Journal

I thought that it might be a good linguistic exercise to translate a particularly catchy hip hop track from back in the day. Anyone hazard to guess the song and artists behind it? Here’s a clue to get you started: It was nominated for a Grammy Award. I’ve deliberately excluded lyrical clues such as promotional utterances of record labels and nicknames.


Ferraris and Jaguars are brands of automobiles known to signify certain levels of wealth — or, at the very least, a high marginal propensity to consume. Thus, possession of these types of cars enhances my persona, especially convertibles with their tops down. Driving one of these vehicles recklessly while simultaneously shouting that money is of no substantial consequence helps to bring home the point.

Rolls Royce is another brand of automobile known to signify wealth. They should be driven aggressively while wearing flashy rings. I like the windows slightly open, implying that, unlike the Ferraris and Jaguars in the aforementioned verse, drop top Rolls Royces should be avoided. Again, I shout that money is of no substantial consequence.

I have an aversion to material goods that do not “gleam”, perhaps showing a preference for freshly painted and waxed sheet metal; chrome; gold, silver, and other precious metals; diamonds, and other gems. Price is not taken into consideration when acquiring material goods that gleam. After all, money is of no substantial consequence.

Recent forays into philanthropy consist of contributing financially to friends who are in prison. When my friends come home from prison, new cars are waiting for them. Money is of no substantial consequence to me.

Join us in flaunting our material goods. We travel all around the world, spending our money.

I wear Rolex watches, another outward sign of my material wealth. I contribute financially to my friends’ girlfriends. Perhaps “girlfriend” is too polite a word to use in this context. In any case, the amount of money that I contribute shows how much I love and care for my friends and their significant others. Do not bother praising me for these selfless actions. My income comes from many sources. I paid $100,000 for this bracelet. [Approximately $132,600 in today's dollars.] Was it foolish of me to have purchased such an expensive piece of jewelry? Consider this: the reflective qualities of said bracelet will cause eye strain. My gun is solid platinum. Even the bullets gleam with gems and/or precious metals. You will die. Unseasoned acquaintances want to join my circle of friends and perhaps benefit from my material wealth. While I am not wholly averse to forming such associations, I prefer that my true friends possess “old money” and that their bank accounts be large. Like mine. My bank account balance is $1,000,000. [Approximately $1,326,200 in today's dollars.] I have so much money that it fills up the trunk of my car! When I arrive at parties and such, my full trunk of money must look daunting to the average person. This is basic. I have been a free-spender since before the one hundred-dollar bill underwent a major redesign in March 1996. We have a lot of money. Where are the people who have professed hatred toward us?

One of the many benefits of “living the life” is that I get to eat cake that is thicker than the typical middle-class cake. [It's the pudding.] In addition to eating thick cake, I eat crab while watching women dance in a suggestive manner. I do big things. My music production skills enable obscure music groups to become well-known. I am like a large dog, but instead of wearing a demeaning chain, I have a necklace — and a matching bracelet to boot! My friends admit that I am an important person — the type of person with whom any group of people would like to associate. I’m the type of person who does things that others won’t do, or are incapable of doing. I am so hot that I am hotter than a candle. For the remaining portion of this verse, I will continue to promote myself by using hyperbole. Now I will drop a Barry Manilow reference. Also, I swing every night.

A fellow rapper cannot truly be recognized until:

• One million units of his album are shipped to retailers [Unit shipments are what the RIAA uses to determine Gold and Platinum album status.]
• He enters into a relationship with a woman who sings r&b
• Said r&b woman has all the qualities that one would expect of a typical woman in her situation

Take me, for example. I entered into a relationship with a woman after she first admired my necklace. All of my jewelry is light gray — mostly platinum. Life is like a roll of the dice. Let’s play!

Note to up-and-coming MCs: It doesn’t matter if your albums merely went gold [In the US, this means 500,000 units were shipped to retailers.] or if you wear Rolex watches with diamonds and/or other gems. To get to my level of wealth, you will have to do much more. In fact, take your paycheck and double it. That’s approximately what I make. The trouble lies in the quality of your rapping. I’m a man who likes Mercedes-Benz automobiles with leather, real wood grain, and a frame that is made out of platinum. Honest! I proclaim loudly that money is of no substantial consequence. My teeth gleam from gems that my orthodontist affixed with cement. In addition, both of my wrists gleam from the assorted pieces of jewelry that I wear, including rings, chains, and bracelets. We have it made, so to speak.

Money is of no substantial consequence.

2 Fast 2 Furious
3 Doors Down - Away From The Sun
30 Seconds to Mars - A Beautiful Lie
The 69 Eyes - Devils
80s Explosion

A Fine Frenzy - Almost Lover (mp3)
A Fine Frenzy - One Cell In The Sea (mp3)
A Very Potter Musical (mp3)
ABBA - Gold: Greatest Hits
The Academy Is... - Almost Here
The Academy Is... - Santi
The Academy Is... - Fast Times At Barrington High
Ace of Base - The Sign
Across the Universe
Bryan Adams - So Far, So Good
A Tribute to Bryan Adams
Aerosmith - O, Yeah! Ultimate Aerosmith Hits
AFI - Black Sails in the Sunset
AFI - The Art of Drowning
AFI - Sing the Sorrow
AFI - DECEMBERUNDERGROUND
Aiden - Nightmare Anatomy
Aiden - Rain In Hell
Aiden - Conviction
Clay Aiken - Bridge Over Troubled Water
Clay Aiken - Measure of a Man
Alkaline Trio - Crimson
The All American Rejects - The All American Rejects
The All American Rejects - Move Along
Kris Allen - She Works Hard for the Money (mp3)
Kris Allen - Remember the Time (mp3)
Kris Allen - Heartless (mp3)
Kris Allen - Ain't No Sunshine (mp3)
America - History: America's Greatest Hits
American Idol Finalists: Season 2 - God Bless the USA
The Animals - House of the Rising Sun
Apocalyptica - Inquisition Symphony
The Arcade Fire - Funeral (mp3)
Atreyu - Suicide Notes and Butterfly Kisses
Avenged Sevenfold - Waking The Fallen
Avenged Sevenfold - City of Evil
Avenged Sevenfold - Walk

Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 1 (mp3)
Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 2 (mp3)
Back to School Facebook Sampler: Alternative Vol. 3 (mp3)
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back
Backstreet Boys - For The Fans
Backstreet Boys - Black and Blue
Batman Forever
The Beach Boys - The Very Best Of The Beach Boys: Sounds Of Summer
The Beatles - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
The Beatles - Abbey Road
The Beatles - 1967-1970
Bee Gees - Greatest
Joshua Bell - Sibelius and Goldmark Concertos
The Black Crowes - Greatest Hits 1990-1999: A tribute to a work in progress...
Blase Debris - Bury The Hatchet
Blink 182 - Blink 182
Blue Oyster Cult - Super Hits
Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi - 7800 Farenheit
Bon Jovi - Slippery When Wet
Bon Jovi - New Jersey
Bon Jovi - Keep The Faith
Bon Jovi - Cross Road
Bon Jovi - These Days
Bon Jovi - Crush
Bon Jovi - One Wild Night: Live 1985-2001
Bon Jovi - Bounce
Bon Jovi - Target Exclusive
Bon Jovi - Bounce: The Tour Edition
Bon Jovi - This Left Feels Right
Bon Jovi - 100,000,000 Bon Jovi Fans Can't Be Wrong...
Bon Jovi - Have A Nice Day
Bon Jovi - Live from the Have A Nice Day Tour
Bon Jovi - Lost Highway
Bon Jovi - The Circle
David Bowie - Best Of Bowie
Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Boys Like Girls - Boys Like Girls
Brand New - Deja Entendu
Bright Eyes - Four Winds
Marc Broussard - Carencro
Buzz

Ryan Cabrera - Take It All Away
Ryan Cabrera - You Stand Watching
Marty Casey and Lovehammers - Marty Casey and Lovehammers
Marty Casey and Lovehammers - Merry Christmas (All Year Long) (mp3)
Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
Celtic Odyssey
Celtic Traditions
Chocolat
Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Cirque du Soleil - Alegria
Cirque du Soleil - O
Civil Twilight - Quiet In My Town (mp3)
Civil Twilight - Civil Twilight (mp3)
Eric Clapton - The Cream Of Clapton
The Click Five - Greetings From Imrie House
The Click Five - Catch Your Wave (mp3)
Cobra Starship - While the City Sleeps, We Rule the Street
Coldplay - X&Y
David Cook - Analog Heart (mp3)
David Cook - Billie Jean (mp3)
David Cook - Always Be My Baby (mp3)
David Cook - The Music of the Night (mp3)
David Cook - The Time Of My Life (mp3)
David Cook - David Cook
Creed - Weathered
Creedence Clearwater Revival - The Ultimate Collection

The Darkness - Permission to Land
Howie Day - Stop All The World Now
Death Cab for Cutie - Live at Street Scene (mp3)
Def Leppard - Vault
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot
Gavin DeGraw - Live at Northern Lights (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Chariot Stripped
Gavin DeGraw - Live at Skidmore College (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Live At Alice Lounge (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - In Love With A Girl (mp3)
Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw
Gavin DeGraw - Free
Joey DeGraw - Midnight Audio
Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star
Disturbed - Believe
Doghouse Records: Soundtrack to Your Summer
The Doors - The Best of The Doors
Draco and the Malfoys - Live at San Diego County Library (mp3)
The Dresden Dolls - The Dresden Dolls
The Dresden Dolls - Yes, Virginia...
Drive Thru Records 2006 Sampler
Dropping Daylight - Brace Yourself
Duffy - Rockferry

Envy on the Coast - EP (mp3)
Evanescence - Fallen

Fall Out Boy - Evening Out With Your Girlfriend
Fall Out Boy - Take This to Your Grave
Fall Out Boy - My Heart Will Always Be the B-Side to My Tongue
Fall Out Boy - From Under The Cork Tree
Fall Out Boy - From Under the Cork Tree: Tour Edition
Fall Out Boy - Infinity On High
Fall Out Boy/Less Than Jake - Split Single
Fall Out Boy/Project Rocket - Split EP
Fearless Summer 2006 Sampler
Finch - Say Hello to Sunshine
Florez - EP
Foo Fighters - There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Foo Fighters - One by One
Gideon Freudmann - Holiday Clocks
Gideon Freudmann - Hologram Crackers
From First to Last - Dear Diary, My Teen Angst Has A Bodycount
From First to Last - Heroine
Fuel - Sunburn
Fuel - Something Like Human
Fuel - Natural Selection
Fueled by Ramen/Decaydance Hot in 2006 Sampler

Garden State
Godsmack - Faceless
Godsmack - IV
Goo Goo Dolls - Superstar Car Wash
Goo Goo Dolls - A Boy Named Goo
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy Up the Girl
Goo Goo Dolls - What I Learned About Ego, Opinion, Art, and Commerce
Goo Goo Dolls - Gutterflower
Goo Goo Dolls - Let Love in
Goo Goo Dolls - Before its too late (mp3)
Goo Goo Dolls - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: The Singles (mp3)
Good Charlotte - Good Charlotte
Good Charlotte - The Young and the Hopeless
Good Charlotte - The Anthem
Good Charlotte - The Chronicles of Life and Death
Good Charlotte - Good Morning Revival
Dean Gray - American Edit (mp3)
Grease
Greatest Hits of the 70s
Green Day - Kerplunk
Green Day - Dookie
Green Day - Live at Woodstock 1994 (mp3)
Green Day - Insomniac
Green Day - Nimrod
Green Day - Warning
Green Day - International Superhits
Green Day - Shenanigans
Green Day - American Idiot
Green Day - Bullet in a Bible
Josh Groban - Josh Groban
Josh Groban - Closer
Josh Groban - Remember (mp3)
Guster - Amsterdam (mp3)
Gym Class Heroes - The Papercut Chronicles
Gym Class Heroes - As Cruel As School Children

