You can set up your generic American English with most of these things. If you're on Windows, go into the settings for your keyboard, and you can set it up for other languages - I used to live with some Germans and Chinese people who did exactly this. I've never wanted/ needed to do it, but I think there's some kind of Ctrl+Shift+something else thing you can do to get umlauts [sp?].

{whistles}

A wolf whistle, or a 'I'm not here' whistle? Whistles can be incredibly ambiguous y'know? Just ask Ronnie Ronalde.

Some time tonight will be cool, if that's possible. I'm keen to look further into one or to of the artists. t may turn out that I have heard of them and don't recognise them, of course.

This one was supposed to be space themed but I abandoned that and just made it a whatever tape, though I did leave in the Sun Ra interludes.

And here is your tracklist:

SIDE A
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Every Direction/The 1st Degree
Sun Ra - Theme of the Stargazers
Einstürzende Neubauten - Selbstportrait mit Kater
Hüsker Dü - Books About UFO's
Tortoise - Six Pack
His Name is Alive - Peace in Detroit
Trans Am - White Rhino
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Inc.
Charalambides - Dormant Love
People Like Us - Adridged Too Far
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
Kasai Allstars - Kayile/Nyeka Nyeka

SIDE B
Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams
Gogol Bordello - When the Trickster Starts A Pokin'
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Liars - It's All Blooming Now Mt. Heart Attack
Sun Ra - Next Stop Mars
This Heat - Health and Efficiency
The Capricorns - Steve and Tiffanie
Arto Lindsay - Erotic City
Tape Beatles - Joy and Power
Sun Ra - Second Stop is Jupiter
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Something on Your Mind
Smegma - Walkie Talkie
Pere Ubu - Blow Daddy-O

I must ask, which one did you enjoy the most?

The first track is excellent, and I like all of the instrumental-with-dialogue type tracks (very much my kind of thing).

The track with the yodelling and the snippets of John Peel (which one is that? People Like Us? It's towards the end of side one, anyway) is probably my very favourite, although Einstürzende Neubauten runs it close of course.

I'm giving it another listen tonight, and I'll try to post comments on each track as I go.

Yes, I forgot to mention that John Peel snippet. This was from their Peel Session, so that may be him messing around while they cut up away (er). Listening to People Like Us are probably one of my favorite pastimes. Wonderful stuff. I suggest you seek out more of their stuff. I mentioned them in the funny music thread because they can be hilarious at times, such as with this track.

Indeed, I've just done a little research on them (or her, as it turns out) and she sounds absolutely fascinating. There seems to be a fairly substantial discography though - where would you recommend that I start? (actually, the same goes for Einstürzende Neubauten, whom I know reasonably well but don't actually own anything by).

I've most probably related this before, but in Manchester, where the Hacienda nightclub used to stand is a series of inscriptions charting some musical history. At one point it sayssomething like 'Einstürzende Neubauten banned from the Hacienda after taking a pneumatic drill to a concrete pillar as part of their act', which I think is rather splendid.

The mixtape is very cool - thank you.

The only stuff I wasn't too bothered by was Gogol Bordello and the punky band with the (as I saw it) John Lydon-esque vocals. But both of those were OK too.

Downtown,that's all i'm saying to you.

I would check out Recyclopaedia Britannica which works as a greatest hits. Always a good place to start out. Or go with my favorite Beware The Whim Reaper. I think on her/their (she is rarely alone) you can stream a wealth of material.

As for EN, well it depends on which EN you'd like to hear. They've come a long way since their early clanging and crashing. They are a lot more song oriented now. Maybe Halber Mensch or Haus der Luge. The featured song is from a later album, the very recent Perpetuum Mobile.

I'm glad you like the majority of it.

You can't beat no wavers covering Prince songs!

Whats that Pork?

Have you ever heard People Like Us's version of it?

