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Out 26 2009, 23h51 por The_Puzzler

This journal post does not contain any reviews!

Apologies for it appearing in the reviews section of these gigs but I had no idea that last.fm is set up to do that simply because I linked to each gig from this journal post. This post is for my own reference really and it's taken too long to write it out for me to be bothered to take it down or remove the links.

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Paul McCartney, Earls Court, ?? September 1993

Chas 'n' Dave, The 100 Club, 2006?

The Miles Hunt Club, Camden Dingwalls, 4 April 2002

Fleadh Festival 2002
The Pogues, Cornershop, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros, Gemma Hayes, and The Wonder Stuff
Finsbury Park, 8 June 2002

Ani DiFranco, Shepherds Bush Empire, 23 June 2002

Fun Lovin' Criminals, The Forum, 30 October 2002

Badly Drawn Boy, Brixton Academy, 10 December 2002

Miles Hunt, The Underworld, 20 December 2002

Paul McCartney, Earls Court, 18 April 2003

Eddi Reader, The Union Chapel, 5 June 2003

Queens of the Stone Age, Brixton Academy, 22 June 2003

Diana Krall, Kenwood House, 2 August 2003

The Jayhawks, Shepherds Bush Empire, 17 September 2003

Sam Brown, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 25 September 2003

The Grifters, The Garage, 24 October 2003

The Beautiful South, Shepherds Bush Empire, 21 November 2003

Blur, Brixton Academy, 2 December 2003

Sheryl Crow, Shepherds Bush Empire, 7 December 2003

Stereophonics, Earls Court, 16 December 2003

Damien Rice, Brixton Academy, 20 February 2004

The Saw Doctors, Shepherds Bush Empire, 28 February 2004

Jet, The Forum, 9 March 2004

One Generation 4 Another
Eric Clapton, Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings, Georgie Fame, Bob Geldof, Paul Carrack, Sam Brown, The Zombies, Geno Washington and Gary Brooker.
Royal Albert Hall, 15 March 2004

Tom Jones, Royal Albert Hall, 2 April 2004

Sam Brown, Jazz Cafe, 15 April 2004

Ash, Hammersmith Apollo, 30 May 2004

The Hives, Electric Ballroom, 3 June 2004

The Fleadh
Bob Dylan, Counting Crows, The Charlatans, Laura Veirs, and Delays
Finsbury Park, 20 June 2004

V Festival
The Killers, Kings of Leon, Dido, Jet, Faithless, Scissor Sisters, and The Charlatans
Hylands Park, 21 August 2004

Goldie Lookin' Chain, London Astoria, 22 October 2004

The Zutons, Shepherds Bush Empire, 26 October 2004

Franz Ferdinand, Brixton Academy, 30 October 2004

Hayseed Dixie, Islington Academy, 14 November 2004

Hayseed Dixie, Shepherds Bush Empire, 12 February 2005

London Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, 10 November 2005

Eagles of Death Metal, Electric Ballroom, 23 August 2006

Freshlyground, Shepherds Bush Empire, 22 September 2006

Muse, MEN Arena, 10 November 2006

Dropkick Murphys, Brixton Academy, 11 November 2006

Lez Zeppelin, Astoria 2, 11 February 2007

Bill Bailey, Anne Dudley & The BBC Concert Orchestra, Queen Elizabeth Hall, 26 February 2007

Sally Pryce Ensemble, Goldsmiths' Hall, 3 April 2007

Tool, Brixton Academy, 21 August 2007

Ash, Barrowlands Glasgow, 28 October 2007

Porcupine Tree, The Forum, 9 November 2007

Terrorvision, Manchester Academy 2, 23 November 2007

Queens of the Stone Age, Brixton Academy, 26 November 2007

Linkin Park, The O2 Arena, 29 January 2008

Crisis Consequences
Supergrass, Paul Weller, and Reverend and The Makers
Roundhouse, 2 March 2008

David Gray, Hammersmith Apollo, 20 March 2008

Dodgy, Shepherds Bush Empire, 28 March 2008

James, New Theatre – Oxford, 19 April 2008

The Raconteurs, Hammersmith Apollo, 14 May 2008

Robert Plant & Alison Krauss, Wembley Arena, 22 May 2008

Terrorvision, Shepherds Bush Empire, 24 May 2008

7 Seconds Of Love, Barfly Camden, 27 June 2008

Brian Wilson, Kenwood House, 28 June 2008

T In The Park
R.E.M., Rage Against the Machine, Kings of Leon, Amy Winehouse, The Fratellis, The Ting Tings, The Raconteurs, The Charlatans, Gabriella Cilmi, Biffy Clyro, Will Young, Robots in Disguise, Reverend and The Makers, Eddy Grant, and Shed Seven
Balado, 12-13 July 2008

Melody Gardot, Bloomsbury Theatre, 21 July 2008

The Dandy Warhols, Shepherds Bush Empire, 23 July 2008

The Wildhearts, Shepherds Bush Empire, 20 September 2008

Herbie Hancock, Barbican, 19 November 2008

The Wildhearts, Hammersmith Apollo, 10 December 2008

The Album Chart Show
Lady GaGa, VV Brown, and Gary Go
Koko, 4 February 2009

Chris Cornell, Scala, 23 February 2009

Jeffree Star, Islington Academy, 22 March 2009

Therapy?, Islington Academy, 5 May 2009

Manic Street Preachers, Roundhouse, 28 May 2009

Nine Inch Nails & Jane's Addiction, The O2 Arena, 15 July 2009

Sonisphere
Metallica, Linkin Park, Nine Inch Nails, Limp Bizkit, Alice in Chains, Bullet For My Valentine, Avenged Sevenfold, Machine Head, Lamb of God, and The Wildhearts
Knebworth Park, 1-2 August 2009

The Wildhearts, Shepherds Bush Empire, 1 October 2009

Pixies, Brixton Academy, 6 October 2009

Adrian Edmondson and the Bad Shepherds, Camden Dingwalls, 13 October 2009

Biffy Clyro, Brixton Academy, 12 November 2009

Monster Magnet, Koko, 6 December 2009

Nine Lessons & Carols for Godless People, Hammersmith Apollo, 20 December 2010

Henry Rollins, Royal Festival Hall, 15 January 2010

Billy Connolly, Hammersmith Apollo, 17 January 2010

Rammstein, Wembley Arena, 4 February 2010

Reef, Shepherds Bush Empire, 23 April 2010

Muse, Wembley Stadium, 10 September 2010

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Olho Neles! #1 - Robbie Williams prepara novo álbum...

Abr 27 2009, 18h15 por RaulRoque

Robbie Williams, sem barba, se diz animado com produção do novo álbum
27 de Abril de 2009 - 2:13 PM - São Paulo/Brasil

O ex-integrante do Take That e cantor britânico Robbie Williams afirmou hoje, em seu site oficial, estar bastante satisfeito com o processo de gravação de seu próximo álbum. Em seu blog, disse que "nunca esteve tão positivo sobre qualquer outra gravação antes". O próximo disco de Robbie ainda não tem data de lançamento e nome definidos, porém há especulações de que ele seja comercializado em meados de 2010 ou 2011. O último sucesso crítico dele foi com "Intensive Care" em 2005, que continha faixas que se tornaram bastante populares como Advertising Space e Tripping. Um ano depois, em 2006, ele ingressou na aventura sonora de "Rudebox", que lhe rendeu baixa e insatisfatória receptividade.