Hairspray (movie)
Hall and Oates - Ultimate Daryl Hall and John Oates
Hanson - Middle Of Nowhere
Hanson - I Will Come To You
Hanson - This Time Around
Hanson - Underneath Acoustic
Hanson - Underneath
Hanson - The Walk
Hard-Fi - Stars Of CCTV
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Hawthorne Heights - The Silence in Black and White
Hawthorne Heights - If Only You Were Lonely
Heart - The Essential Heart
Hellogoodbye - Hellogoodbye
Hellogoodbye - Zombies! Aliens! Vampires! Dinosaurs!
High School Musical 3
Tyler Hilton - The Tracks Of
HIM - Greatest Lovesongs Vol. 666
HIM - Dark Light
Hinder - Extreme Behavior
Earl Hines - Piano Solos
Holes
Hoobastank - Hoobastank
Hootie and the Blowfish - Cracked Rear View
House of Wax

Billy Idol - Greatest Hits
Enrique Iglesias - Escape
In the Heights OBC
Incubus - Make Yourself
Incubus - Morning View
Introduction to Victory Records 2006 Sampler
INXS - The Best of INXS
Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida

Jack's Mannequin - Everything in Transit
Michael Jackson - Thriller
Jane's Addiction - Strays
Jay-Z and Linkin Park - Collision Course
Michael Johns - Dream On (mp3)
Journey - Inifinity
Journey - Evolution
Journey - Departure
Journey - Escape
Journey - Frontiers
Journey - Greatest Hits
Journey - The Essential Journey
Journey - Revelation
Juno

Kansas - Live: Dust in the Wind
Alicia Keys - Songs in A Minor
Kill Hannah - For Never and Ever
Kill Hannah - The Curse of Kill Hannah
Kill Hannah - Lips Like Morphine (mp3)
Kill Hannah - Until There's Nothing Left Of Us
The Killers - Hot Fuss
Kings of Leon - Only by the Night
KISS - The Very Best Of Kiss

Lacuna Coil - Comalies
Lady GaGa -The Fame
Adam Lambert - Ring of Fire (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Mad World (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Whole Lotta Love (mp3)
Adam Lambert - Tracks of My Tears (mp3)
Storm Large - Ladylike (mp3)
Leaves' Eyes - Vinland Saga (mp3)
Less Than Jake - Anthem
Lifehouse - Who We Are
Limp Bizkit - Chocolate Starfish and Hot Dog Flavored Water
Linkin Park - Meteora
Litte White Lie (mp3)
Live - Throwing Copper
Lola Ray - I Don't Know You
Lostprophets - Liberation Transmission

Barry Manilow - The Greatest Songs Of The Eighties (mp3)
Maroon 5 - Songs About Jane
Maroon 5 - Live: Friday the 13th
Maroon 5 - It Won't Be Soon Before Long
Matchbox Twenty - Exile On Mainstream
John Mayer - Room for Squares
Meatloaf - Bat Out Of Hell II: Back Into Hell
Men in Black II
Mest - Destination Unknown
Mest - Mest
Mest - Photographs
Metallica - Metallica
Metallica - St. Anger
Mika - Life In Cartoon Motion
Moments in Grace - Moonlight Survived
Motion City Soundtrack - I Am the Movie
Motion City Soundtrack - Commit This to Memory
Motley Crue & Chester Bennington - Home Sweet Home (mp3)
Moulin Rouge
Jason Mraz - Waiting for My Rocket to Come
Jason Mraz - Live at Radio City Music Hall (mp3)
MrNorth - Lifesize
Muse - Black Holes and Revelations
Muse - The Resistance
Music: An Appreciation
MxPx - Panic
My Chemical Romance - I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love
My Chemical Romance - Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge
My Chemical Romance - Life on the Murder Scene
My Chemical Romance - Welcome To The Black Parade (mp3)
My Chemical Romance - The Black Parade

Matt Nathanson - Some Mad Hope
Nelly - Country Grammar
New Found Glory - From the Screen to Your Stereo
New Found Glory - New Found Glory
New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
Ne-Yo - Year Of The Gentleman
Nightmare Before Christmas
Nightwish - Over The Hills And Far Away
Nightwish - Once
Nightwish - Highest Hopes: The Best of Nightwish
Nirvana - Nirvana
NOW 4
NOW 5
NOW 6
NOW 11
NOW 12
*NSYNC - *NSYNC
*NSYNC - Thinking Of You
*NSYNC - Home for Christmas
*NSYNC - No Strings Attached
*NSYNC - Its Gonna Be Me
*NSYNC - Celebrity

O.A.R. - Live at SPAC
OK Go - Oh No
One Tree Hill Vol. 1
One Tree Hill Vol. 2
Only Rock n Roll 1975-1979
Over It - Welcome To Virginia: The Ready Series
Over It - Outer Banks
Over It - Step Outside Yourself
Owl City - Ocean Eyes

Panic! At the Disco - A Fever You Can't Sweat Out
Papa Roach - Infest
Papa Roach - Getting Away With Murder
Pearl Harbor
Pearl Jam - Ten
Katy Perry - I Kissed A Girl (mp3)
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Greatest Hits
Phantom of the Opera OBC
Phantom of the Opera (movie)
Phantom Planet - The Guest
Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
Pink Spiders - Teenage Graffiti
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest
Plain White T's - Hey There Delilah (mp3)
Plain White T's - Hate (I Really Don't Like You) (mp3)
Poison - Greatest Hits 1986-1996
Puddle of Mudd - Come Clean

