What are you listening to?

[tjwmason]

Over here its Neuf Méditations sur la Mystère de la Sainte Trinité by Olivier Messiaen. In case anybody was wondering, Messiaen was the greatest composer of the 20th century, and those who disagree can step outside for a chat with my knuckles.

Jennifer Bate at the Grandes Orgues of the Cathedral of S. Pierre de Beauvais.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. "Tennis Aria" by Maria Sharapova

[tjwmason]

10. Is that one of those which consists of hideous grunts.

I gather that the Williams sisters do a stunning performance of that piece too.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

14. They do indeed

But the men are even more prolific!

[trof]

2. CNN

;-)

[Dave Reynolds]

3. Co-workers,

babbling on and on and on and on........

[tjwmason]

9. That's never good.

Is it nearly quiting time for you at least?

[Dave Reynolds]

17. Not until midnight,

but I'm alone from about 6 until 9.

My favorite time, kick out some angry metal music and have a little DU time.

[Clintmax]

4. Andrea Bocelli - "Mille Lune Mille Onda"

:hi:
The song in the Barilla Pasta commerical! :hug: Hello, TJ!

[tjwmason]

8. Everything sounds so wonderful when sung in Italian

:hug: hey there Clint-the-gorgeous.

[Clintmax]

11. Yep, it does!

Especially THAT song! Damn it's beautiful!

[JimmyJazz]

5. the voices in my head.

:silly:

[tjwmason]

6. If they're the ones saying

"Go to England to visit tjwmason - and take a really big cool present for him"

Then they're spot on, and you should do what they say. :D

[swimboy]

7. The Durufle Requiem right now. At work today it was Rufus

Wainwright's Want Two and Belshazzar's Feast by William Walton.

[tjwmason]

13. The Durufle is gorgeous.

I'm going to be really controversial and say that I prefer the Pie Jesu there to the one from Faure's Requiem.

Where do work to get music like that all day? At work I sometimes need a boost and then put some Bach on head-phones.

[Ladyhawk]

51. Aw, I've sung the Durufle. It's quite nice. The "Pie Jesu" is quite high

for the alto voice, however. It's not so much the pitches--although they are quite high--it's the tessitura...eek! The director wanted the altos to join in. Sometimes it was okay; other times, not so much. :) The voice is a fussy instrument.

[tjwmason]

66. A very fussy instrument

Though I'm a pretty crap singer - my voice is quite a deep bass, I know exactly what you mean about a high tessitura.

Though soaring top lines are one of my great weaknesses, and any music with a woman (or counter-tenor) flying to the top of the range makes my knees go wobbly, and I instantly fall in love with the singer.

[maveric]

12. Allman Brothers Live at the Fillmore.

One of the best Live albums ever, IMHO!
If you love great blues/rock guitar work, Duane Allman was at his best onthis gem.

[left hand man]

23. Ditto ,

[SlavesandBulldozers]

15. random Jay Farrar mp3's

right now its Prison Song.

[RetroLounge]

16. Afghan Whigs - Gentleman

and Rage against the Machine, and NIN.

and when I calm down a bit, Dashboard Confessional.

RL

[Maestro]

18. Old school U2 and it is some of their B-sides

11 o'Clock Tick Tock, Trash, Trampoline and the Party Girl, Touch, Things to Make and Do

[MrScorpio]

19. Lou Donaldson

Always funky

[saged52]

20. Brewer and Shipley

Tarkio Road - album. Until the benefit concert comes on - which is soon now. After that I'll listen to the other side of the album!

[last_texas_dem]

36. Cool

That's a great album. I heard it for the first time after picking it up at a flea market a couple years ago.

[xmas74]

21. Just finished some Charlie Parker.

Now, for some reason, Gordon Lightfoot.

[left hand man]

22. compilation on my 'puter- Blind Faith- "Can't find my way home"

Kind of the way I feel right now---

[VelmaD]

24. Been listening to a lot of Nickel Creek lately...

just been in a slightly bluegrass but not quite kinda mood. :shrug:

[Zomby Woof]

25. Van Morrison - "Poetic Champions Compose"

A great album of his from 1987. He plays sax, piano, and guitar on it.

