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1. How did you get into 31?
Augustana - I think it was the phase I was in (right after installing Limewire) when I pretty much downloaded every band I'd heard in passing.

2. What was the first song you ever heard by 22?
The Canon Logic - 'I've Been Sleeping with Your Best Friend.' It was amusing.

3. What's your favorite lyric by 29?
Manchester Orchestra - I am but a clean man, stable and alone man / Make it so I won't have to try / The faces always stay the same / So I'll face the fact that I'm just fine / I said that I'm just fine. But the whole song is pretty amazing.

4. What is your favourite album by 49?
Every Avenue - Shh. Just Go with It. But that's only one I've heard, so not much competition.

5. How many albums by 13 do you own?
Maroon 5 - Two. Songs About Jane; It Won't Be Soon Before Long (2 Disc DVD edition).

6. Favorite song by 50?
Bloc Party - 'This Modern Love.' It was used in the season 1 finale of How I Met Your Mother (this is a good thing).

7. Is there a song by 4 that makes you sad?
Josiah Leming - Not really. His songs are surprisingly upbeat for a singer/songwriter, but 'Angels Undercover' is beautifully melancholy.

8. Favorite song by 15?
Lydia - I truly can't choose. Illuminate is honestly the only 5-star album I own, surpassing everything by even my most favorite of artists. I love all the songs on it.

9. Favorite song by 5?
Monty Are I - Regarding 5-star albums, Wall of People comes pretty close: 5/11 are 5-starred in my iTunes. Overall favorite songs are 'Dublin Waltz,' 'Just in Time,' and 'Tie Off Your Veins.'

10. Is there a song by 6 that makes you happy?
Yellowcard - I haven't listened to them in a long while, but I'm particularly fond of 'Breathing,' and 'You and Me and One Spotlight.'

11. Favorite album by 40?
The Avett Brothers - They were playing on Letterman while I was channel-surfing, so I'd like to think it's fate that I discovered them. They performed 'I and Love and You,' and that album has to be my favorite.

12. Favorite song by 12?
Coldplay - Let me be cliche and predictable but I adore 'Yellow,' 'Don't Panic,' and 'Fix You.' I also have a (very) soft spot for 'Swallowed in the Sea.'

13. What's a good memory involving 33?
Jonathan Larson - One of my best friends and I drove eight hours to Atlanta to see 'Rent' performed by the national touring cast. It's one of the happiest memories of my life.

14. Favorite song by 37?
Copeland - 'The Last Time He Saw Dorie.' The perfect combination of lushness and melancholy.

15. Is there a song by 19 that makes you happy?
The Honorary Title - 'Frame by Frame.' It's the only one I could think of that wasn't depressing. Or maybe I'm just not listening to the lyrics. But either way, it's a terrific song.

16. How many times have you seen 24 live?
Good Old War - Zero. They would be great to see, though.

17. What was the first song you heard by 23?
Luna Halo - 'Kings & Queens,' and needless to say, I was instantly in love.

18. Favorite album by 11?
Death Cab for Cutie - Even though there are better songs on other albums, I'd say Plans is the most consistent and listenable. At least there aren't any of those song which meander aimlessly for 6+ minutes.

19. Favorite member of 1?
Blue October - Justin, undoubtedly. Lead singer, principal songwriter, what else can you ask for? He's amazing.

20. Have you ever seen 14 live?
Elliott Smith - No. Umm, he's kinda dead.

21. What's a good memory involving 45?
Lights - I was at my best friend's house, and he bought from iTunes the songs I couldn't find on Limewire. Good times.

22. What's your favourite song by 16?
The Living End - These guy kind of remind me of Green Day: their songs were hilariously irrelevant before they decided to go all political and shiz. Favorites are 'Maitland Street' and 'Hey Hey Disbeliever.'