Rancid - Indestrubtible
The Rasmus - Dead Letters
The Rasmus - Hide From The Sun
The Receiving End of Sirens - Demo
Red Car Wire - Red Car Wire (mp3)
Red Hot Chili Peppers - By the Way
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Greatest Hits and Videos
Rent OBC
REO Speedwagon - Live: You Get What You Play For
REO Speedwagon - You Can Tune a Piano, But You Can't Tuna Fish
REO Speedwagon - Hi Infidelity
Kyle Riabko - 3 From Before
Riverdance
Rock Against Bush Vol. 1
Rock Against Bush Vol. 2
Rock Star Supernova - Rock Star Supernova
Rock This
Rocky Horror Picture Show
Rooney - Rooney

sAMPler Vol. 22
sAMPler Vol. 25
Santana - Supernatural
Saosin - Saosin
Selena - All My Hits: Todos Mis Exitos
Shadows Fall - The Art of Balance
Shakira - Laundry Service
Shinedown - Leave a Whisper
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
Simple Plan - No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls
Simple Plan - Still Not Getting Any...
Simple Plan - Simple Plan
Ashlee Simpson - Autobiography
Sixx:AM - Life Is Beautiful (mp3)
Sleeveless: A Purevolume Digital Collection (mp3)
SMG Digital Music Sampler 2007 (mp3)
Smile Empty Soul - Smile Empty Soul
Smile Empty Soul - Anxiety (mp3)
Will Smith - Big Willie Style
Snow Patrol - Final Straw
Something Corporate - Audioboxer
Something Corporate - Leaving Through the Window
Something Corporate - North
Britney Spears - Oops...i Did It Again
Spice Girls - Spice
Spider Man
Spring Awakening OBC
Bruce Springsteen - The Rising
Bruce Springsteen - The Essential Bruce Springsteen
Ryan Star - Songs From The Eye Of An Elephant
Ryan Star - Breathe
The Starting Line - Say It Like You Mean It
Steriogram - Schmack!
Styx - The Grand Illusion
Styx - Greatest Hits
Styx - Greatest Hits Part 2
Styx - Cyclorama
Sub Pop Facebook Sampler (mp3)
Sugarcult - Start Static
Sum 41 - All Killer, No Filler
Sum 41 - Does This Look Infected?
Supertramp - Classics, Volume 9
Sweeney Todd (movie)

Taking Back Sunday - Tell All Your Friends
Taking Back Sunday - Where You Want to Be
Taking Back Sunday - Louder Now
Teitur - Poetry and Aeroplanes
T.I. - Paper Trail
Three Days Grace - Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace - One X
Tokio Hotel - Scream
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - Christmas Eve and Other Stories
Trans-Siberian Orchestra - The Lost Christmas Eve
Trapt - Trapt
Trustkill 2004 Summer Sampler
Trustkill 2006 Spring Sampler
Twilight
Twilight Saga: New Moon

Under the Influence of Giants - Under The Influence Of Giants
Uprising Sound Revolution Summer 2006 Sampler
Keith Urban - Be Here
The Used - The Used
The Used - In Love and Death
Usher - 8701

Van Halen - Van Halen
Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want
The Vines - Winning Days

Walk the Line
Butch Walker - Letters
Butch Walker - Cover Me Badd
Butch Walker - The Rise and Fall of Butch Walker and the Let's-Go-Out-Tonites
Butch Walker - Leavin' the Game on Luckie Street (mp3)
Butch Walker - Here Comes The... (mp3)
Fats Waller - The Very Best Of Fats Waller
Warped Tour 2002
Warped Tour 2003
Warped Tour 2004
Warped Tour 2005
Warped Tour 2006
Warped Tour 2007
Ricky Warwick - Tattoos and Alibis
Ben Webster - Masters of Jazz: Ben Webster
White Lies - To Lose My Life
The Who - Tommy
Wilco - Wilco (mp3)
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
World Music Facebook Sampler (mp3)

Weird Al Yankovic - Poodle Hat
Yellowcard - Ocean Avenue

Zoolander

This is the most recent list of my vinyl collection available online. I'll have to go around and edit every other place it's in, but hopefully someone will find enjoyment in and spark a little conversation about select pieces of the collection. Sorted by artist, alphabetical order.

# artist names: (2) [3 total]
5th Dimension - "Age of Aquarius"
10cc - "Live and Let Live" (2 records)

Artists beginning in A: (7) [9 total]

ABBA -"ABBA"
ABBA - "Arrival"
ABBA - "The Very Best Of Abba" (2 records)
ABBA - "Voulez-Vous"
AC/DC - "Back in Black"
AC/DC - "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap"
Willie Alexander & The Boom Boom Band - "Willie Alexander And The Boom Boom Band"
The Association - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in B: (13)

Bangles - "Different Light"
Beatles - "20 Greatest Hits"
Beatles - "Introducing: England's No. 1 Vocal Group"
Beatles - "Love songs"
Beatles - "Magical Mystery Tour"
Pat Benatar - "Crimes Of Passion"
Pat Benatar - "Get Nervous" [Unplayable]
Pat Benatar - "Live From Earth"
Pat Benatar - "Precious TIme"
Blondie - "Parallel Lines"
David Bowie - "Let's Dance"
David Bowie - "Never Let Me Down"
David Bowie & Mick Jagger - "Dancing in the Street" (12" maxi single)

Artists beginning in C: (21) [25 total]

Captain & Tennille - "Greatest Hits"
Carpenters - "A Kind Of Hush"
Carpenters - "A Song For You"
Carpenters - "Carpenters"
Carpenters - "Close To You"
Carpenters - "Horizon"
Carpenters - "Now and Then"
Carpenters - "The Singles: 1969-1973" [2 copies]
The Cars - "Candy-O"
The Cars - "Heartbeat City"
The Cars - "Panorama"
The Cars - "Shake It Up"
The Cars - "The Cars"
Petula Clark - "Petula" [3 record collection]
The Clash - "Combat Rock"
The Clash - "London Calling"
Elvis Costello - "Armed Forces"
Elvis Costello - "Taking Liberties"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Creedence Clearwater Revival"
Creedence Clearwater Revival - "Live In Europe" [2 record set]
Culture Club - "Kissing To Be Clever"

Artists beginning in D: (8) [9 total]

Devo - "Freedom of Choice"
The Doors - "13"
The Doors - "An American Prayer"
The Doors - "Doors"
The Doors - "Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine" [2 record set]
Duran Duran - "Carnival"
Duran Duran - "Seven And The Ragged Tiger"
Bob Dylan - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in E: (3)

