The CD Circle

King Hoarse · Post by **King Hoarse** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 6:47 pm

An open end will have poor mr Boom sitting in limbo. Or if Chrille sends him a CD and suddenly a thirteenth participant pops up?

ice nine · Post by **ice nine** » Mon Dec 26, 2005 7:49 pm

If another participant is needed I will be happy to come aboard.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 9:38 am

IP - Yeah, ten was a fairly arbitrary number because I wasnt sure how many people would be interested. As KH states above, without a set limit it means we have to keep changing who sends to me. So lets keep the first ten in tact, we can give the second group a few more days and see how many more are interested and go from there. So far we have -

IPole
Chrille
IceNine

anyone else ?

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Tue Dec 27, 2005 8:31 pm

I'm up for it

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Thu Dec 29, 2005 12:24 pm

The second round so far is ...

IPole
Chrille
IceNine
Ready to Hear the Worst

Anyone else in for this?
Last call before we close it off.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:16 pm

Just recieved my CD Circle disc from WSS today. Havent had a chance to listen to it yet but looks great - lots of stuff I havent heard. Looking foward to listening to it and thanks to Sam.

The Weakest Shade of Blue - Pernice Brothers
Chicken Payback - A Band of Bees
She Sends Kisses - The Wrens
Bad Bad You, Bad Bad Me - Stephen Fretwell
EXIT 194B - Richmond Fontaine
Losing Sleep - Richard Swift
Daughters of the Soho Riots - The National
Creeping Coastline of Lights - Mark Lanegan
L'Hotel Particulier - Serge Gainsbourg
I Cant Seem To Make You Mine - The Clientele
Higher Ground - The Feelies
Helicopter - M Ward
Girls Can Really Tear You Up Inside - A Girl Called Eddy
Krach Auf Wiedersehen -James Kirk
California - Low
Burst Noel - Malcom Middleton
This Is Not A Love Song - Nouvelle Vague
Crooked Mile - Peter Case
Eat Drink and Be Merry (For Tomorrow...) - Tim Rose

Yours is finished and should be in the post any day now SLL.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Sat Dec 31, 2005 7:57 pm

Shit, and *that's* the guy I'm sending to....?!? Well, I'll come up with something fun, I hope...

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Sun Jan 01, 2006 8:02 am

Mike Boom wrote:Just recieved my CD Circle disc from WSS today. Havent had a chance to listen to it yet but looks great - lots of stuff I havent heard. Looking foward to listening to it and thanks to Sam.

The Weakest Shade of Blue - Pernice Brothers
Chicken Payback - A Band of Bees
She Sends Kisses - The Wrens
Bad Bad You, Bad Bad Me - Stephen Fretwell
EXIT 194B - Richmond Fontaine
Losing Sleep - Richard Swift
Daughters of the Soho Riots - The National
Creeping Coastline of Lights - Mark Lanegan
L'Hotel Particulier - Serge Gainsbourg
I Cant Seem To Make You Mine - The Clientele
Higher Ground - The Feelies
Helicopter - M Ward
Girls Can Really Tear You Up Inside - A Girl Called Eddy
Krach Auf Wiedersehen -James Kirk
California - Low
Burst Noel - Malcom Middleton
This Is Not A Love Song - Nouvelle Vague
Crooked Mile - Peter Case
Eat Drink and Be Merry (For Tomorrow...) - Tim Rose

Yours is finished and should be in the post any day now SLL.

Glad to hear you got it Mike. Let me know what you think.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:50 am

Am enjoying listening to this very much - so far highlights have been M Ward, Stephen Fretwell, A Girl Called Eddy (a really beautiful song), and Richard Swift (whose track Losing Sleep is awesome), none of which I had heard before. I'll have to get all these - great stuff.
The Pernice Brothers track is great, Ive heard them before and have been meaning to get an album for a while now. Richmond Fontaine Ive heard before and found rather dull, but this track is great. The Clientele I have and love. The other tracks Im still assimilating. Excellent CD , cheers to WSS.
Oh yeah, am loving the James Kirk track too - unsurprisingly very Orange Juicy.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Mon Jan 02, 2006 11:54 am

P.S

Serge and the Feelies I both have too , but not these tracks which are both great.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 2:57 pm

Glad to hear you're enjoying it Mike. Can't wait to see/hear what SMM has in store! Would have stuck one of the tracks from that Jesse Sykes album on there if I had it to do again. Will have to save that for next time around.