[CitrusLib]

26. Disney's version of Sleeping Beauty

My four year old is watching the movie while I play dominos with my sister and brother-in-law. Nothing cerebral happening in this house tonight.

[Initech]

27. Nothing, I'll be off to the Parliment/Funkadelic/RHCP concert tonight!

[Gregorian]

28. OMG!

Mr. Wiggles.

You are gonna have fun.

[Initech]

31. This concert is going to kick ass!

George Clinton AND the Red Hot Chili Peppers. How much more awesome of a bill could you get?

[left hand man]

29. just heard "The Times They Are A Changin" B.Dylan My Brother LOVED

Bob--- Robert Died 12-07-2004 in a car wreck. RIP R.S.R
I cry.

[LynneSin]

30. Silence and my typing

:shrug:

and in 2 minutes my toilet flushing

[khashka]

32. Neil Young - Harvest

Right at this moment it's "A Man Needs A Maid" - and ain't that the truth!

"Just someone to keep my house clean, fix my meals and go away, a man needs a maid"

Khash.
(Canada just keeps giving us cool stuff, eh?)

[Tikki]

33. On vinyl....on my turntable...

Now...the exquisite Ms. Barbra Streisand....

From The Broadway Album:

Somewhere (Westside Story)

Someday, somewhere
We’ll find a new way of living
Will find a way of forgiving
Somewhere...
There’s a place for us
Somewhere a place for us
Peace and quiet and open air
Wait for us
Somewhere
There’s a time for us
Someday there’ll time for us
Time together and time to spare
Time to learn, time to care
Someday, somewhere
We’ll find a new way of living
Will find there’s a way of forgiving
Somewhere... somewhere... somewhere...
There’s a place for us
A time and a place for us
Hold my hand and we’re half way there
Just hold my hand and I’ll take you there
Somehow...
Someday, somewhere...

[hellbound-liberal]

34. N'Awlins: Dis Dat or D' Udda by Dr. John. Great CD!!

I bought it last year and have been sharing it with others ever since. Ironically, I just put it in my truck about a week before Katrina hit. It really drives home the fact that we can not turn our back on such a beautiful city full of beautiful people.

[last_texas_dem]

35. "Cartoon" by Soul Asylum

Actually the whole Hang Time album. One of my all-time favorite bands...

[saged52]

37. soundtrack from Easy Rider

remember? they were on their way to New Orleans - the rest of the movie took place in and around New Orleans. I could listen to Buffalo Springfield do "Wasn't Born to Follow" for freaking ever.

[aquaman]

56. love that soundtrack.....

think I will put on the DVD now. Thanks for the reminder.

[neoteric lefty]

38. O.A.R. 34th and 8th [Live album]

Song: Dareh Meyod

Like Dave MAtthews but a bit more reggae-ish and better IMO

[Ptah]

39. Joss Stone, The Soul Sessions. n/t

[GOPisEvil]

40. The 8th Grade

I'm supporting a fellow DUer. :)

[sakabatou]

41. Ready Steady Go by L'Arc~En~Ciel

[shugh514]

42. Beethoven - Symphony No. 7

Bayerisches Staatsorchester/Carlos Kleiber

[aquaman]

43. Jesus and Mary Chain....

Psychocandy.

Great cd, hard to believe it came out 20 years ago.

[Gregorian]

45. I loved that period.

Right around 90. I have a recording of a band called 3D Picnic. Similar sound.

[aquaman]

48. Never heard of 3D Picnic....

Have you listened to the first couple of cds by B.R.M.C. (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club)? Obvious that these guys were influenced by The Jesus and Mary Chain.

[Gregorian]

49. We love the drony, shoegazy sounds.

I'm notoriously bad with names. But I've heard them a lot recently.
If you're into this kind of sound, there's a show on wusb on wednesdays called Electric Mainline. Lots of this kind of sounding thing.
I'm a radio addict. I've been hooked to noncommercial college radio since the early 80's. It's like free candy.

[aquaman]

53. Where do you live?

I live in SC but surprisingly USC has a great college station. I don't listen to much radio anymore, other than the USC station, I have a few to many cds for that.