Eagles - "Greatest Hits" [Unplayable]
Eagles - "Hotel California"
Dave Edmunds and Rockpile - "College Radio Presents" [promo press]

Artists beginning in F: (4) [5 total]

Fleetwood Mac - "Rumours"
Foreigner - "Agent Provocateur"
Peter Frampton - "Frampton Comes Alive" [2 record set]
Peter Frampton - "Where I Should Be"

Artists beginning in G: (2)

Genesis - "Abacab"
Go-Go's - "Beauty And The Beat"

Artists beginning in H: (6) [8 total]

Merle Haggard - "I'm a Lonesome Fugitive" [unplayable]
Herbie Hancock - "Rockit" [12-inch Single]
Herbie Hancock - "Rockit Megamix" [12-inch maxi] [2 copies]
Jimi Hendrix Experience - "Are You Experienced?"
Herman's Hermits - "Best Of"
Holly, Buddy - "A Rock N' Roll Collection" [2 record set]

Artists beginning in I: (1)

Billy Idol - "Vital Idol"

Artists beginning in J: (7) [9 total]

Janet Jackson - "Control"
Michael Jackson - "Thriller"
Tommy James and The Shondells - "Crimson and Clover"
Billy Joel - "Greatest Hits: Vol. I & II" [2 record set]
Billy Joel - "The Stranger" [2 Copies, 1 copy unplayable]
Elton John - "Greatest Hits" [Unplayable]
John Entwistle's Ox - "Mad Dog"

Artists beginning in K: (4)

KISS - "Rock And Roll Over"
The Knack - "But The Little Girls Understand"
The Knack - "Get The Knack"
The Knack - "Round Trip"

Artists beginning in L: (4)

John Lennon - "Imagine"
John Lennon - "Shaved Fish"
John Lennon & Yoko Ono - "Double Fantasy"
The Liverpools - "Beatlemania" (record status unknown)

Artists beginning in M: (3) [5 total]

Paul McCartney And Wings - "Wings Over America" [3 record set]
Barry Manilow- "Tryin' to Get the Feeling"
Musical Youth - "Pass The Dutchie" [12 inch single]

Artists beginning in N: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in O: (2)

Ric Ocasek - "Beatitude"
Ric Ocasek - "This Side of Paradise"

Artists beginning in P: (5) [6 total]

Peter, Paul, and Mary - "A Song Will Rise"
Pink Floyd - "Dark Side Of The Moon"
Pink Floyd - "The Wall" [2 record set]
Pink Floyd - "Wish You Were Here"
Elvis Presley - "Elvis Now" [presumed unplayable]

Artists beginning in Q: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in R: (4)

The Rolling Stones - "Some Girls"
Roxy Music - "Avalon"
Roxy Music - "For Your Pleasure"
Roxy Music - "Greatest Hits"

Artists beginning in S: (47) [49 total]

Leo Sayer - "Endless Flight"
Leo Sayer - "Living in a Fantasy"
Seals & Crofts - "Greatest Hits"
Sex Pistols - "Never mind the Bullocks ..."
Paul Simon - "There Goes Rhymin' Simon"
Simon and Garfunkel - "Greatest Hits"
Simon and Garfunkel - "Sounds Of Silence"
Nancy Sinatra - "Boots"
Rex Smith - "Sooner Or Later"
Sparks - "All You Ever Think About Is Sex" / "Dance Godammit" (12" single)
Sparks - "Angst In My Pants"
Sparks - "A Woofer in Tweeter's Clothing"
Sparks - "Beat the Clock" (yellow 12" single)
Sparks - "Big Beat"
Sparks - "Hello Young Lovers" (pink vinyl)
Sparks - "Indiscreet"
Sparks - "In Outer Space"
Sparks - "Interior Design"
Sparks - "Introducing" (2 copies, 2nd copy on red vinyl)
Sparks - "I Predict" (12" single)
Sparks - "I Predict"/"Moustache" (12" single)
Sparks - "Just Got Back From Heaven" (12" Single)
Sparks - "Kimono My House"
Sparks - "More Than a Sex Machine" (12" DJ Maxi)
Sparks - "Music That You Can Dance To"
Sparks - "Music That You Can Dance To" (12" Single)
Sparks - "No. 1 in Heaven" (2 copies)
Sparks -"Now That I Own the BBC" (12" Single)
Sparks - "One And A Half Nelson"
Sparks - "Pretending to Be Drunk" / "Kiss Me Quick" (12" single)
Sparks - "Propaganda"
Sparks - "Pulling Rabbits Out Of A Hat"
Sparks - "Sparks"
Sparks - "Terminal Jive"
Sparks - "Tryouts for the Human Race" (orange 12" single)
Sparks - "With All My Might"/"Progress"/"Sparks in the Dark" (12" maxi)
Sparks - "When Do I Get to Sing My Way" (12" DJ maxi)
Sparks - "(When I Kiss You) I Hear Charlie Parker Playing" (12" DJ maxi)
Sparks - "Whomp That Sucker"
Squeeze - "Cool for Cats"
Squeeze - "Singles 45 & Under"
Squeeze - "UK Squeeze" (limited red vinyl)
Rod Stewart - "A Night on the Town"
Rod Stewart - "Blondes Have More Fun"
Donna Summer - "Love To Love You Baby"
Donna Summer - "On the Radio" (2 Records)
Sweet - "Desolation Boulevard"

Artists beginning in T: (4)

Talking Heads - "Speaking in Tongues"
The Tubes - "Trash - Tubes Rarities and Smash Hits"
The Turtles - "Battle Of The Bands"
Twisted Sister - "Stay Hungry"

Artists beginning in U: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in V: (0)

(none)

Artists beginning in W: (1)

We Five - "You Were on My Mind"

Artists beginning in X: (0)

Artists beginning in Y: (1)

Young Lovers - "Feelings"

Motion picture soundtracks: (4) [7 total]

[Soundtrack] "Grease Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "Saturday Night Fever Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Original Motion Picture Soundtrack" [2 record set]
[Soundtrack] "The Big Chill Original Motion Picture Soundtrack"

Various artists: (10)

[Various] "Fonzie Favorites"
[Various] Irwin the Disco Duck - "In the Navy" [Unplayable]
[Various] K-Tel "Believe in Music)
[Various] K-Tel "Blast Off"
[Various] K-Tel "Hit After Hit"
[Various] K-Tel "Out of Sight"
[Various] "The Original" [60's]
[Various] Rock n' Roll Record from 60's [similar to listed above]
[Various] Holiday record (from my mother's childhood) Santa Claus is Coming to Town (c.1960s)
[Various] Springboard "Guitar Greats" [from the 70's]

Right now there are 183 10/12" records in my collection. 7" singles are soon to come.