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:00 pm

The pressure!!

I'm putting it together as we, er, type.

Who Shot Sam? · Post by **Who Shot Sam?** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 3:03 pm

selfmademug wrote:The pressure!!

I'm putting it together as we, er, type.

Ah, c'mon. I'm sure it will be great. No pressure!

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Wed Jan 04, 2006 4:34 pm

Mike Boom wrote:The second round so far is ...

IPole
Chrille
IceNine
Ready to Hear the Worst

Anyone else in for this?
Last call before we close it off.

If there're no more takers then we have a very cosy 2nd round, which I think means that CDs will be travelling like so:
IP > Chrille > IceNine > RTHTW > IP

anjabro · Post by **anjabro** » Mon Jan 09, 2006 1:43 am

Cd received from Otis...Track list....

1. Romeo & Juliet : Montagues and Capulets - Sergei Prokofiev
2. Wake Up - Arcade Fire
3. I Hear A Melody - Elvis Costello (Indianapolis 15-10-05)
4. Chinito Chinito - Ry Cooder
5. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right - John Martyn
6. Dying Day - Orange Juice
7. Jesusland - Ben Folds
8. Les Heures Ou Je M'Eclipse - Guy Chambers & Sophie Hunter
9. Still Ill - The Smiths (Laguna Hills, CA, 28/8/86)
10. Coles Corner - Richard Hawley
11. Far Away - Martha Wainwright
12. Everyday I Write The Book - Costello & Nieve + Sexsmith (Berlin,10/5/99)
13. The "Sweetest Girl" - Scritti Politti
14. Wasted - Joseph Arthur
15. Container Drivers - The Fall (BBC session)
16. Almost Forgot Myself - Doves
17. Switching Off - Elbow
18. Dance Me To The End Of Love - Madeleine Peyroux

Lots of stuff I don't know, Sounds good so far, Cheers Otis..

bambooneedle · Post by **bambooneedle** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 1:17 pm

Here's KH's mix CD. Been having lots of fun reading up on them and listening.

In order to reflect overall personal impressions I've given them scores out of ten:

1. Robbie Fulks - Let's Kill Saturday Night --- 4.
2. Danko Jones - Bounce --- 7.
3. Transplants - Gangsters And Thugs --- 5.
4. The Magnetic Fields - The Luckiest Guy on the Lower East Side --- 5.
5. Captain Beefheart - Growing Fins --- 7.
6. Mose Allison - I Don't Worry 'Bout A Thing --- 8.
7. Tom Waits - The Fall Of Troy --- 9.
8. Roky Erickson & The Aliens - If You Have Ghosts --- 9.
9. Willie & Waylon - Blackjack County Chains --- 8.
10. The Knife - Pass This On --- 8.
11. Daniel Johnston - Forever Your Love --- 9.
12. Super Furry Animals - Receptacle for the respectable --- 4.
13. Eels - Grace Kelly blues --- 6.
14. The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize --- 8
15. Paul Westerberg - Only Lie worth telling --- 8.
16. John Wesley Harding - Kiss me, Miss Liberty --- 9.
17. Nina Simone - My Sweet Lord/Today is a killer (live) --- 2/4.

