Rather than slowly go nuts at the thought of how many fricken waves I'm missing I've decided to suck it up and pursue other things. Hence the establishment of this blog, my descent into OCD like workaholism and reading as many books as I can.
One of the things elevating my heart beat at the moment is listening to some of what I think is completely awesome music. Kind of ironic due to having had a skin graft on my left eardrum 3 weeks ago. My musical evolution has been erratic and spanned a number of genres. It started early but key infatuations run something like:
- Early electro & breaks (when I was 8 or 9 the whole hip hop b-boy breakdance thing was huge and incredibly seductive. I was a one man rural b-boy of some repute)
- Dire Straits when I was 11 or so - I really loved those muscial nerds for a while
- Licensed to Ill era Beastie Boys (before buddhism & sobriety calmed them down). I loved this album although I felt slightly naughty due to the dodgy lyrics & concepts.
- Guns N Roses when they were cool and drunk and drugged with an appetite for destruction. A path in boganism was calling along with a love affair of black t-shirts.
- Metallica - yep GNR lead to loud speed metal. Pretty much where my teenage dodgy hair cuts began.
- Nirvana -This was perfect for me when I was a confused, weird, angsty, depressed rural teenager.
- Suicidal Tendencies - I loved angry Mike Muir for a while - must have been craving some kind of latino ghetto styles. I even got in trouble at school for wearing a bandanna like Cyco Myko. This was maybe my nadir of angry.
- Dead Kennedys - I always had a scratchy mix tape somewhere with California Uber Alles during my rural / semi urban skate punk period (13-16)
- Fugazi - The sobre thinking mans angry Music - Waiting room is one of the best songs ever written. These guys are nuclear reactor meltdown hot live as well (maybe I should have warn earplugs)
- Boss Hogg - Damm she was a hot cartoon
- Chemical Brothers - Exit Planet dust is the start of my circular return to the beats
- Massive Attack - Blue Lines and protection were just so dammed cool and Tricky is the scariest, stoned gangster from noll west I've never met
- Sonic Youth - Noisy NY art geniuses all of them and I always thought Kim Gordon was attractive. The Goo Album was an awesome soundtrack to 3 months surfing in south Portugal a few years ago (well 10 actually).
- Roni Size - new forms - the drum and bass oddysey begins
- RJD2 - deadringer - hip hop brilliance
- Salmonella Dub - inside the dub plates. These Guys , Shapeshifter and the All Blacks make me proud to be a kiwi
- Gerling - seeing them a few years ago got me high on life
- Roots Manuva feat Rodney P - Swords in the Dirt. 3 minutes plus of booming mashed up hip hop and drum n bass. (Now listen again 8 on Ninja Tune by DJ Food & DK)
- Tayo meets Acid Rockers - dread cowboy. Dub + Breaks + Bass = goodness
- LCD sound system -North American Scum. Dirty NY seppos with humour and electro biz -is good
- DJ Shadow - Right Thing (massive mega mix by Z-trip) oh how I love this
- Shapeshifter - One - Drum N bass + soul + Aotearoa love. Pure Beauty
Anyway I've taken the last train to ramble town with this sonic summary. I would have linked to some to these bands but I'm a lazy bastard.
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