Enjoy.

Banda favorita:
Ninguna en especial, lamayoria del tiempo oscilla entre The Beatles, the pillows y ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION


Cantante Favorito:
Frank Sinatra


Dj Favorito:
Tiësto


Tema Favorito:
Funny Bunny


Tema Gratuito Favorito:
Domenica

Álbum Favorito:
Discovery


Género Favorito:
Estoy entre j-pop, jazz y alternative



Video favorito:
PAPERMOON


Remix Favorito:
The Sky Was Pink (Holden remix)


Canal de música favorito:


Tribu Urbana: Otaku

Gusto Culpable
Tokio Hotel


Vistos en Vivo
Moenia, Nikki Clan, Natalia Lafourcade

Discos que compré
Alive 2007, Duets, Duets II, Placebo, Symphony, Deep Blue, The Look of Love, Coco, Memory Almost Full, Luciernagas, Mucho, Green River, The Album, New York City, Bigger, Better, Faster, More!, Zooropa, The Seventies Collection, Motown - Hitsville, USA, Wanderlust, Lessons To Be Learned, This is Life, River: The Joni Letters, Master Of Reality

Los que vendí:
Hot Fuss Digipak, Black Market Music

Adicción temporal:
The Used


Reproductores de MP3: iPod 80 Gbytes 5.5g

Audifonos: Steren Headphones AUD-035 (Duración casí un año TT_TT)

Reproductor: iTunes


Biblioteca:
9890 Canciones (51.69 Gbytes)

Primer tema enviado:
Shooting Star


Artista 51:
Maná


Tema 51:
♥Lonely in Gorgeous♥


Artista con el nombre más corto en mi colección: BT, U2

...y el más largo:
La Revolución de Emiliano Zapata


Tema Con El Nombre Más Corto En Mí Colección: 2


...y el más largo: Symphonie No. 9 in d-moll, op. 125: I. Allego ma non troppo, un poco maestoso

Usuario Que Me Ha Dejado Más Notas:
SayLaLaLa (30 Notas)

....y el que me ha enviado más recomendaciones: TheWV (10 recomendaciones)


Avatares: 35 (todos de anime :D)


Calificación al sitio web: 9/10 extraño algunas cosas de la antigua versión...


Scrobblings: 39901 --> llegando a los 40,000 :D

eso es todo, bye.

Nirvana The Beatles Daft Punk the pillows Frank Sinatra Café Tacuba [unknown] Rhapsody of Fire Luis Miguel L'Arc~en~Ciel Molotov ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Belanova Panic at the Disco System of a Down Tommy february6 Slipknot Green Day The Used Radioactivo 98.5 Nat King Cole Guns N' Roses Misfits Placebo Pink Floyd The Offspring Perfume Michael Jackson Metallica Iron Maiden Moenia 安室奈美恵 blink-182 Nine Inch Nails Caifanes Madonna 玉置成実 Marilyn Manson Antonio Vivaldi 植松伸夫 DëthKløk Maroon 5 Mägo de Oz Avril Lavigne マキシマム ザ ホルモン Ludwig van Beethoven Tokio Hotel Coldplay The Strokes Mika Sugarcult Radiohead Sigur Rós Animal Collective The Killers The Mars Volta Belle and Sebastian Barry Manilow King Of Leon We Are Scientists Los Campesinos! folrence and the machine Thom Yorke Sugarcubes Britney Spears Björk Beth Gibbons Goldfrapp Portishead Porcupine Tree Opeth Niña Los Francy Free Zoé Los Dynamite Death Cab for Cutie Metallica Linkin Park Red Hot Chili Peppers Muse U2 Arctic Monkeys MGMT Oasis Foo Fighters Bod Dylan Bloc Party Lily Allen Moby Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Kooks Blur KOTOKO Snow Patrol The Veronicas Metro Station Massive Attack The Smiths The Cure Led Zeppelin Air Rise Against Arcade Fire Joy Division Feist Mission of Burma Vampire Weekend Röyksopp Crystal Castles Alice in Chains Behemoth Neil Young New Order TV on the Radio Bat for Lashes M83 Goo Goo Dolls The Fratellis Santogold Mogwai The Creatures The Horrors Adelle Duffy NOFX MxPx Panda Ladytron Franz Ferdinand Jarvis Cocker Wilco Manic Street Preachers Black Moth Super Rainbow The Pixies KISS

¿Estás cansado de ver el fondo de last.fm de color blanco?, Si te gustan los colores oscuros, tu podrás ver a last.fm en su máxima oscuridad.

Antes de hacer el cambio tienen que cumplir al menos 1 o 2 de los requisitos:
-Usar Firefox (u Opera)
-Tener instalado la extensión Stylish (o Greasemonkey)

Miren esto:


Si estás interesado puedes bajarlo aquí:

Si usas firefox con stilysh, aqui el tutorial de como instalar el tema:
y si usas Opera aquí.

Notas de lanzamiento: (July 18 2009)
basado en el tema de afz902k hice una ligeras modificaciones:
-Moví la barra de navegación a la parte superior utilizando las bases del tema de Dark grey olive expandido.
-La caja de "Acerca de" está más expandida para poner más código fácilmente.
-Y para los que les gusta robarse las imagenes de los albums aqui les muestro un código:
.jewelcase {
display:none !important;
}recuerden añadirlo al final de la hoja de estilo.