Ainda em seu site oficial, Robbie comentou que já foram compostas cerca de 50 músicas e que o trabalho está sendo árduo para diminuir a quantidade de faixas apropriadas ao CD que, segundo ele, terá algo em torno de 12 ou 14. Ele ainda ascrescentou que está trabalhando com o produtor Trevor Horn, mundialmente conhecido por suas contribuições ao Seal, Pet Shop Boys e as t.A.T.u.. Também falou sobre sua inspiração para a antiga barba: Paul McCartney, em um período logo depois do fim dos Beatles. Disse que achava muito legal e que gostaria de ter mantido ela por mais tempo.

Comentário Pessoal do Blogueiro:

Conheço pouco sobre ele e seus respectivos álbuns, mas o que mais me chama a atenção é exatamente Trevor Horn. Em uma das suas últimas colaborações, "Fundamental" do Pet Shop Boys, ele se mostrou incrivelmente talentoso e esbanjando a sua já típica competência. Trevor começou a sua carreira na música em um grupo pop dos anos oitenta chamado The Buggles (responsável pelo hit Video Killed The Radio Star; o clipe desta música, inclusive, foi o primeiro vídeo a ser transmitido pela MTV na época de sua estréia) para logo depois fundar o projeto musical Art of Noise com Anne Dudley, J.J. Jeczalik e tantos outros nomes reverenciáveis da indústria fonográfica. Trevor também produziu grupos como Yes, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Grace Jones e Lisa Stansfield nos anos oitenta e noventa. Além disso, voltando a Robbie, Advertising Space é linda e espero mesmo que ele nos presenteie com uma gravação fascinante, admirável e que preferivelmente, embora com a participação especial do Pet Shop Boys, o bom single She's Madonna e alguns momentos consideráveis, se distancie um pouco do descompromisso elaborado em seu último, "Rudebox", que pra mim, soou bastante inferior aos trabalhos anteriores dele. Talvez a meta tenha sido apenas diversão ou algum projeto particular sem fins publicitários...

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Chronology...

Nov 16 2008, 16h20 por skeksis86

1. Upcoming
Anathema - Horizons
The Wounded - Hail to the King
Dornenreich - Flammentriebe
Weena Morloch - Amok
The Kovenant - Aria Galactica
Das Ich - Ritual
Agalloch
Imperium Dekadenz

2. Album chronology
2009
DevilDriver - Pray For Villians: 8,5/10
Wardruna - Gap var Ginnunga: 8,5/10
Rammstein - Liebe ist für alle da: 8/10
Static X - Cult Of Static: 7,5/10
Marilyn Manson - The High End of Low: 7,5/10
Nargaroth - Jahreszeiten: 7/10
My Dying Bride - For Lies I Sire: 7/10
Deathstars - Night Electric Night: 7/10

2008
Eisregen - Knochenkult: 9/10
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - The Dark Knight OST: 8,5/10
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Nachtmystium - Assassins: 8/10
Tiamat - Amanethes: 8/10
Nine Inch Nails - The Slip: 8/10
Forest of Shadows - Six Waves Of Woe: 8/10
Oomph! - Monster: 8/10
Pain - Cynic Paradise: 8/10
ASP - Akaosma: 8/10
ASP - Zaubererbruder: 7,5/10
Woods of Ypres - Woods 3: 7,5/10
Dornenreich - In Luft Geritzt: 7,5/10
Slipknot - All Hope Is Gone: 7,5/10
Eisbrecher - Sünde: 7/10
Hanzel und Greytl - 2012: 7/10
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Licht: 7/10
Amon Amarth - Twilight of the Thunder God: 7/10
October Falls - The Womb of Primordial Nature: 7/10
Moonspell - Night Eternal: 7/10
Cavalera Conspiracy - Inflikted: 6,5/10
Grivf - Yggdrasil: 6,5/10
Dark Fortress - Eidolon: 6,5/10
Nachtmystium - Wordfall: 6,5/10
Agalloch - The White EP: 6/10
Nine Inch Nails - Ghosts I-IV: 6/10
Cradle of Fitlh - Godspeed On The Devil's Thunder: 6/10

2007
Samsas Traum - Heiliges Herz - Das Schwert deiner Sonne: 9/10
ASP - Requiembryo: 8,5/10
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Anaal Nathrakh - Hell Is Empty, and All the Devils Are Here: 8/10
DevilDriver - The Last Kind Words: 8/10
Seelenthron - Wege: 7,5/10
Devin Townsend - Ziltoid the Omniscient: 7,5/10
Static X - Cannibal: 7/10
Marilyn Manson - Eat Me, Drink Me: 7/10
John Murphy - 28 Weeks Later OST: 7/10
Radiohead - In Rainbows: 7/10
Imperium Dekadenz - Dämmerung Der Szenarien: 7/10
Eisregen - Blutbahnen: 7/10
The Vision Bleak - The Wolves Go Hunt Their Pray: 6/10
Arch Enemy - Rise of the Tyrant: 6/10
Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero: 5,5/10
Samsas Traum - Wenn Schwarzer Regen: 5,5/10

2006
Strapping Young Lad - The New Black: 9/10
Celtic Frost - Monotheist: 9/10
Agrypnie - F51.4: 8,5/10
Unheilig - Moderne Zeiten: 8,5/10
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David Galas - The Cataclysm: 8/10
Agalloch - Ashes Against the Grain: 8/10
Turmion Kätilöt - Pirum Nyrkki: 8/10
Eisbrecher - Antikörper: 7,5/10
Deathstars - Termination Bliss: 7,5/10
Das Ich - Lava: 7,5/10
Ajattara - Apare: 7/10
Lordi - The Arockalypse: 7/10
Transilvanian Beat Club - Willkommen im Club!: 7/10
Amon Amarth - With Oden on Our Side: 7/10
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Riders On The Storm: 7/10
Satyricon - Now Diabolical: 7/10
Kampfar - Kvass: 6,5/10
Oomph! - GlaubeLiebeTod: 6,5/10
My Dying Bride - a line of deathless kingst: 6/10
Cradle of Filth - Thornography: 5/10
Dornenreich - Durch Den Traum: 5/10

2005
Dornenreich - Hexenwind: 9/10
Strapping Young Lad - Alien: 8,5/10
Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard - Batman Begins OST: 8,5/10
ASP - Aus der Tiefe: 8,5/10
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Nine Inch Nails - With Teeth: 8/10
DevilDriver - The Fury Of Our Makers Hand: 8/10
System of a Down - Mezmerize: 8/10
Static X - Start A War: 8/10
Janus - Auferstehung: 8/10
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast 2005: 8/10
Arch Enemy - Doomsday Machine: 7,5/10
System of a Down - Hypnotize: 7,5/10
Forest of Shadows - Departure: 7/10
The Vision Bleak - Carpathia: 6,5/10
Nobuo Uematsu - Final Fantasy VII Advent Children OST: 6,5/10
Eisblut - Schlachtwerk: 6,5/10
Rammstein - Rosenrot: 6,5/10
Pain - Nothing Remains The Same: 6,5/10
Soulfly - Dark Ages: 6/10
Eisregen - Hexenhaus: 6/10