23. First song you ever heard by 47?
David Cook - I don' t remember, but it was something he sang on American Idol.

24. Favorite album by 21?
A Fine Frenzy - As much as I appreciate the new direction she's taken in her latest album, I still have a soft spot for One Cell in the Sea. Besides, the album cover is way better.

25. Favorite song by 18?
My Chemical Romance - 'Thank You for the Venom.'

26. First song by 38?
Head Automatica - 'Beating Heart Baby.' But it's far from my favorite at the moment.

27. Favorite lyric by 3?
The Rocket Summer - And all I have is all of me / And it's all that I can give.

28. Favorite song by 2?
Bright Eyes - There are way too many to choose from, but I'll try. 'Four Winds,' 'Reinvent the Wheel,' 'A Scale, A Mirror, and these Indifferent Clocks,' 'Gold Mine Gutted,' 'A Perfect Sonnet,' 'Something Vague,' 'Haligh, Haligh, A Lie, Haligh.' I'm pretty sure there are more, though.

29. First song you heard of 10?
Marianas Trench - 'Cross My Heart.'

30. Favorite song by 8?
Matchbox Twenty - 'Downfall,' 'So Sick So Tired.'

31. How many times have you seen 17 live?
Rob Thomas - Zero.

32. Is there a song by 44 that makes you happy?
Donovan - Pretty much everything. 'Happiness Runs,' 'Celia of the Seals,' 'Sunshine Superman,' 'Hurdy Gurdy Man.'

33. Favorite album by 12?
Maroon 5 - I can't choose; I love both.

34. Worst song by 9?
Owl City - Probably 'Dental Care,' because it's absolutely pointless. I mean, it's about going to the dentist.

35. What's the first song you heard by 34?
Faber Drive - '24 Storey Love Affair.'

36. Favorite album by 42?
Her Space Holiday - 'The Young Machines.' Adored unconditionally.

37. How many times have you seen 39 live?
Monty's Fan Club - Zero. Sadly, they don't exist anymore.

38. What's your favorite album by 35?
Regina Spektor - Even though Begin to Hope has the classic songs, I think I might prefer Far, just because of 'Dance Anthem of the 80s.'

39. What's the first song you heard by 28?
Ludo - 'Love Me Dead.'

40. What's your favorite album by 7?
The Wallflowers - Even though all their albums are amazing, Breach just hits closer to home personally.

I realized I have lots of CDs of the bands I don't listen to and I need some money (for more CDs xD), so I decided to sell them.

I like keeping my things in a very good condition, so all CDs look perfect, but if you need some pics of them, feel free to ask.

The shipping abroad is about 10$, but if you want to know exactly how much it is, ask me.

I don't know what prices are fair for you, so I thought the best way is let you to offer for the CDs. I don't want to rip you off and I don't want to sell it way too cheap, so please, let your prices be fair, ok :)? Please offer in dollars or euro.

Possible payment: PAYPAL ONLY

For Polish people:
Płatność Paypalem lub przelewem na konto w mBanku. W Warszawie możliwość odbioru osobistego. Cenę zaproponujcie oczywiście w złotówkach :D. Przesyłka to ok. 8zł poleconym priorytetem.

CD list:

AFI
- Sing the Sorrow [album]

Apocalyptica
- Apocalyptica [album]

Backyard Babies
- MAKING ENEMIES IS GOOD [album]

Bad Religion
- PUNK ROCK SONGS (THE EPIC YEARS) [album]

Blade Loki
- ...no pasaran [album]

Cradle of Filth
- DUSK...AND HER EMBRACE [album]
- FROM THE CRADLE TO ENSLAVE [mini-album]
- VEMPIRE or Dark Faerytales in Phallustein [min-album]
- NYMPHETAMINE special edition [album, 2 discs]
- Bitter Suites to Succubi [album] SIGNED BEFORE THE LIVE ON METALMANIA IN POLAND IN 2005
- LOVECRAFT & WITCH HEARTS [album, 2 discs]
- PanDaemonAeon [DVD]

