What I'm listening to (2004)

What's in my CD player today?

12/28/04

12/24/04

  • Various Christmas music by Brian Setzer, Duke Ellington, Manheim Steamroller, Elvis, and other classics.

12/12/04

12/7/04

11/29/04

  • U2 - How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb

11/22/04

11/19/04

11/13/04

11/7/04

  • Pearl Jam - Ten
  • Lacuna Coil - Comalies
  • Live - Awake (Greatest Hits)

11/6/04

  • Rush - Rush in Rio - Disc 1
  • Lacuna Coil - Comalies
  • Live - Awake (Greatest Hits)

11/3/04

  • Foo Fighters - There is Nothing Left to Lose
  • Sugar Ray - Floored

11/1/04

  • Paul McCartney - Paul is Live

10/26/04

  • Dream Theater - Train of Thought
  • Live - Birds of Pray
  • Linkin Park - Meteora

10/21/04

10/14/04

  • Live - Birds of Pray
  • A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step (This CD is really starting to grow on me.)
  • Playlist on digital music player:
    1. Neil Peart with the Buddy Rich Band - "Mexicali Nose" (live)
    2. Neil Peart with the Buddy Rich Band - "Cotton tail" (live)
    3. Rush - Animate
    4. Rush - Between the Wheels
    5. Rush - Circumstances (live)
    6. Rush - The Digital Man (live)
    7. Rush - Fly By Night (pre-release)
    8. Rush - Force 10 (from Japanese Different Stages)
    9. Rush - Freewill
    10. Rush - Leave That Thing Alone
    11. Rush - Grand Designs (live)
    12. Rush - Limelight (live, from Exit... Stage Left video)
    13. Rush - Mystic Rhythms (live, from A Show of Hands)
    14. Rush - New World Man (live, from the Grace Under Pressure video)
    15. Rush - One Little Victory (from Rush in Rio)
    16. Rush - Prime Mover (live, from A Show of Hands laserdisc)
    17. Rush - Red Lenses
    18. Rush - Red Sector A (live, from the Radio City Music Hall show)
    19. Rush - The Body Electric
    20. Rush - The Camera Eye (live)
    21. Rush - Where's My Thing (live)
    22. Rush - YYZ
    23. Rush - Tom Sawyer (Small Soldiers Remix)
    24. Wake - Arecibo
    25. Wake - The Gravity
    26. Primus - John the Fisherman (live)
    27. Primus - To Defy the Laws of Tradition
    28. Metallica - Fuel (live, Seattle)

10/11/04

10/2/04

9/30/04

9/26/04

  • Jeff Buckley - Grace
  • Van Halen - The Best of

9/23/04

  • Jeff Buckley - Grace
  • Van Halen - The Best of
  • Rush Atlantic Remasters: Presto, Roll the Bones, Counterparts
  • Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory

9/16/04

  • Primus - Official Bootleg - 06/05/04 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre

9/15/04

9/14/04

9/12/04

  • Walt Disney Official Album
  • Dixie Chicks - Fly

9/8/04

  • Linkin Park - Meteora (starting to grow on me after about 3 listens)
  • Rush Atlantic Remasters: Presto, Roll the Bones, Counterparts, and Test for Echo

9/4/04

9/1/04 - This was my traveling music for driving to the Tri-Cities:

  • Dream Theater - Train of Thought
  • Rush - Unofficial Bootleg - Nashville, TN, 2004 - Disc 1
  • Rush - Feedback
  • Dave Matthews - Live at the Gorge - Disc 2
  • Pearl Jam - Ten
  • Linkin Park - Hybrid Theory
  • Digital Playlist: Metallica Seattle Official Bootleg, various Rush, Wake "The Gravity"

8/25/04

  • Various - Burning for Buddy 2 (Notes: you'll be hard pressed to find another disc with so much great drumming. From Dave Weckl to Steve Gadd to Neil Peart―all playing songs Buddy Rich used to play with his band.)
  • Rush - Rush in Rio - Disc 2

8/24/04

  • Rush - Unofficial Bootleg - Nashville, TN, 2004 - Disc 3
  • Dave Matthews - Live at the Gorge - Disc 2

8/22//04

  • Rush - Unofficial Bootleg - Nashville, TN, 2004 - Disc 3
  • The B-52s - Time Capsule: Songs for a Future Generation

8/19/04

  • Rush - Unofficial Bootleg - Nashville, TN, 2004 - Disc 2

8/17/04

  • Primus - Official Bootleg - 06/05/04 Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre
  • Rush - Unofficial Bootleg - Nashville, TN, 2004 - Disc 1

8/14/04

  • Dave Matthews - Live at the Gorge - Disc 2
  • No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom (Notes: No Doubt has a compelling blend of Pop, Ska, Dance, and so many other styles. Rarely do you hear a pop disc with so many consistent songs and great drumming. Though it's sometimes hard to take the drummer Adrian Young seriously, since he plays half-naked most of the time, I find his playing solid and creative. Their use of keyboard is also very modern... it doesn't feel like an afterthought.)

