ACE

Orange County, California, UNITED STATES


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Still Obsessed with the Avett Brothers

November 22nd 2009 00:16
I cannot stop listening to the Avett Brothers. I just love their unique acoustic sound. Their latest record is good, but I really love Emotionalism and the two Gleam EPs. Just awesome.



Here is the song I cannot get out of my head. Wait for the metal outro.

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Bob Dylan - Must Be Santa

November 21st 2009 23:46
Let me preface this by saying I am a HUGE fan of Dylan. Everything he did up to Desire is just perfection in my opinion.



But recent news of his Christmas album left me scrathing my head. Sure, it is for charity so I can perhaps overlook some of the cheesey-ness of the whole concept. But then i saw the video for "Must Be Santa".

Oh. My. God.

I cannot tell if Bob is finally off his rocker or if he is pulling a fast one on us (wouldn't be the first time).

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DRA is notorious for his unreleased material. There is a tone of junk (DJ Reggie?) and a ton of good stuff, as well. Here is my list of favorite tracks that I think are worth hunting down.

1. Touch Feel Loose – The Suicide Handbook
2. Karina – 48 Hours
3. This is It (Acoustic) – Love is Hell Japanese Bonus Disk
4. Born Yesterday – Destroyer
5. Rosalie Come and Go – Fools Gold
6. La Cienega Just Smiled – The Suicide Handbook
7. Lions of Broadway – Elizabethtown Sessions
8. This is It – B-Side Single Version
9. Down in a Hole – Follow the Lights EP
10. Black Clouds – Black Clouds
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Best Records of 2000s

November 14th 2009 20:43
With this tumultuous decade coming to an end, there will be no doubt a flood of “best of” lists to bore us all to tears, I am sure. But I, for one, cannot resist this temptation. After all, a hallmark of the 00s is this new Web 2.0 with all its electronic media saturation. With that said, let me add to this web white noise.

Choosing a “best of” is difficult, obviously. How to choose a criteria? Most influential (thinking of Andre 5000)? Most units sold (re: Mily Cyrus)? Most paradigm-shifting (thinking of the Target Only LPs like Prince and Pearl Jam)? Best musically (thinking of Radiohead or Wilco). In the end, I decide to choose the record that were most important to me, personally. So here goes


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Tiny Vipers

October 1st 2009 00:31
I recently heard a Tiny Vipers tune on XM. I have to admit I am a sucker for striped down acoustic guitars and female singers. From Joni Mitchell to Kaki King, there is just something about a woman and an acoustic guitar…


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My How To Articles - Music Guitars

September 25th 2009 17:52
I have begun writing various "How To" articles at a particular website.

1970 Gibson Dove
1970 Gibson Dove

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MTV VMA - Remeber when they mattered?

September 17th 2009 00:48


I know, I know. VMA in the news because a jackass interrupted a tart (good call Obama). But let's be serious: the MTV Video Music Awards hasn't mattered since, oh I don't know, when did MTV stop playing videos? 1992? 1993


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Beach Boys - Smile

September 7th 2009 18:12
Well, it is the end of summer. Like most years, I didn't go to the beach as often as I'd hoped. Strange how when we get older, there is less and less time for such things.

Anyway


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The Avett Brothers

August 23rd 2009 23:38
I love making musical discoveries. With so much great music out there, it is hard to keep up.


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Musical Blasphemy

August 14th 2009 03:43
... that I (more or less) believe:


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Recent Comments

Comment by ACE
on The New Wilco Record: Live Preview

May 14th 2009 02:14
Wilco is now streaming the record on their website.



Comment by ACE
on Swapped Tuners (pics inside)

August 19th 2008 23:48
It is much lighter. Can't tell you the exact difference, but noticable. My stock still dives, tho. Grr...

Comment by ACE
on Random Thoughts: Earthquake & Comic-Con 2008

August 5th 2008 01:45
Funny reactions:

Really Long Link

Comment by ACE
on Bad Taste Songs

July 16th 2008 01:54
How about GnR's "One in a Million" from the Lies LP?

Comment by ACE
on Top Records since Y2K (A biased opinion)

July 16th 2008 01:52
No Dance, Electronica, Hip-Hop, Funk, Ska, Grime, electro pop, Disco House, Electro Funk or R&B.


Music, like all art, is subjective. While I do not find any of these genres compelling (anymore, at least), your entitled to your opinion. That is what makes art so worthwhile - we all see it with our own perspectives and take something different away.

Their is probably only one album on your list that might get close to a list if I made one and that is The Garden State Soundtrack.


Funny, I almost left this one off - due to its inclusion of pre-Y2K music (Nick Drake, Simon & Garfunkel). But it defined a new genre that was born this decade. Therefore, worthy of inclusion.

Comment by ACE
on Five Decades of Music - Your Top Five Artists

July 14th 2008 01:13
Here are my favorites by Decade:

1960s: Dylan
1970s: Zeppelin, Pink Floyd
1980s: INXS, Police
1990s: Uncle Tupelo, Radiohead
2000s: see my post here: http://soundr.com/

Comment by ACE
on A True Golden Age of Music

June 23rd 2008 00:44
When a band of today last like the Stones, Beatles, Beach Boys or Who, THEN you can say this is the Golden Age of music.

I assume you are joking, right?

Beach Boys didn't make it out of the 60's with imploding and begining the neverending greatest hits tour.
Beatles obviously didnt "last"
The Who hasn't put out a good LP since Keith whent over the moon.
And the Stones are the poster children for recylced baby-boomer nostaglia and egoism.


No, I am referring to this as a golden age precisely because those dinosaurs no longer have the influence over the culture like the used to. Technology has opened the doors of perception (to borrow another out-dated phrase of a dead generation).