Q: What are you listening to? A: Shiina Ringo.

it just kind of happened!

listened to a bunch of foreigner this week lol

i listen to dancehall all the time everywhere but not by choice. same
6-7 songs over n over

i am listening to miley cyrus
again not by choice

A. Not even jergins can help me now.
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins
A. Not even jergins

New Tokyo Jihen mini-album coming soon:

http://forums.electricmole.net/showthread.php?t=1824

Hopefully it won't be as disappointing as, ah, the last three albums they put out. Much debate about the "color bar" TV theme. (Does this mean they are going on hiatus?)

I like how this thread was turned into something more legitimate than when I started it. Feel free to also discuss what you are listening to, but then there are already some active threads for that.

Apropos: I moved into a new apartment this summer, with a little more noise insulation from my neighbors (and nobody above or below me). I expected to go through at least big chunks of my CD collection that I hadn't been listening to, but that hasn't happened. In fact, I find myself looking at big chunks of it and wondering why I even have it. Maybe there is wisdom in having very impermanent copies of things. It's not as though I have the money to keep my CDs freshly reflecting what I actually currently like and care about.

Still really liking this Kimbra album. A lot of the time I like the sound of her lyrics as sound. Also, I imagine this will be laughed at by the really experts on what can be done in a studio, but I think the production keeps things interesting. Least favorite track is probably "Plain Gold Ring." I don't know the Nina Simone version, but Kimbra probably shouldn't try being Nina Simone, even for a song.

I can sort of see why people find Kimbra boring, and yet, I'm not sure I feel defensive about it. (What, if anything, am I saying?) Also, I think she has a good sense of rhythm in her delivery, for this type of music.

She's going to be working with these big commercial producers for her next album aimed at a U.S. audience, and I will never like anything she does again.

Anyway Shiina Ringo. This is kind of Shiina Ringo doing Shiina Ringo again, thank goodness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=34BVyR0K_9c

Still haven't managed to hear the third song from this EP in full, which means I have been lazy.

It's another ornate mid-tempo big band track. Primary rhythm instrument is banjo.

Karen Stackpole with Die Elektrischen - Machine Shop
Perfume - JPN
Roedelius Plays Piano - Live 1985
Biber - Violin Sonatas / Sonata Representiva (Romanesca)
Jean C. Roche - Songs Through The Seasons
Louis & Bebe Barron - Bells of Atlantis
Roberto De Simone - "Secondo Coro Delle Lavandale"
Ranta / Lewis / Plank - Mu