Errores:
-El pie de página no esta acorde con la página.

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Are you tired of seeing Last.fm in white?
If you like darker colours better, you could see last.fm in a darker colour theme!

Here's what it would look like:


So, if you're interested, you can download it here.

And here's how to use it in Firefox. If you use Opera here's a howto :]. Internet Explorer is not supported because it sucks!.

Release Notes (July 17 2009)
Based on afz902k's theme i make some modifications:
-Moved the navigation bar at the top of the item using the bases Dark gray olive spread.
-Box "About" is further expanded to put more code and manage easily.
-and for all peolple tha like hotlink the album covers, add this code:
.jewelcase {
display:none !important;
}remember adding this code at the final line of the CSS.

Bugs:
-The footer is not combined with the content page.

Nirvana The Beatles Daft Punk the pillows Frank Sinatra Café Tacuba [unknown] Rhapsody of Fire Luis Miguel L'Arc~en~Ciel Molotov ASIAN KUNG-FU GENERATION Belanova Panic at the Disco System of a Down Tommy february6 Slipknot Green Day The Used Radioactivo 98.5 Nat King Cole Guns N' Roses Misfits Placebo Pink Floyd The Offspring Perfume Michael Jackson Metallica Iron Maiden Moenia 安室奈美恵 blink-182 Nine Inch Nails Caifanes Madonna 玉置成実 Marilyn Manson Antonio Vivaldi 植松伸夫 DëthKløk Maroon 5 Mägo de Oz Avril Lavigne マキシマム ザ ホルモン Ludwig van Beethoven Tokio Hotel Coldplay The Strokes Mika Sugarcult Radiohead Sigur Rós Animal Collective The Killers The Mars Volta Belle and Sebastian Barry Manilow King Of Leon We Are Scientists Los Campesinos! folrence and the machine Thom Yorke Sugarcubes Britney Spears Björk Beth Gibbons Goldfrapp Portishead Porcupine Tree Opeth Niña the francy free Zoé Los Dynamite Death Cab for Cutie Metallica Linkin Park Red Hot Chili Peppers Muse U2 Arctic Monkeys MGMT Oasis Foo Fighters Bod Dylan Bloc Party Lily Allen Moby Yeah Yeah Yeahs The Kooks Blur KOTOKO Snow Patrol The Veronicas Metro Station Massive Attack The Smiths The Cure Led Zeppelin Air Rise Against Arcade Fire Joy Division Feist Mission of Burma Vampire Weekend Röyksopp Crystal Castles Alice in Chains Behemoth Neil Young New Order TV on the Radio Bat for Lashes M83 Goo Goo Dolls The Fratellis Santogold Mogwai The Creatures The Horrors Adelle Duffy NOFX MxPx Panda Ladytron Franz Ferdinand Jarvis Crocker Wilco Manic Street Preachers black moth super The Pixies KISS

eso es todo, bye.

On the show...

*Interest facts about Bloc Party (dad scientist, 4 minute interview on time signatures)
*James Walsh from Starsailor on the phone, dream to be played on Radio Lancs
* Lewis and his political career - yep we can !!
* Lewis and his news - presidental melon, Boy George do you really want to hurt me, kate mose in dog years. Dave from Darwin not happy with Lewis's maths !!!!
*Soft toy emergency appeals
*Morriseys new song, coat in the washing machine or was it Lewis !!
* Barry Manilow new album !!!!!
*Quirky Quotes - Samuel Johns - women aren't bad, Alan Ginsburg, Churchill
* Music News


In Session

Crazy Daze - Dirty Dance Floor
Crazy Daze - Say Something I Want to hear


Charles Chill out (new Feature)

The Limes - Morning noon Night

This week’s playlist...

Franz Ferdinand - Ulyusses
Joy formidable - Austere
Crazy Dazes - Dance with Me
Crazy Daze - Dirty Dance Floor (live)
Whiskeycats - Make it Up
Twisted Wheel - Lucy The Castle
Crazy Daze - Say something I Want to hear (live)
Crazy Daze - What were you like
The Limes - Morning noon Night
Bloc Party - One Month Off
Cage the Elephant - Back against the Wall
The Underdogs - Stop to Think
Starsailor- Tell Me its not over
Raggamuffins - Hold Steady
Soft Toy Emergency - I Know you want it
In Case of Fire - The Cleansing
So Shush - Lucid Dreamer
Karima Francis - Chase The Morning Light
Lily Allen - The Fear

If YOU want to get involved just email us here at sean.mcginty@bbc.co.uk or myspace us! www.myspace.com/seanmcgintyintroducing

I just got home a few hours ago with a big cardboard box. Inside the box sat the Pioneer PL-990 turn table that my girlfriend bought for me for an anniversary gift. Easily one of the best presents I've ever received.



http://www.amazon.com/Pioneer-PL-990-2-Speed-Automatic-Turntable/dp/B00009QORL

My house actually has a record player that the previous owner, Mr. Leiberwitz, had left. It's a little dusty, but still works. It's connected to a [really heavy!] tube amplifier, probably from the 50s, which then leads to crappy speakers which were, and still are, wired to the den (downstairs) and the living room (ground level). Pretty cool sound system, just poor quality with the speakers sometimes hissing. The only record Mr. Leiberwitz left behind was a Liberace Christmas album, so technically that is my first LP.



In high school I went through a Pink Floyd phase, and picked up a vinyl copy of The Wall, which I played a few times on Mr. Leiberwitz's record player. I also bought Led Zeppelin II for $3.

Five years go by, and I haven't touched my 2 records (3 if you count Liberace) and I thought about exploring the world of analog recording and vinyl records.

On a park bench on 73rd Street and Broadway, Upper West Side of Manhattan, I find a pile of LP's that someone was selling earlier, but abandoned. They were slightly damp and funky smelling, but I claimed them as mine (yes, even the Barry Manilow album).

After taking the record player out of the box, I was excited to use it. Didn't really know how to go about hooking it up, I vaguely knew that I needed some sort of amplifier and speakers. I managed to dig up an old stereo that my uncle used when he went to college (15 years ago). IT WORKS!

