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1. How did you get into 31?
Joy Wants Eternity. i think they actually sent me a friend request on myspace, and i dug it, and bought their new album.



2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
Raein. tigersuit...how cliche.



3. What's your favourite lyric by 29?
Amanda Woodward. its in french.



4. What is your favourite album by 49?
But You Can Call Us The Spartans. he only put out one, 'the hostage and the river fox'



5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Do Make Say Think. god, i own all six haha. soon im gonna get 'goodbye enemy starship the landlord is dead' on vinyl =]



6. What is your favourite song by 50?
The Chariot. easy. 'before there was atlanta, there was douglasville'.



7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Thrice. yeah, 'the whaler' always makes me sad. its beautiful though.



8. What is your favourite song by 15?
Russian Circles. it probably is 'micah'



9. What is your favourite song by 5?
Sigur Rós. hmmm, probably 'vaka' or anything else off of '( )'



10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Owen. oddly enough, 'the ghost of what should have been'. as i was moving out of my apartment, i went back around the place to see if i missed anything, keep in mind my girlfriend and i broke up no more than three weeks prior, and the entire place was vacant. i had my ipod on shuffle and that song came on, and all i could do was think of her... we are back together now, so i guess thats why it makes me happy haha.



11. What is your favourite album by 40?
Aghast. probably their split with 100 travels of jawahawlal.



12. What is your favourite song by 10?
Esmerine. god, probably anything off 'if only a sweet surrender to the nights to come be true'.



13. What is a good memory you have involving 33?
Norma Jean. hmm, seeing them live at the agora in cleveland.



14. What is your favourite song by 37?
Mass Movement Of the Moth. definately 'riddle me 666'.



15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
propagandhi. they all rule/make me happy.


16. How many times have you seen 21 live?
Alexisonfire. never =[



17. What is the first song you ever heard by 23?
the mars volta. i think it was 'inertiatic esp'



18. What is your favourite album by 11?
...Of Sinking Ships. the self titled.



19. Who is a favourite member of 1?
Boards of Canada. i have no favorite.



20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Godspeed You! Black Emperor. no



21. What is a good memory involving 45?
A Silver Mt. Zion. hanging out with my friends and all singing the last movement of 'god bless our dead marines' while shitfaced.



22. What is your favourite song by 16?
American Football. never meant!



23. What is the first song you ever heard by 47?
Caspian. 'further up'



24. What is your favourite album by 26?
Hrsta. 'ghosts will come and kiss our eyes'



25. What is your favourite song by 18?
the blood brothers]. 'denver max, salesman'.



26. What is the first song you ever heard by 38?
The Saddest Landscape. 'the sixth golden ticket'.



27. What is your favourite lyric by 3?
Eluvium. hes all instrumental.



28. What is your favourite song by 2?
Explosions in the Sky. definately 'a song for our fathers'


29. What was the first song you ever heard by 32?
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You. 'this is not mine'.


30. What is you favourite song by 8?
The Appleseed Cast. by far 'marigold and patchwork'


31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Saetia. never.



32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Volcano, I'm Still Excited!!. all of them!



33. What is you favourite album by 12?
Aesop Rock. 'labor days', for sure.



34. What is the worst song by 34?
Set Fire to Flames. i honestly could not tell you.



35. What was the first song you ever heard by 46?
What Price, Wonderland?. bearfighter!!!


36. What is you favourite album by 42?
we all inherit the moon. they only have released a self titled, which is phenomenal.



37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Against Me!. just once.



38. What is your favourite album by 36?
Joan of Arc. lately its been 'in terror sex and rape fantasy we trust'.



39. What was the first song you ever heard by 28?
Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia.... i think it was 'acid drops'



40. What is your favourite album by 7?
Carissa's Wierd. probably 'songs about leaving', although 'you should be at home here' is a very close second.

Lyrics that makes you rewind over and over:
Hilltop Hoods - "Stopping All Stations Restrung"
Slug's Revenge - "Media Song"
Atmosphere - "Yesterday"
Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"

Clever band name:
CunninLynguists


I'm kind of embarrassed to admit I listen to:
Mindless Self Indulgence

Guilty Pleasure Song:
Utada Hikaru - "Passion" and "Santuary"

New band to watch out for (If you're in a band, don't put your own band. That's tacky):
La Rumeur des Chaînes


Standout Music Video:
Mindless Self Indulgence - Shut Me Up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jbr4UJ1Sggc