Dimmu Borgir
- DEATH CULT ARMAGEDDON [album]

Edguy
- HELLFIRE CLUB [album]

Evergrey
- THE INNER CIRCLE special edition [album]

For Selena And Sin
- OVERDOSED ON YOU [album]

Manzana
- BABIES OF REVOLUTION [album]
- nothing as whole as a broken heart [album]

Moonsorrow
- Kivenkantaja [mini-album]

Rammstein
- Sehnsucht [album]

Sacriversum
- SIGMA DRACONIS [album]

Tennis
- laundromat [album]

The 69 Eyes
- Framed in Blood [album]
- blessed be [album]
- Wasting The Dawn [album]
- Paris Kills [album]

The Rasmus
- FUNERAL SONG (THE RESURRECTION) [single]

Unshine
- the enigma of immortals [album]

Zwan
- HONESTLY [single]

misc (I can add one of them for free if you want to, but only if you buy 2 CDs and more):

TOTALLY PUNK
THE ESSENTIAL PUNK ALBUM
Tracklist:
1. The Stranglers - Something better Change
2. The Ruts - Babylons Burning
3. Buzzcocks - Ever Fallen In Love (with someone you shouldn't 've?)
4. The Skids - Sweet Suburbia
5. Stiff Little Fingers - Alternative Ulster
6. The Vapors - Turning Japanese
7. X-Ray Specs - The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
8. Magazine - Shot By Both Sides
9. Penetration - Don't Dictate
10. Generation X - King Rocker
11. 999 - Emergency
12. Wire - Outdoor Miner
13. The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
14. Cockney Rejects - I'm Not A Fool
15. The Ramones - Sheena Is A Punk Rocker (Live)
16. Stiff Little Fingers - Suspect Device
17. The Stranglers - Hanging Around

American Pie: The Wedding soundtrack
Tracklist:
1. Foo Fighters - Times Like These
2. Good Charlotte - Anthem
3. New Found Glory - Forget Everything
4. Sum 41 - The Hell Song
5. All American Rejects - Swing Swing
6. Avril Lavigne - I Don't Give
7. Matt Nathanson - Laid
8. American Hi-Fi - The Art of Losing
9. Hot Action Cop - Fever For The Flava
10. Gob - Give Up The Grudge
11. Sugarcult - Bouncing Off The Walls
12. Feeder - Come Back Around
13. Nu - Any Other Girl
14. The Working Title - Beloved
15. Blue October - Calling You
16. Joseph Arthur - Honey & The Moon
17. The Wallflowers - Into The Mystic

Various Artists, CocaCola "Rock"
Tracklist:
1. Hole - Doll Parts
2. 3 Doors Down - When I'm Gone
3. Godsmack - I Stand Alone
4. Tosteer - The Hardest Task
5. Kangaroz - Taki Dzień
6. Wrinkled Fred - Backstabber
7. Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots
8. Type O Negative - My Girlfriend's Girlfriend
9. Moonlight - Ronaa
10. Acid Drinkers - High Proof Cosmic Milk

Redux.