8/12/04

  • Dave Matthews - Live at the Gorge - Disc 1
  • Rush - Feedback

8/3/04

Two selections from the "Traveling Music" playlist. Linkin Park is an interesting mix between Metal and Hip Hop. Radiohead is still not my cup of tea, but they are interesting.

  • Linkin Park - Meteora
  • Radiohead - OK Computer

8/1/04

  • Jeff Buckley - Grace
  • Rush - Roll the Bones

7/25/04

  • Indigo Girls - All That We Let In

Note: I didn't realize that most of the songs that the Indigo Girls played at their Saturday concert were from this CD, their latest. Great songwriting, most of it sticking with me through the day.

  • Rush - 2112

Haven't listened to this one in a while. The first song, 2112, is a work of art―one of the defining albums for Rush. But the production always lets me down (too many guitars). Read my entire review of 2112 here.

7/21/04

  • Madonna - Ray of Light

7/19/04

I loaded up my new digital music player to go to Phoenix. Here's what I listened to:

  • Rush - My own playlist, consisting of Moving Pictures, Permanent Waves, Counterparts, Hold Your Fire, rare recordings, and bootlegs
  • Neil Peart with the Buddy Rich Band - "Cotton Tail" and "Mexicali Nose"
  • Neil Peart (solo) - "Momo's Dance Party"
  • Metallica - St. Anger Tour Official Bootleg - Seattle show, 3/28/2004
  • Primus - "To Defy the Laws of Tradition" and "John the Fisherman"
     
  • Rush - Feedback (CD)

7/9/04

  • Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory

7/8/04

  • Rush - Different Stages, CD 1
  • Rush - Feedback

7/5/04

  • Rush - Feedback

This new Rush album features covers of songs that influenced the band when they were starting out in the sixties. It's interesting to finally hear Rush play some covers. High points on this EP are "The Seeker," "Summertime Blues," and "For What It's Worth." But pretty much the entire CD is good. If you like Rush or 60s tunes, check it out.

  • Dave Matthews - The Gorge (live)

6/26/04

  • Natalie Merchant - Tigerlily
  • Sweet Emma and her Perseveration Hall band
  • Cherry Poppin' Daddies - Zoot Suit Riot (Note, there's some great drumming on this CD!)
  • Lilo and Stich - Island Favorites

6/16/04

  • Rush - The Spirit of Radio: Greatest Hits 1974 - 1987
  • Live - Birds of Pray

6/8/04

  • Metallica - St. Anger Tour Official Bootleg - Seattle show, 3/28/2004
  • Heart - Greatest Hits

6/6/04

  • U2 - Rattle and Hum
  • Rush - Presto
  • Rush - Rarities Mix (from various sources)

6/3/04

I bought this CD for my wife, thinking it was Nora Jones (couldn't remember the name at the time). Whoops. Anyway, I don't think Avril is too bad, and she co-writes a lot of her own songs.

  • Avril Lavigne - Under My Skin

6/1/04

  • Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
  • Walt Disney Official Album

5/20/04

Took a little road trip with my brother Erik last weekend, and we listened to all kinds of stuff. I'm not sure which Built to Spill and Nora Jones CDs we listened to.

  • Dave Matthews - Crash
  • Built to Spill -
  • Nora Jones -
  • Geddy Lee - My Favorite Headache
  • Madonna - Ray of Light
  • Richard Peterson - Love on the Golf Course

  • Childhood Mix 1

  • Childhood Mix 2

5/12/04

  • Rush - Grace Under Pressure

  • Rush - Vapor Trails, Gorge WA (bootleg)

  • Childhood Mix 1

  • Childhood Mix 2

  • Blink 182 - Blink 182

5/4/04

  • U2 - Best of 1980 - 1990
  • Rush - Rush in Rio disc 3
  • Rush - Presto
  • Rush - Power Windows
  • Paul McCartney - Back in the U.S. Live 2002 - Disc 1
  • Elliot Smith - Tiny Dog mix

4/27/04

  • Rush - Rush in Rio discs 1 and 2
  • A Perfect Circle - Thirteenth Step
  • Chicago - Soundtrack
  • Dave Matthews Band - Crash

4/21/04

  • Pearl Jam - Vitalogy
  • Paul McCartney - Paul is Live
  • No Doubt - Tragic Kingdom
  • Tenacious D - Tenacious D

4/18/04

  • Yes - 90125
  • Yes - Talk
  • Yes - Union

4/13/04

4/6/04

4/2/04

3/20/04

3/8/04