Museum Musica

Zhanteimi · 09-12-2018, 06:43 PM

The start of a new thing.

So this what I'm doing now, just for fun: I've got a text file with a list of every album in my collection. I CTRL+C CTRL+V it into random.org, click randomize, and listen to whatever pops up first. I remove what I've listened to from my text file so that next time I randomize, I won't get something I've already listened to with this method. So...let's get started! (Full disclosure: I have no idea what I'm talking about. Just enjoying my hobby and not pretending to be an authority on anything. Also, this list will be so derivative and hipster, you might need a vomit bag.)

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0001 Real Estate - Atlas
(USA, 2014, jangle pop)

I dig this album, though my wife thinks it lacks teeth. She likes music that is more testosterone-driven, but laid-back little gems like this are right up my alley. There's some lyrical wishy-washyness in spots, but overall this is as pleasant a listening experience as one can have on a lazy day with nothing to do. Although every track has vocals except one, I want to share my favorite track, which just happens to be an instrumental. Next time you're driving and not in a hurry to get anywhere, play "April's Song".

**Frownland** · 09-12-2018, 06:57 PM

Cool method.

Zhanteimi · 09-12-2018, 07:18 PM

Thanks! Hoping this method works out for me. I think the randomness of it all will keep me from feeling in a rut.

Zhanteimi · 09-13-2018, 06:48 PM

0002 R.E.M. - Green
(USA, 2014, jangle pop)

It's weird right off the bat I've gotten two jangle pop albums in a row. Weird because I have only nine jangle pop albums in my collection of 1,346 albums (as of 14 Sept 2018). Anyway, I guess this is what true randomness is about--like when stars cluster together in the night sky, whereas right beside the cluster is a wide expanse of blackness. Well, about this album: according to many R.E.M. fans, this album ends the band's perfect run from their debut through Document, but I have to disagree with the consensus. I think this album is great, and I actually like it more than any of their previous albums. Maybe I like sell-out sounds? After all, I think American Idiot is Green Day's best album. (You can just call me "Mr. Haystack".) There's so much I love about the atmosphere of Green, and "Orange Crush" is as good as R.E.M. gets.

The Batlord · 09-13-2018, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Zhanteimi

It's weird right off the 66Sexy I've gotten two jangle pop albums in a row.

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Zhanteimi · 09-13-2018, 08:01 PM

Gotta keep up with these name changes.

Zhanteimi · 09-13-2018, 09:28 PM

0003 Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres
(USA, 2011, avant-garde jazz / spiritual jazz)

This album starts as a paradox, namely as a beautiful cacophony, and the vocals, strong yet broken, rise perfectly out of this sonic storm. Then the violins soar, evoking more familiar emotions and granting the much-needed respite from the opening tempest. There follows a powerful a capella rendition of a slave auction, with all its attendant sexual callousness (the upright bass lead-in is perfect, providing the backbone to the auction bidding chant breakdown). The music swirls on into mournful violins, the sound of a lonely buoy bell, and eerie voices singing in...not-English. This calm doesn't last long, though, for the narrative descends into frightening vocal territory with harrowing cries and groans. The rhythm and phrasing become more tribal in feel. We find out why she cries when she tells the story of her having to buy her own children out of bondage. In the end, this album sounds like a really well-put-together art school project. This avant-garde spiritual jazz is also conscious jazz.

**Frownland** · 09-13-2018, 09:50 PM

Nice. One of the greatest and most expressive albums ever made. My bandmates and I listened to it for the first time together as a jazz record for background music but eventually stopped talking and just listened. Powerful record.

Zhanteimi · 09-13-2018, 10:14 PM

I get that. This album was nominated in an Album Discussion Club I run, and everyone was just amazed by the painful story that unfolded across this harrowing look at slavery.

Neapolitan · 09-13-2018, 10:53 PM

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Good to see you back in the trenches.

09-12-2018, 06:43 PM	#861 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	The start of a new thing. So this what I'm doing now, just for fun: I've got a text file with a list of every album in my collection. I CTRL+C CTRL+V it into random.org, click randomize, and listen to whatever pops up first. I remove what I've listened to from my text file so that next time I randomize, I won't get something I've already listened to with this method. So...let's get started! (Full disclosure: I have no idea what I'm talking about. Just enjoying my hobby and not pretending to be an authority on anything. Also, this list will be so derivative and hipster, you might need a vomit bag.) * * * 0001 Real Estate - Atlas (USA, 2014, jangle pop) I dig this album, though my wife thinks it lacks teeth. She likes music that is more testosterone-driven, but laid-back little gems like this are right up my alley. There's some lyrical wishy-washyness in spots, but overall this is as pleasant a listening experience as one can have on a lazy day with nothing to do. Although every track has vocals except one, I want to share my favorite track, which just happens to be an instrumental. Next time you're driving and not in a hurry to get anywhere, play "April's Song". __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 11:34 PM.

09-12-2018, 06:57 PM	#862 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Cool method. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-12-2018, 07:18 PM	#863 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Thanks! Hoping this method works out for me. I think the randomness of it all will keep me from feeling in a rut. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

09-13-2018, 06:48 PM	#864 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0002 R.E.M. - Green (USA, 2014, jangle pop) It's weird right off the bat I've gotten two jangle pop albums in a row. Weird because I have only nine jangle pop albums in my collection of 1,346 albums (as of 14 Sept 2018). Anyway, I guess this is what true randomness is about--like when stars cluster together in the night sky, whereas right beside the cluster is a wide expanse of blackness. Well, about this album: according to many R.E.M. fans, this album ends the band's perfect run from their debut through Document, but I have to disagree with the consensus. I think this album is great, and I actually like it more than any of their previous albums. Maybe I like sell-out sounds? After all, I think American Idiot is Green Day's best album. (You can just call me "Mr. Haystack".) There's so much I love about the atmosphere of Green, and "Orange Crush" is as good as R.E.M. gets. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 11:35 PM.

09-13-2018, 08:01 PM	#866 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	Gotta keep up with these name changes. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic

09-13-2018, 09:28 PM	#867 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	0003 Matana Roberts - Coin Coin Chapter One: Gens de couleur libres (USA, 2011, avant-garde jazz / spiritual jazz) This album starts as a paradox, namely as a beautiful cacophony, and the vocals, strong yet broken, rise perfectly out of this sonic storm. Then the violins soar, evoking more familiar emotions and granting the much-needed respite from the opening tempest. There follows a powerful a capella rendition of a slave auction, with all its attendant sexual callousness (the upright bass lead-in is perfect, providing the backbone to the auction bidding chant breakdown). The music swirls on into mournful violins, the sound of a lonely buoy bell, and eerie voices singing in...not-English. This calm doesn't last long, though, for the narrative descends into frightening vocal territory with harrowing cries and groans. The rhythm and phrasing become more tribal in feel. We find out why she cries when she tells the story of her having to buy her own children out of bondage. In the end, this album sounds like a really well-put-together art school project. This avant-garde spiritual jazz is also conscious jazz. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic Last edited by Zhanteimi; 10-24-2018 at 11:35 PM.

09-13-2018, 09:50 PM	#868 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	Nice. One of the greatest and most expressive albums ever made. My bandmates and I listened to it for the first time together as a jazz record for background music but eventually stopped talking and just listened. Powerful record. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-13-2018, 10:14 PM	#869 (permalink)
Zhanteimi Mord Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Tokyo Posts: 4,873	I get that. This album was nominated in an Album Discussion Club I run, and everyone was just amazed by the painful story that unfolded across this harrowing look at slavery. __________________ Zhanteimi LetsTalkMusic