A
Fav: ASHES dIVIDE
First: A Perfect Circle
Last: Avenue Q

B
Fav: Tied... Boy Hits Car
First: Backstreet Boys
Last: Bush

C
Fav: Collective Soul
First: Cake
Last: The Cure

D
Fav: Depeche Mode
First: D12
Last: Dry Kill Logic

E
Fav: Eminem
First: Eagle Eye Cherry
Last: Explosions in the Sky

F
Fav: The Fratellis
First: Faith No More
Last: The Futureheads

G
Fav: Guano Apes
First: Garbage
Last: Guns 'N Roses

H
Fav: H.I.M.
First: H.I.M.
Last: Hot Hot Heat

I
Fav: Incubus
First: Imogen Heap
Last: Iron Maiden

J
Fav: Jason Mraz
First: Jack Johnson
Last: Justin Timberlake

K
Fav: Kaiser Chiefs
First: K.T. Tunstall
Last: Korn

L
Fav: Lifehouse
First: Lacuna Coil
Last: Ludo

M
Fav: Modest Mouse
First: M.I.A.
Last: My Chemical Romance

N
Fav: Nick Drake
First: Natalie Merchant
Last: N'sync

O
Fav: of Montreal
First: Oasis
Last: Ozzy Osbourne

P
Fav: Primus
First: P.O.D.
Last: Puscifer

Q
First: Queen
Last: Queens of the Stone Age

R
Fav: The Raconteurs
First: R.E.M.
Last: Rush

S
Fav: System of a Down, Stabbing Westward
First: Saliva
Last: System of a Down

T
Fav: Tom Petty
First: T.I.
Last: Tracy Byrd

U
Fav: Ugly Casanova
First: UB40
Last: The Used

V
Fav: Vertical Horizon
First: V Shape Mind
Last: Von Blondies

W
Fav: The White Stripes
First: The Wallflowers
Last: The Wrens

X, Y
None

Z
First: Zeromancer
Last: The Zutons

#
Favorite: 30 Seconds to Mars
First: (hEd)p.e.
Last: 311

Because I've basically saved every song I've ever collected in my long life of music listening, I figured it would be fun to compile CD length playlists containing songs that best represent my music taste at various stages in my life. What's interesting is that there are very few bands that I used to listen to that I now say are terrible. It seems like my tastes haven't exactly changed; I've merely added new genres and bands to my collection, and I still listen to artists that I rocked out to as a wee youngin. See what you think of my former selves, and sound off on which one's taste sucks the most if you want. It's all kosher here.

Age 13 (When I was an awkward, fat teenager)
Beastie Boys - Intergalactic
The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Black Sabbath - Paranoid
Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear the Reaper
Collective Soul - The World I Know
Dave Matthews Band - What Would You Say
Kent - Things She Said
Meja - All About the Money
Mikael Wiehe - Flickan och Krakan
Oasis - Wonderwall
Robbie Williams - Millenium
Seal - Kiss From A Rose
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun
Sugar Ray - Falls Apart
Sweet - Ballroom Blitz
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony
Verve pipe - Freshman
The Wallflowers - One Headlight
The Who - My Generation

This playlist shows the beginnings of my exploration of music. At this point in my life, I got music from two sources: my parents and my radio. My mom would buy me popular bands such as Dave Matthews Band, Sugar Ray, The Wallflowers, etc. My dad would play me records and CDs by artists such as The Beatles, The Who, Sweet, and Black Sabbath. The radio introduced me to the grunge movement, alternative rock, and The Beastie Boys. I even distinctly remember a short fascination I had with the Aqua song Barbie Girl... anyways, you might notice a few outliers there, namely Meja, Kent, and Mikael Wiehe. I spent one semester of 8th grade in Sweden, where my friends and neighbors had a considerable impact on what I listened to. So that's that, then.

Age 17 (senior year of high school)
Alizee - Moi Lolita
Bone Thugs-N-Harmony - For Tha Love Of Money
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself
Death Cab for Cutie - Photobooth
Finch - What It Is To Burn
The Get Up Kids - Long Goodnight
GLAY - Two Bell Silence
Jay-Z - It's Like That (w/Kid Capri)
Jimmy Eat World - Sweetness
L'Arc~en~Ciel - Spirit Dreams Inside
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song
Noir Desir - Le Vent Nous Portera
Poison the Well - Torn
The Rasmus - In the Shadows
Red House Painters - I Feel The Rain Fall
Sigur Ros - Hjartao Hamast
Something Corporate – Hurricane (Changing Weather Patterns)
The Used - Buried Myself Alive

Ah, I remember this time in my life so clearly. This was probably the biggest change in my listening habits. I had tapped out radio-friendly music and, becoming more internet savvy, I decided to expand my music horizons through talking to people online and, probably the most effective way, searching for random words in file-sharing programs. By searching for “spirit,” I got “Spirit Dreams Inside” by L’Arc~En~Ciel. By searching for “hjarta” (Swedish for “heart”) I got “Hjartao Hamast” by Sigur Ros. By searching for “vent” (French for “wind”), I got Noir Desir etc etc. I also discovered an online game called “The Emo Game” that introduced me to bands like Bright Eyes and The Get Up Kids (although they’re admittedly not emo). I also got some rap music for blasting in my car like pretty much every other idiot jock.

Age 18 (after my first year of college)
Abandoned Pools - Start Over
Avenged Sevenfold - Remenissions
The Beautiful Mistake - Circular Parade
boysetsfire - Full Color Guilt
Dave Matthews Band - Grey Street
Erase the Grey - Rain
From Autumn to Ashes - I'm The Best At Ruining My Life
Guided by Voices - Liquid Indian
Her Space Holiday - My Girlfriend's Boyfriend
Jimmy Eat World - Claire
Keepsake - Cartoon Life
Murder by Death - I'm Afraid of Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf
Radiohead - My Iron Lung
Rise Against - Like The Angel
Sparta - Light Burns Clear
Sunny Day Real Estate - Pillars
Thrice - The Artist in the Ambulance
Thursday - Standing on the Edge of Summer

In college, I connected with people on my hall that had similar music tastes. Two of my closest friends got me into Avenged Sevenfold, Thrice, Thursday, Sparta, From Autumn to Ashes, Rise Against, all that jazz. I randomly heard Abandoned Pools while I was walking past a kid’s room once, and I ran in there and asked him what it was because it was so incredibly beautiful. I continued finding stuff on my own, introducing myself to Radiohead, Guided By Voices, and Murder By Death. I also had my second Dave Matthews Band resurgence; after hating Everyday, Busted Stuff and the Lilywhite Sessions came out and blew my mind with yet another sound, this one more folk/bluesy. It seemed like every other album they’ve put out are the ones that everyone cracks on for being lame (Crash (though it’s only because of Crash Into Me, the rest is awesome) Everyday, Stand Up), and the good ones they do so well on (Under The Table and Dreaming (aside from Ants Marching and What Would You Say), Before These Crowded Streets, Busted Stuff, Big Whiskey and the GrooGrux King) go unnoticed… but enough legitimizing my on-again-off-again romance with a band that’s trendy to hate. I listed Jimmy Eat World again because while the band moved in their mediocre pop direction (Futures, Chase This Light), I started going back in their history, checking out Static Prevails and Clarity and the various underground comps they lent singles to. They used to be so good, so raw…

Age 20 (senior year of college / becoming a music snob)
The Album Leaf - On Your Way
Arcade Fire - Wake Up
Ariel Kill Him - Ca-cao
Atkins Lane - Everything Was You
Bishop Allen - Ghosts Are Good Company
Dinosaur Jr. - Even You
Fugazi - Give Me The Cure
Iron & Wine - He Lays In The Reins
JR Ewing - Fucking & Champagne
Life at These Speeds - Land Filled
Love Lost but Not Forgotten - Perfectly Fucked
M83 - A Guitar And A Heart
Marc Broussard - Home
Matt Pond PA - The Trees And The Wild
Minus the Bear - This Ain't A Surfin Movie
Rites of Spring - For Want Of
Saetia - Venus And Bacchus
Tujiko Noriko - Aru Choten
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start - Come Away
Wilco - At Least That's What You Said

