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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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 Posted - 08/09/2004 : 12:21:13
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I've been quite fortunate in my current employment that a significant proportion of the rest of the office have reasonably discerning taste. Apart from the odd lapse resulting in Shed Seven, we get a fair smattering of Morrisey, Pixies, REM, Rolling Stones, which let's face it, could be a lot worse.
Now, having moved offices I have some control over what goes on the stereo, so we've had Jeff Buckley, Nick Cave, James Brown and Nick Drake among others.
One has to be reasonably considerate. While the odd bout of cool can burst through (we've been known to have Mono, Mogwai and Sun Ra on), its only fair to let others have some say so I don't put anything too extreme.
So the question goes out: what do you listen to at work?
Kind regards,
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Posted - 08/09/2004 : 12:36:56
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I'm also lucky in having a very tolerant work collegue, we only have a crap radio/tape player so if the radio is on it's kerrang fm, which really is only good between 9-10 and anytime tuesdays (two-for-tuesday is great!) the only good thing about kerrang is there are no annoying brummie DJ's and no bloody UB40 or chart-vom-inducing-pop
I've started making tapes to take in though, I'm trying to educate kirsty in the way of the pixies, she's liking the bossanova pixies, the surfy style, she's not so keen on the 'thrashier' side though. She'll learn.
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Monsieur
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1688 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 12:37:20
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cvanepps
= Cult of Ray =
USA
442 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:12:15
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My co-workers' tastes don't really enter into it since I do the headphone thing. I have pretty much my entire music collection on my Creative Nomad 3. Right now, I'm listening to the Virgin Suicides soundtrack. That Todd Rundgren was something, wasn't he?
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jediroller
* Dog in the Sand *
France
1718 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:12:37
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I'm usually the one who imposes his musical tastes on his office-mates. Sometimes my colleague, in a bold move, puts on one of his Ryan Adams, Arno, Flogging Molly or Rufus Wainwright CDs, but most of the times I beat him to it, cos I'm generally in first :)
My workmates are always sure to hear a fair amount of Frank Black, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, and Vic Chesnutt. But it all depends on my mood and pretty much anything goes, from Satie to Ramones to Robert Wyatt to Foo Fighters... etc.
These days I've been craving craving female voices, so my iTunes has been serving me a little randomized mix of Kristin Hersh (that magnificent duet with Vic Chesnutt on "Panic Pure", I could listen to that all day), Cerys Matthews, Laura Veirs, and Ani DiFranco.
Of course we also play the stuff we receive at work for reviewing, but I must admit most of it isn't very exciting (last good surprises were a guitar and cello duo, and a compilation by a local electronica label).
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:15:40
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(Ani DiFranco played here at the folkfest and I missed it ) |
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Cult_Of_Frank
= Black Noise Maker =
Canada
11690 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:44:22
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Everyone pretty much has the option of playing their own tunes on their computer (I have over 4 GB of music at work along), but only I and one other guy in the whole R&D dept listen to anything, so it's pretty much just our music that people hear.
What I play depends on my mood, etc. Today it's been Calexico's Hot Rail. Lately there's been a lot of the Neins and AC Newman, definitely FB/Pixies, etc. Just the usual stuff I listen to.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:49:49
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Damn, I wish we could have music at work. You lucky people.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:51:44
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Shed Seven mostly. 
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 13:57:58
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Joking aside, aren't you the person who defended Shed Seven against Cheeseman and I once?
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 14:17:21
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yes, yes, that was me. you guys think they are a joke, I really liked 'maximum high' said I should get some more maybe and the two of you came crashing down like rolling thunder.......just kidding, i was being sarcastic in my over the top defense of SS. In all serious...I liked Maximum High (and still play it sometimes), haven't heard any of their other albums though.
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
17125 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 14:31:47
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Fair enough. Hey , I like Sleeper so maybe we all need our Britpop fix eh?
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 14:50:32
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I have all of suede's albums, 1 embrace album (which is awesome), a couple bluetones, a couple cast, the la's, 4 ocean colour scene albums, brit-pop's alright by me.......
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
9168 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:12:31
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I don't listen to music at work. I work in a library. It's supposed to be quiet.
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:22:58
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So you have snigger quietly at shine's music taste? Must be tricky.
I'm taking in SMYT tomorrow, these people need a little education. Some Violent Femmes too, some Cure, some Low. A bit of funk always goes down well, so I'm going to take 'There's A Riot Goin' On' by Sly & The Family Stone in to mess with their heads.
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Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:25:02
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
So you have snigger quietly at shine's music taste? Must be tricky.
explain!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:27:39
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Originally posted by shineoftheever
I have all of suede's albums, 1 embrace album (which is awesome), a couple bluetones, a couple cast, the la's, 4 ocean colour scene albums, brit-pop's alright by me.......
"Join the cult of Bruce Lee, and be spared my fist of fury"
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Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:28:51
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that's no an explanation!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:31:50
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It really is. There was a time and a place for Britpop, for about 5 minutes in 1996.
Kids: Just Say No.
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Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:39:58
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Booooooo!
quote:
A bit of funk always goes down well
There was a time and a place for that too, the 70's, but not in England! Boo Ya!
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:43:08
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Hey, that's other people's choice. My choices in that vein are James Brown, Curtis Mayfield and the aforementioned Sly Stone. Those are timeless and classic.
And don't you be telling me you can't be English and funky.
I'll come round a jive-talk ya.
Then crack you in the face with a broken bottle.
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:45:58
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OCS did cover Stevie Wonder's 'Do yourself a favor', Is that what you would call Brit-Funk?
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:49:38
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Nope. That would just suck.
We could be here all night arguing. I will drop it and let you off if you tell me that you don't own a Kula Shaker album.
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:53:11
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but i do, just two though ;)
and we are not arguing, there is no arguing personal opinion, so I will summise:
Cheeseman: "I think shine has shitty taste in music because he likes Brit-Pop, IMO"
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 15:56:56
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Yeah, thats about it. However, seeing as it is my opinion, I am right and you are wrong. Problem solved.
But, I'll let you off you little scamp. I've just noticed I now have over 3000 posts, so hurrah! go forth and party in my name.
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 16:01:35
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quote:
Originally posted by Cheeseman1000
.......But, I'll let you off you little scamp.....
stop flirting with me! I know I like Brit-Pop but, come on.
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 17:10:29
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cd changer in my office right now has;
white stripes 'de stjil' (playing)
fb&tc 'black letter days' (just ended)
fb 'toty'
the strokes 'this is it'
the smashing pumpkins 'siamese dream'
pretty mainstream but what can i say, i'm a sucker for a good hook.
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shineoftheever
> Teenager of the Year <
Canada
4307 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 17:26:36
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i own 4/5 of those! much prefer gish to SD though.
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 17:32:15
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'gish' is good but i don't have a copy right now. it got stolen a year or so ago (along with half of my cd collection.)
only pumpkins albums i have now are 'sd', 'pisces iscariot' and 'adore' which i recently rebought (one of my favourite albums of all time.) |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/09/2004 : 17:46:46
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I
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about your stolen Cds Ebb,
that sucks dude.
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronkenhehehahhahehehaha |
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Ebb Vicious
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1162 Posts |
Posted - 08/09/2004 : 17:57:12
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yeah i'm still not over it even though it was a year ago.
>$1,700 of CDs gone poof. very annoying to say the least. |
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benji
> Teenager of the Year <
New Zealand
3430 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2004 : 01:13:34
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Man you guys are lucky.
We listen to “Heart FM” which is utter shite.
Lionel Richie’s on at the moment, which is ok, but yesterday we had that new Natasha Beddingfield song 4 times!
That wouldn’t be bad if that song was actually any good, but it is such a piece of utter crap….
I’m not sure my workmates would be ready for me to play anything a bit different – they’re all very straight laced English peeps.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 08/10/2004 : 01:25:04
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benji, that's a tough situation. I couldn't work with crappy music playing. I use headphones so I can play what I like. Today I brought:
Br. Danielson - Brother Is To Son
Guided By Voices - Best Of
and a bunch of compilations that came free with a mag I'm subscribed to.
Denis
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tiredeyes
- FB Fan -
USA
69 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2004 : 03:43:08
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i have an ideal situation,
a co-worker who's cool with whatever is on (for the most part)
and access to government computers.
we have wall speakers running right from our computers that are usually playing internet radio.
my favorite stations right now are....kexp,wfmu, and woxy
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Surfer Rosa
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 08/10/2004 : 04:01:26
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| We have quite a mixed bag here - 3 of us with conflicting music tastes. Sometimes we agree though - I've converted my young snowboarder hiphop crazy colleague to The Pixies and we both love the Beastie Boys and Distillers (though I think this is simply because he has impure thoughts about Brodie Dalle) and the two of us are in constant battle with our resident Chaz and Dave/Billy Joel/Cliff Richard fan. It quite often simply boils down to who can play their music loudest. (I win - NO Billy Joel can beat the bassline from any 80's Matchbox B-line Disaster song). Something we have discovered which seems to keep almost everyone (including those who don't have any music on their machines) is a beauty of an internet radio station which plays a cunning mix of old school hip hop & seventies funk called wefunkradio |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
6556 Posts |
Posted - 08/10/2004 : 08:43:27
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Originally posted by Carolynanna
(Ani DiFranco played here at the folkfest and I missed it)
(J H Christ, I just saw that David Byrne played too, even once in a lifetime. Goddamnit! I have to start paying closer attention. Arggghhh  ) |
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