Friday Random 10: 20 November 2009
So I've been blasting all 6.5 gigs of DJ Mal's Dance-Party-To-Go (apologies to Dr. X) all night while I take a break from writing my proposals by... reading papers for my proposal. But now it's time to start decompressing so I can pretend to sleep at some point tonight. So I'm going to subject you all to this.
1. Pig - Find It, Fuck It, Forget It (Sump Mix). I think my affection for all things swine-related and particularly for all things Wrecked-related is pretty self-evident to those who pay attention to such things, and is generally shared by them as well. One of my favorite albums, probably on my top ten all-time in fact.
I've got a sucker punched, tarred and feathered heart / It can beat no more in vain
2. Razed in Black - Solution. I know that I'm putatively listening to my 6.5 GB worth of favorite tracks, but the shuffle is really trying to put together a Greatest Hits album, isn't it? Another great song by another great band, off of his best album. And like all great Razed in Black tracks, the lyrics are truly, epically embarrassing to sing along to.
Peel away my skin / Ready to say goodbye
3. Dr. Octagon - Trees. I don't care if The Return of Dr. Octagon isn't an official release. It's available on emusic, and Dr. Octagonecologyst isn't. And it's got some great beeps.
The trees are dying (trees are dying) / Information is more concealed
4. Snake River Conspiracy - Casualty. I really really really loved this album, despite my lack of interest/annoyance at "Vulcan." It had a great sound that was decently unique, but more importantly filled a niche that was unoccupied at the time. I specifically loved this song because they were willing to be slow and a little bit musically minimalist in order to let the vocals carry the track, but still managed to have enough going on to maintain a catchy beat and keep me interested. I have no idea what ended up happening to SRC; I assume they were a major label casualty because I can't imagine this album did as well as it should have.
You turn me on and on and on and on and on and on / You turn me on
5. Das Ich - Destillat (VNV Nation remix). Okay, I remember back in the oth.net days tracking down the only-released-in-Germany double-disc remix album that this was on, and this was the only good track. I'm sort of surprised I still have it, if only because of the number of hard drive crashes and assorted music collection disasters that have occurred in the inteim. I was unsurprised when I started going out that this was the only Das Ich track anyone ever played; and also unsurprising that it got as much play as it did. Like many VNV Nation remixes (and most early ones, I think), this is almost excessively clubby.
Gib mir dein Destillat / Gib mir mein Alltagstod / Gib mir mein Gnadenbrot / zur Ewigkeit
6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice. I don't think any explanation or commentary is required.
I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down / Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now
7. Zilch - Inside the Pervert Mound. Without this track (found by Phil on the Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack, although this is the album version), I would've never started listening to J-rock. Or probably even any Japanese music that wasn't an anime soundtrack. Well, maybe I would've after I saw Moon Child. I'm sad that I discovered Hide posthumously, but I'm glad I discovered him at all because Psyence and 3... 2... 1 could both easily end up on a top ten all-time based on my mood on a given day.
She can smell shame inside of me / She can tell I'm a liar
8. Skunk Anansie - Rise Up. Skunk Anansie was another pretty awesome band that I suspect got screwed by signing with a major label whose expectations they had no hope of achieving. But on the other hand, from some quick wikipediaing, they seem to have been a bit bigger in the UK than I realized, so what do I know? Apparently they've recently gotten back together & are doing a greatest hits tour. That's realized.
You're losing all of your good convictions / Your integrity slowly watered down
9. Apoptygma Berzerk - Deep Red. Good old-fashioned, cheesy poppy fun. At some point Stephan stopped pretending to be some sort of gothic/industrial band and just acknowledged that he was really just a house musician. I think that coming out of the closet rather negatively his ability to make music that was remotely interesting. Let that be a lesson to all of you.
I will wait for you to scream and shout / But you open your mouth and blood comes out
10. Foetus - The Need Machine. I think I really like this song not because it itself is awesome (although it is), but because listening to it reminds me how AWESOME it was live, which was a lot. Probably my favorite Foetus album, too, which is of course saying a lot.
Give me librium or give me meth / I'll filter out the nutrients / And cut the rest to mix a mickey finn
11. SPECIAL BONUS TRACK: Primal Fear - Silver & Gold. It came on, I had to report it. I mean, what was I supposed to do?
We're silver and gold / We're searching for souls / ????????????????????????????
