waits – Alice (2002)

67)Doves – Lost Souls (2002)

68)Calexico – A Feast Of Wire (2003)

69)Mogwai – Happy Songs For Happy People (2003)

70)Smog – Supper (2003)

71)The Mars Volta – De-loused In The Comatorium (2003)

72)The White Stripes – Elephant (2003)

73)The Arcade Fire – Funeral (2004)

74)Elliott Smith– From The Basement On The Hill (2004)

75)Low – The Great Destroyer (2005)

76)Donnie Darko OST (2005)

77)The Kills – No Wow (2005)

78)She Wants Revenge – She Wants Revenge (2005)

79)Depeche Mode – Playing The Angel (2005)

80)Editors – The Back Room (2005)

81)Morrissey – Ringleader Of Tormentors (2006)

82)The Divine Comedy – Victory For The Comic Muse (2006)

83)Calexico – Garden Ruin (2006)

84)White Rose Movement – Kick (2006)

85)Beth Gibbons – Out Of Season (?)

86)Bob Dylan – Blonde On Blonde (?)

87)Craig Armstrong – As If To Nothing (2001)

88)Lou Reed – Transformer (1972)

89)Marillion – Misplached Childhood (1985)]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/17/b6a5j_third_song_quizz Sun, 17 Jun 2007 23:29:49 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/17/b6a5j_third_song_quizz (Stolen once again from the lovely riotgothicgrrrl).


Using only SONG NAMES from ONE ARTIST, cleverly answer these questions...

Pick an artist:

The Divine Comedy

1.) Are you a male or female?

I'm becoming more like Alfie.


2.) Describe yourself:

My lovely horse....


3.) Describe your day?

The good life.


4.) Describe where you currently live:

This side of paradise.


5.) If you could go anywhere, where would you go:

Count Grassi's passage, over Piemont


6.) Your best friend is:

My imaginary friend!


7.) Your favorite color is:

You.

8.) You know:

A soul trader.


9.) What's the weather like?:

The light of day.


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

"Born with a broken heart".


11.) What is life to you?:

A pursuit of happiness.


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

Make it easy on yourself.


13.) Describe your ex?:

The queen of the south.


14.) Your current love interest is?:

Our mutual friend.


15.) What's your favorite hobby?

The heart of rock & roll!


16.) When you think of your friends you think?:

Little acts of kindness.


17.) What do your friends think of you?:

Someone.


18.) What does your current love interest think of you?

Vapour trail.


19.) You always travel with?:

Your daddy's car.


20.) The best way to end a long day?:

Think the unthinkable.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/14/b6a5i_musical_quizz_%232 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:53:07 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/14/b6a5i_musical_quizz_%232 Also stolen from the lovely riotgothicgrrl.

1. What are you listening to right now?
Milburn – Roll Out The Barrels

2. What song makes you sad?
Tom Waits – Jersey Girl… among others.

3. What is the most annoying song in the world?
Annoying dance music.

4. Your all time favorite band?
Divine Comedy, The Cure, The Smiths, Buckley, I can’t really tell.

5. Your newly discovered band is?
The Stone Roses.

6. Best female voice?
The female lead singer from Low.

7. Best male voice?
Neil Hannon!

8. Music type you find yourself listening to most?
For the last couple of years, perhaps Indie.

9. What do you listen to hype you up?
Ramones, Satriani and Chalets

10. What do you listen to to calm down?
Tom Waits and Elliott Smith.

11. Last gig/concert you went to?
Depeche Mode

12. Band you find yourself listening to the most right now?
Mary Onettes.

13. Most hated band?
The Vines.

14. Song that makes you think?
Probably all sons from Will Oldham.

15. Band that you think the world should love as much as you do?
Low.

16. Coolest music video?
Argh, just so damn many.

17. Music video with the most babe watch?
Sadly… I don’t recall.

18. What "do you play/would you play" in the bedroom to spice things up?
Depeche Mode. Barry is gone, man.

19. Can you play a musical instrument?
Used to play organ. Not anymore.

20. Ever been in a mosh pit?
No.

21. Are you in a band?
No.

22. If yes, what kind of music does your band play?
...

23. Ever dated a musician?
No.

24. If yes, what kind of music did he/she/they play/instrument/band?
…

27. If no, would you consider?
I don’t think so.

28. Do you wish yourself that you were a musician?
Plenty of times.

29. Best chick band you know of?
Au Revoir Simone.

30. Best guy band you know of?
Don’t know either, altough I would love to be like Neil Hannon.

31. Last song that you heard on the radio?
Probably too lame to remember.

32. What do you think of Classical music?
Perfect to study!

33. What do you think of Country music?
Adorable whenever the proper mood comes.

34. What do you think of Death metal?
Bye and close the door when you leave.

35. Last BIG band that you saw live?
Depeche Mode!

36. Are you a groupie?
Oh hell no.

37. Do you listen to music in foreign languages?
Yes.

38. What famous musician do you find sexy?
My god. I really don’t know. Altough that woman from The Sounds is quite amusing.

