tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73686540417565860802024-03-04T21:14:02.740-08:00Working Class DanWorking hard to earn a living. Blue denim in his veins.Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-84350618224236975242011-01-05T02:40:00.000-08:002011-01-05T02:42:52.712-08:002010 ListeningI listened to these albums this year. Far and away a new record for quantity.<br /><br /><br />1. Liars<br />2. Cave Singers<br />3. Metallica (ep)<br />4. Iron & Wine (ep)<br />5. Atlas Sound (x4)<br />6. Daft Punk<br />7. Adalita (ep)<br />8. Tom Petty (reissue)<br />9. Bruce Springsteen<br />10. Great Lake Swimmers<br />11. The walkmen<br />12. Regina Spektor<br />13. The John Steel Singers<br />14. Weezer<br />15. Kanye West<br />16. Justin Townes Earle<br />17. The Bees<br />18. Smashing Pumpkins (ep) x2<br />19. Reznor/Ross - social network<br />20. 30 rock soundtrack<br />21. Twilight Eclipse soundtrack<br />22. Jay-Z (hits)<br />23. Caitlin Rose<br />24. Girl Talk<br />25. Dntel<br />26. Frank Black<br />27. Various - he Will Have His Way<br />28. Dragon (hits)<br />29. The National<br />30. Brian Eno<br />31. New Pornographers<br />32. Cee-Lo Green<br />33. Cabins<br />34. Warpaint<br />35. Avett Brothers<br />36. Suede (hits)<br />37. Sun Kil Moon<br />38. Destroyer (ep)<br />39. The Break<br />40. Eels<br />41. David bryne/fatboy slim<br />42. Arcade Fire<br />43. Harry Manx<br />44. Thousand Needles in Red<br />45. Glenn Richards<br />46. Elliott Smith (hits)<br />47. The war on Drugs<br />48. Mavis Staples<br /><br />49. Mew (hits)<br />50. 78 Saab<br />51. The Leisure Society<br />52. Badly Drawn Boy<br />53. Avey Tare<br />54. The Fresh and Onlys<br />55. Holly Throsby<br />56. Marc Ribot<br />57. Nels Cline<br />58. The Holidays<br />59. Tobias Cummings<br />60. Jimmy eat World<br />61. Elvis Costello<br />62. The Orb<br />63. Owen Pallett<br />64. Owen Pallett (ep)<br />65. You Am I<br />66. Lowercase Noises<br />67. Dirty Projectors & Bjork<br />68. The Jezabels (ep)<br />69. Hungry Kids of Hungary<br />70. Giant Sand<br />71. Shihad<br />72. Sufjan Stevens<br />73. Black Crowes<br />74. Joe Satriani<br />75. Kings of Leon<br />76. David Bowie (reissue)<br />77. David Kitt<br />78. Gareth Liddiard<br />79. Arab Strap<br />80. Robert Plant<br />81. Antony and the Johnsons<br />82. Marnie Stern<br />83. Maximum Balloon<br />84. Bens Folds/Nick Hornby<br />85. Neil Young<br />86. Seabellies<br />87. Deerhunter<br />88. Grinderman<br />89. Corin Tucker Band<br />90. Little Red<br />91. Unkle<br />92. Unkle (ep)<br />93. Department of Eagles<br />94. Brandon Flowers<br />95. The Who (hits live)<br />96. Band of Horses<br />97. Rolling Stones (reissue)<br />98. Freelance Whales<br />99. Children Collide<br />100. Isobel campbell and mark Lanegan<br />101. No Age<br />102. The Basics<br />103. Phillip Selway<br />104. Blonde Redhead<br />105. Klaxons<br />106. Black Mountain<br />107. various - Mark Mulachy<br />108. various - ragtime 1900-1930<br />109. REM (reissue)<br />110. Paul Gilbert<br />111. Interpol<br />112. Basement Birds<br />113. The Dear Hunter (ep)<br />114. Washington<br />115. School of Seven Bells<br />116. Marble Sounds<br />117. Dan Kelly<br />118. John Grant<br />119. Best Coast<br />120. Beck record Club - oar<br />121. Beck record Club - Kick<br />122. Refused (reissues)<br />123. Sting<br />124. Surfer Blood<br />125. Tired Pony<br />126. Jay Bennett<br />127. Birds of Tokyo<br />128. Darren hanlon<br />129. Mogwai (live)<br />130. Violent Soho<br />131. Amanda Palmer<br />132. Ryan Adams (orion)<br />133. Dodos<br />134. Ed Harcourt<br />135. Ernest Ellis<br />136. Idlewild (hits)<br />137. Teenage Fanclub<br />138. Airbourne<br />139. Mastodon (ep)<br />140. The Boat People<br />141. Titus Andronicus<br />142. The Books<br />143. Bonnie Prince Billy<br />144. Maps and Atlases<br />145. The Paradise Motel<br />146. Sleepy Sun<br />147. The Silents<br />148. Howe Gelb and a Band of Gypsies<br />149. Here We Go Magic<br />150. Boy and Bear<br />151. Chemical Brothers<br />152. Delorean<br />153. The Dead Weather<br />154. Crowded House<br />155. Rufus Wainwright<br />156. Wolf Parade<br />157. How to Destroy Angels (ep)<br />158. Faux Pas<br />159. The Hold Steady<br />160. Deftones<br />161. Dead Letter Circus<br />162. Cloud Control<br />163. Blitzen Trapper<br />164. Delta Spirit<br />165. British India<br />166. Black Keys<br />167. CocoRosie<br />168. The Gaslight Anthem<br />169. The Radio Dept<br />170. Jack Rose<br />171. LCD Soundsystem<br />172. Kaki King<br />173. Smog<br />174. Sally Seltmann<br />175. Roky Erickson<br />176. Broken Social Scene<br />177. MGMT<br />178. Gyroscope<br />179. Joanna Newsom<br />180. Slash<br />181. VA -paul kelly tribute<br />182. she & him<br />183. eddy current suppression ring<br />184. jimi hendrix (valleys)<br />185. john butler trio<br />186. mose allison<br />187. dr dog<br />188. the besnard lakes<br />189. Laura Marling<br />190. Jonsi - go<br />191. Rogue Wave<br />192. Shearwater<br />193. Johnny Cash (american 6)<br />194. ruby suns<br />195. ok go<br />196. gorillaz<br />197. frightened rabbit<br />198. beach house<br />199. broken bells<br />200. dave rawlings machine<br />201. vampire weekend<br />202. peter gabriel<br />203. laura veirs<br />204. midlake<br />205. massive attack<br />206. los campesinos<br />207. warp -20<br />208. spoon<br />209. yeasayer (2009)<br />210. Ryan Adams<br />211. Howe Gelb<br />212. Eric Johnson<br />213. Spoon<br />214. Scala<br />215. The decemberists<br />216. Jonsi - go live<br />217. My chemical romance<br />218. Nine Inch nails (reissue)<br />219. Yeasayer (live)<br />220. Destroyer<br />221. Feist (live)<br />222. Roger waters<br />223. Frank Zappa<br />224. Klaxons<br />225. The middle east<br />226. Deerhoof<br />227. Tony da gatorra and gruff rhys<br />228. Gorillaz (the fall)<br />229. OK go (bonus disc)<br /><br /><br />+3 atlassound<br />+1 pumpkins<br /><br />=233 albums.<br /><br /><br />To listen:<br />1. Bob Dylan (bootleg series + Live)<br />2. jimi (4cd)<br />3. Miles Davis (reissue)<br />4. Tommy Emmanuel <br />5. Tortoise<br />6. Janelle monae<br />7. Andrew bird (fingerlings 4)Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-83878055328534443042009-11-20T18:53:00.001-08:002009-11-20T18:57:41.349-08:00More listeningAs Tall as Lions C<br />Washington B<br />beck record club- Leonard Cohen C - novelty value only.<br />yves klein blue C+<br />powderfinger B<br />the crooked vultures A - loving it.<br />built to spill B+<br />parallel lions B<br />REM B<br />whitley B<br />No Age B+<br />Subaudible Hum B<br />pelican B<br />clientele D<br />mumford and sons B+<br />flight of the conchords B - not as good as first album<br />russian circles C<br />volcano choir B<br />bertie blackman C - a bit disappointing at how mainstream electro-pop it was.<br />root! B+Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-63279067170288244382009-11-05T02:55:00.000-08:002009-11-05T03:02:13.770-08:00atlas sound B - grower?<br />julian casablancas C+<br />weezer C+ - some good tracks. some total shite.