This was when I truly got into underground music. The girl I dated at the time started hating the music I listened to (and we actually broke up not long after I refused to go to a Brand New concert with her). I had a torrid love affair with Dischord and Level Planes (my man crush on Guy Picciotto supercedes all other musical emotions even today) caused by a single listen by Saetia’s Venus and Bacchus that lead to me buying over a dozen CDs in a week, including Love Lost But Not Forgotten, Fugazi, JR Ewing, Life At These Speeds, Saetia, Rites of Spring and so many more. I also started moving in the exact opposite direction, away from drum- and guitar-driven rock and hardcore and towards minimalist indie and vocal work. I bought The Album Leaf album without even hearing it, which started me on the road towards Ariel Kill Him, Tujiko Noriko, Iron & Wine, and M83. I also started seeking out rising indie bands like Arcade Fire, Up Up Down Down, and Minus The Bear, catching on right before the huge upswell in popularity. I had my first Wilco moment, and fell in love with Marc Broussard’s voice and writing at first listen even though I only listened to him to be able to mock him (I saw him on Yahoo! Music and thought he was another boy band reject from his looks). I also began getting into unknown bands through random concerts around town (Atkins Lane, matt pond PA).

Age 22 (Wasting time / looking for a job / The Guitar Hero era)
All That Remains - This Calling
...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead - A Classic Arts Showcase
The Appleseed Cast - Here We Are (Family In The Hallways)
Black Kids - I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You
Carissa's Wierd - Ignorant Piece of Shit
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah - Details of the War
Greenleaf - Agents of Ahriman
I Would Set Myself on Fire for You - Seven
Lightheaded - Poetry in Motion
Mac Lethal - Turn Off The Radio
The National - Fake Empire
Othello - Seasons Greetings (feat. Sirens Echos)
Scar Symmetry - Artificial Sun Projection
A Silver Mt. Zion - Take These Hands and Throw Them In The River
Strange Fruit Project - Get Live (feat. Erykah Badu)
Strata - Night Falls (The Weight of It)
Suis La Lune - Quiet, Pull The Strings
Trophy Scars - Alchemist. Alchemists.
65daysofstatic - This Cat Is A Landmine

I call this the Guitar Hero era because being introduced to that game hearkened back to high school when I actually used to try to play instruments… I returned my focus to instrument-driven work, paying more attention to technique and individual performances instead of the whole song. This lead to a lot of progressive rock and metal. Mike Martin and Olin Buchanan of All That Remains single-handedly slated my guitar-shredding thirst for almost a year. Trail of Dead, Appleseed Cast, The National, Strata, and Trophy Scars kept me happy with unusual drum-work and time-signatures and variations on the 4/4 that would blow most musicians’ minds. Suis La Lune, I Would Set Myself On Fire For You, 65Daysofstatic, and A Silver Mt. Zion created beautiful and off-kilter music. Bands like Greenleaf and Scar Symmetry gave me the guitars to fill the void that All That Remains couldn’t. I also began my foray into undergroup hip-hop, using Mac Lethal as a springboard into balding white rappers and Lightheaded and Strange Fruit Project introducing me to rap music that can uplift and energize. Finally, I continued to get into indie music, playing Black Kids, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, and Carissa’s Wierd till my roommates wanted to kill me (insert music asshole joke about how one play is all it took here).

Age 24 (Gainfully employeed / the man I am today)
The Avett Brothers - I And Love And You
Band of Horses - No One's Gonna Love You
Bottomless Pit - Leave The Light On
Dave Matthews Band - Why I Am
Fleet Foxes - Blue Ridge Mountains
Jacobi Wichita - I Only Draw Chairs
Justice - D.A.N.C.E.
The Knife - We Share Our Mother's Health
The Last Shadow Puppets - The Age of the Understatement
The Mae Shi - Run To Your Grave
Mars ILL - Fade to Black (feat. Sintax)
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Nizlopi - Last Night In Dakar
Pierce the Veil - The Cheap Bouquet
Restiform Bodies - Foul
Silversun Pickups - It's Nice to Know You Work Alone
United Nations - The Shape of Punk That Never Came
WHY? - Good Friday
Zolar X - I Pulled My Helmet Off (I'm Going to Love Her)

Once I got my life on track and got into the real world, my music tastes matured with me. The “My Grass Is Blue” movement in Blacksburg got me into The Avett Brothers and Fleet Foxes (not exactly related, I know, but bear with me), Carissa’s Wierd led me to Band of Horses, peeks at Pitchfork and last.fm led me to Justice, The Knife, and MGMT, and random music review sites turned me onto Jacobi Wichita (still only 250 listeners on last.fm is a crime!) and Zolar X (extremely awesome David Bowie’s mind meets Styx’s sound meets Rush’s instrumental insanity space-age love progressive rock). I also continued to find underground hip-hop, experiencing a love for half of Anticon (Restiform Bodies, Why, Odd Nosdam, etc) and a mixture of disgust and pity for the other half (all the straight-edge assholes like Non-Prophets). I had my third DMB sighting after Stand Up made me hate the band, but Big Whiskey made me their bitch again, and I continued to find bands in genres I thought I already nailed down (Bottomless Pit, Pierce The Veil, Niz, Silversun Pickups, United Nations).

30000 plays on sept 29, 2009 at 7:42pm

30000th song: U2 - Breathe from No Line On The Horizon

My Top 10 Artists:

1. Bruce Springsteen 2526
2. Pearl Jam 1743
3. U2 1553
4. Coldplay 1246
5. The Alternate Routes 1143
6. Dave Matthews Band 1048
7. Red Hot Chili Peppers 923
8. John Mayer 890
9. Incubus 735
10. The Wallflowers 567

Jakob Dylan / Will It Grow / Seeing Things (5) / Jun 2008

So a few selections back we took a brief look at Bob Dylan's son Jakob with a selection from The Wallflowers. How exactly does Jakob Dylan tie in with where we're at now, with Eric Clapton and yesterday's selection of Crossroads?

Easily, it turns out - just one degree of separation. Jakob and the Gold Mountain Rebels did 10 European dates in Europe, opening for Eric Clapton in August 2008. (This was Jakob, in support of his first solo album which provides today's selection, not The Wallflowers.) When Clapton played Zurich's Hallenstadion on 20 August, Jakob joined Eric onstage for Eric's encore: a performance of..."Crossroads"


(credit: Heidi Widmer, via whereseric.com)

I wasn't at the August 20th show, nor any of Jakob's opening date shows, but today's selection was on the set list at the time. No guarantee he played it at Hallenstadion, but it's likely. If you happened to be there for that show, definitely give me a shout! Not only to confirm, but to let me know how Eric's show was!

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P.S. Happy birthday to me! I am a Last.fm subscriber as of 06 Sep 2009. A nice present to self to take the edge off of turning 39...

The Wallflowers / Babybird / Breach (11) / Oct 2000

This is the third in a thread of restart SotD selections. Of course, The Wallflowers are (were?) the band of Jakob Dylan, son of Bob and Sara Dylan. But oh, the irony of this selection.

This is the 11th "hidden" track at the end of the album. It's probably hidden because it quite stands out from the rest of the album, being a lullaby that sounds as if it is being sung to a music box. I think it's fantastic and is actually one of my two favorites, along with album-opener Letters From The Wasteland.

But it's also irony on a much deeper level than mere audible differences. Look at the lyrics:

"Now outside faces cry / With the tears of lonesome orphans / And behind every mask / is the face of another / Wherever you have been / wherever you took cover / No arms that pulled you in / could hold you like your mother"

Jakob Dylan may always be first and foremost identified by the public as Bob Dylan's son, and is likely the subject of yet another lullaby, Forever Young. But he's his own man, too, with a wife, and family, and successful career in music of his own doing, without his father's involvement. There's a sense in the lyrics of a father's pride as he watches his children grow up.

In an interview with the L.A. Times, Jakob says "The song is my subtle way of turning the table on things at the end of the record. I operate so much under the connection people make of my family, and this song is kind of pushing things forward. It's like a letter to my wife and children." In another interview, Jakob told New York Magazine that "Babybird" is a song that "was my way of turning the tables a little bit: writing a song for my kids as opposed to always being the son of someone."

Bob had to make a break with his fanbase while at the same time respecting them and thanking them for what they had done for him. Jakob is also acknowledging the start his family gave him, but has also flown the coop, knowing that in time his own kids are going to do the same.

"When all my colors fade / And my wings, they've turned to leather / I'll know the reasons why / God let me get older / When all my days are through / And I fly these hills no longer / I'll lay beneath the stars / And I'll watch you flying over"

We'll come back to solo Jakob Dylan in a couple of entries, but next we'll go back and take another look at the cover of Bringing It All Back Home for our next tangent.

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Bands I've seen live in my lifetime. In alphabetical order.

WARNING: THERE ARE A LOT OF BAD BANDS ON THIS LIST! (but there also many amazing ones...) Just because a band is on this list (even multiple times) does NOT mean that I like them. [And yes, this is one of the more random band lists you will see...]

AC/DC
The Absence
The Accüsed
Amon Amarth
The Answer
Aphex Twin
Asia
Augustana

The B-52s
Backstreet Boys
Bat for Lashes
Baroness
Natasha Beddingfield
Belphegor
Pat Benatar
Berlin
Better Than Ezra
Between the Buried and Me
Terence Blanchard
Blue October
James Blunt
Book of Black Earth
Bon Iver

Cake (2x)
Carbon Leaf
Children
Jimmy Cobb
Cynic

Dashboard Confessional
Howie Day
Gavin DeGraw
Dead Meadow
Deerhunter
Dethklok
Dream Theater
Dream Street (hahahaha... oh, those were the days...)
Duffy
Duran Duran (4x sadly...)

Eagle Twin
Enlsaved
Ensferium
Peter Erskine
Melissa Etheridge
Miles Evans
Everclear

The Faceless
Liz Fair
Five for Fighting
Flogging Molly
Peter Frampton
Fred Frith

Gator Alley Band
Gigan
Gin Blossoms
The Glitch Mob
Gnarles Barkley
Macy Gray

Sammy Hagar
Heads Or Tails
Heaven and Hell (aka Black Sabbath)
Helms Alee (2x)
Missy Higgins
High on Fire
Hootie & the Blowfish

Indie.Arie
Intronaut
Isis

Jane's Addiction
Jem
Jewel
Jimmy Eat World
Howard Johnson
Judas Preist

Kayo Dot
Josh Kelly
Matt Kerney
Khi Darag!
Kylesa

Lamb of God
Huey Lewis And The News
The Little Witnesses

Mammifer
Aimee Man
maroon five (2x.. :x)
The Mars Volta
Maserati
Mastodon (2x)
Dave Matthews Band (2x)
Christian McBride
Megafaun
Vince Mendoza
Meshuggah
Metallica (2x)
Mogwai
Mojo
Mono
Alanis Morissette
Motorhead

Nightwish
Nine Inch Nails

Oar
Opeth (3x)

Nicholas Payton
Porcupine Tree
Portugal. The Man
Psychic Diver

Random Rab
Raphie (lol hahaha... first concert of my life when I was 1 or so)
Russian Circles

Scorpions
Seal
Secret Chiefs 3
Sisco
Sixpence None the Richer
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum
Slough Feg
Smash Mouth (3x)
Soilent Green
Sonata Arctica
Street Sweeper Social Club (2x)
Joss Stone
Sugar Ray
Sunn O)))
The Supreems
The Sword (2x)

Tears for Fears
Testament
That 1 Guy
Three
Tool
TV on the Radio

The Village People
Vuotan

The Wallflowers (2x)
Warscythe
The Who

Yes
Yong Windows

ZO2

Probably more that I can't remember...