When I go back to Jacksonville to visit my parents these days, we pretty much agree to listen to just Bob Dylan or something like that when we're in the car. He thinks all the contemporary music I listen to is weird.

8/5/2010 4:33:34 PM

are you going to beach fossils

8/5/2010 4:45:40 PM

nah, i've got a wedding to DJ

8/5/2010 5:50:51 PM

Did you ever see the episode of Subterranean with Okkervil River where they responded to interview questions in song form?

8/5/2010 8:24:11 PM

I'm seeing "indie" bands popping up with names like Tennis and Yacht. Are we done with animal names and are yuppie activities the new thing?

8/5/2010 10:56:43 PM

^^ i did not, but i will now look it up

yacht has been around for a while, and i'm not sure tennis can start a revolution all by their lonesome

8/6/2010 2:30:46 AM

Here is a question...If you had to recommend ~10 albums to own on vinyl to someone who knows nothing about vinyl but loves music what would they be?

8/6/2010 10:36:44 AM

Who is the mysterious cassettebandit?!

[Edited on August 6, 2010 at 10:40 AM. Reason : where my italics go]

8/6/2010 10:40:17 AM

What do you think of Rosanne cash's new album the list?

8/12/2010 11:54:59 AM

^ haven't heard it

^^^ i'm not sure what vinyl has to do with that, unless you want albums with vinyl tricks like locked grooves, so i'll split the difference

sonic youth - evol
devo - duty now for the future
the beach boys - wild honey
the four tops - reach out!
sleater-kinney - the woods
television - marquee moon
the stooges - funhouse
the rolling stones - sticky fingers
the velvet underground - white light/white heat
bob dylan - blood on the tracks

8/12/2010 3:40:07 PM

hmm
which do you prefer: darkness on the edge of town or nebraska?

also, I'm gonna be in raleigh the 25th to the 29th. I'll holla atcha.

8/14/2010 5:09:09 AM

darkness on the edge of town

because "the promised land" is my fave springsteen track EVER

8/14/2010 5:41:13 AM

I'M PRETTY DEPRESSED YOU SHOULD COME TO VOLUME 11 TOMORROW.

WHOOPS, NOT A QUESTION.

8/14/2010 5:48:41 AM

gotta DJ homie

8/14/2010 5:55:18 AM

GOD DAMMIT

where, jp?

8/14/2010 5:56:49 AM

where should i start with sonic youth?

8/17/2010 11:24:37 PM

^I'll take this one for VB. Daydream Nation. If he says anything else, he's lying to you.

8/17/2010 11:25:39 PM

I'm not really sure Americana is your thing, but what are ~5 artists you personally believe to be most influential to the genre?

Similarly, what are ~5 must-have albums released in the last ~5 years?

8/17/2010 11:39:55 PM

^^ there is no other answer

period

8/18/2010 12:08:26 AM

are you going to see Rapdragons at the Berkely on what is it August 29th?

8/18/2010 1:46:15 AM

daydream nation is a good place to start

but all things considered, i probably like sister and EVOL more

8/18/2010 3:13:41 AM

What are your thoughts on Built to Spill?

8/20/2010 8:06:34 AM

why do people like panda bear? the only thing i can think of is maybe the 20-years-ago irony cycle isn't enough for some people, so they're pulling a DOUBLE IRONI-RETRO and listening to something that could have been retro in the late 80s, and sounds like brian wilson, pilled out of his gourd (but i repeat myself), recording underwater. to me, it just sounds godawful to me.

also, i just bought tix to see stars at cat's cradle and almost immediately regretted it because i can totally imagine them being horrible live, did i make a grievous error?

[Edited on August 20, 2010 at 9:23 AM. Reason : -]

8/20/2010 9:09:56 AM

Rolling Stone cover style: IS ROCK 'N' ROLL OVER?

[Edited on August 20, 2010 at 9:10 AM. Reason : Post #47,100.]

8/20/2010 9:10:43 AM

^^^ love built to spill

^^ panda bear is talented, but just like the rest of the AC dudes, left to his own devices he can get too out there for me. some kids like shit that is out there, but a lot of kids like the idea of liking shit that is out there. meh. i've never seen stars live.

^ rock & roll is not dead, because harlem and the marked men exist

8/20/2010 1:12:13 PM

What is the best zombie film of all time?

8/20/2010 1:15:56 PM

probably dawn of the dead

i don't really like zombie movies

8/20/2010 1:19:09 PM

this song rules and i will post it in every applicable thread

8/20/2010 2:04:41 PM

Closet Mix or Valentin Mix?

[Edited on October 1, 2010 at 1:31 AM. Reason : .]

10/1/2010 1:30:31 AM

can you explain harmonic intervals to me?

most importantly

what keys on a keyboard do I hit if I want to play a minor seventh?
a major seventh?
a major second?
a minor second?
a diminished fifth?

10/1/2010 3:57:44 AM

the easiest way to learn them is to learn the number of half-steps in each interval

there's a good chart here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interval_(music)#Main_intervals

the number on the left is how many keys apart you'd press for any given interval

10/1/2010 1:12:51 PM

Hi Vinaybandit,

I'm a huge 1980s new wave fan. Can you direct me to some of your modern hipster music that embodies the same sound?

10/1/2010 1:56:16 PM

new wave is incredibly vague

you'll have to be more specific

10/1/2010 1:57:20 PM

duran duran

10/1/2010 1:58:28 PM

"rio" duran duran or "come undone" duran duran

10/1/2010 2:01:45 PM

Rio

10/1/2010 2:02:18 PM

cut copy
hot chip
la roux

10/1/2010 2:06:01 PM

Name a better female rock vocalist than Kim Deal.

Because I'm curious.

11/25/2010 1:50:11 AM

Are we talking a better VOCALIST, or a better all-around female badass amazing dynamo who happens to sing occasionally?

Because I can think of plenty of the former, but the only person who comes close to challenging Kim Deal on the latter is PJ Harvey.

11/25/2010 1:54:37 AM

Well either works.

I wan't so much talking better VOCALIST strictly in terms of technical ability to sing, but in terms of being awesome at rock vocals (see: Gigantic, Into the White).
So I suppose somewhere between the two things you mentioned.

11/25/2010 1:58:19 AM

So thinking about this just brings me to clips of why Kim Deal is probably the coolest female in the history of rock music.

11/25/2010 2:08:15 AM

Indeed, sir. I concur.

11/25/2010 2:10:42 AM

WHAT SONGS COME TO MIND IMMEDIATELY WHEN YOU HEAR "favorite love songs" GO

2/6/2011 5:36:48 AM

Ride a tire down the River Euphrates

or ride a tiger down the River Euphrates

I always thought it was tire, but probably because I'm from Surry County, where that is considered a legitimate mode of transportation

3/4/2011 5:56:42 PM

i always thought it was a tire, too

first of all, they don't have tigers in iraq

second of all, how the hell you gonna ride a tiger down a river

3/4/2011 6:50:47 PM

so... tell me about music literature and film

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3/4/2011 6:55:49 PM

they exist

3/4/2011 6:56:52 PM

Someone earlier told me it was tiger, I was like what

But a lot of stupid lyrics sites agree -- not that they're to be trusted

3/4/2011 6:57:15 PM

interesting. you seem to be qualified for any further questions i may have.

We'll start here. Recommend me some music like The Nocturnes but better. Broads singing with some sick guitar

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3/4/2011 6:58:03 PM

broads singing with sick guitar?

SLEATER-KINNEY

holy hell do i love that band

3/4/2011 6:59:30 PM