Пятхъдесят Шест's very cool 2nd round mixtape:





SIDE A
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Every Direction/The 1st Degree
Sun Ra - Theme of the Stargazers
Einstürzende Neubauten - Selbstportrait mit Kater
Hüsker Dü - Books About UFO's
Tortoise - Six Pack
His Name is Alive - Peace in Detroit
Trans Am - White Rhino
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Inc.
Charalambides - Dormant Love
People Like Us - Adridged Too Far
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
Kasai Allstars - Kayile/Nyeka Nyeka

SIDE B
Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams
Gogol Bordello - When the Trickster Starts A Pokin'
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Liars - It's All Blooming Now Mt. Heart Attack
Sun Ra - Next Stop Mars
This Heat - Health and Efficiency
The Capricorns - Steve and Tiffanie
Arto Lindsay - Erotic City
Tape Beatles - Joy and Power
Sun Ra - Second Stop is Jupiter
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Something on Your Mind
Smegma - Walkie Talkie
Pere Ubu - Blow Daddy-O

Thank you for the advice. I will definitely check that out.

Oh, aha. I don't think I have. Is it with Matmos? I don't have the album, though I need it.

Not the "you can always go, DOWNTOOOOOOOWN" song? I must hear it. Share it if you've got it.

Yes i have it somewhere but i can i link it as i've found it on the Negativeland website,i think.Lemmi check..............

Here,just for you:
http://www.ubu.com/sound/plu.html

Thanks!!

Hip Priest should take a look/listen too! I had no idea this was on ubu.com too! Some of out of print PLU albums!!!!

Which one has Downtown?<---------NEVERMIND

Do you know what?You'll have to find out for yourself because i suspect it's been renamed something else and that's why i'm searching amongst my emmepeefrees.

I found it. Its very agreeable.

Downtown Once More is the title.

cool

thats a fucking wicked looking tape! lookin forward to getting some of nrtxaecrt wects stuff!

I was a bit shocked about certain similarities in you two's choices.Spooky and more to come on that.

ha!! they are more similarities after i finish the other 2 believe me. im gonna have to shift up a gear, competition is hot!!!!

Call me 56 its much easier. Thanks Pauly. Yours sounds quite nice too. Though we have not seen the tracklist yet.

See what I mean when I said funny?

People Like Us - Handjob

shit, do i stick em up or does the recipient. actually porjy better cuz fucked if i can remember!!!!!!

porkys tracklist is....
acid mothers temple - pink lady lemonade excerpt
royal trux - dirty headlines (remix by jacz kooner/phil mossian)
goblin - profondo rosso
vashti bunyan - i need to be alone
flaming groovies (fuckin yeah!!!) - shake some action
bump and grind - bumpoddessy (3rd eye f remix)
mogollar - madimak

hair and skin trading co - go round
spacemen3 - big city
bedhead - roman candle
the ravonettes - sleepwalking
art of noise / max headroom - paranoimia (utter classic)
shonen knife - black bass (likewise)
cptn beefheart - (white sam)

OH my. Competition indeed.

Right,let's start with PAULYBEE's mixtape tracklist and then i can quote and review.Get ready because it's a bomb:
Side A
1 - Boredoms/Super You
2 - Authecre/Coeg
3 - Negativeland/Dear Mary
4 - Ex Models/That's funny i don't feel like a shithead
5 - XBXRX/Pigs wear Blue
6 - Chris Morris/4 foot Car
7 - The Fall/The Classical
8 - Sebadoh/Gimme Indie Rock
9 - DJ Scotch Egg/Acid Boy 2
10 - Fat Worm Of Error/Lasseiz FaireIs For The Birds
11 - Ruins/Classical Music Medley
12 - Ween/You Fucked Up
13 - Daemian Frost/You've Changed
14 - Jeffrey Lewis/The Last Time I Did AcidI went Insane
15 - Guided By Voices /Pimple Zoo