Favorite Karaoke Song(s):
n/a

Best Workout Album:
None in particular

5 Most influential groups:
To me? Well...
The Decemberists
Soilwork
Emperor
Queens of the Stone Age
Aesop Rock

Most influential solo artist:
To me again?
Ihsahn

Most played track in the last week:
Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"

Most played album in the last week:
Belle & Sebastian- If You're Feeling Sinister

Song that never gets old:
Hilltop Hoods - "Stopping All Stations Restrung"
Atmosphere - "Yesterday"
Slug's Revenge- "Media Song"
Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"
Leftöver Crack - "Burn Them Prisons" and "Gang Control"
Choking Victim - "Crack Rock Steady"

Album that never get's old:
Ihsahn - [i]angL[/i]

Band / Artist that never get's old:
Feist


Song that get's old sometimes, but you seem to always listen to anyway:
Not sure

Best show ever:
Cattle Decapitation during the Summer Slaughter tour in Toronto '06.
Decapitation during the aforementioned tour.
The Decemberists in Buffalo in '07.
Deerhoof in Buffalo in '06 or '07 (can't remember).
Ensiferum in Montréal in October '08.

Last show attended:
Amon Amarth, Ensiferum, Belphegor, The Absence
[url=http://www.last.fm/event/688641]http://www.last.fm/event/688641[/url] (only stayed for Belphegor and Ensiferum, missed The Absence due to a midterm).

2nd Last show attended:
The Liars and No Age
[url=http://www.last.fm/event/450407]http://www.last.fm/event/450407[/url]

Perfect song:
Atmosphere - "Yesterday"

Fav Album Front to Back:
Tiamat - [i]Wildhoney[/i]

Most Complete album:
Tie between:
Temnozor- [i]Folkstorm of the Azure Nights[/i]
Aesop Rock- [i]Labor Days[/i]
Tiamat- [i]Wildhoney[/i]
Ihsahn- [i]angL[/i]

10 songs:
Not sure what you mean, so here's my favorite/one of my favorite song(s) from each of my overall top artists by prime numbers:

1) Feist - "One Evening"
2) Aesop Rock - "Catacomb Kids"
3) Choking Victim - "Crack Rock Steady"
4) of Montreal - "She's a Rejector"
5) Belle & Sebastian - "If You're Feeling Sinister"
6) Slug's Revenge - "Media Song"
7) Ida Maria - "I Like You So Much Better When You're Naked"
8) Portishead - "Sour Times"
9) Cat Power - "Cross Bones Style"
10) Tie between Municipal Waste - "The Art of Partying" and [artist]Rilo Kiley[/artost] - "Dreamworld"

5 most underrated bands:
Hard to decide, but here's 5 underrated bands...
Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia
Nature and Organisation
Alison's Halo
Artillery
Carnival in Coal

5 most overrated bands/artists (at the moment):
Hard to decide, but here's 5 overrated bands...
Dimmu Borgir
Metallica
Slayer
Cannibal Corpse
Most Metalcore bands

It feels like a fresh breath of countryside nature wind. That's how I feel after getting to know a bit more Brazilian's rock scene!

Brazil has always been known by the lyrical depth of bossa-nova and MPB composers or by the dancing groove of axé, funk, forró and samba. For some time (mostly the 80's) we were known by our proeminent metal scene, but now only the shade of a glorious past remains (of course there are marvellous bands out there, but they do not get enough recognizement); I've always felt there was a lack of well-known rock bands, and even more on the independent side, both inside and outside the country.
This has been changing over the course of years, but there was still something missing from the cauldron: instrumental rock bands.

Japan is well-known in the world for it's emotional math rock bands, such as
toe, LITE, té and Mirror; UK for more tradicional post-rock bands, such as And So I Watch You From Afar, Mogwai and Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia.... And so goes on.
Many countries had a instrumental scene, be it small or a huge one, during it's gold age, while Brazil lacked one for some time.

But behold the new times, as that is about to change! Last.FM is partially guilty on that.
Thanks to it, I was introduced to Macaco Bong, a math rock trio from Cuiabá who had recently released their first full album, and it's quite impressive. Fans of LITE will surely recognize something here, as MB shares the same energetic vibe of LITE.
Reading articles about Macaco Bong, I've got to know another instrumental rock band, which seems to be the most well-known from Brazil: Hurtmold. They've released about 4 albums, and it's really interesing to see how they've mastered their sound over the years. At first, they had a garage rock sound with a few post-rock attempts, to change into a jazz-oriented post-rock band into their newest album. Once again, a japanese band comes to mind when I think of them: LOSALIOS.
They may not be really known overseas, but they share the same bass-driven riffs as Hurtmold, and the result is simply amazing!