The only one I'd known prior was Wait's The Fall Of Troy, from the Dead Man Walking soundtrack. There are several writers here I'm inclined to check out more of, definitely the ones I've given 8s and 9s to - Westerberg, Roky Erickson, JW Harding.... Captain Beefheart I'd often heard about in reference to Waits but think I've never actually heard him. Daniel Johnston is a good find, though this performance is almost too painful, there's so much pathos... not for frequent listens. Checked out his site and read that he's pretty ill, so better health to him. I love the otherworldly seductive power of The Flaming Lips and The Knife that allows the listener to project into it. The FLs' stereo voice recording technique for example I think is really effective, the way thoughts kind of spring out from different directions. It was, and always is, impressive for me to learn that an artist (in this case The Knife) shuns mainstream media, record companies, even touring, and runs their own company. Transplants (kind of trip-hop, never heard of them), I also like the sounds of, especially the organ. It's a bit impersonal but this works to create its streetwise sense ok, imo. At least it doesn't turn me off like The Streets. Robbie Fulks' song... I can appreciate how it could appeal to a quite different audience (no doubt mostly a younger, more impressionable one. Hell, I thought he was a lot younger! He was my current age at the time, 35). Same with the Eels', Super Furry Animals' and The Magnetic Fields' ones. They've got redeeming features for me but I might like other stuff by them more. Pondering what I don't like about something has been a big part of the fun of this - it's hard to pin-point WHY sometimes... or why it may appeal to other folks. Willie and Waylon... no doubt here-- good, simple storytelling - 'outlaw' stuff evocative of some long past era that has probably been done to death, but that I can't get enough of. Danko Jones... I'd take friends to see this band, it really rocks - good dumb fun pop. It has self-deprecating humour and a great tight sound with great crashing cymbals. Nina Simone... I think she kind of just walks through this. It definitely lacks the sensitivity and sense of devotion evident in George Harrison's recording. The second bit is a bit stream-of-consciousness interesting, but overall I just never liked the quasi-fervour aspect of her style that I've seen. Lastly, Mose Allison-- EC's favourite philosopher... say no more. It's smart and elegant blues, which is a change from much of the usual.

Thanks again, Hoarse.

Noise, you should receive yours soon.

noiseradio · Post by **noiseradio** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 5:58 pm

Cool. And Otis, I haven't forgotten you!

Otis Westinghouse · Post by **Otis Westinghouse** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:18 pm

I know you're agonising over how to make it as perfect as possible...

Actually, there are 6 others to be declared too!

strangerinthehouse · Post by **strangerinthehouse** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:12 pm

is it to late to join the second round?

if not, count me in!

ReadyToHearTheWorst · Post by **ReadyToHearTheWorst** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 9:05 am

strangerinthehouse wrote:is it to late to join the second round?

if not, count me in!

Unfortunately, I'm almost sorted in both directions so, unless Chrille has no arrangements at all, it's too late.

Maybe a 3rd round?

Chrille · Post by **Chrille** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 11:19 am

Me? I already sent my cd to icenine, and I don't think he was last on the list either, it's up to someone else.

Mike Boom · Post by **Mike Boom** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:17 pm

Youll have to wait till we do this again Stranger, sorry - which Im sure wont be too long.

Hows everyone going with this? I think everyone in the first round has at least put theirs in the mail have they not?

Have you got yours yet SLL?

selfmademug · Post by **selfmademug** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 2:30 pm

Mike Boom wrote: Have you got yours yet SLL?

He hasn't yet, cause it just went off in the mail to him today.... long story. But I do have mine from everyone's Problem-Free Boy, and it's a corker! I don't have it on me at the mo' but will write out the tracklist here tonight...

invisible Pole · Post by **invisible Pole** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 3:51 pm

I'm sending mine to Chrille tomorrow (sorry it took so long, btw).

so lacklustre · Post by **so lacklustre** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 4:04 pm

I think you're getting confussed Ms Mug, at least I hope you are cos you shoulda been sending to WSS not SLL!!! I got mine today from the magnificent Mr Boom, playing now (the first of two discs, he spoilt me). I will post the track lists and more grovelling thanks later.

KH, I will be sending your replacement disc this week (the first I sent broke en route!).