Was curious to see what other scrobblers think about the Sting album of John Dowland songs. Do you think Sting has successfully inspired interest in John Dowland's music or in Renaissance minstrelsy? Did you like the album?

I think the album is alright. I don't like the tracks with Sting harmonizing with himself. That seems a bit egocentric. Nevertheless, his passion for the music is obvious. The lute playing is fantastic. Songs From the LabyrinthJohn Dowland

Fri 17 Sep – Ratt Infestation Tour

All three bands were great, but L.A. Guns put on the best show.

Just got a lot of Warlocks and Velvet Underground albums.

I could listen to the Warlocks forever! I've seen them in concert twice, hung out with them. Such awesome people, and what great music! I'll have to listen to the albums some more to decide, but I think "Surgery" may be my favorite album from them. "So Paranoid" from "Heavy Deavy" is certainly my favorite song.

Before now, I had only heard "velvet Underground and Nico", Lou Reed's "Transformer" and "White Light/White Heat." VU's entire catalogue is so amazing. "I Can't Stand It" nearly killed me when I first heard…

I would like to all who will be buying the new album by Darker My Love, which is coming out in August. What did you guys think of their debut album? Have you checked out the few tracks they have on their Myspace page?Darker My Love2Darker My Love

This is just a rough sketch of a conversation we had at Papa John's today. It isn't by any means exact. This is just usually how our conversations go. Thought you guys on last.fm would find this funny.

CALEB: (singing) "You are beautiful, in every single way. Words won't bring us down."
KEITH: You know Christina Aguilera didn't write that song.
JACOB: Who did?
K: The woman that writes Pink's songs.
J: No, she didn't. That's Christina's song.
K: No, someone else wrote the song.
C: Who wrote what song?
J: The one you were singing.
K: Someone else wrote…

I have always liked what I heard of Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring, Rodeo, Billy the Kid, Fanfare for the Common Man. I finally bought a CD of his music (Copland: Greatest Hits from RCA/Victor), and I love it all. I never listened to Appalachian Spring so intensely. A heavenly, moving piece of music! I love the slow, chord progressions. It seems so youthful and full of life.

I want to check out Grohg. Has anyone heard this music. I know it's early and very unlike his familiar stuff. It's only available on one album at Amazon.

Aaron Copland…

So, I was in the music library listening to Mahler 3, and these two guys sitting near me went to the librarian and asked him to ask me to turn my music down. I had headphones on, but apparently it was so loud that it was bothering them.

1. Don't go to the music library to study if you don't want to be bothered with music.
2. Ask me yourself to turn my music down. No need to get the librarian involved.
3. Listening to Mahler with the volume turned down is like eating a hot fudge sundae with a…

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2 Bob Dylan 329
3 Oasis 317
4 Talking Heads 312
5 Radiohead 290
6 The Beatles 221
7 INXS 194
8 Arnold Schönberg 188
9 Gustav Mahler 187
10 Rilo Kiley 183
11 Ludwig van Beethoven 173
12 Bobby Baby 169
13 Pixies 156
14 Rogue Wave 152
15 The Smashing Pumpkins 139
16 The New Pornographers 135
17 Belly 107
18 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club 104
19 Sonic Youth 102
20 Robert Johnson 101
21 Yoko Kanno 99
22 Neko Case 95
23 Creedence Clearwater Revival 87
24 Nine Inch Nails 82
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Fri 2 Nov – The Warlocks

I attended this event with my friends Abi and Lindsay. Lindsay's birthday is in a few days, and this was my birthday present to her. I had introduced them to the DIG! movie and Jonestown, the Dandys, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, and the Warlocks, so this was a treat for all of us. I had never been to the Nick before, so we had trouble finding the bar. We parked by Bell Bottoms, which is six blocks away from the Nick, so we had to walk pretty far through neighborhoods and sketchy streets.

The…

I heard the track "Alexander Nevsky" and I immediately sought the rest of the film score. Wonderful music!sergei prokofiev