Music

Music is a necessity. Though I focus mostly on alternative/industrial/EBM/electronic styles, my tastes are eclectic and wide-ranging.

[From Usenet: 2.6.97 0000]

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In article <01bc13dc$785fac00$4b2774cf@mgross>, “SB” <sbarr...@worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> > I know a place that supposedly has the The Perfect Drug promo CD for $15. Is it worth buying? Does it have any tracks that won’t be on the Lost Highway soundtrack coming out in 2 weeks?
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> do you want it? then it’s worth buying.

What if it cost a hundred bucks. What if it cost a thousand. One may want it, but that doesn’t mean it’s worth buying.

Discarding the philosophical ramblings being touched on here, I’d say…no. If it’s the same promo CD i’ve got (friend at a music store gave it to me), it’s only got two tracks. TPD, and a shorter version for radio stations that don’t like songs over 5 minutes. I wouldn’t pay the $15 for that…

[From the archives: 1.21.96 0639]

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[Note: This was originally written back when I was hand-coding my pages. Original entry is here.]

I actually have been doing some occasional work on my pages lately, just haven’t done much in the way of recording it here, just because few of them have been very major. The one major thing is that I’ve worked my ‘shameless promotion’ page into a changing schedule of things going on at the two clubs I’m dj’ing at, The Lost Abbey and Gig’s Music Theatre. Added a © notification to A Fable For Our Times, after the author got in touch with me and told me it was a copywritten work. He did let me keep it around, though, which I’m very grateful for…it’s a piece I really enjoy. I’ve also gotten submissions for a couple more people for my Web-Wide Woody’s page, and will be putting those in later tonight. Quite honestly, working on keeping myself awake for the next few hours. (grin) Ah, well. That’s it for now, then.

[From Usenet: 12.22.95 0000]

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In article <4ba65d$...@news.cc.utah.edu>, aam7...@cc.utah.edu (Alan Moss) wrote:

If anyone out there has a copy of Front 242’s Angels vs. Animals they would like to sell, please e-mail me.

If you can find a local Camelot records (I don’t know how big the chain is), ask if they can get it. That’s where I found mine, believe it or not, about two weeks ago…and earlier in the week, I saw that they had another copy out on the shelves. I was impressed.

Oh…sweet disc, too. Sorry, I’m holding onto this one. Especially track 8, L’ange Moderne.

Just how rare is this thing, anyway?

[From Usenet 8.13.95 2300]

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just wondering if theres anybody out there in alaska specifically fairbanks….
and if so is there anyplace to get, see, or hear good music…..
i will be moving there sometime in september…….
wow from sunny florida to cold ass alaska, what a change….
oh well, thanx for any info…..

Well, afraid I don’t know anything about Fairbanks, it’s been years since I’ve made it up there. Admittedly, haven’t been in any hurry…

Down here in Anchorage, about the best place to find anything is at Mammoth Music. They’ve got two locations for new cd’s/tapes, one musical instrument store, and one used-cd store. Always have a good selection, and can generally get ton’s of imports and rare stuff that can be hard to get anywhere else. Apparently companies think Alaska’s so out of it, they all send their stuff to us, so we get more than other places can. Not a bad setup…. I don’t know quite how this site is doing, it was seriously under construction last time I checked, but they’re working on putting up a WWW site…try:

http://mammoth.alaska.net/

…and see what you get.

[From Usenet: 8.13.95 2300]

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In article <DD7JG7.586.0.qu...@torfree.net>, bm...@torfree.net (Coire Cadeau) wrote:

Stupid question: There was this song that had an industrial feel to it that I heard at a club last night… The only words I remember weren’t english, but they were something like: “Ich bin ein hauslander” (forgive me… I don’t speak german. That was just a phonetic attempt.) Has anybody heard this song? What’s it called and who does it?

Pop Will Eat Itself, “Ich bin ein Auslander,” off of Dos Deidos mi Amigos.
Sweet album…lots of good stuff.

[From Usenet 8.7.95 2300]

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In article <3vt1c9$...@newsbf02.news.aol.com>, mtra...@aol.com (MTRACKS) wrote:

Keep up with the latest releases from major artists month by month on one digitally mastered cd.

Modern Tracks provides alternative/modern rock/industrial music for club jocks, mobile jocks, radio, musicians and clubs. Artists like Thrill Kill Kult, White Zombie, Cranberries and more

email us for info mtra…@aol.com

Okay…I bit. So, what’s the deal? Doing an alternative/industrial all-ages club up here in Anchorage, but it can be hard to get new stuff…. Thing is, some of the stuff you had mentioned in an earlier post wasn’t all that new, wasn’t sure if I should reply or not.

