Shiver Away
About You
1. Name: Kyle
2. Age: 18
3. Location: Miami, Fl
4. Gender: Male
The Music
5. Ten bands/artists you love:
(1) Faust
(2) Nina Simone
(3) The Homosexuals
(4) Daniel Johnston
(5) Ol' Dirty Bastard
(6) Cymande
(7) Throbbing Gristle
(8) Blue Cheer
(9) Television Personalities
(10) Robert Johnson
6. Five bands/artists you dislike:
(1) Lynrd Skynrd
(2) Jack Johnson
(3) 50 Cent
(4) Q and not U
(5) Hilary Duff
7. Five favorite albums of all time:
(1) Wu Tang - Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
(2) Kraftwerk - Trans-Europe Express
(3) Faust - Faust IV
(4) Phil Spector - Back In Mono
(5) Johnny Cash - At Folsom Prison
8. Make up your own top-five list:
(for example "top five metal albums", "top five 60s pop songs", etc)
Theme: Songs to play at an angry liberal dance party
(1) "Compared To What" - Della Reese
(2) "Indictment" - Antibalas
(3) "Pull Up The People" - M.I.A.
(4) "To Hell With Poverty" - Gang Of Four
(5) "Fight The Power" - Public Enemy
9. Choose ten genres, and list three of your favorite artists for each:
Some genre suggestions have been provided, but feel free to use your own.
(Indie, Goth Rock, Rap, Emo, Punk, Classic Rock, Ska, R&B, Metal, Pop, Electronica,
Hardcore, Brit-Pop, Jazz, Classical, Blues, Grunge, Hip-Hop, Ambient, Mainstream Rock,
Industrial, Alt-Country, Techno, Synthcore, Reggae, Folk, Spoken Word, New Wave, Swing)
(1) Traditional Country: Loretta Lynn, Hank Williams, Charlie Rich
(2) Post Punk: Joy Division, The Fall, Tuxedomoon
(3) Afro Pop: Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Ismael Lo
(4) Psych: Love, Os Mutantes, Acid Mothers Temple
(5) Noise: Wolf Eyes, Occasional Detroit, Merzbow
(6) Metal: Celtic Frost, Mastodon, Diamond Head
(7) Rap: MF Doom, NWA, Notorious B.I.G.
(8) College Rock: Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, The Bats
(9) Soul: Otis Redding, James Brown, Sly & The Family Stone
(10) Electronic: Autechre, Adult., Neu!
10. Who is your favorite...
Singer- Nina Simone
Guitarist- Carrie Brownstein
Bassist- Larry Graham
Drummer- Jaki Liebezeit
Keyboardist/Pianist- Martha Argerich
Songwriter- Phil Spector
11. What song makes you feel...
Like falling in love: "Pale Blue Eyes" - Velvet Underground
Like beating its creator: "I Don't Want You Back" - Eamon
Like locking yourself in your room and never coming out: "Passenger" - Iggy Pop
Like punching someone in the throat: "Black Vomit" - Wolf eyes
Like dancing in your kitchen in your underwear: "That's What Girls Do" - No Secrets
Like crying your eyes out: "But Not For Me" - Sarah Vaughan
Like singing at the top of your lungs: "Hollaback Girl" - Gwen Stefani
Like laughing hysterically: "Champion" - Jacki-O
12. What was the first band that made you realize music was more than just background noise?: I think I've always realized that. I just went through a long time of trying to find bands that I thought where "more", getting sick of them and discouraged. Thank God for the internet.
13. What is your favorite album cover?: The First Velvet Underground Album
14. What is your favorite instrument?: Trombone. I play it. It has a slide.
15. What is one band you don’t want us to know you like?: Maybe Xiu Xiu, although I hate Le Foret. He still has done some songs that I like a lot. I also dance a lot to the Gwen Stefani album.
16. If your life was a movie, what would the theme song be?: If I died tomorrow, "Life Stinks" - Pere Ubu
17. If you could meet one musician, dead or alive, who would it be?: I have too much anxiety, and I'd blow it. So no one. GAY ANSWER.
18. What's your favorite local band?: Otto Von Schirach, Jacki-O
19. What musical genre(s) have you been interested in learning more about?: Metal and Funk
More About You
20. Favorite movies: Faces, Contempt, Rashomon, Night and Fog, The Third Man.
21. Favorite books: The Great Gatsby, The Fuck-Up, Beloved. It's a goal to read more this summer.
22. Favorite art form other than music: Film. I'm a film student.
23. Describe yourself in three words: addicted to internet
24. Tell us something interesting about yourself: The last concert I went to was Lansing-Drieden, how much does that suck? A lot.
The Community
25. Where did you hear about us?: I saw it a while ago, maybe from liamtheruiner's lj.
26. Tell us why this community appealed to you: I swore off anysort of ratings comms a while ago, but I would like to talk to some people who know their shit about music.
27. What do you think you could add to the community: Spunk.
28. Look through some of the applications on our Member List, and tell us who you'd like to hump (this is just for fun, and yes, you have to answer): noteverygirl. Random cute girl I clicked on. We'll just have to turn offf the Fugazi during sex. lightsbelow looks fagalicious.
29. Did you read, and understand, all of the rules?: Yeah, of course.
30. You're at the end. Anything else? Wow it's 3:47 a.m.
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