iI'm listening to a Cleopatra compliation I picked up at the Tower in Philly, of various Ambient/Dark Wave/Electronica, etc artists remixing Marley tunes. Different. Not too bad. Some of it is mediocre, but Julian Synne's remix of Keep On Moving is a booty shaker. The Sun is Shining mix by Silverbeam is pretty good too, but I prefer Finley Quaye's cover of it. I think it's time for me to make that Marley cover/remix tape I've been telling myself to do for a while. I haven't made a personal mix tape in a while, just for other people.

i heard last night on NPR about a "new music" coming from the Euro scene....a combo of samba/bossanova and electronica and jazz........i found this interesting....they cited some band, whom I have never heard of....something something and a number after it, such is the current trend with bands to tack on a number after the name....anyway....i found it interesting....i was compelled to ask where the critics ears were pointed to 4 years ago with this "new" music....Stereolab was combining the samba beats of Getz and Gilbrato and others like them in their music.......

zuco 103, patrick. i'm sure they're great when you're really stoned in amsterdam.

right...i heard bit of them on npr...it was ok i guess....well sorta...anwyay i am often not tempted by fusion it seems gimmicky, hence my distain for rap/metal combos.... ....hell abba would probably sound ok smoking their hash and cheeba over there.....

pretty much everything sounds great when you're really stoned in amsterdam. i want to go to brazil this year.

i'd like to see all the acid jazz artists in the euro scene get together and decide to never use sampled hand-claps in their music ever again. that and start employing more real drummers. after a year of tweaking, filtering, and compressing, i'm ready to surrender to the fact that there's just no substitute for the real thing.

you don't know how refreshing it is for me to hear a primarily electronic music maker say that. i couldn't agree more i have always had a thing for Sao Paulo I have heard from a resident it's far more cosmopolitan than NYC

i dunno. i basically play keys on a synth. i guess that sounds pretty meaningless, but the point is that i spend as much time studying jazz theory as i do building and tweaking sounds. you use the technology to synthesize the waveforms. using it to do the work of creation is not only pointless and kinda pathetic, it also makes for really shitty music.

list your 10 best cd's - here goes. In no particular order. UB40 Guns in the ghetto Bob Marley - Kaya Rising Sons- featuring Taj Mahal and Ry Cooder Ry Cooder - Paradise & lunch Laura Love - The Laura Love collection John Lee Hooker - the best of Joan Armatrading - Me, myself, I Ravel - Bolero Nanci Griffith - Blue Roses from the Moon Desmond Dekker - compilation Tracy Chapman - New Beginning. sorry that was 11 Bite me

any of that stuff good to listen to on smack? i'm really into smack music.

I'll do the smacking you just listen.

Motley Crue-Shout at the Devil Jimmy Buffet-Fruitcakes John Denver-I Want to Live Christian Death-Only Theater of Pain Pussy Galore-Dial "M" for Motherfucker Oingo Boingo-Only a Lad Styx-Kilroy Was Here White Lion-Mane Attraction Conway Twitty-Hey Good Lookin Celine Dion-Falling into You

in hindsight, thats was a complete waste of my time

mine, too.

at least he's consistent

ok what about singers who can actually hold a note...... no whining screeching wannabes allowed. Female, male, doesnt matter. The fact that their voice can make you happy,sad, suicidal, whatever. Who goes first???????????

ok, biro here goes: catherine irwin of freakwater! iris dement brett sparks of the handsome family! peggy seeger richard buckner macy gray! corin tucker! the ladies of hazeldine wanda jackson!

some cool, some cold. I want singers that can hold a note..... not Celine Dione, LOATHE her or anyone of that ilk. Linda Ronstadt EmmyLou Harris Phoebe Snow Elvis Costello Placido Domingo Sinead Oconner Van Morrison Al Green Shows my taste, dont care, love those voices

emmylou kicks ass.....do you like trio?

what about that chick from heart? ann wilson? ann wilson freddie mercury vivian trimble (luscious jackson) perry farrell paul mccartney bradley nowell al green (well, see I'ma go ova here to Mr.c house) patsy cline

lucinda williams. nina simone. that's all i can think of right now. iris dement absolutely cannot hold a note. her voice is so weak and trembly. hate to say it, but madonna does pretty well in the note holding area.

I,m with everyone so far,Paula Cole,Annie Lennox,Chris Isaak.

Don't forget Roy Orbison and Elvis.

Peggy Lee. That guy from Orbital who sings in "The Box." Maria Callas. Enrico Caruso. Suzanne Vega (some of her stuff, anyway). I know there are others, but these five jumped to mind for some reason.

peggy lee for sure, not to mention ella fitzgerald, with perfect pitch in fact. what about more modern people though? because back then, you had to be good.

Maynard James Keenan, if you like your notes hurled at you. Ian Svenonius, if you like your notes squealed. Elizabeth Fraser, if you like your notes fluted. Dave Gahan, if you like your notes oozed. Amel Larrieux, if you like your notes warbled. Timmy Taylor, if you like your notes mewled. Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, if you like your notes raised unto the light transcendant.

Lesley Rankin Meg Lee Chin Bruce Dickinson Maynard J. Keenan (I'm with you there) Toots Hibbert Justin Alexander Bernie Larson Mary Timony Lauryn Hill

i dig the maynard and lauryn hill but whats up with bruce dickinson? if you like your notes piercing. i just could never get by those nut-hugger jeans all those metal guys wore.

I'm so glad someone else has heard of Peggy Lee. I have this awesome ancient record of her that's just amazing. I don't lik emost modern people, because I believe you have to be good to impress me. I think that most of today's singers are pathetic--they can't sound good unless the sound tech manipulates the voice beyond recognition. That's not singing.

Emmylou Harris is fucking amazing. It's hard to believe that someone who has made such a mark on modern music is still unknown by so many people. While chiefly known for her interpretations of other people's songs (from the Beatles' "Here, Ther, Everywhere" to Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors", from Jimi Hendrix's "May This Be Love," to Lucinda Williams' "Crescent City") , Emmylou is also a brilliant songwriter (Boulder to Birmingham, Red Dirt Girl). This is from her "Hour of Gold": "And the world will be my witness when they excavate my heart, and find the image of your face imprinted there like some Shroud of Turin that neither time nor tundra could erase." *swoon* And don't get me started on her 1978 Christmas album. Angel Eyes and Light in the Stable. Oh my god.