<br />ben gibbard/jay farrar B<br />wolfmother B+ - surprisingly good.<br />swell season B-<br />sufjan B-<br />air C <br />editors F - umitigated shite. unlistenable, derivative, disappointing.<br />karen o B+ - joyous. can't wait for the film.<br />girls B ? - <br />decoder ring B - (some standouts, a lot of the same)<br />rain machine C - disappointing...could be a grower but <br />islands B<br />twilight sad C+<br />liam finn and eliza jane B - strong opener<br />monsters of folk B-<br />why C+<br />mountain goats B<br />mat kearney D<br />pearl jam B - Fixer is great. Album is worth a listen but dulls with repeated listening.<br />muse B(+) - perposterous...<br />health D <br />dino jr B+ - enjoyed fuzzy guitar<br />levon helm ?<br />sarah blasko B+ -surprisingly enjoyable<br />black crowes C<br />big pink B - (dominoes kills).<br />jet C+ <br />dappled cities B - didn't like at first but it's OK.<br />boxer rebellion C<br />chickenfoot D - this shite went number 4 in the US.<br />arctic monkeys B- - still like Alex's wordiness.<br />jeff lang B <br />New Moon soundtrack B- - good moments, not as good as it should be.Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-76505319091445776042009-05-26T16:22:00.000-07:002009-09-13T04:08:35.434-07:00Albums listened to in 2009 - running tallyAlbums listened to 2009 - I did say I was going to listen to less new music in 2009 and concentrate just on music I genuinely enjoyed but I broke down pretty early after the quiet post-new year period.<br /><br />Yim Yames C<br />Muse B(+)<br />Blitzen Trapper C<br />(500) Days of Summer soundtrack C<br />Yo La Tengo B+<br />Dinosaur Jr B+<br />Sarah Blasko B+<br />Black Crowes C<br />Big Pink C+<br />Dappled Cities C+<br />Chickenfoot D<br />Arctic Monkeys B<br />Lisa Mitchell B<br />Boxer Rebellion C+<br />Modest Mouse B<br />Spinnerette B<br />Julian Plenti C+<br />Kasabian C+<br />Florence and the Machine B<br />Fiery Furnaces B+<br />Sugar Army B+<br />Phoenix A<br />Dead Weather B <br />Beatles reissues A+<br />Riceboy Sleeps B<br />Spinal Tap B-<br />Jeremy Enigk C+<br />Passion Pit C<br />Sunset Rubdown B+<br />The Temper Trap C+<br />Sunn O))) B<br />Deerhunter B-<br />Mars Volta B-<br />The Bird and The Bee C<br />Placebo C+<br />Karnivool A<br />Regina Spektor B<br />Radiohead (reissues) B+<br />Dirty Projectors B+<br />Patrick Watson B<br />Patrick Wolf B-<br />The Dead Weather B<br />All India Radio B+<br />Mew A<br />Evermore F<br />Eels C+<br />Dark Night of the Soul B+<br />Neko Case B<br />Bob Dylan B<br />Bat for Lashes A<br />Metric C+<br />Silversun Pickups B+<br />Neil Young C<br />Death Cab for Cutie B<br />Gomez C<br />The Fray D-<br />PJ Harvey/John Parish C<br />Pearl Jam B<br />Mastodon A<br />Decemberists B+<br />Dan Auerbach B<br />M.Ward C<br />Yeah Yeah Yeahs B+<br />War Child Heroes C+<br />U2 C+<br />AC Newman B- <br />Bruce Springsteen C<br />Bon Iver B+<br />Andrew Bird B+<br />Animal Collective A<br />Dark Was The Night A<br />Hold Steady B+<br />Doves B<br />Super Furry Animals B<br />Veils B+<br />John Scofield F<br />Conor Oberst B+<br />Manchester orchestra B<br />White rabbits B<br />Jarvis cocker D<br />Wilco B <br />St Vincent B<br />Grizzly Bear A<br />Green Day B<br />Sonic Youth B<br />Isis C+<br />Eskimo Joe B<br />Beirut C (Beirut goes ambient techno???)<br /><br /><br /><br />Not rated yet:<br /><br />Antony and the Johnsons - haven't been able to stomach it yet. The last one I found I got it when it a very precise mood and it meant next to nothing at other times. This one is a harrowing listen.<br /><br /><br />Faves so far - Bat For Lashes, Karnivool, Grizzly Bear, Mew, Mastodon, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Animal Collective, Dark Was The Night compilation.Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-74075338166240309352009-05-26T16:21:00.000-07:002009-05-26T16:33:07.840-07:00Albums listened to in 2008 - 124 of 'emSo I listened to about 124 new albums in 2008. I also devoured the entire back catalogs of Queen and Metallica <br /><br />1. Shearwater C-<br />2. Snow Patrol B-<br />3. The Cure B<br />4. Metallica B+<br />5. Delta Spirit B+<br />6. Girl Talk B<br />7. Augie March B<br />8. Blitzen Trapper B<br />9. Cut Copy C<br />10. Josh Pyke D<br />11. Annuals C+<br />12. The Drones A<br />13. Cold War Kids F<br />14. Calexico B-<br />15. Mercury Rev D<br />16. David Byrne/Brian Eno B<br />17. The Verve B-<br />18. Mogwai B+<br />19. The Grates C<br />20. Bloc Party D<br />21. Monkey B<br />22. The Walkmen B<br />23. Conor Oberst B+<br />24. Birds of Tokyo B+<br />25. Dr Dog A<br />26. The Living End B+<br />27. Constantines C<br />28. Gutter Twins C-<br />29. Bob Dylan B+<br />30. Okkervil River A<br />31. Coldplay B<br />32. Opeth B-<br />33. Chad Van Gaalen B-<br />34. Guns N Roses B<br />35. The Killers B+<br />36. AC/DC B<br />37. Isobel Campbell & Mark Lanegan B-<br />38. Kings of Leon A<br />39. Marnie Stern D<br />40. TV on the Radio A<br />41. Giant Sand B<br />42. Shihad B<br />43. Phantom Planet C-<br />44. Hold Steady A<br />45. Beck B<br />46. Spirtualized B<br />47. Aimee Mann D<br />48. Fleet Foxes A<br />49. My Morning Jacket B<br />50. Last Shadow Puppets C<br />51. Martha Wainwright B<br />52. Scarlett Johannsen D<br />53. Death Cab for Cutie B+<br />54. Bon Iver B+<br />55. Raconteurs B<br />56. Flight of the Conchords A<br />57. Sun KIl Moon A<br />58. Gyroscope C+<br />59. NIN – The slip B+<br />60. NIN - Ghosts B+<br />61. Breeders D<br />62. Wombats C+<br />63. Vampire Weekend B+<br />64. Black Keys B-<br />65. Supergrass B<br />66. She & Him B-<br />67. REM B<br />68. Portishead F<br />69. Nick Cave A<br />70. End of Fashion B<br />71. Foals D<br />72. M83 C<br />73. Dark Knight soundtrack B<br />74. Mystery Jets C+<br />75. Stephen Malkmus B<br />76. Wolf Parade B<br />77. Smashing Pumpkins – American gothic ep C<br />78. Sigur Ros B+<br />79. Fuck buttons C<br />80. Chris walla C<br />81. Holy Fuck B-<br />82. Gnarls Barkley B-<br />83. Duke Spirit F<br />84. Elbow B+<br />85. Deerhunter B+<br />86. Dodos A<br />87. C.W.Stoneking B+<br />88. Black Crowes C<br />89. There Will be Blood soundtrack B<br />90. Los Campesinos! (second LP) B+<br />91. MGMT C+<br />92. Deerhoof D<br />93. Panic at the Disco B<br />94. British Sea Power D-<br />95. The Mars Volta B-<br />96. Muse – HAARP B+<br />97. Ryan Adams B<br />98. Los Campesinos! – Hold On… B+<br />99. Rufus Wainwright B-<br />100. Jenny Lewis B<br />101. The Gaslight Anthem B+<br />102. Frightened Rabbit B+<br />103. Eddy Current Suppression Ring B<br />104. Teddy Thompson D<br />105. Randy Newman B-<br />106. Mark Kozelek B <br />107. Why? B+<br />108. The War on Drugs B-<br />109. No Age C<br />110. Cat Power C<br />111. Flaming Lips B<br />112. Oceansize B-<br />113. Black Mountain B+<br />114. Oasis B-<br />115. You Am I B<br />116. Major Labels C<br />117. Slipknot B<br />118. Ben Folds C+<br />119. Fall Out Boy B+/F<br />120. Children Collide C+<br />121. The Feeling B-<br />122. Emiliana Torrini B+<br />123. Gurrumul B+<br />124. Youth Group C+<br /><br /><br />DAN'S TOP 10 for 2008<br />1. TV on the Radio<br />2. Flight of the Conchords<br />3. The Hold Steady<br />4. Drones<br />5. Dodos<br />6. Okkervil River<br />7. Fleet Foxes<br />8. Dr Dog<br />9. Sun Kil Moon<br />10. Nick CaveWorking Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-1870188501176058842008-11-09T17:50:00.000-08:002009-06-02T21:40:57.135-07:00These would go gangbusters as pets.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZvxevQ1T2C07wFtr-kci3ak9nWUZZPr5L6fItCLn0dwXxhPf8b0eFQGWSiVAaXWkGU3treIf88YOM_V6OFzeEcDMUuW13QZBAbRv21sn7NmtmcZDtn7kDdSTuZ793EbawpsN1cvwBXE/s1600-h/pygmyhippo_zoom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVZvxevQ1T2C07wFtr-kci3ak9nWUZZPr5L6fItCLn0dwXxhPf8b0eFQGWSiVAaXWkGU3treIf88YOM_V6OFzeEcDMUuW13QZBAbRv21sn7NmtmcZDtn7kDdSTuZ793EbawpsN1cvwBXE/s320/pygmyhippo_zoom.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342956717038003538" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEBJmT9RC11UaQkAsHzZyoBEgwROfb0pG6hg-pLXJoYe8JxnIhPRRbZGF4mbAEAb_jW-D5XUXIXRalDoYqJh-buwaVcKDpLiP6MkOiXQ23dpi4LyaMKAqJ4o7X2ciFg-72MwxuyIRV80/s1600-h/baby-pygmy-hippo-monifa-taronga-zoo-sydney1.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHEBJmT9RC11UaQkAsHzZyoBEgwROfb0pG6hg-pLXJoYe8JxnIhPRRbZGF4mbAEAb_jW-D5XUXIXRalDoYqJh-buwaVcKDpLiP6MkOiXQ23dpi4LyaMKAqJ4o7X2ciFg-72MwxuyIRV80/s320/baby-pygmy-hippo-monifa-taronga-zoo-sydney1.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342956632108617682" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkH8rJkaVk4s460SGOkH1rn93WrtztGdM1pBbCsTR1MefGp0zw5KFNl9lzrn7zdh7uedXKIWHfgdJnMFUKh_tmRq-4jclpiJdlFM7HGJKeVRwSXhoGWUba7W30JN80mIs1tkz0A8a6DE/s1600-h/article-1083874-02639D96000005DC-46_468x302.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 206px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBkH8rJkaVk4s460SGOkH1rn93WrtztGdM1pBbCsTR1MefGp0zw5KFNl9lzrn7zdh7uedXKIWHfgdJnMFUKh_tmRq-4jclpiJdlFM7HGJKeVRwSXhoGWUba7W30JN80mIs1tkz0A8a6DE/s320/article-1083874-02639D96000005DC-46_468x302.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5342956514903825618" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3W7NbFu0CyUXgPfNCMq8INkr2Ig_CG1vUNzK4_7EwQSaeE2bstKTm9V4ZdPxyzsZ0Zt19p5vypt1XKy-e7fqWiSsV3EftxBUs-2UC85btpUFNfNqk7OS-l-UNvpMQ5RImci-bURsu1o/s1600-h/0,,6339692,00.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3W7NbFu0CyUXgPfNCMq8INkr2Ig_CG1vUNzK4_7EwQSaeE2bstKTm9V4ZdPxyzsZ0Zt19p5vypt1XKy-e7fqWiSsV3EftxBUs-2UC85btpUFNfNqk7OS-l-UNvpMQ5RImci-bURsu1o/s320/0,,6339692,00.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266840492599198418" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.news.com.au/gallery/0,23607,5035658-5007150-1,00.html"></a><br /><br />I've always wanted one of these as a pet. For years it's been an ongoing joke that they'd make great and very different pets but NOW I'M SERIOUS.Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-87095474841772326682008-11-05T15:47:00.000-08:002008-11-05T15:49:23.309-08:00The launchMarching band, smoke machine, rock!<br /><br /><br />FOURTH FLOOR COLLAPSE<br />'Victoria' album launch.<br />East Brunswick Club<br />Thursday 13 November.Working Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7368654041756586080.post-45066214362117969132008-10-26T16:41:00.000-07:002008-10-26T16:52:58.353-07:00Christmas-themed advertising agencies1. Claus & Partners<br />2. Blitzen!<br />3. Rudolph, Saatchi & Comet.<br />4. Jesus H. Christ BBDO<br />5. Three Wiseass Men<br />6. Nutcracker<br />7. 12 Angry ElvesWorking Class Danhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16807909507727190663noreply@blogger.com0