2004
Samsas Traum - a.Ura und das Schnecken.Haus: 9/10
The Vision Bleak - The Deathship Has a New Captain: 9/10
Oomph! - Wahrheit oder Pflicht: 8,5/10
Eisregen - Wundwasser: 8,5/10
Janus - Auferstehung: 8,5/10
The Wounded - Atlantic: 8,5/10
Woods of Ypres - Pursuit of the Sun & Allure of the Earth: 8,5/10
Ewigheim - Heimwege: 8,5/10
Rammstein - Reise, Reise: 8,5/10
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My Dying Bride - Songs of Darkness, Words of Light: 8/10
Slipknot - Vol. 3: (The Subliminal Verses): 8/10
Isis - Panopticon: 8/10
Das Ich - Lava: 8/10
Unheilig - Zelluloid: 8/10
Cradle of Filth - Nymphetamine: 7,5/10
Fear Factory - Archetype: 7/10
Eisbrecher - Eisbrecher: 6,5/10
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - All You Need Is Love: 6/10
Eden weint im Grab - Traumtrophäen Toter Trauertänzer: 6/10

2003
Strapping Young Lad - SYL: 9/10
Marilyn Manson - The Golden Age of Grotesque: 8,5/10
Anathema - A Natural Disaster: 8,5/10
Deathstars - Synthetic Generation: 8,5/10
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A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step: 8/10
Nargaroth - Geliebte des Regens: 8/10
Yann Tiersen - goodbye lenin! ost: 8/10
Korn - Take a Look in the Mirror: 7,5/10
Radiohead - Hail To The Thief: 7,5/10
Hanzel und Greytl - Uber alles: 7,5/10
Clan of Xymox - Farewell: 7,5/10
DevilDriver - Devildriver: 7,5/10
System of a Down - Steal This Album: 7/10
Cradle of Filth - Damnation and a Day: 7/10
Type 0 Negative - Life Is Killing Me: 7/10
Gothminister - Gothic Electronic Anthems: 7/10
ASP - Weltunter: 7/10
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - All You Need Is Love: 7/10
Tiamat - Pray: 6,5/10
Dimmu Borgir - Death Cult Armageddon: 6,5/10

2002
Empyrium - Weiland: 9/10
Isis - Oceanic: 9/10
Korn - Untouchables: 9/10
Nine Inch Nails - All That Could Have Been: 8,5/10
Nine Inch Nails - Still: 8,5/10
Anathema - A Fine Day to Exit: 8,5/10
Agalloch - The Mantle: 8,5/10
The Kovenant - S.E.T.I.: 8,5/10
Soulfly - Primitiv: 8,5/10
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Ewigheim - Mord nicht ohne Grund: 8/10
Das Ich - Anti Christ: 8/10
James Horner - A Beautiful Mind OST: 7,5/10
The Wounded - Monument: 7/10
John Murphy - 28 Days Later OST: 7/10
Steve Von Till - If I Should Fall To The Field: 7/10
Pain - Nothing Remains The Same: 6,5/10
Stone Sour - Stone Sour: 6/10
Tiamat - Judas Christ: 6/10
Lordi - Get Heavy: 6/10
And Oceans - Cypher: 6/10

2001
Slipknot - Iowa: 9/10
Rammstein - Mutter: 9/10
ASP - Duett: 8,5/10
Cradle of Filth - Bitter Suites to Succubi: 8,5/10
System of a Down - Toxicity: 8,5/10
Eisregen - Farbenfinsternis: 8,5/10
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Nargaroth - Black Metal ist Krieg: 8/10
The Vision Bleak - Songs Of Good Taste: 7,5/10
Oomph! - Ego: 7,5/10
Katatonia - Last Fair Deal Gone Down: 7,5/10
Yann Tiersen - Le Fabuleux Destin d'Amélie Poulain: 7/10
My Dying Bride - The Dreadful Hours: 7/10
Dimmu Borgir - Puritanical Euphoric Misanthropia: 7/10
Starsailor - Love Is Here: 6,5/10

2000
Marilyn Manson - Holy Wood: 10/10
Eisregen - Leichenlager: 9/10
Janus - Schlafende Hunde: 9/10
Cradle of Filth - Midian: 8,5/10
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Air - The Virgin Suicides: 8/10
A Silver Mt. Zion - He Has Left Us Alone But Shafts of Light Sometimes Grace the Corners of Our Rooms: 8/10
Mychael Danna - Girl, Interrupted OST: 7,5/10
Johnny Cash - American III: 7,5/10
Dornenreich - Her von welken Nächten: 7,5/10
The Kovenant - Animatronic: 7,5/10
Devin Townsend - Physicist: 7,5/10
ASP - Hast Du Mich Vermisst?: 7/10
Radiohead - Kid A: 7/10
Gary Numan - Pure: 6,5/10
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - All You Need Is Love: 6/10
Steve Von Till - As the Crow Flies: 6/10

1999
Nine Inch Nails - The Fragile: 10/10
Slipknot - Slipknot: 9/10
Korn - iSsues: 9/10
Empyrium - Where at Night the Wood Grouse Plays: 8,5/10
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My Dying Bride - The Light at the End of the World: 7,5/10
Cradle of Filth - From the Cradle to Enslave: 7,5/10
System of a Down - System of a Down: 7,5/10
Anathema - Judgement: 7/10
Autumnblaze - Dämmerelbentragödie: 7/10
Katatonia - Tonight's Decision: 6/10
Agalloch - Pale Folklore: 6/10
Tiamat - Skeleton Skeletron: 5/10

1998
Marilyn Manson - Mechanical Animals: 9/10
Janus - Vater: 9/10
VAST - VAST: 8,5/10
Eisregen - Krebskolonie: 8,5/10
Katatonia - Discouraged Ones: 8,5/10
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - F#A#oo: 8,5/10
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Anne Dudley - American History X OST: 8/10
The Smashing Pumpkins - Ava Adore: 7,5/10
Das Ich - Egodram: 7,5/10
Cradle of Filth - Cruelty and the Beast: 7/10
Nargaroth - Herbstleyd: 7/10
Rob Zombie - Hellbilly Deluxe: 7/10
Oomph! - Unrein: 6/10

1997
Empyrium - Songs Of Moor And Misty Fields: 10/10
Strapping Young Lad - City: 9,5/10
Rammstein - Sehnsucht: 9/10
Radiohead - OK Computer: 9/10
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HIM - Greatest Love Songs Vol. 666: 6,5/10
Tiamat - A Deeper Kind of Slumber: 6,5/10
Dimmu Borgir - Enthrone Darkness Triumphant: 6,5/10