39. Best local act you can think of?
Errrrr.

40. If you were a musical instrument what would you be?
Violin.

41. Do you listen to the radio?
No.

42. Do you watch music TV?
No.

43. Do you follow the music charts?
Rarely.

44. Have you meet any famous musicians?
Only local bands.

45. Are any of your friends/family musicians?
A few, yes.

46. Song that best describes your feelings right now?
Low – Closer.

47. Song that describes your life?
The Divine Comedy – Born with a broken heart

48. Do you know the names of all the band members that you listen to?
A few, and mostly the lead singers.

49. Does a musician’s physical attractiveness play a role in the music that you listen to?
No.

50. What famous musician do you want to marry?
I feel bad enough for not recalling any sexy female singer I listen to.

51. Favourite movie soundtrack?
Donnie Darko’s OST without a doubt.

52. Any musician pet hates?
Don’t get me started.

53. What do your parents listen to?
They only started listening music because I told them to. They’re the Classical type.

54. What are you listening to right now?
New Order – Vicious Streaks.

55. Do you wear band T-shirts, hoodies, etc.?
Nah. Would like to though, if I find some cool ones.

56. What do you think of people who do?
As long as they don’t start annoying me with them, I’m cool.

57. What music sub-culture do you feel like you belong to?
Indie with the New Romance tendencies.

58. What song is stuck in your head right now?
Live with Me.

59. Do you sing in the shower?
I just hum!

60. If so, what? If not, why not?
My voice would be lovely to scare kitties.

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

62. How important is your partners taste in music to you?
Extremely. I love to know that someone can feel the same as me about this or that song.

63. Hanson moves in next door to you, do you go introduce yourself, or do you arrange to beat them up?
I’m a peaceful man. I would only hurt them psychologically.

64. Sex, Drugs and Rock'n'Roll, you dig?
Absolutely adore sex, absolutely love Rock’N’Roll. But not together please.

65. Do you cook to music?
Aye. I don’t cook much, but whenever I do I always play a nice theme.]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/14/b6a5h_musical_quizz_%231 Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:39:11 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/06/14/b6a5h_musical_quizz_%231 (Stolen from riotgothicgrrl.)

Sort by song title:
-First Song: A Flock of Seagulls – I ran
-Last Song: Yann Tiersen - Kala

Sort by time:
-Shortest Song: The Bravery - Intro
-Longest Song: GodSpeed You Black Emperor - Sleep

Sort by album:
-First Album: Grace
-Last Album: Be Your Own Pet

Sort by no. tracks:
- Most Tracks: The Divine Comedy
- Least Tracks: (single songs)

Top 10 Most Played Songs:
1. White Rose Movement – Love Is A Number
2. Bonnie Prince Billy - Black
3. The Divine Comedy - Regeneration
4. Jeff Buckley - Lover You Should’ve Comer Over
5. The Divine Comedy – Edward The Confessor
6. The Divine Comedy – If…
7. Joy Division – Love Will Tear Us Apart
8. The Smiths – This Charming Man
9. David Bowie – Life On Mars
10. Calexico – All Systems Red

First five songs that comes up on Shuffle:
1. Tosca - Ananas
2. The Smiths – This Charming Man
3. The Bravery – Fistful of Sand
4. Joy Division - Disorder
5. Low - Broadway

Search ....
"sex", how many songs come up? 37

"love", how many songs come up? 193

"you", how many songs come up? 285

"death", how many songs come up? 46

"hate", how many songs come up? 5

"wish" how many songs come up? 6

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Top 25 Artists
1. The Divine Comedy
2. The Cure
3. The Smiths
4. Jeff Buckley
5. Bonnie Prince Billy
6. White Rose Movement
7. Nick Cave
8. David Bowie
9. The Arcade Fire
10. Low
11. Joy Division
12. Tom Waits
13. Depeche Mode
14. Johnny Cash
15. Editors
16. Perry Blake
17. Calexico
18. Pulp
19. Godspeed You Black Emperor
20. A Silver Mount Zyon
21. Nick Drake
22. The Mars Volta
23. Aimee Mann
24. Neutral Milk Hotel
25. Hilmar Örn Hilmarsson

What was the first song you ever heard by 6?
Love Is A Number

What is your favorite album by 2?
Bloodflowers

What is your favorite lyric that 1 has sung?
”Crass synth beauty with a shyness so obscene, thoraway girl indespensible machine”.