[Gregorian]

57. I grew up in Palo Alto

Right between three of the best stations in the world- kfjc (which I'm listening to now), kzsu, kalx. Berkeley, Stanford, and a jr. college station.

I recently moved to the southwest area of Oregon. It's internets streaming only, for my listening.

[xmas74]

44. Black Day in July-Gordon Lightfoot

Black day in July
Motor city madness has touched the countryside
And through the smoke and cinders
You can hear it far and wide
The doors are quickly bolted
And the children locked inside
Black day in July
Black day in July
And the soul of Motor City is bared across the land
As the book of law and order is taken in the hands
Of the sons of the fathers who were carried to this land

Black day in July
Black day in July
In the streets of Motor City is a deadly silent sound
And the body of a dead youth lies stretched upon the ground
Upon the filthy pavement
No reason can be found

Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor City madness has touched the countryside
And the people rise in anger
And the streets begin to fill
And there's gunfire from the rooftops
And the blood begins to spill

Black day in July

In the mansion of the governor
There's nothing that is known for sure
The telephone is ringing
And the pendulum is swinging
And they wonder how it happened
And they really know the reason
And it wasn't just the temperature
And it wasn't just the season

Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor City's burning and the flames are running wild
They reflect upon the waters of the river and the lake
And everyone is listening
And everyone's awake

Black day in July
Black day in July
The printing press is turning
And the news is quickly flashed
And you read your morning paper
And you sip your cup of tea
And you wonder just in passing
Is it him or is it me

Black day in July

In the office of the President
The deed is done the troops are sent
There's really not much choice you see
It looks to us like anarchy
And then the tanks go rolling in
To patch things up as best they can
There is no time to hesitate
The speech is made the dues can wait

Black day in July
Black day in July
The streets of Motor City now are quiet and serene
But the shapes of gutted buildings
Strike terror to the heart
And you say how did it happen
And you say how did it start
Why can't we all be brothers
Why can't we live in peace
But the hands of the have-nots
Keep falling out of reach


Black day in July
Black day in July
Motor city madness has touched the countryside
And through the smoke and cinders
You can hear it far and wide
The doors are quickly bolted
And the children locked inside

[huskerlaw]

46. The Halftime Report

of the Washington State v. Nevada football game.

[Mojambo]

47. Cougs are really creaming them

Alex Brink sure looks a lot better this week.

[huskerlaw]

50. Well, I would certainly hope so

Nevada's rather sucky. ;)

[Ladyhawk]

52. Malloy. "Jesus of Suburbia" is cued up on MusicMatch. n/t

[Pale Blue Dot]

54. David Gray's "The One I Love"

His new CD comes out on Tuesday, and what I've heard so far sounds incredible.

[flamingyouth]

55. Metal Mania on VH1Classic

[Gregorian]

58. Weird girl bands

Partyline, Girls Like Me

Black Sunday, Modulated Simulated

Joan Jett, I love rock and roll

[WCGreen]

59. Ryan Adams Wonderwall....

Twist in my sobriety
Watcher of the sky
Locomotive Breath
Something in the water. Toni Price....
Another Travelin Song - bright Eyes

[LaPera]

60. Mingus! "Ah Um"

[aquaman]

61. Love me some Mingus....

Anybody that does not should die.

[obxhead]

62. www.di.fm

[havocmom]

63. the usual

voices in my head

[sundog]

64. tj mason's greatest hits vol 4

[tjwmason]

68. That sounds like it would be worse than finger-nails down the black-board

:P

[tarkus]

65. "Rhymin' and Stealin'" By the Beastie Boys in my head now... NM

[AtomicKitten]

67. Oldies Elvis Costello.

Rufus Wainwright, Aimee Mann, Beck.

[billyskank]

69. Glenn Miller & his Jazz Orchestra

:)

[Clintmax]

70. I'm ALSO listening to Animusic - "Harmonic Voltage"

If you like computer generated music, this song is fantastic!
http://www.animusic.com/dvd-info-clips-1.html
It's the last video on the page.

[Rhiannon12866]

71. CNN downstairs. A song, written and performed by a friend, upstairs.

I can only take so much of the horror show, need a break and a reminder of pleasanter memories...:shrug: