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[Robert Essig]

Been listening to Black Sabbath's Never Say Die, the last album they did with Ozzy from '78.  You can practically see cocaine dust a quaaludes coming out of the speakers.

It's kind of cool having a tape player in my car.  I can buy old cassettes for a quarter a pice and get a good variety of tunes.  Beats the hell out of the radio.

[Licorice Lain]

It's kind of cool having a tape player in my car.  I can buy old cassettes for a quarter a pice and get a good variety of tunes.  Beats the hell out of the radio.

Do you have some Judas Priest?

[Robert Essig]

It's kind of cool having a tape player in my car.  I can buy old cassettes for a quarter a pice and get a good variety of tunes.  Beats the hell out of the radio.

Do you have some Judas Priest?

Not on cassette.  I have several Priest records (vinyl): Stained Class, Point of Entry, Sad Wings of Destiny, etc.  I go to thrift stories from time to time or the swap meet looking for tapes to listen to in the car.  Haven't found any Judas Priest...yet.

[Licorice Lain]

I wonder if that because they are rare or very few happen to have them.

[Victorya]

Evolutions in Sound : R.I.S.E Rising Appalachia

I love this CD, vair feminist but damn good music at the same time.  I love layered sounds and great lyrics.

[Clyde Wolfe]

NIN---Pretty Hate Machine

I'm so glad they re-released it!

[Robert Essig]

I wonder if that because they are rare or very few happen to have them.

Don't know.  I always have my eye out for good stuff like that.

NIN---Pretty Hate Machine

I'm so glad they re-released it!

Love that album.  One of my favs.


I've been listening to Vision Thing by The Sisters of Mercy.  Love it!

[Licorice Lain]

"The Grand Conjuration" by Opeth

[Licorice Lain]

"Everything's Ruined" by Faith no more, to be followed by the rest of Angel Dust.

[BryonMorrigan]

NIN---Pretty Hate Machine

I'm so glad they re-released it!

I still say that album was probably one of the most seminal breakthroughs in the history of modern music.  Every song on it could be released as a single.

On the other hand, Reznor followed it by releasing album after album of mostly filler, and maybe in all of the succeeding albums, there's what...maybe 10 songs that are actually worth a damn?  (And one of them's a B-side...)

It's hard to believe this album came out in 1989.  I must've seen NIN a thousand times on tour for this album.  First was Feb '90, with Jesus & Mary Chain...then with Peter Murphy....then with Meat Beat Manifesto....Lollapalooza I...et cetera...and each time they played pretty much the same songs in the same order.

...but no discussion of NIN is complete without linking this video. 

[Thom Brannan]

been driving to Florence + the Machine's Lungs. i think "Howl" is one of my favorite songs now.

[Clyde Wolfe]

...but no discussion of NIN is complete without linking this video. 

Sides...hurt...laughing...

[Licorice Lain]

On the other hand, Reznor followed it by releasing album after album of mostly filler, and maybe in all of the succeeding albums, there's what...maybe 10 songs that are actually worth a damn?  (And one of them's a B-side...)
the same order.

PLEASE do not tell me you are including "March of the Pigs" or "Hand that feeds" in that list of ten. I might have to engage you in a nuclear war if you say yes.

I actually have an issue with Pretty Hate Machine. Musically, a few of my favorite NIN songs are on it, but.... the lyrics are cheesy as hell. Seriously, not his best lyric writing at all. Not even "Head like A Hole" is good in that regard... :/ And one of my favs from the album is downright laughable: "That's what I get"

The Downward Spiral is even worse in terms of lyrics, but actually is a step up, musically. You may call "Eraser", "Reptile", "A warm place" and "The Becoming" filler, but they are well executed. And yes, I know that one of them is a rip from "Crystal Japan" by Bowie.

The Fragile is by far his best (yes, I am one of those). The lyrics are more sparse and his writing ability had improved by then. That and the emotions on that album are thicker and more believable.

Everything since then has been better than his early career, but still has those cringeworthy moments (DAMN YOU, "Survivalism"!!!!).

As for that video, I am surprised he didn't steal on of the sheep.

[Robert Essig]

Interesting POV, Licorice, but I have to side with Bryon when it comes to Pretty Hate Machine.

On the other hand I think Broken is a damn fine album though the ninety-some-odd tracks of nothing between the songs is annoying.  The Downward Spiral has some very strong tracks, but it is indeed laden with filler.  Closer was obviously the most succesful NIN song and I think it was probably a track that was written during the PHM sesssions but didn't make it onto that album (thats just my own theory; I've never investigated it.  It sounds a lot like the style of PHM).  I'm not a fan of anything Reznor put out after the Downward Spiral, though his most recent singles have been decent.

I've been listening to the Charlie Daniels Band, Pantera, and Mr. Bungle lately at work and in the car.

[Thom Brannan]

Faith No More's "Chinese Arithmetic."

listened to the new Cake (Showroom of Compassion) and the Florence + the Machine a lot and decided it was time for a break. so, some FNM, and queued up after is "The Hellion/Electric Eye."