1996
Marilyn Manson - Antichrist Superstar: 9/10
Empyrium - A Wintersunset: 9/10
Burzum - Filosofem: 8,5/10
Moonspell - Irreligious: 8,5/10
Katatonia - Brave Murder Day: 8,5/10
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Hans Zimmer - The Rock OST: 8/10
Dimmu Borgir - Stormblast: 7/10
Dreadful Shadows - Burried Again: 7/10
Current 93 - All the Pretty Little Horses: 7/10
Cradle of Fitlh - Dusk And Her Embrace: 6,5/10

1995
Rammstein - Herzeleid: 8,5/10
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My Dying Bride - The Angel and the Dark River: 7,5/10
Paradise Lost - Draconian Times: 7,5/10
Strapping Young Lad - Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing: 7,5/10
Marilyn Manson - Smells Like Children EP: 7/10
The Smashing Pumpkins - Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness: 6,5/10

1994
Nine Inch Nails - Downward Spiral: 9,5/10
Tiamat - Wildhoney: 9,5/10
Marilyn Manson - Portrait of an American Family: 8,5/10
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In the woods - Heart Of The Ages: 7/10
Front Line Assembly - Millenium: 7/10
Das Ich - Staub: 6/10
Cradle of Filth - The Principle of Evil Made Flesh: 5/10

3. Song chronology

1999
01 Nine Inch Nails - the day the world went away
02 My Dying Bride - she is the dark
03 Empyrium - where at night the wood grouse plays
04 Nine Inch Nails - just like you imagined

1998
01 Godspeed You! Black Emperor - east hastings
02 VAST - touched
03 Marilyn Manson - great big white world

1997
01 Empyrium - mourners
02 Strappin Young Lad - detox
03 Empyrium - ode to melancholy
04 Radiohead - lucky?
05 Tiamat - cold seed

1996
01 Marilyn Manson - the reflecting god
02 Marilyn Manson - the beautiful people
03 Burzum - erblicket die töchter des firmaments
4 Katatonia - rainroom

1995
01 Marilyn Manson/Eurythmics - sweet dreams are made of this
02 My Dying Bride - the cry of mankind
03 Rammstein - asche zu asche

1994
01 Tiamat - whatever that hurts
02 Nine Inch Nails/Joy Division - dead souls
03 Tiamat - do you dream of me?
04 Nine Inch Nails - ruiner

4. Personal Top 45
2009
00 Godspeed You Black Emperor - east hastings
00 Static X - lunatic
00 Michael Giacchino - Juliette Is Lost
00 My Dying Bride - she is the dark
00 DevilDriver - waiting for november
00 Samsas Traum - sisyphos
00 Godspeed You Black Emperor - the dead blue flags
00 Samsas Traum - die zärtlichkeit der verdammten
00 Botany Bay - voices
00 Heaven Shall Burn Tiamat- whatever that hurts
00 SIG:AR:TYR - blood of the north
00 Two Steps From Hell - freedom fighters
00 Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - feuer
00 Wardruna - hagall
00 Samsas Traum - blut ist in der waschmuschel
00 ASP - variete obscure
00 ASP - spiegel
00 Celtic Frost - grounded
00 Leonard Cohen - watining for the miracle
00 Samsas Traum - der wald der vergessenen puppen
00 Queens Of The Stone Edge - everybody knows that you're insane
00 Weena Morloch - kugel im gesicht
00 Godspeed You Black Emperor - rockets fall on rocket falls

2008
01 My Dying Bride - she is the dark
02 Godspeed You Black Emperor - east hastings
03 Samsas Traum - das zeitalter der bäume
04 Eisregen - stahlschwarzschwanger
05 Ghinzu - blow
06 My Dying Bride - the prize of beauty
07 Samsas Traum - blut ist in der waschmuschel
08 Samsas Traum- der wald der vergessenen puppen
09 Samsas Traum- dort oben sterben tiere
10 Samsas Traum - für immer
11 Agrypnie-kerkerseelenwanderung
12 Anaal Nathrak-lama sabachthani
13 ASP-abschied
14 ASP-spiegel
15 ASP-fluchtversuch
16 Black Autumn-ophelia
17 Blanka-i smell of you
18 Carla Bozulich-pissing
19 Current 93-all the pretty little horses
20 David Galas-glory
21 Dead Can Dance-the host of seraphim
22 Einstürzende Neubauten-was ist ist
23 Eisregen-knochenkult
24 Forest of Shadows-selfdestructive
25 Ghinzu-21st century crooners
26 Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard-Harvey Two-Face
27 James Horner-looking for the next great idea
28 Janus-isaak
29 Janus-lolita
30 Janus-saitenspie
31 Karna-in the darkness
32 Katatonia-transpire
33 Nachtmystium-assassins
34 Patti Smith-smells like teen spirit
35 Samsas Traum-der name im kristall
36 Samsas Traum-die zähne in der hand
37 Samsas Traum-mohn auf weißen laken
38 Samsas Traum-tag stummer rache
39 SIG:AR:TYR - Etched in Stone
40 SYL-room 429
41 Tiamat-The Temple Of The Crescent Moon
42 Tweaker-cauterized
43 Weena Morloch-kugel im gesicht
44 Woods of Ypres-the northern cold
45 Woods of Ypres-the sun was in my eyes

2007
01 Tiamat - whatever that hurts
02 Wim Mertens - struggle for pleasure
03 Tiamat - do of dream of me
04 A Silver Mt. Zion - sit in the middle of three..
05 Clint Mansell - lux aeterna
06 Cradle of Filth - all hope in eclipse
07 Ludovico Einaudi - primavera
08 Tiamat - gaia
09 Tiamat - the ar
10 VAST - touched
11 ASP-kokon
12 Atomic-sleeper
13 Blur-sing
14 Burzum-erblicket die töchter des firmaments
15 Das Ich-dorn
16 David Galas-the harvest
17 DevilDriver-these fighting words
18 Devin Townsend-planet smasher
19 Dreadful Shadows-chains
20 Empyrium-ode to melancholy
21 Empyrium-the franconian woods in winters silence
22 Empyrium-where at night the wood grouse plays
23 Frontline Assembly-millenium
24 Gary Jules-mad world
25 Hans Zimmer & James Newton Howard-myotis
26 Hanzel und Gretyl-third reich from the sun
27 In the woods-moruning the death of asse
28 In the woods-yearning the seeds of a new dimension
29 Janus-dorinas bild
30 Janus-gescheitert
31 Johny Cash-the mercy seat
32 Korn-right now
33 mANSOn-great big white world
34 Metallica-orion
35 My Dying Bride-cry of mankind
36 My Dying Bride-she is the dark
37 My Dying Bride-the dreadful hours
38 My Dying Bride-the wreckage of my flesh
39 Nine Inch Nails-survivalism
40 Pink Floyd-comfortably numb
41 Samsas Traum-heiliges herz
42 Smashing Pumpkins-disarm
43 Tiamat-cold seed
44 Turmion Kätilöt-mistä veri pakenee
45 Weena Morloch-kugel im gesicht

2006
01 Nine Inch Nails - dead souls
02 Clan of Xymox - farewell
03 Empyrium - mourners
04 Das Ich - reflex
05 Dimmu Borgir - broderskaptes ring 2006
06 Michael Shields - ginger snaps theme
07 NIN - ruiner
08 Public Image Limited - the order of death
09 Radiohead - street spirit
10 SYL - consequence
11 Akira Yamaoka-silent hill main theme
12 Anathema-closer
13 Arch Enemy-my apocalypse
14 ASP-beschwörung
15 ASP-kokon
16 ASP-schwarzes blut
17 Autumnblaze-it never felt like this before
18 Burzum-erblicket die töchter des firmaments
19 Celtic Frost-ground
20 Cliff Eidelman-the battle for peace
21 Cradle of Filth-sleepless
22 Das Ich-reanimat
23 Die Apokalyptischen Reiter-eruption
24 Dornenreich-zu träumen wecke sich wer kann
25 Empyrium-ode to melancholy
26 Empyrium-the blue mists of night
27 Empyrium-under dreamskies
28 Empyrium-where at night the wood grouse plays
29 Hans Zimmer-hummell gets the rocket
30 John Murphy-in the house, in a heartbeat
31 KCE Japan Sound Team-discovery
32 Lycia-the body electric
33 mANSOn-crucifiction in space
34 Nargaroth-black metal ist krieg
35 NIN-eraser
36 NIN-the day the world went away
37 NIN-wish
38 Radiohead-idioteque
39 Radiohead-lucky?
40 Slipknot-prelude 3.0
41 Sun of the Sleepless-romanze zur nacht
42 SYL-decimator
43 SYL-you suck
44 SYL-zen
45 The Smashing Pumpkins-mellon collie and the infinite sadness

2005
01 Nine Inch Nails - the day the world went away
02 Strapping Young Lad - detox
03 Nine Inch Nails - beside you in time
04 Das Ich - Gott ist Tod
05 Empyrium - Mourners
06 mANSOn - A place in the dirt
07 Nine Inch Nails - just like you imagined
08 Nine Inch Nails - We´re in this together
09 SYL - Last Minute
10 SYL - Underneath the waves
11 Amon Amarth-An Acient Sign of an coming storm
12 Anathema-Release
13 Cradle of Filth-Chutulu Dawn
14 Cradle of Filth-From the Cradle to enslave
15 DevilDriver-The Fury of our makers hand
16 Die Apokalyptischen Reiter - Erhelle meine Seele
17 Eisregen-Mein Eichensarg
18 Eisregen-Salz der Erde
19 Empyrium-Under Dreamskies
20 Ewigheim-Ein Böser Scherz
21 Ewigheim-Leib im Laub
22 Katatonia-Rainroom
23 Korn-Blame
24 Korn-Falling away from me
25 Isis-Carry
26 mANSOn-The Nobodies
27 mANSOn-The Reflecting God
28 NIN-Into the void
29 NIN-The Big comedown
30 NIN-You know what you are
31 Oomph!-Unsere Rettung
32 Pain-Shut your mouth
33 Radiohead-Exit Music
34 Rammstein-Tier
35 SOAD-Sad Statue
36 Slipknot-Metabolic
37 Slipknot-New Abortion
38 SYL-Aftermath
39 SYL-Oh my fucking god
40 SYL-Relentless
41 SYL-Shitstorm
42 SYL-SYL
43 The Kovenant-Stillborn Universe
44 The Vision Bleak-Dreams in the witchhouse
45 The Vision Bleak-The Lone Night Rider

NIN = 3* 2 + 2*3 + 4+5 + 2*3 + 3 +5 +2= 37
SYL 5*2 + 2*3 + 4 _ + 3*2 + 3 + 2= 31
samsas traum 2 + 2*4 + 4 *3 + 4 =26
Empyrium 2 +3 +2*4 + 4 + 2*3= 23
tiamat 2 + 2 *3 +9 + 2= 19
My dying bride 4*2 + 3 +5= 16
Asp 3*2 + 2 + 2*3 =14
Manson 2 + 2 +3 +2 + 2= 11
Das Ich 3 +2 + 3 + 2 = 10
janus 2*2 + 2*3=10
Cradle Of Filth 2 * 2 +2 + 3= 9
Radiohead 2 +2*2 + 3= 9
Eisregen 2 + 2 +2 + 3= 9
Slipknot = 2 + 2_+2 =6
Korn 2 + 2 +2 = 6
ghinzu 2 +3 =5
woods of ypres 2+2=4
The Vision Bleak 2 + 2 = 4
Ewigheim 2 + 2 = 4
Die Apokalyptischen Reiter 2 + 2= 4
Anathema 2 + 2= 4
The Smashing Pumpkins 2 + 2 = 4
in the woods 2*2 =4
Devildriver 2 + 2 = 4
burzum 2 + 2 =4
weena morloch 2 +2 =4
Katatonia 2 + 2= 4
hans zimmer & james newton howard 2 + 2=4
david galas 2 + 2= 4
clan of xymox 4 = 4
wim mertens4 = 4
ludovico einaudi 3=3
public image limited 3=3
michael shields 3=3
dimmu borgir 3=3
vast 3=3
clint mansell 3=3
a silver mt. zion 3=3
The Kovenant - SOAD - Isis - Rammstein - Pain - Oomph - Amon Amarth - SOTS - nargaroth - lycia -KCE Japan Sound Team - John Murphy - hans zimmer - dornenreich - cliff eidelman - celtic frost - autumnblaze - arch enemy - akira yamaoka - turmion kätilöt - pink floyd - metallica - johny cash - hanzel und gretyl - gary jules - frontline assembly -dreadful shadows - devin townsend - blur - atomic - tweaker - SIG:AR:TYR - patti smith - nachtmystium - karna -james horner - forest of shadows - einstürzende neubauten - dead can dance - current 93 - carla bozulich - blanka - black autumn - anaal nathrak - agrypnie

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The list of my truly favourite artists

Jun 27 2008, 19h17 por Soshial

Post-rock artists:
1) Sigur Rós
2) Explosions in the Sky
3) God Is an Astronaut
4) A Silver Mt. Zion
5) Godspeed You! Black Emperor

Neoclassic / new age / ambient artists:
I. Adorable:
1) Alexandre Desplat
2) Ludovico Einaudi
3) Paul Schwartz
5) Ashram
6) Deuter
7) Jeff Beal
8) Zbigniew Preisner
9) Yann Tiersen
10) Алексей Айги
11) Max Richter
12) Mythos
13) Philip Glass
14) Secret Garden
15) Klaus Badelt
16) Bruno Coulais

II. Very good:
17) 2002
18) Anne Dudley
19) Rondo Veneziano
20) Sylvain Chauveau
21) E.S. Posthumus
22) Globus
23) Divine Works
24) Dario Marianelli
25) Enigma
26) Enya
27) Era
28) Hans Zimmer
29) Harry Gregson-Williams
30) Jeremy Soule
31) Kevin Kern
32) Vangelis

Out of genre:
Bruno Sanfilippo
Carbon Based Lifeforms
Dust Heaven
Emma Shapplin
Flёur
Олеся
Лихолесье
Ветер воды
T.A.T.U
Vortex Involute
Lothlórien

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These TRULY deserved the Academy Award (2000-1991)

Jun 12 2008, 18h25 por Epitymbidia

This is the second part of eight I will write about what I consider to be music for movies, films, screenplays or whatever you want to call it that deserves to be awarded with the Oscar.
As I wrote in the last journal entry I originally only thought about my opinion concerning this "honour" to create my personal tag "this truly deserves the academy award"

However, this entry will be a little different from the others as in the years 1996-'99 two Oscars were given, one for the Music Score of a Dramatic Picture and one for a Comedy Picture.

