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For something to truly be 'straight up blues' it has to follow a strict twelve bar I-IV-V kinda format... so sorry to be a stickler it's also hardly 'straight up bluegrass' but with the sound it has.. it shows it's 'roots' Seen 'Ghostworld?'... and now from the roots of the delta... BLUESHAMMER!

Tom Petty W/ Pearl Jam I'm a huge Petty fan, and PJ opened... and they are unbelievably good live... practically Godlike, they play the new stuff with the same level of intensity and perfection a the old 'Ten'era stuff... and this show was like oh.. 4 months after the release of the excellent 'Pearl Jam' and it was an almost two hour set.. and then Tom came on, and just blew my mind.. can't even explain it unless you've seen him live before.. I mean that guy IS rock'n'roll in it's purest, and it seemed like he had a deal worked with security at the Pepsi center, as no security was wondering the aisles, so when it got time to say the line 'let's roll another joint'... well the audience took the advice. Then I got to see Modest Mouse a bit ago... which is a closecloseclose second for best concert... it was the latest tour so Johnny Marr (from Morrissey's group) was playing with them... and he is amazing... basically it was a super-solid high energy, INTENSE concert in a general admission standing room only venue... lots of dancing and a hella good time.

It's more bluegrass than country- and it's a kickin' release, one of my fave from '07 It's not really that new for Plant- even back with Zep his bluegrass roots were pretty out in the open. You know, In My Time of Dying and When the Levee Breaks- all that good stuff.

Thanks for the greetings, of course I'm still listening to the blues- and rock, and the classics, a little hip hop and soul, some jazz, some new goodies, and whatever else my ear finds attractive. I am not currently in a band, as I've recently moved to Colorado- which has proven to be a kind of... cultural mecca for me, I'm attending a small contemporary music school, to work my jazz/rock chops up, so that I can be frickin' awesome in a year- so basically I just listen/play music all day and read a lot. Thanks for the 411, I figure I'll do a quick browse, then 'mark all as read' and pick up from there. oh yea- I'm still extremely outspoken and opinionated, but even more focused.. taking my power to a whole new level, peace homies.

Yo yo yo homies- I have strayed away from my fave message board for some time now- and well, there are like 10 thousand new posts on each bored... and I don't really have the energy or dedication to read each and everyone... so if anyone wants to gimme like a, 'suggested reading list' so that I can catch up on the interesting stuff, that'd be cool.

I really think that some Nick Drake shoulda been on the list... talk about depressing

I love Sebadoh! Have you heard their cover of Nick Drake's 'pink moon'? now that's a great track

Gigue is the more 'musical' way to spell it I guess.. But yeah I guess you could say I'm classically trained, I've been playing since I was 3 or 4, and yeah the 'classics' are strictly structured.. but when you get into advanced stuff, there's more and more room for expressionism, especially with pieces from the last 250 years or so, like right now I'm working on this AMAZING concerto, called the Baal shem, and it's based on Jewish folk music, and there are these amazing passages. Then there's the dark and heavy stuff... Bartok especially, I love that

I'm about 3/4 Irish, so of course I'm familiar with playing a gigue or two Not really my cup o' tea, but it sure is fun every now and then.

Well my IOC (instrument of choice ) is the violin, but I play a few other instruments to some proficiency, most stringed instruments, I'm a decent guitarist, but then to get the music degree that I'm going for I have to have a 'proficient' level in basically every instrument ever... it'll be fun

Nah, one of my best buddies is goin' to Concordia too, and he's a big strong norweigan... so I'm pretty set

Oh I get to lug my luggage all the way to the top floor... and of course my luggage is going to include all of my stereo components... and a fair portion of my record collection.. so yeehaw

I was lucky enough to see Tom Petty a month ago in St. Paul (it was my second time seeing Mr. Petty) The basic agreement in the music industry is that this is Tom and the Heartbreaker's final tour, so when my friend got two tickets I was fricken pumped. I didn't think it could get any better until I found out that Pearl Jam was the opening act! Pearl Jam came on first, and did an amazing hour and a half set, they ended it by covering 'keep on rockin' in the free world' Then Petty came on, and he rocked my socks off for two and a half hours. Then it was encore time, the first tune was 'you wreck me' then tom and the heartbreaker's did this amazing 15 minute jam... it was great. then the final number... Petty started playing the opener to 'American Girl' real soft, and then said "now, if y'all want something real special... you're all gonna have to cheer a little louder" the whole place just exploded in cheers and clapping... and then Eddie Vedder jumped out from side stage.... and did American Girl with Petty.... it was the coolest thing I've ever seen. If anybody has a chance to see Petty on this tour... GO!

I think that 'I Wanna be your dog' by the stooges should be there, especially if we're considering 'punk roots' what was it '68, or '69?

Nope, no 'slanted and enchanted' therefore the list... is totally worthless in my book

Actually, Indie is different than alternative. trust me. You see back in the early 90s 'indie' was in fact a recognizable form of music, most accurately defined by pavement. It's a combination of post-punk/noise/punk, Basically the sound is unrefined, yet has a strong sense of melody, lyrics are generally obscure/absurd. well, it's not different than alternative... it's a form of alternative. Like Nirvana was alternative... but definately not indie, follow? Now indie can describe a bands sound, but then the other definition has to deal with the type of label, generally a record label not associated with capital, warner, etc. is considered 'indie' it's very confusing. But then there's thurston moore's 'ecstatic peace' label, which is associated with a major label (I'm pretty sure it's warner, but don't hold me to it) technically disqualifying it from being a 'indie' label, but even moore will say that they sign 'indie' bands. And if you check out the bands on the label, there is definately a distinct sound. an 'indie' sound. the genre that I love

Pavement's 'crooked rain crooked rain' should be on there, it defined the 90s indie sound. If they're going to have neutral milk hotel and what not, pavement needs proper respect

I was wondering if anybody else on the s-facts boards is as into indie as I am right now. I've just recently fallen in love with the wonderful sounds of great indie music. I mean I've always loved Sonic Youth and their fellow post-punkers, and then I picked up 'crooked rain crooked rain' by Pavement, which caused me to get hooked on indie stuff. God it's great.

I nominate Sonic Youth's latest masterpiece, "Rather Ripped" This is their newest album, it came out sometime earlier this summer, and I made sure to grab it the day it came out. The Youth has had a string of excellent albums since the late 90s with stuff like Murray Street, NYC ghosts and flowers, sonic nurse, etc. and Rather Ripped definately keeps that trend alive. Sonic Youth decided to change their style a bit for the latest release. SY has been known (WELL known) for their jam style, a kind of free wheeling use of spiraling feedback. But that feel is pretty much absent from the tight and concise "Rather Ripped" "Rather Ripped" is easily SY's 'poppiest' album (as poppy as they could ever be) very few tracks extend over the four minute mark, and experimental feedback is at a minimum, making this disc one of the most accesible SY albums ever. There are some frickin' great tracks on this disc, I think there's only one or two songs that I skip over when I listen to it, and the two stand out tracks are the hard pounding, yet incredibly melodic 'incinerate' and the absolutely GORGEOUS 'Do you believe in Rapture' I feel totally confident in saying that 'Do you Believe in Rapture' is one of the prettiest, most beautiful songs to be released in the last five years or so... it's amazing. anyway, it's five in the morning, so if this is kinda hard to read, well... deal with it all you have to know is that this album rocks my socks off

thanks Edna, it's gonna be awesome (and I'm gonna start posting again) Concordia has, like, the no. 5 college touring orchestra in the world... so I'm pretty pumped to be in that, and this spring we go on a two week tour to the west, so I'll be in Seattle, CA, British Columbia... it'll be sweet

Music Performance with a minor in english (maybe a journalism thing... I dunno)

I don't know if y'all remember me, but I'm droppin' a line to say that I'm goin' to college in... like 18 days. I got a huge scholarship to Concordia college in Moorhead, so I'm pretty fricken pumped. yeeehaw

I'm pretty hooked on the Monkey's right now they're just so British, and Indy all at the same time.

Pavement. I frickin' love pavement... and anyone who has never heard Pavement needs to go buy Crooked Rain Crooked Rain right now! I order you in the name of alt rock! Then download Shady Lane and Spit on a Stranger. You will instantly love them

Vinyl is better than CDs in all counts. I personally find the sound on an old record far far far far far far far superior to the processed sound of CD, It's hard to explain but music just sounds 'fuller' on vinyl than it does on disc.