1. Pig - Find It, Fuck It, Forget It (Sump Mix). I think my affection for all things swine-related and particularly for all things Wrecked-related is pretty self-evident to those who pay attention to such things, and is generally shared by them as well. One of my favorite albums, probably on my top ten all-time in fact.
I've got a sucker punched, tarred and feathered heart / It can beat no more in vain
2. Razed in Black - Solution. I know that I'm putatively listening to my 6.5 GB worth of favorite tracks, but the shuffle is really trying to put together a Greatest Hits album, isn't it? Another great song by another great band, off of his best album. And like all great Razed in Black tracks, the lyrics are truly, epically embarrassing to sing along to.
Peel away my skin / Ready to say goodbye
3. Dr. Octagon - Trees. I don't care if The Return of Dr. Octagon isn't an official release. It's available on emusic, and Dr. Octagonecologyst isn't. And it's got some great beeps.
The trees are dying (trees are dying) / Information is more concealed
4. Snake River Conspiracy - Casualty. I really really really loved this album, despite my lack of interest/annoyance at "Vulcan." It had a great sound that was decently unique, but more importantly filled a niche that was unoccupied at the time. I specifically loved this song because they were willing to be slow and a little bit musically minimalist in order to let the vocals carry the track, but still managed to have enough going on to maintain a catchy beat and keep me interested. I have no idea what ended up happening to SRC; I assume they were a major label casualty because I can't imagine this album did as well as it should have.
You turn me on and on and on and on and on and on / You turn me on
5. Das Ich - Destillat (VNV Nation remix). Okay, I remember back in the oth.net days tracking down the only-released-in-Germany double-disc remix album that this was on, and this was the only good track. I'm sort of surprised I still have it, if only because of the number of hard drive crashes and assorted music collection disasters that have occurred in the inteim. I was unsurprised when I started going out that this was the only Das Ich track anyone ever played; and also unsurprising that it got as much play as it did. Like many VNV Nation remixes (and most early ones, I think), this is almost excessively clubby.
Gib mir dein Destillat / Gib mir mein Alltagstod / Gib mir mein Gnadenbrot / zur Ewigkeit
6. Snoop Doggy Dogg - Gin & Juice. I don't think any explanation or commentary is required.
I had to back up off of it and sit my cup down / Tanqueray and chronic, yeah I'm fucked up now
7. Zilch - Inside the Pervert Mound. Without this track (found by Phil on the Heavy Metal 2000 soundtrack, although this is the album version), I would've never started listening to J-rock. Or probably even any Japanese music that wasn't an anime soundtrack. Well, maybe I would've after I saw Moon Child. I'm sad that I discovered Hide posthumously, but I'm glad I discovered him at all because Psyence and 3... 2... 1 could both easily end up on a top ten all-time based on my mood on a given day.
She can smell shame inside of me / She can tell I'm a liar
8. Skunk Anansie - Rise Up. Skunk Anansie was another pretty awesome band that I suspect got screwed by signing with a major label whose expectations they had no hope of achieving. But on the other hand, from some quick wikipediaing, they seem to have been a bit bigger in the UK than I realized, so what do I know? Apparently they've recently gotten back together & are doing a greatest hits tour. That's realized.
You're losing all of your good convictions / Your integrity slowly watered down
9. Apoptygma Berzerk - Deep Red. Good old-fashioned, cheesy poppy fun. At some point Stephan stopped pretending to be some sort of gothic/industrial band and just acknowledged that he was really just a house musician. I think that coming out of the closet rather negatively his ability to make music that was remotely interesting. Let that be a lesson to all of you.
I will wait for you to scream and shout / But you open your mouth and blood comes out
10. Foetus - The Need Machine. I think I really like this song not because it itself is awesome (although it is), but because listening to it reminds me how AWESOME it was live, which was a lot. Probably my favorite Foetus album, too, which is of course saying a lot.
Give me librium or give me meth / I'll filter out the nutrients / And cut the rest to mix a mickey finn
11. SPECIAL BONUS TRACK: Primal Fear - Silver & Gold. It came on, I had to report it. I mean, what was I supposed to do?
We're silver and gold / We're searching for souls / ????????????????????????????