Side B
1 - Rollerskate Skinny/Violence To Violence
2 - Mirror/Dash /Electric Pen
3 - Swell Maps/Midget Submarine
4 - The Hospitals/She's Not Here
5 - Pink And Brown/Puddles Of Acid(Pts 1 & 2)
6 - The Chinese Stars/Loose Traffic
7 - Boxes/Q&S
8 - Third Eye Foundation/Corpses As Bedmates
9 - His Name Is Alive /Is This The Way The Tigers Do?
10 - Sonic Youth /Screaming Skull Rap Damage
11 - Coughs/Narwahl
12 - The Evens/All The Governers
13 - Wire/Surgeon Girl
14 - Death Sentence:Panda!/Wild Thing

Пятхъдесят Шест's very cool 2nd round mixtape:





SIDE A
Sunburned Hand of the Man - Every Direction/The 1st Degree
Sun Ra - Theme of the Stargazers
Einstürzende Neubauten - Selbstportrait mit Kater
Hüsker Dü - Books About UFO's
Tortoise - Six Pack
His Name is Alive - Peace in Detroit
Trans Am - White Rhino
Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Inc.
Charalambides - Dormant Love
People Like Us - Adridged Too Far
Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky
Kasai Allstars - Kayile/Nyeka Nyeka

SIDE B
Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams
Gogol Bordello - When the Trickster Starts A Pokin'
Roxy Music - Virginia Plain
Liars - It's All Blooming Now Mt. Heart Attack
Sun Ra - Next Stop Mars
This Heat - Health and Efficiency
The Capricorns - Steve and Tiffanie
Arto Lindsay - Erotic City
Tape Beatles - Joy and Power
Sun Ra - Second Stop is Jupiter
Jackie-O Motherfucker - Something on Your Mind
Smegma - Walkie Talkie
Pere Ubu - Blow Daddy-O

Sunburned Hand of the Man - Every Direction/The 1st Degree: unsettling dialogue, with a really good groove thrown in for good measure. The only SHOTM song I've ever heard, and it nicely does the job of making me want to hear more.

Sun Ra - Theme of the Stargazers: free jazz type thingy. I'm OK with Sun Ra. although he's not someone whose stuff I'm likely to purchase.

Einstürzende Neubauten - Selbstportrait mit Kater: Good old Einstürzende Neubauten. Every time I hear them I wish I had a huge collection of release and bootlegs. And one day, dear reader, I will!

Hüsker Dü - Books About UFO's: I'm never sure if I should be a big Hüsker Dü or not; they're one of those bands that one comes across with frequency, and appreciates, but doesn't necessarily get into. This tune is very boppy and friendly.

Tortoise - Six Pack: THis grabs my attention immediately - another cheerful track that just bounces along nicely.

His Name is Alive - Peace in Detroit: Ah now, a slight change. Quiet, considered, nice female vocals. Pleasant. Bit of jazzpop, which is fine. The saxophone is very reminiscent of some Sting songs (a good thing, in case you were wondering).

Trans Am - White Rhino: a weather report and electronic music. I've always loved the use of dialogue in music and this track is very very cool indeed. The best so far! Hurrah!

Sun Ra - Outer Spaceways Inc.: see above Sun Ra comments.

Charalambides - Dormant Love: a nice strummy track, which makes a nice contrast with its surroundings.

People Like Us - Adridged Too Far: my favourite track on the tape. Noise and beat, a lovely tune going on, dialogue and yodelling. Splendid.

Current 93 - Black Ships Ate the Sky: punky stuff, with vocals reminiscent (very reminiscent) of Mr John Lydon. It's OK, not one of my preferred tracks on the tape, but OK nonetheless.

Kasai Allstars - Kayile/Nyeka Nyeka: this is the sort of thing that makes the mixtape worthwhile. Kasai Allstars are a groupo whom I'd never heard, but they're another one whom I'm desperately impresed with. Excellent tunes, excellent chanting, excellent all round in fact. Finishes off side one in style.

Throbbing Gristle - Distant Dreams: nice enough. Pleasant. Has a recurring noise that sounds not unlike the sound my mobile phone makes when the battery is dying, which confused me at first.

Gogol Bordello - When the Trickster Starts A Pokin': I've heard their stuff, and this is their best song by a long way (not that the rest of it is bad of course). Fun.

Roxy Music - Virginia Plain: everyone knows it, whether they realise it or not, and they jolly well should know it, too, because it's a classic slice of poserpop.

Liars - It's All Blooming Now Mt. Heart Attack: you see, I'd never heard The Liars either (I was listening to Sting or something, yeah?), and I didn't expect them to sound quite like this. It's just occured to me that I haven't put the Sugababes on a mixtape yet, which must be rectified at some point. Maybe in round four.

Sun Ra - Next Stop Mars: may I venture to opine that this is the best of the Sun Ra tracks on this cassette? Also, see other Sun Ra comments.

This Heat - Health and Efficiency: a bit of guitar fare to perk up proceedings. Never even heard of this lot mind, they seem OK though. Nice noises going on, and I like the vocals. Hits good groove after a while and kind of ligers there.

The Capricorns - Steve and Tiffanie: OK.

Arto Lindsay - Erotic City: I remember this track - I think it's on the b-side of my 12" of 'Let's Go Crazy'. The essential thing about cover versions - the only thing about cover versions - is that they should be songs that are considered to be outside of an artists usual 'scene'. This fulfils that nicely. Never heard of Arto Lindsay, either.

Tape Beatles - Joy and Power:Oh yes, this another one I really like. I like the calm, I like the noise, I like the percussion, I like the repetition - 'there's power in repetition', as Chuck D once said. I'd really like to have more of the Tape Beatle's stuff, too. Never heard of them before this.

Sun Ra - Second Stop is Jupiter: see previous Sun Ra comments. The Sun Ra stuff isn't amongst my favourite bits, but it does a good job of keeping an intermittent vein running through the whole thing.

Jackie-O Motherfucker - Something on Your Mind: Of the standard 'song' tracks on this tape, if you get my meaning, this is perhaps my favourite. Slow and meandering.

Smegma - Walkie Talkie: what a strange name for a band. Really, you know, what is going on i people's minds eh? Not like in my day etc etc. Good noise.

Pere Ubu - Blow Daddy-O: Пятхъдесят Шест has drafted in a big cult name to finish of the show, I see. Pere Ubu can't be objected to by anyone, surely? Real stars, and deservedly so.

As I've said before, a very cool tape. Thank you again, Пятхъдесят Шест.

UGHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I had a response written up for you Hip Priest, but I hit the backspace key and lost ALL of it.

I'll try again tomorrow!







I could just cry....................

ugh.

That's happened to me once or twice in the past. Annoying.




Ugh.

Based on this comment, I assume I have Nefeli's tape. I don't think I'm going to be able to listen to it until next week, unless I can get my girlfriend to go to aerobics, but looking at the tracklist I'm looking forward to it.

smegma started in the early 70's.

Oh, so that was i my day. Gosh. Well I was in youthful ignorance, totally unaware of what was going on. 'Smegma'. Really.

no matter what, you are covered, any excuse is good; there's also an oi! punk band and a mexican death metal (i think) band called smegma though.

Not in smegma though. I'm certainly not covered in smegma. Just to make that clear - there's no suggestion whatsoever that I'm covered in smegma.

hahahahahaha.

you get repped.

Ok, it would seem as though Pookie is swapping tapes with the same people, Pauly got Porks, and Pork got Paulys. Hipster got mine, and now (I think) I have his.

Fascinating newspaper clippings, and tracks from The Fall, Aphex Twin, and XTC has all the marking of Hip Priest! I've not listened yet, but I will shortly.

Am I correct? Да or нет?