Here are links to the other journal entries belonging to this (still shamefully incomplete) series:

Part 1 (2008-2001)
Part 3 (1990-1981)

2000

2000 was the initial year, so to speak, for writing these journals, as I realised that Rachel Portman's absolutely phantastic work for "The Cider House Rules" wasn't the winner. Although I am very contended with the fact that John Corigliano received the award for "The Red Violin", which I enjoy every time I listen to it (as much as the film, by the way, which to watch is quite pleasurable), I just think that Portman's score is simply amazingly beautiful and was truly the best that year. It must have been quite a hard choice nonetheless, as the other competing scores were Thomas Newman's "American Beauty", John Williams's "Angela's Ashes" and Gabriel Yared's "The Talented Mr. Ripley", all of which are truly phantastic. So, although I would have chosen another one, those nominations left actually nothing to wish.

1999

'99 was the last year so far in which two composers were awarded, and Stephen Warbeck received one statue for his music for "Shakespeare in Love" in the category comedy or musical picture. This is totally fine with me, as this work is lovely and pretty, whereas I really don't like, for example, "The Prince Of Egypt". Hans Zimmer was nominated for the music and Stephen Schwartz for the featured songs, and I REALLY can't stand those Disney movies with all that ridiculous singing. And to be honest, I find Zimmer's music most of the time just boring. Oh, speaking of Disney, another nominated film was "Mulan", composed by Jerry Goldsmith, Matthew Wilder and David Zippel... Then there was Randy Newman's "A Bug's Life", and I only mention it here because I find it quite intruiging that this movie is based on the main idea of Akira Kurosawa's movie "The Seven Samurai". I'm not interested in Newman's music that much though.

The awarded composer for a dramatic picture was Nicola Piovani with "La Vita è Bella". I find this choice quite inacceptable. Even John Williams's "Saving Private Ryan" would have been a better choice, but there was also David Hirschfelder's GORGEOUS composition for "Elizabeth"! The other two were "The Thin Red Line" by Zimmer and "Pleasantville" by Newman, and as I said before, I have ressentiments against these two composers, so my choice is absolutely clear.

1998

I'm really happy that Anne Dudley won the Oscar, as her work for "The Full Monty" is quite nice, BUT I would be happier if she had composed "My Best Friend's Wedding", but as that's not the case I'm sorry but have to present James Newton Howard with the naked man. I mean, as much as I admire Danny Elfman, I would not believe if someone would tell me that "Men in Black" is worth the award.

Ha, surely I will not please most of the people who enjoy listening to filmmusic with this entry, but as I believe that not many will read what I write this doesn't matter - and I wouldn't care anyway. But, you see, I simply don't think that James Horner's composition for "Titanic" deserved the Oscar that year, but John Williams for "Amistad" actually did... Oh, of course the other three are quite wonderful also, namely "Good Will Hunting", "Kundun" and "L.A. Confidential", but Williams music is just so very EPIC and underlines the movie SO GOOD...

1997

Aah, '97 was such a wonderful year, was it not? The two awarded scores are PHANTASTIC, and most of the other nominees are too. But first things first: The most gorgeous Rachel Portman received, as the first woman ever in the history of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, an Academy Award of Merit for her music for the adaption for the screen of Jane Austen's wonderful "Emma"!!! I shed myriads of joyful tears every time I listen to it. Um, anyway, forget it, but isn't that score just GREAT? However, strangely enough this year saw one of the few scores by Randy Newman which I quite like, and even more strange is the fact that I even like the movie: "James and the Giant Peach". And I also enjoyed watching "The First Wives Club" and listen to Marc Shaiman's music... But the mainly important thing is, of course, that Rachel won.

Oh, how deep was my desire to chose Patrick Doyle's incredible music for "Hamlet" to be the score that deserves the award the most, but, actually, I cannot change it, Gabriel Yared's "The English Patient" is just insanely wonderful. (But let me tell you this: it's not that bad and Mister Doyle has no reason to be miserable about not being chosen, as he won the award the year before. Well, um, actually he didn't, but in MY world he did...)

1996

My goodness, Disney again. And, how awful is this: "Pocahontas"! Alan Menken won the Oscar together with Stephen Schwartz for that terrible music composed for that terrible movie. No no, that's not acceptable. I chosed Thomas Newman and his score for "Unstrung Heroes" instead. Surely most of you would say that Randy Newman (again that person) was the one who deserved the award for "Toy Story", but, believe me, that's just not true...

Ah yes, here it is: Patrick Doyle's award-winning music for "Sense and Sensibility", Jane Austen of course, again Jane Austen, it couldn't be anything else... That beautiful music for that lovely movie, casting Emma Thompson, who won an academy award for the best adapted script and was also nominated for the best leading role. Well, actually "Il Postino" won, composed by Luis Enríquez Bacalov (or just Luis Bacalov if you want). How VERY laughable! I mean, PLEASE, another nominated score that year was "Braveheart", another one "Apollo 13", and one of those would have been a really good choice, but "IL POSTINO"? That's just not fair.

1995

1995, another year of pure disgrace. Four phantastic compositions were nominated, and one shitty piece of crap. Now guess which of those won? Yes, you're right, the shitty piece of crap did. This is so disappointing. I mean, we had Thomas Newman with "The Shawshank Redemption" and with "Little Women", both of which are stunningly beautiful, then there was "Forrest Gump", and Alan Silvestri did such a good job with it, and don't forget Elliot Goldenthal's "Interview With The Vampire", which also is so wonderful. All those works are incredible, but who won instead? Hans Zimmer did, with "The Lion King", that horrible movie that is decorated with those atrocious songs written by Elton John. I even can't understand why it was nominated at all. Anyway, I believe that "Little Women" was the outstanding composition that year, and thus award it myself.

1994

1994 the winning score was "Schindler's List" by John Williams. Truly his music - for a wonderful movie by the way - is very good... but I had to choose between two compostions which are better, more differentiated, more expressive - and less "affirmative", so to speak. Elmer Bernstein's "The Age Of Innocence" is the first one. What a pleasurable surprise it was to see that this wonderful composition was nominated for an award (I didn't knew that before...), but, unfortunately for this work, a breathtaking gem was also nominated: Richard Robbins's "The Remains of the Day". This needs no further explanation, it's simply one of the best filmscores I have ever listened to. But surely you realised that this again is a score for a film that featured Emma Thompson...

1993

One year before the nomination for "The Remains of the Day" Richard Robbins was nominated for "Howards End", another of all those phantastic movies produced by Merchant Ivory Productions for which Robbins composed the score (and in which Emma Thompson played a wonderful leading role). Of course he didn't win. The responsable people truly were all idiots as they decided that (Argh, I can't write that name again) a Disney film featured the best music: Alan Menken's "Aladdin"... There was this wonderful, wonderful work done by Mark Isham for "A River Runs Through It", and there was John Barry's "Chaplin", which is also just great - but they chosed Menken, what is especially so very terrible because this wasn't the first time. In fact, it was his THIRD award...

