lex wrote:

^ One of the greatest music injustices in the last 10-15 years is that because of her legal troubles with her record label (Seriously fuck you record labels) is that we don't have any new Poe. I mean there was something a while back floating around but nothing to satiate her absence.

What was it again?  She signed a three-record deal with a label that no longer exists, and the contract got bought out by some Texan who hates her guts, so now she can't record any new music?  And this was not some random obscure indie artist -- Poe was huge among mainstream critics after Haunted was released.  It makes me mad that this shit happens to anyone, much less to people who make music like this.

I have been listening to songs whose titles are bare verbs.  There aren't very many of them.  Basically there is one enormously famous song -- John Lennon's "Imagine" -- and then a smattering of much lesser known titles like REM's "Accelerate," Lindsey Stirling's "Crystallize," and Liz Phair's "Shatter."

Last edited by satyreyes (12-09-2013 12:38:28 PM)

Snow wrote:

Lots and lots of Perfume. And Pizzicato Five.
Stylish Japanese music

Replace Pizzicato Five with capsule and you've got me right now. What can I say? I like Nakata's production.

Also, Disclosure. Mostly "Latch" (linked below), but the whole record is pretty good.

satyreyes wrote:

lex wrote:

^ One of the greatest music injustices in the last 10-15 years is that because of her legal troubles with her record label (Seriously fuck you record labels) is that we don't have any new Poe. I mean there was something a while back floating around but nothing to satiate her absence.

What was it again?  She signed a three-record deal with a label that no longer exists, and the contract got bought out by some Texan who hates her guts, so now she can't record any new music?  And this was not some random obscure indie artist -- Poe was huge among mainstream critics after Haunted was released.  It makes me mad that this shit happens to anyone, much less to people who make music like this.

I have been listening to songs whose titles are bare verbs.  There aren't very many of them.  Basically there is one enormously famous song -- John Lennon's "Imagine" -- and then a smattering of much lesser known titles like REM's "Accelerate," Lindsey Stirling's "Crystallize," and Liz Phair's "Shatter."

Yeah there is a lot of red tape involving her case, like so much in fact---she can't record under her artist name.

Shinee makes me smile. Plus, it's always nice to see a super-engineered band start to take its own direction. (Seriously, they should make their own Head.)

Lots of Cramps and Princessa on rotation at the mo. Most recently, Goddammed Rock and Roll and Again & Again.

Showtime, motherfucker, it's on
Apocalypse now, I'm droppin' this bomb

Castlevania: Symphony of the Night (PSP) -- Nocturne (English Lyrics)

Allow me an explanation. This is from the PSP unlockable available in Castlevania: The Dracula X Chronicles. Those who have played the SEGA Saturn port will know exactly what I'm talking about here. The Sprite -- the duplicate Fairy familiar? -- well, her gimmick is singing this song when you're sitting in a chair, practicing the Slouch of Villainy. Lyrics are melancholy and damn depressing, but the melody is fucking awesomesauce.



Here a goddess of happiness cries
An endless, timeless lullaby.
Sings her song of the dreams she has
The sadness fills her eyes.

End of love, love is gone
No more dreams to dream about
So life is done.
If it's so, cut the thread
It's time to let it go.

Tears, they flow to the thirst of the gods
The ocean's roars drowned out by rain.
Blameless wolf carries on alone
The silence now surrounds him.

Sooner than, dreaming ends
Morning of the dawn will bring another day.
Turn around, you have found
A different place to dream.

Boyz II Men and Mariah Carey: One Sweet Day

The Ghosts of Mars soundtrack. John Carpenter put together a hell of a superband there. So many kickass songs.

Happened to hear Breakdown by the Alan Parson's Project on the radio. Now I find myself listening to all of I Robot. Why couldn't I have been a teenager a decade earlier?

I can't see the vids (youtube,  I assume), but The Boss is, indeed, always boss.

Listening to Amanda Lear's  Comics. Sweet  Revenge  is a brilliant album, both the story-side and the singles on the flipside.

The general feel I was looking for this morning. Calm, airy, padded with a muffling sadness.

Don't Stop the Music: Rihanna