With my iTunes on my work laptop.
In a classic case of non-syncronisation, my iPod (the one permanently attached to the hi-fi at home with all my CD's on) is far too massive in content terms to download to the lappie, and I put all my CD's in to storage (to save from Nora sized messing), so I can't re-rip anything.
I'm sure I can do some kind of extreme-selective synchronising but I'm sure it'll be problematic. Particularly with the whole collection being on the Mac at home.
What I really need is a really good recommendation selection of new music. The only trouble is, my music taste is so confusingly eclectic, no one can give me a good overview. Interweb recommendations engines have *absolutely no idea* what to give me to listen to since I started buying classical a few years ago.
I've heard a few semi decent things on 6 music but I always forget to write them down. If I give you a rundown of the kind of music I have on here for a work environment maybe it'll give someone a clue:
A-Z order missing out the daft rubbish that I haven't bothered removing (plus podcasts):
Beethoven symphonies (thank you Radio 3 downloads)
The Beastie Boys - various albums
Blur - various albums
Brian Eno - various ambient albums
More Beethoven, this time conducted by Carlos Kleiber
De La soul
Dirty Three (and Low, as well. I'm always banging on about The Dirty Three - they're amazing)
Divine Comedy - carious albums
DJ Shadow - various - I'm gone all bored with Shadow somehow. Does anyone know any really shit hot turntablists who've come out of the woodwork recently? My last really big discovery was Kid Koala. I mean jesus, how long ago did he surface!
Flaming Lips - *the* 2004 hipsters album, of course
Glenn Gould the young version playing Bach's Golberg Variations
Go-Betweens - Bright Yellow, Bright Orange. What a fantastic album this is.
Gorillaz - I do like these, but it's just like the Damon Albarn ego roadshow, which bores me. Blur when they were wonderful were a real ensemble piece. well - two great musicians, in him and Coxon.
Graham Coxon, natch
Esquivel - I don't listen to this very much, but it's great to cheer you up, it's so ludicrous
Handsome Boy modelling school - what a great album
The Killers - I maintain that this lot are by far the most talented of the new bunch of bands that have appeared in recent years, from a musical pov. Half the album is cobblers, but the other half is magnificent
Various Quannum people: Lateef, Latyrx, god's gift to poetic rapping, Mr Lyrics Born (I am not worthy), Blackalicious, etc, etc....
Michael Nyman - film greatest hits (more at home, so no need to recommend)
Mitchell brothers - my one and only recent discovery. Very "Streets" but then that's to be expected. I don't know why it is that people somehow seem to be down on Mike Skinner these days. Why? Because kids really like his stuff and he's now "famous"? Who would you prefer kids like, Jessica Simpson? Skinner's the best thing to have come out of British hip hop for years, and if he's spending his time promoting new talent like these guys then I say hooray.
NWA
New Order - Luckily, I managed to rip all my recorded 12"'s before storing the CD
Nick Drake - I think you get the picture as to what I like here... it's pretty diverse (although the two Drake albums I've got here are pretty obvious)
Orbital - duh, of course
Pixies - I find I don't listen to them this much at work, they're too involving
Rimsky-Korsakoff - only Sherezade, for the "Familiarity on the headphones" thing
Scissor sisters
Smiths - Hatful of hollow - again, I find I don't listen to this too much because it's just too involving
Stevie Wonder - various early seventies albums - Innervisions, that sort of thing
Supergrass - In it for the money - I've always really loved this album
Various burble.... er... XTC, Skylarking. One of the most underrated albums of all time
A couple of White Stripes albums but I don't listen to them that much
The only other record I know I really want to get right now is a soundtrack - the one from "Lost in Translation". Has various relatively good indie type tracks plus nwe tracks by Kevin Shields! (He trod on my foot once!). I'd quite like to get the "Brokeback" soundtrack too - Linda Ronstadt and all sorts - but I think that may have more to do with by obvious infatuation with the movie (well, hell, why not).
So there must be other decent new music out there - now you know what I like, can you mail me and give me some suggestions? I promise to follow up with all the good ones. The big thing that's missing from this list is my personal favourite collection from the Johnny Cash "American Recordings" collection, although I fear that if I listened to "The First time ever I saw your face" or "In my life" at work I might just burst in to tears.
So anyway! Suggestions! I heard a song by "Doves" the other day on TV that I thought was quite good. Are they?
Signed,
Totally out of touch Hurley
(Classical recommendations also most welcome)
Posted by cait at February 9, 2006 06:55 PM