  • all good girls – die warzau – have this on the WaxTrax “Afterburn” sampler
  • hit n run holiday – thrill kill kult – Flintstones soundtrack…
  • language of reality – die krupps (clouser rmx) – this caught my eye…would this be the Charlie Clouser working with nine inch nails now? He does do good work…
  • out comes the evil – lords of acid – good track, but “Voodoo-U”‘s been out for a while…

Anyway, am interested in more info, at least…

[From Usenet 3.11.95 0416]

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In article <3jimoa$...@usenet1.sjc.in.sel.sony.com>, lbar...@sonymusic.com wrote:

Does anyone have any info on Dance Or Die? I bought the Psychoburbia album, and liked it a lot. I saw that they had more on the shelf, and was wondering if it was similar. Please reply here, or to lbar…@sonymusic.com.

I’ve only ever heard one song of theirs. Was called “Dance or Die” and is on a compilation I picked up in Berlin called the “German Mystic Sound Sampler” good song…one of my faves on the comp. Didn’t know any other stuff of theirs was available over here…any info you could slide my way? Woudl appreciate…

[From Usenet: 2.26.95 0238]

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I don’t remember even where I first heard about this but…

Somewhere around a year or more ago, there was an ftp site that had a remix of ‘last’ by Butch Vig that had been nixed from the ‘fixed’ ep. As far as I’ve been able to tell, it’s not available anywhere else, and has never been released. When I heard about this, I had a friend download it for me, and I now have it here on my computer (not a bad mix, either).

Questions being:

  1. Does anyone know anything about this mix?
  2. Is it still available anywhere? After being downloaded, broken into pieces, transferred from IBM to Mac, re-pieced together and all, the sound quality isn’t great. Would be interested in getting a better quality file…but don’t have the url I originally got it from.

Any information would be greatly appreciated…

[From Usenet: 1.10.95 0448]

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I do suppose, while not being necessarily one of the ‘big names’ (with a gun? sorry…seemingly obligatory lyrics reference) on a.m.nin, I might as well pitch in…

Currently living by the pesudonym Woody…only my family and very old friends bother with my given name anymore, so I pretty much ignore it. 21 years old, and not currently in school. Thankfully able to avoid an @aol.com address, though due to a local provider, ended up with a mildy cool address. Yippe, lifes ambition is fulfilled. Or not.

At present, biding my time here in the frozen wasteland of Anchorage, Alaska until I can get my skinny butt out of here. Current future looks like I’ll be hitting Seattle roundabouts late March or early April, not through any great longing to hit that particular false mecca of the ’90’s, but rather taking a chance to head down with a friend. Finally have a realistic chance to get out, don’t care where I end up. Yes, Anchorage is that bad. Bitch bitch bitch. There, that’s done.

Unlike the previous three posts in this that I’ve read, not currently a musician. Bummer. Classical vocal training as a child and a passing familiarity with the violin aren’t too high in demand these days. I wonder why…. I fill my time making lots of copies at the local Kinko’s. Work a swing shift, which means I get up about 2 in the afternoon, hit work at 4, off at midnight, and crash between 4 and 6 in the morning. Perfect for a night owl. When I’m not there, I usually move into the local Village Inn (a classier Denny’s type place). Friday nights I dj for a local teen club’s ‘Alternative’ night. Currently being screwed over by the manager pay wise, but hey…I get six hours a week to play whatever I feel like really, really loud, and with no place else for the under-21 crowd to go, lots of people have fun. I can deal with being a bit of a sucker for that.

Musically, decently wide ranged. A collection of 300-some discs, ranging from Abba to Legendary Pink Dots to gregorian chant to KLF, Sisters of Mercy, Mary’s Danish…very into ’80’s stuff, Jesus Christ Superstar, and have a couple of cd’s of German ‘indie’ music that goes over great at the club. Must admit to a bit of self-absorbed pride in being one of the only people here in Anchorage who not only listens to nin, but knows what I’m babbling about, much of which I owe to a.m.nin. Even hassled the local music chain for three months until they tracked down Demo’s and Remixes…and last I looked, they still had two copies of it, the better pressing even. The people up here just don’t know what’s out there…funny.

Computer wise, am a confessed mac fanatic. Hey…I can admit to being enough of an idiot to like the pretty little pictures. Course, some of those ‘pretty’ little icons were grabbed from Geiger scans, but hey…. Refuse to be dragged into a ‘my box is better’ debate, though, as I have a healthy respect for beemers, use the ones at Kinko’s a fair amount, and wouldn’t mind grabbing one, if a recent engine seizure hadn’t put me so far in debt. Just avoid Windoze like the plague. Gerf.

So hey, that’s me…take it or leave it. Fun fun fun.