# Time for another what-are-you-listening-to thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 5, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881 "2005-10-05T14:20:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/1 "2005-10-05T14:20:35Z")
aka a thinly veiled attempt to find some new music… Currently the following are in heavy play wherever I go (home, work and the road) Thee More Shallows - More Deep Cuts…one of the best unknown albums of 2005 Sigur Ros - Takk Wolf Parade - Apologies to the Queen Mary Muse - Origin of symmetry Royksopp - The Understanding What’s playing on your cd-player/mp3/PSP/etc/etc??? ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/2 "2005-10-05T15:27:24Z")
The latest new albums I’m listening to are _[Eye to the Telescope](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0006FMBWY/qid=1128525984/sr=8-1/ref=pd_bbs_1/103-6459860-3225425?v=glance&s=music&n=507846)_ by KT Tunstall and _[Hours](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0009I7NP8/qid=1128526012/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/103-6459860-3225425?v=glance&s=music)_ by Funeral for a Friend. Recently, though, I’ve been in the mood for comfort music and have been listening to a lot of the iTunes radio station Flashback Alternatives (“classic 80s alternative music”). 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![irishgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@irishgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/irishgirl)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/3 "2005-10-05T15:54:05Z")
Recently we’ve been listening to: The new **Goldie Lookin’ Chain** album _"Safe as F_\*_k"_ [http://www.playlouder.com/review/+safe-as-fuck/](http://www.playlouder.com/review/+safe-as-fuck/) The new **Super Furry Animals** album _“Love Kraft”_ > **[Love Kraft by Super Furry Animals](https://www.metacritic.com/music/love-kraft/super-furry-animals)** > > Love Kraft by Super Furry Animals album reviews & Metacritic score: Mario Caldato Jr. (Beastie Boys) produced the Furries' follow-up to 2003's "Phantom Power," which sees all of the band members (rather than just Gruff Rhys) tak... My husband and I went to see **SFA** live last week (a sort of post-honeymoon treat). They are undoubtedly one of the best live acts about at the moment, and, as always their set was superb. If you haven’t heard any of their stuff and the idea of psychedelic rock fused with electronic dance, made by a bunch of Welsh stoners with impeccable quality control appeals, I highly recommend them. Also: **Damien Rice** - _B Sides_ **Gorillaz** -_Demon Days_ **Imogen Heap** - _Speak For Yourself_ **Leadbelly** - _Midnight Special_ **The Magic Numbers** -_The Magic Numbers_ ---
**Author:** ![TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheBoneyKingofNowhere)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/4 "2005-10-05T18:23:06Z")
Just discovered In an Aeroplane Over the Sea by **Neutral Milk Hotel**. It is great, front-to-back; a solid, album. Also just stumbled upon a live video of _Astronomy Domine_ (1967 **Pink Floyd** with Syd Barrett). Now I’m into early Pink Floyd again! 😃 Also intend on getting the new **Sigur Ros** album. Hope it’s good! ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/5 "2005-10-05T19:24:10Z")
I’ve been playing the newest Opeth cd in my car a lot since I got it a few weeks ago. Truly great stuff, although it’s an acquired taste. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/6 "2005-10-05T19:37:40Z")
> [@TheBoneyKingofNowhere](#): > > Just discovered In an Aeroplane Over the Sea by **Neutral Milk Hotel**. It is great, front-to-back; a solid, album. > > Also just stumbled upon a live video of _Astronomy Domine_ (1967 **Pink Floyd** with Syd Barrett). Now I’m into early Pink Floyd again! 😃 > > Also intend on getting the new **Sigur Ros** album. Hope it’s good! “In an Aeroplane over the Sea” is IMHO one of the greatest albums ever. I was hesitant about the new Sigur Ros (it being hailed as accessible and such - ewww) but I have to say I like the fact that the songs have become more ‘rocking’ ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/7 "2005-10-05T19:53:55Z")
If you like Neutral Milk Hotel (stupidest band name ever) you may like the Decemberists. Some people call them derivative of NMH, I call them vastly superior in every way. Right now I have John Vanderslice’s Cellar Door in the cd player. It’s a great albulm. A lot of the songs conjure up a mental movie they are so story driven and descriptive. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/8 "2005-10-05T19:57:10Z")
An oscillating fan blowing in my office. The tormented screams of the damned, because the heat in the institution got turned on, yet the sudden rise in outside temperatures to 87 degrees with 80% humidity didn’t make them turn the heat off. The noise from the big bang. ---
**Author:** ![Future\_Londonite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9dc877/32.png) [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/9 "2005-10-05T20:18:27Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > If you like Neutral Milk Hotel (stupidest band name ever) you may like the Decemberists. Some people call them derivative of NMH, I call them vastly superior in every way. Have been a fan of The Decemberists ever since “Castaways and Cutouts” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/10 "2005-10-05T20:19:00Z")
I have been listening to my collection of 78 RPM records. Last week, I acquired a radio station turntable - a three-speed Technics SP-10 Mk II, with an SME tonearm. I put a Stanton 500AL cartridge in it, and ordered a 78 stylus on the net. And since Monday evening, I have been recording my 78s onto the computer properly, with the right equipment, for the first time, ever! It has always been among my dreams to own an awesome turntable for this purpose, and now I do! There are records going back to 1908, up through the late 1950s. Some of them are the songs I’ve known the longest, others I haven’t played yet, as I bought them and haven’t had a machine to play them until now. I will be removing all the clicks and thumps from these recordings and making CDs of the results. I guess this is the ceremonial last play for these records. After this, they will never need to be played again. But they’ll be preserved for all time, with all the noises removed. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/11 "2005-10-05T20:43:21Z")
> [@fishbicycle](#): > > I have been listening to my collection of 78 RPM records. Last week, I acquired a radio station turntable - a three-speed Technics SP-10 Mk II, with an SME tonearm. I put a Stanton 500AL cartridge in it, and ordered a 78 stylus on the net. And since Monday evening, I have been recording my 78s onto the computer properly, with the right equipment, for the first time, ever! It has always been among my dreams to own an awesome turntable for this purpose, and now I do! > > There are records going back to 1908, up through the late 1950s. Some of them are the songs I’ve known the longest, others I haven’t played yet, as I bought them and haven’t had a machine to play them until now. I will be removing all the clicks and thumps from these recordings and making CDs of the results. > > I guess this is the ceremonial last play for these records. After this, they will never need to be played again. But they’ll be preserved for all time, with all the noises removed. Very cool, Ken - congrats. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/12 "2005-10-05T20:52:50Z")
Right at this moment…a country/folk duo called East Mountain South. Not my usual but I love it. Next in the queue is Jeff Buckley’s “Living Grace.” Cheers. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/13 "2005-10-05T21:04:53Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Very cool, Ken - congrats. Seconded! I haven’t had a turntable in years, but I still have a bunch of vinyl _just in case_ I can ever buy a nice one. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Spatial\_Rift\_47](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spatial_Rift_47)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/14 "2005-10-05T22:21:34Z")
Lately I’ve been listening to anything I can find by this hilariously funny Canadian folk group called the Arrogant Worms. They’ve been around for a while and have quite a few albums out. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/15 "2005-10-05T22:47:59Z")
I’ve just watched Dave Matthews’ Live Central Park/Don’t Drink the Water performance, on big-screen with surround sound, up loud. I’m completely breathless, and not just from dancing insanely all over the room. That band is the ultimate! I’ve just realized that I can no longer be held responsible for my actions when under the influence of that music. I’m going to have to dole out that particular cut to myself verrrry carefully. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/16 "2005-10-05T23:17:02Z")
Right now, I have Olga Tañón’s _Una Nueva Mujer_ on constant repeat. Upbeat Puerto Rican pop music. Very, very listenable, and I’d like it even if I couldn’t understand it. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/17 "2005-10-05T23:27:39Z")
Most recently, I was listening to Finntroll’s _Jaktens Tid_. Later, I think I’ll put on some Týr or some Atheist. ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/18 "2005-10-05T23:34:24Z")
The Bloodhound gang, a surprisingly funny, surprisingly prolific band. Current single: Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo. You may remember the following lyric from their previous album (Hooray for boobies): Love: the kind you clean up with a mop-and-buck-et. Lest you think I’m completely unsavable, I’m also listening to Thomas Dolby: Forty - Live Limited Edition and 20 years of They Might Be Giants. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/19 "2005-10-06T03:48:07Z")
Time to move yet another “Time for another what-are-you-listening-to thread” from IMHO to Cafe Society. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 6, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881/20 "2005-10-06T04:18:11Z")
And just to toot my own horn a little, if you’re looking for something to listen to, you should check out the [Essential Music Library Project](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=335665). It’s still just getting started, so there’s a lot of ground left to cover. That link’ll take you to the thread I used to plan the project and now use for announcements–see the bottom for the latest links. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-for-another-what-are-you-listening-to-thread/324881.md?page=2)