With this new version of Last.FM, the recommended artist page was improved, and that made two other instrumental bands known to my ears: Perdeu a Língua, another great math rock band who has their first EP available for download in their Myspace, and fellow band Constantina, who have a more eletronic/ambient approach of post-rock.

It's really great to see our instrumental scene flourishing this quickly. Just like the independent scene as a whole.
I can feel the old glory coming back once more!

after having the A Silver Mt. Zion experience last night, i am shredded to bits inside. maybe a bit hung over too. but it all feels great.

if E. didn't take breaks to share his quick wit with the audience between songs, i suspect i could have turned into that guy on the top right balcony, head-banging fervently. and i admit there were many moments i would have taken out a bottle of red wine from my bag and chugged it. only if i had one of course, but that's besides the point. what i am trying to express here is how much i was moved by the music. i am not ashamed to tell the world that i broke out in tears towards the end of There Is A Light
and yes, i may do the same as the fellow Last.fm user who wrote in his review that he is "so getting a tattoo like Jessica's".

as a side note, seeing ASMZ perform made me think what could possibly have happened if i had seen Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia live. perhaps then i would have brought that wine bottle with me. and probably a pack of razor blades. but unfortunately, that's out of question. or rather fortunately... maybe.

before i go, i'm so tempted to make the usual "oh they didn't play my fav. song" comment (which happens to be Tho You Are Gone I Still Often Walk With You, just FYI) but instead i'm going to plug my ears and go "blablabla, i can't hear youuu" to my unsatisfied personal needs. cause it's ok. really. *wipes tears*

Hier empfehle ich jedem, der in die Materie einsteigen möchte, eine Auswahl von guten post-rock Bands. :)


Ich beschränke mich zunächst auf die wirklich besten und bekanntesten, mit denen auch ich angefangen habe:

Mogwai (größtenteils eingängig, sehr geniale Band)
Alben: Mogwai Young Team, Mr. Beast

Godspeed You! Black Emperor (sehr episch und atmosphärisch)
Alben: F#A#oo, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven

Tortoise (jazzmäßig, sehr entspannend)
Album: Millions Now Living Will Never Die

65daysofstatic (starke Gitarren mit elektronischen idm-Elementen, überaus empfehlenswert)
Alben: The Fall of Math, The Destruction of Small Ideas

Mono (ziemlich geile Kontraste zwischen laut und leise, noise-Einlagen, sehr episch)
Alben: Under the Pipal Tree, Gone

A Silver Mt. Zion (zunächst Nebenprojekt von GY!BE -> mit Gesang)
Alben: Born Into Trouble as the Sparks Fly Upward, Horses in the Sky

Sigur Rós (sehr schön, erzeugen ein einzigartiges Ambiente)
Alben: Ágætis Byrjun, ( )

God Is an Astronaut (tw. elektronisch, wie eine Mischung aus Mogwai & Sigur Rós)
Alben: The End of the Beginning, Far From Refuge

This Will Destroy You (sehr junge, talentiere Band aus Texas)
Alben: Young Mountain EP, This Will Destroy You

Caspian (grandioser, bodenständiger instrumentaler Post-Rock)
Alben: The Four Trees, You Are the Conductor EP


Und wenn es mehr in den Metal-Bereich gehen soll:

Isis (post-metal mit "Gesang", wohl bekannteste Band)
Alben: Panopticon, Oceanic

Red Sparowes (sehr empfehlenswert, komplett instrumental)
Album: Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun

Russian Circles (unbeschreiblich cool)
Album: Enter

Jesu (Post-Metal mit cleanem Gesang, wunderbar)
Alben: Conqueror, Silver EP, Lifeline EP

Pelican (sludge und Post-Rock)
Alben: The Fire in Our Throats Will Beckon the Thaw, Australasia

Neurosis (auch sehr sludge-mäßig, möglicherweise Begründer des "Post-Metal")
Alben: Through Silver In Blood,


Eher weniger Post-Rock, aber dennoch verwandt und vor allem empfehlenswert:

Slint (eigentlich math rock, Post-Rock-Pioniere)
Album: Spiderland

Aereogramme (alternative/indie/progressive rock mit Post-Rock-Einflüssen)
Alben: Sleep and Release, Seclusion EP

Logh (ähnlich wie Aereogramme)
Alben: North, The Raging Sun

Oceansize (Progressive Rock mit Post-Rock-Elementen)
Alben: Frames, Music For Nurses EP

Envy (eine Art Post-Rock-screamo)
Album: Insomniac Doze


Insidertipps, also eher unbekannte Post-Rock Bands:

Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia... (spoken words, einfach sehr genial)
Alben: Indian Ink, My Elixir; My Poison

Tulsa Drone (unglaublich talentiert, sehr empfehlenswert)
Album: Songs from a Mean Season

Youthmovies (schwer zu klassifizieren, aber sehr interessant)
Alben: Hurrah! Another Year, Surely This One Will Be Better Than the Last; the Inexorable March of Progress Will Lead Us All to Happiness, Honey Slides EP

To Rococo Rot (deutsche electronic-Band oder eben ambient-Post-Rock)
Alben: The Amateur View, Music Is a Hungry Ghost

The Samuel Jackson Five (wirklich schön, schwer zu vergleichen)
Album: Easily Misunderstood

Hannu (avantgarde-Ambient)
Album: Worms In My Piano


Ich höre hier erstmal auf, dies sollte für einen gelungenen Start in die nahezu unendlich große Welt des Post-Rock reichen :)

Sun 25 Nov – iLiKETRAiNS, boy ler

Heh, it’s been a while, but hey, I was bored just now and saw this list.
I provided the music around the iLiKETRAiNS concert night. The following is what was played:

1. White Birch – Your Spain
2. Pelican – Sirius
3. Isis + Aereogramme – Low Tide
4. Meanwhile Back In Communist Russia – Heliotrop
5. These Monsters – Nice Day to Start a War
6. Spokane – The Making of Americans
7. Tarentel – Hello! We Move Through Weather!
8. From Monument to Masses – Deafening
9. Bevel – Siberian Sunrise
10. Shipping News – The March Song
11. Mogwai – Folk Death 95
12. Mice Parade – The Nights After Fiction
13. Efterklang – Mirador - Efterklang coming live @ Ekko 13 april 2008!!!

*** iLiKETRAiNS concert ***

14. evpatoria report – Taijin Kyofusho
15. Explosions in the Sky – The Birth and Death of the Day
16. Redneck Manifesto – Take On Us
16. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – O Children
17. Dress – Recognize
18. Karate – First Release
19. The Berg Sans Nipple – Ghost

people's crap taste in music, cheapened and homogenized, would prevail were it not for the existence of this thing. tastes do NOT come from nowhere. they come from other people. it matters not the medium of exposure, humans are inevitably behind each of them.

starting first with the definition of "elitism". it's basically people shoving their preferences down other people's throats, is it not. why in the world would they do that if not to annoy the heck out of people with admittedly "inferior" tastes?

it's because they've heard better. "better" being subjective because there are always "better" works waiting to be discovered, but comes off as being
"objective" because for the time being they're the "best".

even dipshits who play elitists of metal because "it's art/played harda an' fasta" know so... somewhat. or the rasta men who prefer some trippier doobie tune over another because it "takes them higher to jah". or you, given the choice between different sets of voice and tits when singing divas are concerned. the list just goes on.

which simply means EVERYBODY is an elitist, differing only in the level of eloquence and discretion.

some listeners more eager than others take it upon themselves to preach the qualities of what they listen to, at the expense of possibly hurting other egos in the process: those wishing for a quieter world, those who have plain sucky music, or those who have plain suckier music but aren't willing to concede so.

understandably so, if the so-called elitists feel their type of music is underappreciated by the lot of mindless sheep they perceive other people to be.
understandable as well, if those being crunched under elitist heels rise against this type of behavior. irritating, yes, but at least someone gives a differing perspective. differences are sometimes good, ensures diversity amongst many other things. but not if those at either side fail to think as the other does, which is just plain stupid because each has valid point not covered by the other.

as always, nothing's resolved by the end of another journal made by ME. just the fact that one needn't simply shoot anything moving in a war, there might be friendlies among the "enemy". or the enemy might've never even existed to begin with.


in other, more important news my primary hard disk appears to have given in. secondary computer won't accept it, primary computer's more than six hours away, and can't afford same- or greater-size backup disks to be sacrificed in place (for the role of being my 'portable' storage device). so much for sixty gigs worth of music... and another hundred for the memories...

yay christmas.

visible connections:
Antimatter, Moonsorrow, Arcturus, Empyrium, Drudkh, Agalloch, Finntroll, Sigh, Immortal, Quorthon, Keep of Kalessin, Antestor, Therion, 1349, Ivy, Horde, Black Death, Einstürzende Neubauten, Mistula, Juan Dela Cruz Band, Ulver, Nile, Sheila And The Insects, Urbandub, Bal-Sagoth, Twisted Halo,
Sugar Hiccup, The Dawn

invisible connections:

I'm having back-to-school blues so I decided to map out my top 200 artists, as of 05.04.07. The thought of school makes me irrational this way.

US (88): Explosions in the Sky, The Album Leaf, Neutral Milk Hotel, Andrew Bird, Death Cab for Cutie, Sufjan Stevens, Yo La Tengo, Dustin O’Halloran, The Shins, The Six Parts Seven, Page France, Mirah, Pavement, The Robot Ate Me, Eluvium, Beulah, Pinback, Modest Mouse, Hammock, The Decemberists, M. Ward, Talkdemonic, Rilo Kiley, Jack Johnson, Rachel’s, Cat Power, Pedro the Lion, The Mountain Goats, Gregor Samsa, Norfolk & Western, Devendra Banhart, Built to Spill, Bright Eyes, Mom, Portastatic, Tortoise, Guster, Caspian, Saxon Shore, Folksongs for the Afterlife, Red House Painters, Jars of Clay, Battles, Isotope 217, of Montreal, Pete Yorn, Jump, Little Children, Vince Guaraldi Trio, Owen, Red Sparowes, Film School, Andrew Bird's Bowl of Fire, The Microphones, Thanksgiving, Kilowatthours, Hezekiah Jones, Beirut, Kaki King, Ben Kweller, Denison Witmer, Halifax Pier, Papa M, The Books, Benoît Pioulard, Imaad Wasif, Okkervil River, The Magnetic Fields, Jim Croce, PAS/CAL, Invert, The American Dollar, The Century of Aeroplanes, John Zorn, Nickel Creek, Stan Getz, Bumps, Dispatch, The Softies, RF & Lili De La Mora, Nada Surf, Chicago Underground Trio, Tristeza, The Flaming Lips, Iron & Wine With Calexico, Grandaddy, The Scotland Yard Gospel Choir, 1 Mile North, The Apples in Stereo

UK (36): The Boy Least Likely To, Obi, The Beatles, Max Richter, Badly Drawn Boy, Doves, Radiohead, Elbow, Aqualung, 65daysofstatic, The Cure, Everything but the Girl, Fridge, Trembling Blue Stars, Bloc Party, Adem, The Durutti Column, Emmy the Great, Coldplay, Dakota Suite, Matthew Jay, Blur, Gomez, Thee, Stranded Horse, Meanwhile, Back in Communist Russia..., Big Eyes Family Players, Stereolab, Led Zeppelin, Snow Patrol, Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai, Camera Obscura, The Reindeer Section, Teenage Fanclub, Gorky's Zygotic Mynci, Feeder

Canada (14): The Most Serene Republic, Patrick Watson, Broken Social Scene, As the Poets Affirm, Barzin, Hayden, Do Make Say Think, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stars, Joni Mitchell, Hṛṣṭa, The Arcade Fire, Gonzales, Final Fantasy

Japan (12): toe, 二階堂和美, Yasushi Yoshida, Kazumasa Hashimoto, té, Shugo Tokumaru, Caroline, Mono, miaou, Lantern Parade, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, World's End Girlfriend

Sweden (11): José González, Ef, Loney, Dear, The Radio Dept., Kent, Immánu El, I'm From Barcelona, Amandine, Surrounded, Boy Omega, Jeniferever

Philippines (7): Up dharma Down, Sandwich, Daydream Cycle, Imago, Urbandub, Rivermaya, The Brew

Australia (5): Tamas Wells, Architecture in Helsinki, Dirty Three, Laura, Adlerseri

Iceland (5): Sigur Rós, Stafrænn Hákon, Amiina, múm, Ólafur Arnalds

France (4): Erik Satie, Flowers From the Man Who Shot Your Cousin, Julie Delpy, Manu Chao

Ireland (4): Damien Rice, God Is an Astronaut, David Kitt, U2

Norway (4): Jaga Jazzist, Sondre Lerche, The Samuel Jackson Five, Kings of Convenience

Austria (1): your ten mofo

Spain (1): Bosques de mi Mente

Germany (1): Kammerflimmer Kollektief

Netherlands (1): We vs. Death

Argentina (1): Gustavo Santaolalla

New Zealand (1): Flight of the Conchords

Russia (1): Ivan Wyschnegradsky

Switzerland (1): The Evpatoria Report

Brazil (1): Pale Sunday

Finland (1): Magyar Posse

Wouldn’t it be great if I had some deep reflection about this? Alas, as there was no logic, there will be no analysis.

(But, let me just say: that some of the American bands in the list were from the US surprised me. I thought they’d be more, I don’t know, Greenlandic or something.)