So now I'm enjoying my 8 LPs that I own, especially the Led Zeppelin & Floyd album, I'm hearing new things on The Wall that I've never heard before!

1. Liberace's Christmas album (free)
2. Pink Floyd's The Wall ($5)
3. Led Zeppelin II ($3)
4. Made In U.S.A. (really bad crazy disco album) (free)
5. Raisin (a musical based on the play, Raisin In The Sun) (free)
6. Loudon Wainwright III's Unrequited (free)
7. Barry Manilow's Barry (free)
8. Holly Near with Jeff Langley's You Can Know All I Am (free)

(More to come, hopefully better than Barry Manilow)

Pros of vinyl:
-Bass sounds so good!
-Better fidelity than MP3s
-Voices sound better on vinyl
-The ritualistic feeling of playing a vinyl record

Cons of vinyl:
-Popping and hissing on older albums, cause of dirt/grime
-New vinyl records use more packaging than CDs
-Harder to store and clean than CDs
-Flipping the album midway

I wrote "ritualistic feel" under Pros, and by that I mean actually setting up a record, taking it out of the sleeve, laying it down on the turn table, turning the player on, and setting the needle down. Flipping the album halfway may seem like a nuisance, but I think it's part of the wonderful ritual of playing a vinyl record...a whole different tactile experience (but some may argue that an iPod's "touch wheel" is a tactile experience). With vinyl records and turn tables, the listener is actually interacting with the music, in a way.

I might not be able to carry thousands of songs on my pocket, like most of my other friends do, but I absolutely love my record player!

...now if I could only get songs played on my record player to scrobble onto Last.fm...

Here's my list - 1980

1. Call Me - Blondie
2. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd
3. Magic - Olivia Newton-John
4. Rock With You - Michael Jackson
5. Do That To Me One More Time - Captain and Tennille
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love - Queen
7. Coming Up - Paul McCartney
8. Funkytown - Lipps Inc.
9. It's Still Rock And Roll To Me - Billy Joel
10. The Rose - Bette Midler
11. Escape (The Pina Colada Song) - Rupert Holmes
12. Cars - Gary Numan
13. Cruisin' - Smokey Robinson
14. Working My Way Back To You/Forgive Me Girl - Spinners
15. Lost In Love - Air Supply
16. Little Jeannie - Elton John
17. Ride Like The Wind - Cristopher Cross
18. Upside Down - Diana Ross
19. Please Don't Go - K.C. and the Sunshine Band
20. Babe - Styx
21. With You I'm Born Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta
22. Shining Star - Manhattans
23. Still - Commodores
24. Yes, I'm Ready - Teri De Sario With K.C.
25. Sexy Eyes - Dr. Hook
26. Steal Away - Robbie Dupree
27. Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia
28. This Is It - Kenny Loggins
29. Cupid, I've Loved You For A Long Time - Spinners
30. Let's Get Serious - Jermaine Jackson
31. Don't Fall In Love With A Dreamer - Kenny Rogers and Kim Carnes
32. Sailing - Christopher Cross
33. Longer - Dan Fogelberg
34. Coward Of The County - Kenny Rogers
35. Ladies Night - Kool and the Gang
36. Take Your Time - S.O.S. Band
37. No More Tears (Enough Is Enough) - Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
38. Too Hot - Kool and the Gang
39. More Love - Kim Carnes
40. Pop Muzik - M
41. Brass In Pocket - Pretenders
42. Special Lady - Ray - Goodman and Brown
43. Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder
44. The Second Time Around - Shalamar
45. We Don't Talk Anymore - Cliff Richard
46. Stomp - Brothers Johnson
47. Heartache Tonight - Eagles
48. Stomp - Brothers Johnson
49. Tired Of Toein' The Line - Rocky Burnette
50. Better Love Next Time - Dr. Hook
51. Him - Rupert Holmes
52. Against The Wind - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
53. On The Radio - Donna Summer
54. Emotional Rescue - Rolling Stones
55. Rise - Herb Alpert
56. All Out Of Love - Air Supply
57. Cool Change - Little River Band
58. You're Only Lonely - J.D. Souther
59. Desire - Andy Gibb
60. Let My Love Open The Door - Pete Townshend
61. Daydream Believer - Anne Murray
62. I Can't Tell You Why - Eagles
63. Don't Let Go - Isaac Hayes
64. Don't Do Me Like That - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
65. She's Out Of My Life - Michael Jackson
66. Fame - Irene Cara
67. Fire Lake - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band
68. How Do I Make You - Linda Ronstadt
69. Into The Night - Benny Mardones
70. Let Me Love You Tonight - Pure Prairie League
71. Misunderstanding - Genesis
72. An American Dream - Dirt Band
73. One Fine Day - Carole King
74. Dim All The Lights - Donna Summer
75. You May Be Right - Billy Joel
76. Hurt So Bad - Linda Ronstadt
77. Should've Never Let You Go - Neil Sedaka and Dara Sedaka
78. Pilot Of The Airwaves - Charlie Dore
79. Off The Wall - Michael Jackson
80. I Pledge My Love - Peaches And Herb
81. The Long Run - Eagles
82. Stand By Me - Mickey Gilley
83. Heartbreaker - Pat Benatar
84. Deja Vu - Dionne Warwick
85. Drivin' My Life Away - Eddie Rabbitt
86. Take The Long Way Home - Supertramp
87. Sara - Fleetwood Mac
88. Wait For Me - Daryl Hall and John Oates
89. Jo Jo - Boz Scaggs
90. September Morn - Neil Diamond
91. Give Me The Night - George Benson
92. Broken Hearted Me - Anne Murray
93. You Decorated My Life - Kenny Rogers
94. Tusk - Fleetwood Mac
95. I Wanna Be Your Lover - Prince
96. In America - Charlie Daniels Band
97. Breakdown Dead Ahead - Boz Scaggs
98. Ships - Barry Manilow
99. All Night Long - Joe Walsh
100. Refugee - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers