AskTheScrabbled: What "before your time" albums do you really love?

Just finished listening to Tim, by The Replacements, for the second time today. So Good! The album came out in ’84 and they broke up in ’91 so there was never really a chance for me to get into them. What “before your time” albums do you really love?

2010-03-10T15:56:10-05:00

71378 false AskTheScrabbled: What "before your time" albums do you really love?

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0 and here are some huge torrents of free, legal samples

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71369 false SXSW is starting soon

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http://sites.google.com/site/sxswtorrent/2010

0 Attn: art nerds. Can you identify all of the paintings? I only knew maybe a 1/3, but could only name maybe seven or eight.

2010-03-04T15:18:53-05:00

71367 false 70 Million by Hold Your Horses!

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http://www.vimeo.com/9752986

0 I don’t know if anyone has posted this yet but it’s pretty amusing.

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71362 false Rip Fork

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http://ripfork.com/

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0 video for “This Too Shall Pass”

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71359 false OK GO

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qybUFnY7Y8w

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71358 false The evolution of the piano and why you have never really heard Moonlight Sonata properly.

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http://www.slate.com/id/2245891/

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71349 false Bobby McFerrin demonstrates how everyone intrinsically understands the pentatonic scale.

2010-02-28T00:23:46-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBJ7mBxi8LM

0 Just released today. Up on the FTP for your listening pleasure (or extreme dismay. Either or.)

2010-02-23T14:14:47-05:00

71337 true Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me

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0 And uploaded to my folder on the FTP for you to listen to and talk about with me here at a later point:

2010-02-19T14:36:07-05:00

<ul> <li>High on Fire – Snakes for the Divine: FUCKING AWESOME metal band Kev V got me into. Just leaked yesterday and it’s crazy technical and absolutely filthy sounding. On the second listen and loving it.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Four Tet – There is Love In You: Four Tet was always “that dude who did that cool music in the Nike rain-jogging commercial” and not much else. I thought he was a one-trick pony, sort of an IDM artists for aging XPN contributers. Turns out, the dude is actually pretty incredible. I’ve been killing this album. Just really great, inventive, electronic music done with a lot of awesome natural sounds.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Massive Attack – Heligoland: I heard they got Daddy G back so I was intrigued. It’s no Mezzanine or Protection, and there’s really nothing new here. But I’m OK with that. Sometimes I just want to be enveloped in the dulcet tones of Massive Attack. This album delivers on that with the first track alone.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>Silver Mt. Zion – Kollaps Tradixionales: Dudes from Godspeed You Black Emperor. Silver Mt. Zion used to sound quite a bit like Godspeed, but they keep getting louder and and more rock-oriented with each release. This one is practically a punk rock album, and the front man has a pretty awesome delivery.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The Amazing: Dudes from Dungen, but in english. Still wonderfully fuzzed out and retro and psychadelic.</li> </ul> <ul> <li>The Magnetic Fields – Realism: Merritt doing the opposite of his last album, this time doing it all acoustic and folk-y. I really want to like it cause I really love Merritt, but I dunno about this one…</li> </ul> 71329 true New music I have been listening to

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0 You can stream the whole thing now before it’s out. Definitely worth a listen.

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71310 false Gil Scott-Heron's post-crack comeback album.

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http://gilscottheron.net/

0 The lead singer of Beulah is touring and apparently planning to play some Beulah songs. I’m pumped, and I’m sure at least some of you will be as well.

2010-02-03T22:32:18-05:00

71298 false Miles Kurosky

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http://www.mileskurosky.com/

0 Just stick with it, he’ll blow your mind and make you laugh out loud, I promise.

2010-01-27T19:51:21-05:00

71284 false Beardyman.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qciVXUHTN10

0 and the Philadelphia Orchestra might go with it. What does The Scrabbled this about this?

2010-01-25T12:24:26-05:00

It might be a big rumor, but <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/entertainment/arts/82535207.html">this article from the Inquirer</a> on Sunday discusses the orchestra’s possible bankruptcy (and potential demise). I was wondering what The Scrabbled thinks about classical music in general—do you love it? hate it? not care about it? Is it elitist and snobby or is there something there for you? Have you ever been to an orchestral performance (doesn’t have to be Philly)? I worked for the orchestra for a couple years (for <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/news/homepage/82138927.html">this entity specifically</a>) and always felt they weren’t that innovative, though not for lack of trying. Their series <a href="http://www.philorch.org/collection/Beyond/1746/">Beyond the Score</a> is a really good one where they discuss the history and features of the music performed (coming up is Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring.) Overall though, they felt insular to me and didn’t think outside the box (getting a profile on Facebook does not count for much, though every board member thinks it does.) However, they are not the only orchestra who has had trouble connecting to its audience. San Francisco Symphony and Michael Tilson Thomas is a great example of someone who figured out how to bridge the gap, but possibly for the expense of the traditional classical music subscriber, something about which Philly seems most concerned. It makes me sad that this orchestra could be gone one day. I imagined taking my (future) kids there for childrens concerts, then being in my 50s, 60s, 70s and having a subscription. Until I have all the money in the world (ha) I can’t afford quite that much the arts and culture. I’m just wondering what you all think of this topic. 71275 true They say classic music is dying...

2010-01-26T10:28:53-05:00

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0 It’s no Grey Album, but it’s still pretty fantastic. Sounds like the Beatles songs were “covered,” so to speak, rather than just sampled and mixed.

2010-01-22T12:11:19-05:00

71270 false Wu Tang vs. The Beatles - Enter the Magical Mystery Chamber

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http://wutangvsthebeatles.bandcamp.com/

0 Does anyone here know of any online or print “zines” (i threw up a little typing that word)or music websites that’ll review a band’s CD? Anything to give my band some press? Everything I seem to find has to do with punk/hardcore. we are not punk/hardcore.

2010-01-19T17:04:10-05:00

71262 false Help me Help myself

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0 http://coachella.com/updates/news#2010lineup Muse, Tiësto, MGMT, Coheed and Cambria, Les Claypool, Mew, Porcupine Tree, Thom Yorke, Phoenix, Sunny Day Real Estate, MUTEMATH… I think I might have to go to this

2010-01-19T16:59:02-05:00

FRIDAY APRIL 16: Jay-Z, LCD Soundsystem, Them Crooked Vultures, Vampire Weekend, Deadmau5, Public Image Limited, The Specials, Grizzly Bear, Passion Pit, Echo and the Bunnymen, Benny Benassi, Fever Ray, Grace Jones, She & Him, Erol Alkan, The Avett Brothers, Calle 13, The Whitest Boy Alive, The Cribs, La Roux, Yeasayer, Lucero, DJ Lance Rock, The Dillinger Escape Plan, Proxy, Ra Ra Riot, Deer Tick, Wolfgang Gartner, Aeroplane, Iglu & Hartly, Sleigh Bells, P.O.S., Baroness, Hockey, Little Dragon, White Rabbits, Wale, Kate Miller-Heidke, As Tall as Lions, Jets Overhead, Alana Grace, Pablo Hassan. SATURDAY, APRIL 17: Muse, Faith No More, Tiësto, MGMT, David Guetta, The Dead Weather, Hot Chip, Devo, Coheed and Cambria, Kaskade, 2Many DJ’s, Major Lazer, Dirty Projectors, Gossip, Z-Trip, The xx, John Waters, Les Claypool, The Raveonettes, Mew, Sia, Camera Obscura, Tokyo Police Club, Porcupine Tree, Old Crow Medicine Show, Aterciopalados, Bassnectar, Frightened Rabbit, Dirty South, Flying Lotus, Corinne Bailey Rae, Pretty Lights, Shooter Jennings, RX Bandits, The Almighty Defenders, Edward Sharp and the Magnetic Zeros, Craze & Klever, Zoe, The Temper Trap, Portugal. The Man, Band of Skulls, Girls, Beach House, Steel Train, Frank Turner. SUNDAY, APRIL 18: Gorillaz, Pavement, Thom Yorke????, Phoenix, Orbital, Spoon, Sly and the Family Stone, De La Soul, Julian Casablancas, Plastikman, Gary Numan, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Sunny Day Real Estate, Yo La Tengo, MUTEMATH, Deerhunter, Infected Mushroom, Club 75, Matt & Kim, The Big Pink, Gil Scott-Heron, King Khan and the Shrines, Florence and the Machine, Yann Tiersen, Little Boots, Miike Snow, Talvin Singh, Ceu, B.o.B., Babasonicos, Owen Pallett, The Glitch Mob, Mayer Hawthorne, Local Natives, Rusko, The Middle East, Hadouken!, The Soft Pack, Kevin Devine, Paparazzi, Delphic, One EskimO. 71261 false Coachella Festival... holy shit

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0 Ever.

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71260 false The coolest guitar ever made.

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2eiP12hQQY&feature=player_embedded

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71259 false Charting The Beatles

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http://www.mikemake.com/#72772/Charting-the-Beatles

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0 Neutral Milk Chocolate? I want.

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71256 false Chocolate Vinyl

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVM18iJTMZs

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0 I have chosen only singles to make life easier. I have given myself no limit with regard to time periods as emo has been around forever and was only given a name about 20 years ago. To me emo has always been about the presenting of a certain type of lyric on a classic musical canvas. Anyway a ‘proper’ emo list would just be Keane, Athlete and Belle and Sebastien and I hate 2 of them.

2010-01-15T10:26:53-05:00

Anyway, in no order - The Drug’s Don’t Work – The Verve Creep – Radiohead Seasons in the Sun – Terry Jacks This is How it Feels – Inspiral Carpets Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now – The Smiths The Ceder Room – The Doves Skinny Love – Bon Iver Say Hello, Wave Goodbye – Soft Cell Is There a Ghost – Band of Horses Love Will Tear You Apart – Joy Division 71253 false Top Tem Emo Singles

2010-01-16T21:41:42-05:00

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0 So a pipe froze and burst in my basement, which was filled with nearly 9 grand of musical equipment. Has anyone dealt with homeowners, what’s the likelyhood of them covering it, does anyone have horror stories or good news stories about dealing with homeowners?

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71232 false Homeowners insurance

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0 Has anyone heard this before? I love it!

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71231 false pow dida pow pow!!

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0YVvx5M-wUI&feature=fvw

0 I was completely unfamiliar with this piece and I’ve just been floored by it. A truly amazing piece of music by an amazing pianist.

2010-01-09T21:53:17-05:00

71230 false Franz Liszt's Paganini Etude #3 "La Campenella" performed by Nobuyuki Tsukii.

2010-01-10T21:20:55-05:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9fo3FoHDBc

0 Krist Novoselic pours gasoline on his credibility, lights match.

2010-01-07T16:17:16-05:00

71223 false Why I Agree With Bono

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http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2010/01/why_i_agree_with_bono.php

0 i posted this on twitter and fb earlier, but thought i’d share with you guys, too.

2010-01-06T16:16:08-05:00

it’s a comical npr blog about how the number one movie in the world and the number one song in the world. rightt now. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122261912 71219 false avatar and tik tok

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0 How to separate the useful info from the psudeo science when shopping for stereo equipment.

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71218 false Audiophoolery.

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http://www.skeptic.com/eskeptic/10-01-06

0 lady gaga

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71212 false Awesome.

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http://philadelphia.craigslist.org/muc/1536593102.html

0 Add more examples!

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71211 false Cliche chord progressions.

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http://www.vjmanzo.com/clients/clicheprogressions/index.php

0 Post your thoughts!

2010-01-04T18:18:13-05:00

71210 false Stream the new Vampire Weekend.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122213523&ft=1&f=98679384

0 hilarious.

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