What is your favorite song by 7?
Stagger Lee.

What is a good memory you have involving 20?
Actually, only sad memories involving that one.

Is there a song by 3 that makes you sad?
”Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now”.

What is your favorite lyric that 14 has sung?
”If I could read your mind, love,
What a tale your thoughts could tell.
Just like a paperback novel,
The kind the drugstores sell.
When you reached the part where the heartaches come,
The hero would be me.
But heroes often fail,
And you won't read that book again
Because the ending's just too hard to take!”

What is your favorite song by 19?
Sleep

How did you get in to 22?
By watching the lovely and dreamy Televators clip.

What was the first song you heard by 21?
Pink Moon.

What is your favorite song by 4?
Last Goodbye.

What is a good memory you have involving 13?
Singing “Shake The Disease” in the ears of a lover while watching them Live.

Is there a song by 23 that makes you sad?
Video.

What is your favorite album of 15?
The Back Room.

What is your favorite lyric that 9 has sung?
”And if the snow buries my...
My neighbourhood

And if my parents are crying,
Then I'll dig a tunnel from my window to yours
Yeah, a tunnel from my window to yours

You climb out the chinmey
And meet me in the middle
The middle of the town
And since there's no one else around,
We let our hair grow long and forget all we used to know
Then our skin gets thicker from living out in the snow

You change all the lead sleeping in my head
As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn...

Then, we tried to name our babies
But we forgot all the names that,
The names we used to know
But sometimes,
We remember our bedrooms and our parent's bedrooms and the bedrooms of our friends
Then we think of our parents...
Well, whatever happened to them?!

You change all the lead sleeping in my head to gold
As the day grows dim, I hear you sing a golden hymn
It's the song I've been trying to sing...

Purify the colors, purify my mind
Purify the colors, purify my mind
And spread the ashes of the colors over this heart of mine!”

What is your favorite song by 8?
Life On Mars

What is your favorite song by 16?
California

What is your favorite album by 12?
Alice

What was the first song you heard by 18?
Common People

What is your favorite song by 17?
Crystal Frontier

What is your favorite album by 24?
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea]]> http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/01/24/b6a5g_album_reviews Wed, 24 Jan 2007 02:11:37 +0000 http://www.last.fm/user/rfilipe/journal/2007/01/24/b6a5g_album_reviews After creating several sites to place my album reviews and deleting most of them, I've decided to put them here, at a lastfm journal. This way I can keep it updated and people can agree/disagree with my reviews. The order of the following albums is totally irrelevant.

ALBUMS:


White Rose Movement - Kick
The Indie Rock generation is out there alive and kicking, no question about that. WRM came out directly to the top favourites of many people (mainly brittish of course). This London band states itself as somewhat different from all other Indie groups, drinking a bit more of the New Romantic wave. You’ll find yourself hearing the 80’s all over again but this time white an electro/electroclash energy, with such melody and power that every single track is a whole new breeze waiting to be felt, and heard. The perfect middle between Joy Division, Depeche Mode and Muse (as for the voice). Kick is definitely kicking around, and surely deserves a good listen.
Personal Rating: 9/10

Broadcast - Tender Buttons
The first time I heard Broadcast it was only by accident, considering that I did trip on the song I Found the F. It's relaxing and the electronic sounds caught my attention, so I decided to give them a try. Surprisingly, the band is not so unknown after all, and its quite quite hard to find a bad review about this album. Tender Buttons, better yet, Broadcast is a whole different world than the one we're used to. The electronic sound is far away from being techno, and ever more far away from the drumm n' bass electro sounds so common in bands like Telefon Tel Aviv or Air.

No. Broadcast can be different. I may even have the guts to say that it's an alternative verson of Ladytron in her early years; (the invitation for Ladytron's lovers is already made) very synthetic, sometimes roughly noisy, but the organic feeling in it is amazingly superb. The song "Subject to the ladder" is a primus and a complete work of art, even without the electric synthethizer complexity giving all that space. On the contrary. Tender Buttons can be a very closed album and you'll surely feel it within your own space, suiting all your daily moods.