1992

The second time Alan Menken was the "winner" of the Oscar wasn't such a horrible choice in my opinion as his work for "Beauty and the Beast" is really quite nice - but nothing more, and thus it didn't deserve the award. What I believe instead to be the one score in 1992 which is outstanding enough is James Newton Howard's "The Prince of Tides". Oh, John Williams's "JFK", of course, is really good though.

1991

1991 saw three phantastic Oscar-nominations, Maurice Jarre's "Ghost", Dave Grusin's "Havana" and John Barry's "Dances With Wolves", and I am very happy that Barry's insanely beautiful compostition was awarded. I have to admit though, that I would have agreed to any other of those three to be the best anyway...

You can continue with Part 3 (1990-1981) if you like.

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What country are your top 50 artists from?

Mar 19 2008, 16h50 por skeksis86

interesting..

USA (13):
6. Nine Inch Nails
7. Marilyn Manson
16. DevilDriver
20. David Galas
21. Static-X
28. Lycia
29. Agalloch
33. Korn
39. Jerry Goldsmith
41. The Smashing Pumpkins
42. Swans
48. VAST
50. Hanzel und Gretyl

Germany (11):
1. Samsas Traum
4. Janus
5. ASP
9. Hans Zimmer
13. Empyrium
22. The Vision Bleak
32. Eisregen
36. Rammstein
38. Imperium Dekadenz
43. Dreadful Shadows
47. Oomph!

UK (10):
3. My Dying Bride
8. Pink Floyd
16. Paradise Lost
18. Cradle of Filth
24. Clint Mansell
25. Anathema
31. Anne Dudley
35. Radiohead
46. John Murphy
50. Harry Gregson-Williams

Canada (5):
10. Strapping Young Lad
12. Woods of Ypres
22. Devin Townsend
44. Mychael Danna
48. Front Line Assembly

Sweden (4):
2. Tiamat
34. Katatonia
36. Shining
40. Lifelover

Japan (2):
15. Akira Yamaoka
25. Nobuo Uematsu

Norway (2):
30. Dimmu Borgir
44. In the Woods...

Portugal (1):
11. Moonspell

France (1):
14. Yann Tiersen

Finland (1):
19. Turmion Kätilöt

Netherlands (1):
27. The Wounded

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Tristão & Isolda

Dez 29 2007, 19h30 por loopzig

Título Original: Tristan + Isolde
Gênero: Romance
Tempo de Duração: 125 minutos
Ano de Lançamento (EUA): 2006
Site Oficial: www.tristaoeisolda.com.br
Estúdio: Scott Free Productions / Epsilon Motion Pictures / Word 2000 Entertainment / QI Quality International GmbH & Co. KG / ApolloProMedia GmbH & Co. 1 Filmproduktion KG / Franchise Pictures / Stillking Films
Distribuição: 20th Century Fox Film Corporation / Warner Bros. / Europa Filmes
Direção: Kevin Reynolds
Roteiro: Dean Georgaris
Produção: Moshe DiamantLiza Ellzey, Giannina Facio e Elie Samaha
Música: Anne Dudley
Gravadora: Varese Sarabande
Fotografia: Arthur Reinhart
Desenho de Produção: Mark Geraghty
Figurino: Maurizio Millenotti
Edição: Peter Boyle
Efeitos Especiais: Cine Image Film Opticals Ltd.

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After a long season, memming is back!

Nov 30 2007, 19h52 por green-tangerine

Put your music player on shuffle
Post the first 40 songs that come up. You can repeat artists if you want. If you have any repeats, skip to the next track.

1. I miss you (Björk)
2. Come Home (Placebo)
3. Be Natural (Manic Street Preachers)
4. Cast No Shadow (Oasis)
5. Obstacle 1 (Interpol)
6. Lost in a Dream (Shivaree)
7. To be Myself Completely (Belle & Sebastian)
8. I Spy (Pulp)
9. Álafoss (Sígur Ros)
10. No Christmas While I’m Talking (The Walkmen)
11. Take Five (Dave Brubeck Quartet)
12. There She Goes Again (The Velvet Underground)
13. Acres Wild (Jethro Tull)
14. Fine Tuning (Arab Strap)
15. Can’t take my eyes off You (Manic Street Preachers)
16. It’s a Motherfucker (Eels)
17. Wait a Minute (Frank Zappa)
18. Radio Sweetheart (Elvis Costello)
19. The Spark That Bled (The Flaming Lips)
20. All Neon Like (Björk)
21. Precious (Depeche Mode)
22. Scarecrow (Beck)
23. Sorted for E’s & Wizz (Pulp)
24. My Sweet Prince (Placebo)
25. Love Field (Elvis Costello)
26. Bring Me The Disco King (David Bowie)
27. Fingers in The Factories (Editors)
28. Pilar (Los Toreros Muertos)
29. Your Hand in Mine (Explosions in the Sky)
30. Bullet With Butterfly Wings (The Smashing Pumpkins)
31. Across the Universe (The Beatles)
32. Romix (Miranda)
33. Chemo Limo (Regina Spektor)
34. Mood for a Day (Yes)
35. Cupid Come (My Bloody Valentine)
36. Formentera Lady (King Crimson)
37. Colours (Editors)
38. Birdman (Ride)
39. Your Time is gonna come (Led Zeppelin)
40. Meanwhile In The Berkley Square (Anne Dudley)

- Which song do you prefer, #1 or #40?
Well even though I love Björk, I prefer anything to that particular song of her. So 40.

- Have you ever listened to #12 continuously on repeat?
Uff, like a thousand

- What album is #26 from?
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars

- What do you think about the artist who did #15?
Well I haven’t gotten very familyiar with them so there’s not too much I can say, I think they’re good, though.

- Is #19 one of your favorite songs?
Not really

- Who does #38 remind you of?
Well, the song doesn’t really ring a bell, but the band does.

- Does #20 have better lyrics or music?
Hm, I’d have to say music, it’s fascinating

- Do any of your friends like #3?
Hm, only one that I know of

- Is #33 from a movie soundtrack?
No, but it would be a good one

- Is #18 overplayed on the radio?
Heh, I don’t really know, it’s not a very recent song, really.

- What does #21 remind you of?
Of Peppe, =)

- Which song do you prefer, #5 or #22?
5! 5! 5! Interpol is pure love, baby!

- What album is #17 from?
Sheik Yerbouti .

- When did you first hear #39?
About 3 years ago, on one of those lovely green lamp lighted afternoons, I suppose. .

- When did you first hear #7?
Don’t really recall, it might have been on a birthday party. .

- What genre is #8?
Everlasting and timeless Britpop!

- Do any of your friends like #14?
I know of one who does ;) .

- What color does #4 remind you of?
Not sure… black I guess.

- Have you ever blasted #11 on your stereo?
No, it’s not blasting material

- What genre is #37?
Hm, hard to define. Something in the lines of indie, but I don’t like to call them that.

- Can you play #13 on any instrument?
Damm, if I could I’d be the happiest girl in the world.

- What is your favorite lyric from #30?
…Sais Sadly.

- What is your favorite lyric from #23?
Common People!!!

- Would you recommend #24 to your friends?
All of my friends listen to Placebo, so there’s not point of recommending it.

- Is #2 a good song to dance to?
If you dance like me, it is.

- Do you ever hear #16 on the radio?
Never.

- Is #32 more of a "nighttime" or "daytime" song?
Sweet Daytime.

- Does #36 have any special meaning to you?
Yup.

- Do any of your friends like #31?
A couple

- Is #25 a fast or slow song?
Slow, waltz-like

- Is #35 a happy or sad song?
Depends

- What is one of your favorite lyrics from #9?
I have no idea what they are singing, so I couldn’t say

- Is #34 better to listen to alone or with friends?
Alone.

- When did you first hear #27?
After I downloaded the album

- Name 3 other songs by the artist who did #29
Day One, Greet Death, With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept

- Do you know all the words to #6?
No, I just know one.

- Does #28 have better lyrics or music?
I like ’em both, nevertheless sometimes the lyrics are much more interesting (and funnier).

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One year of scrobbling

Mai 9 2007, 18h56 por Kemendil

Listening to: Mark Foggo's Skasters, Saturnus (now that's an unusual combination!)
Mood: Ponderous, burdensome... (Или най-точно казано - тегаво)

NB! This journal has no purpose other than to practise my English, so (unless you're interested in statistics or in me, for some reason) don't bother reading it, as it is long and boring. :D

I wanted to write a journal for my first year of scrobbling a month ago, a journal for the concert of Laibach three months ago. I wrote neither when I had to, but I didn't abandon the idea and decided to write about both of the events in one big and out-of-date journal, where to say a few words about some new albums I've listened to ristenly and perhaps about how I've been doing lately as well. During the process of writing, however, it turned out that all these things require a lot of space and I decided to exclude the review for Laibach's concert from the plans and perhaps write a separate journal for it after all (or perhaps don't write anything about it).

I'll begin with an overview of my charts for the last year (for the last thirteen months actually, but my top charts shouldn't have changed much for the last month).

Iron Maiden stands on top with 819 plays and leads to Judas Priest with 120 plays. Next is Rammstein with just 15 plays less than Judas. These are my Top 3 bands so far, which is not a surprise.
The differences in the number of plays of the rest of the artists I've listened to are small, which shows that I haven't sticked to any particular group for a long period of time. The same applies to the Top tracks chart as well, where it's been a keenly contested year.
My Top 3 songs are:
1. The Tea Party - A Woman Like You
2. Ugly Kid Joe - Cat's in the Cradle
3. America - The Last Unicorn

What's interesting about my overall tracks chart is that most of the songs in Top 50 are either ballads or at least are not very heavy.
There's also a curious fact about my overall artist chart - nine of my Top 50 artists are not bands, but composers. These are Howard Shore, Stuart Chatwood, Kartsy Hatakka & Kimmo Kajasto, Stuart Chatwood and Inon Zur, Klaus Badelt, Dario Marianelli, Anne Dudley, James Horner and Carl Orff. To my surprise, Hans Zimmer and Kurt Harland
are not among them.

My most listened album is The Best of AC/DC by AC/DC. As far as I've observed it has been on the top right from the start, but it's lead is not so huge as it once was.

I've listened to 18,263 songs so far, but I am going to use the data from 8th April 2007, on which day was my first anniversary as an active member of last.fm. Then the number of scrobbled songs was about 17,000. Turned into statistics this looks like that:

Average number of songs played (ANSP) per month: 1417
ANSP per week: 327
ANSP per day: 47

Nine groups from my Top 20 weekly artists for the week ending on 16th April 2006 (my first week of scrobbling) appear in the Top 20 artists for the week edning on 15th April 2007 as well. These are Rammstein, Edguy, Masterplan, Blind Guardian, Billy Idol, Manowar, Helloween, Judas Priest and Steve Vai. Rammstein scored first in both of the charts with 35 and 34 plays respectively.
During the week ending on 16th April 2006, however, I have scrobbled 558 tracks, which is two times more the number of tracks I've played during the week ending on 15th April 2007 - 273. This is strange, since I attended school those days and had less free time than now.

So much for the charts, now let's see what's my observation of the last year.
I still listen to the same bands I listened to when I first installed audioscrobbler, but now I've added many new artists to my musical preferences as well, both lighter and heavier than my general choice of music a year ago. I listen to more punk, ska and thrash now and even some jazz and soul, though seldom.

Perhaps there are more things to add, but the journal has grown too long already and I still haven't expressed my opinion about the new albums I mentioned in the beginning or said anything about myself.

First I'll say a few words about W.A.S.P.'s Dominator. It's good, but nothing more. It's not likely to become one of my favourite albums of W.A.S.P., but it's OK for background music. Mercy is perhaps the only song that impressed me. The rest are nice, but there's nothing notable. And you can feel that Blackie's voice is not what it was anyomore. This became obvious on their last tour, but the fact that Blackie sounds tired even in the studio put's it beyond any doubt.

Now about the Ghost Opera by Kamelot. There's nothing much to say here really. That album sux! It's shitty from the beginning to the end with a little improvement in the second half, but
still not a single song that stands out. Roy Khan's voice has never been anything special, but at least it sounded good and fitted Kamelot's style. Now in the best case it can be described as mediocre. There's also no development in the songs and their composition is awful or I should better say that there's no composition at all. The best I can say about the guitar is that it sounds boring and repetative. The drums sound good by themselves, but sometimes they don't seem to be in synchrony with the bass and several times I even had the feeling that everyone's playing a different song. The final result is monotonous riffs and melodies. The keyboards could have been of help here, but most of the time they are not pleasant but disturbing. I'm beginning to lose hope that Kamelot can ever again make something as good as The Fourth Legacy or Karma.

Here comes the good news - Destruction's Thrash Anthems kicks ass! It's a compilation of old Destruction songs recorded in a new, professional way, which means better and clearer sound in the style of Metal Discharge and Inventor of Evil which is the best thing I can wish for from this band! As one friend of mine (much more acquainted with thrash metal than me) said about this album - that's the ultimate kick in the face!

Finally I'll say a few words about The Dio Years by Black Sabbath. It's a compilation of old songs just like Thrash Anthems, except that there are three new songs. The album is very good, though I personally don't find much difference between the old and the new recordings. Dio's voice has changed a bit of course, but not too much. The new songs are very good, but none of them stayed in my mind even after I listened to them several times. Anyway, anything new from Black Sabbath with Dio is welcome, so thumbs up!

Hm, I grew tired of writing and I think to stop here. It looks like I'm not gonna be sharing anything that's been happening to me lately after all. You'll have to ask me personally :P

I'll only say one thing, which unfortunately is very sad, but I just feel I have to share it with someone before I continue with my ordinary daily life. My grandmother died a couple of days ago. It was expected, since she's been abed for three years and gradually getting worse since then and last week eventually the doctor said she's passing away. We're all doing well, as it was not a sudden or painful death and we it's been a long time since we knew it was going to happen. So don't worry about me, I'm fine.

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