It's impossible to attach hard feelings into it, feels good, feels rough and smooth at the same time, and the voices are strangely comforting.
Simple, sweet, and deep without complexity. Honestly, this is where Ladytron manages to fail. The only bad review about this album is the length feeling it has; feels like very little after hearing it a couple of times, but the good part is, you can't get tired of it. Put on repeat during your whole day and it's gonna be a much better world for you. Guaranteed. Personal Rating: 8/10

The Mars Volta - Frances The Mute
"De-loused in the comatorium" was huge. A very fine example of touch n' go, with their own personal style and not afraid of risking inside the album itself. The public appreciated. The public asked for more. And now the public got more. One word can perfectly define this entire album; confusion.

Some of the tracks are quite long (some of them are in between 10@12minutes) and they jump without a single warning from melancholic silence to a justapose of electric guitars and squinching noises alltogether. Delighted already? Not yet. The Widow is probably the most solid and well constructed song from the whole album, and most certainly, it is the first one you'll hear in repeat. You might even be afraid to repeat the other songs; and honestly this is something that already happened with the first album. Periods of pure compoised noises followed by silent interludes and getting back to confusion again.

Yes, this is Mars Volta. And especially, Frances the Mute. Too much I'd say, which stops many people from getting interested in the album from the very first to the very last second of it. A true mountain of emotions, which sometimes finds itself on the edge of a cliff. But not much to worry about. Frances the Mute is clearly influenced by the first album, which makes sure the fans won't be disapointed with it. Altough (extremely) alternative and risking too much it's distinguish sound, it's quite a well constructed album and will certainly entertain the fans of the... different. Personal rating: 7/10

The Divine Comedy - Victory for the Comic Muse
He's back! He's back! He's back and in a wonderful shape.

No, Hannon is not getting old. He still knows exactly what he's doing, and does it perfectly. Victory For The Comic Muse is a surprisingly gorgeus album, and will certainly deserve to be one of the greatest albums of 2006.

The general "ambience" of it is generally the same found in Absent Friends. You get either introspective songs, hopelessly romantic and satiric ones. The lyrics are, as always, wonderfully composed and it makes you think "How could anyone ever think of this? It's gorgeous!"
The single "A Lady Of a Certain Age" will probably be the most sucessful one. It's brilliant, and it appeals to everyone's senses and feelings. It's far from being sad, but it definitely touches you. "Arthur C. Clarkes's Mysterious World" is a very funny and satiric song about him not being able to understand "her". Reminds me the Frog Princess from a previous album.

The other songs are beautiful as well, either one with it's own qualities. The rythm is ear catching in almost every track, and will certainly delight you for a long long time.

Definitely one of the best buys you can make this year. Do not miss this oportunity, which brought me the feeling of "good music is still made nowadays!" I haven't felt in a couple of years. Personal Rating: 9/10

Belle and Sebastian - Dear Catastrophe Waitress
A rather funny album, with plenty of joy to give and share. Melodic as always, Dear Catastrophe Waitress dates of 2003 and still makes me sing the catchy and humurous tunes they play and read. It's not of their best, it is for sure, but when it comes to off-topic music Belle and Sebastian definitely have a word of their own they would like to share with you. Personal Rating: 7/10

Death Cab For Cutie - Plans
I have to admit I never expected to love this so much. The first time I heard DCfC was somewhere in the middle of the OC series, and at first it mean't absolutely nothing. But it grows on you at an unbeliavable rate, transforming itself in some sort of a need. You NEED to hear it, no matter where you are or how you feel. Addicting in the mind and in spirit, Death Cab for Cutie will change a lot of people's mind about commercial music. It changed mine for sure. Personal Rating: 8/10

The Cure - Wild Mood Swings
I could write about any other wonderful album of the Cure's discography. Every single one of them has something tremendally beautiful to offer, and this journal wouldn't be enough for me to talk about all of them. Still, Wild Mood Swings was one of the first to really move me, and nowadays it still does. Songs like "Bare" or "Want" are absolutely marvellous, it makes you tap and cry simultaneously. Brilliant, and that's the key why The Cure does so remarkably well. WMS creates pictures, it develops stories by itself and fires up your most romantic imagination. If you go emo, at least go with style. Personal rating: 10/10

Johnny Cash - Money V
Cash made Money. And he did great. One of the elderly works, with that sweet grumpy teary voice of his, impossible to reproduce with such innocence and honesty, Cash's words impugne regret and simplicity in every single character. One can either cry, laugh or just be well with the world. Money V is only an example of one of the most beautiful works ever made, which contais the great "God's Gonna Cut You Down" and "A Legend In My Own Time".

Money V does not exhaust, it just goes smooth. It makes you want to listen the track to the end and jump to another one you know it's good, at the very same time. But it's an album to listen with patience, maybe with a good Port on your hand. Or just sleep at a fireplace with it. What the hell, just listen to it. Personal Rating: 10/10]]>