I've never kissed a car before
So, feel free to reject at will? (As if you needed the reminder.)
General:
1. Name: Ben/J
2. Age: 27
3. Location: The southern US
4. Gender: Frog
Vitals:
5. Ten bands/artists that you love:
(1) Destroyer
(2) Alemayehu Eshete
(3) Loretta Lynn
(4) Wilco
(5) Slint
(6) Amir Sulaiman
(7) Fairuz
(8) Guanaco
(9) Patti Smith
(10) The Oblivians
6. Top five albums you love at the moment:
(1) Hella, "Hold Your Horse Is"
(2) xbxrx, "Love Songs for the Blind"
(3) Janelle Monae, "Archandroid"
(4) Nur Konnect, Singles
(5) Radio Radio, "Belmundo Regal"
7. Name a song(s) or album(s) that makes you...
Feel like dancing: "Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)," Black Kids/The Twelves
Unleash your rage: "Carol," Slint (slowly, carefully)
Want to improve your karaoke skills: "Born This Way / When Love Takes Over (Mashup)," Caylana [produced by Not Profane] (I am totally not ashamed, also, this is runner up for the "Feel like dancing" catagory)
Seduce and destroy: Acrimony's "Tumuli Shroomaroom" (Especially "Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs)")
Stand outside of Elliott Smith's awkward makeshift shrine and stab in the face anyone who comes near, for so many damn reasons: Drop Nineteens' "National Coma"
8. Pick 3 genres & give us 1-5 artists from each that you
love:
(1) Spanish New Wavers
1. Alaska Y Los Pegamoides
2. El Aviador Dro Y Sus Obreros Especializados
3. Los Secretos
4. Radio Futura
(2) Bands Fronted by Rocking (Sometimes Angry) Ladies for whom Chinese (Yes, both Mandarin and Cantonese, I am so lax) Is Their First Language
1. Queen Sea Big Shark
2. Hang on the Box
3. Subs
4. Girl Kill Girl
5. My Little Airport (Can't help it.)
(3) Popular Indie Darlings I Think Are Worth More Than They Get
1. Sufjan Stevens
2. Calexico
3. Patti (fuckin') Smith
4. The Arcade Fire
5. The Dirty Projectors
9. Tell us how you feel about three artists mentioned somewhere above. Points for specificity and eloquence.
(1) When I was 13, my dad told me (entirely unprompted while I was digging through his vinyl) that I couldn't listen to Patti Smith alone until I was 16. It wounded me in that special teenage way, so the next time my mom and I were in the record store, I picked up "Horses" and put on my best kiddie grin. All my mom could say was, "Oh, I remember your dad really liked her." I bought it with my pool-cleaning money and danced around all night. I had no idea what any of the sexy things meant until I was 16. (Still not sure who gets the points there.) But, all thrown down, I'll listen to her worst song any day, if you just put it on.
(2) I mow the lawn to Destroyer every damn time, because I can scream along, operatic style. When I'm depressed, I listen to Dan Bejar's bullshit middle albums and pretend we can both play guitar. When I'm happy, I dance around to "City of Daughers". When I'm angry, I put on "Destroyer's Rubies" and punch shit (and scream along, operatic style). When I want to annoy my coworkers, I put on the new one ("Kaputt") and let the sax I learned to love speak for me. (Suckers.) (I could also mention the band's role in my mourning the dead girlfriend, but I suppose I just did.)
(3) I play Fairuz when I'm homesick for some weird Lebanese past I don't really have (dead girlfriend, again). People who don't get it say Asha is better, but I somehow don't punch them in the face while I explain, first, the difference between English and Mandarin, and then, the difference between Arabic and Hindi. Then, when the people are gone, I punch myself in the face for ever pretending I even knew what the hell I was talking about. Then, I put on her Greatest Hits and chill the fuck out. But, to put it straight, I was really Christian for a while, and she reminds me why.
10. Post a link (youtube or whatever) to one “music video” you love:
Vesssspaaaaa!
Stroke Our Ego:
12. Look through the member list & look at the applications of the members.
Which one would you most like to hump? kumquatpie Because 1. Who the fuck doesn't like Bill Withers? I'll disqualify myself if needed. (Assuming I was ever qualified.) 2. Cat picture. 3. Her first comment is a huge NO that actually isn't a no. 4. The squiggly Paris penis.
13. Why do you wish to be a member of this community?
I want to find music that blows my head off. I trust the taste of the people I've seen come and go and whom I've seen in the archives, and I think they can better direct my curiosity than my usual method of punching names into Grooveshark and cocking my head.
Stroke Your Ego:
14. Optionally, post up to 3 pictures of yourself or
something interesting:
1. Pretend I'm interesting - I'm the fat one with the sign.
2. Neighborhood wheelchair panic
3. The most terrifying album artwork of all time
General:
1. Name: Ben/J
2. Age: 27
3. Location: The southern US
4. Gender: Frog
Vitals:
5. Ten bands/artists that you love:
(1) Destroyer
(2) Alemayehu Eshete
(3) Loretta Lynn
(4) Wilco
(5) Slint
(6) Amir Sulaiman
(7) Fairuz
(8) Guanaco
(9) Patti Smith
(10) The Oblivians
6. Top five albums you love at the moment:
(1) Hella, "Hold Your Horse Is"
(2) xbxrx, "Love Songs for the Blind"
(3) Janelle Monae, "Archandroid"
(4) Nur Konnect, Singles
(5) Radio Radio, "Belmundo Regal"
7. Name a song(s) or album(s) that makes you...
Feel like dancing: "Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You (The Twelves Remix)," Black Kids/The Twelves
Unleash your rage: "Carol," Slint (slowly, carefully)
Want to improve your karaoke skills: "Born This Way / When Love Takes Over (Mashup)," Caylana [produced by Not Profane] (I am totally not ashamed, also, this is runner up for the "Feel like dancing" catagory)
Seduce and destroy: Acrimony's "Tumuli Shroomaroom" (Especially "Motherslug (The Mother of All Slugs)")
Stand outside of Elliott Smith's awkward makeshift shrine and stab in the face anyone who comes near, for so many damn reasons: Drop Nineteens' "National Coma"
8. Pick 3 genres & give us 1-5 artists from each that you
love:
(1) Spanish New Wavers
1. Alaska Y Los Pegamoides
2. El Aviador Dro Y Sus Obreros Especializados
3. Los Secretos
4. Radio Futura
(2) Bands Fronted by Rocking (Sometimes Angry) Ladies for whom Chinese (Yes, both Mandarin and Cantonese, I am so lax) Is Their First Language
1. Queen Sea Big Shark
2. Hang on the Box
3. Subs
4. Girl Kill Girl
5. My Little Airport (Can't help it.)
(3) Popular Indie Darlings I Think Are Worth More Than They Get
1. Sufjan Stevens
2. Calexico
3. Patti (fuckin') Smith
4. The Arcade Fire
5. The Dirty Projectors
9. Tell us how you feel about three artists mentioned somewhere above. Points for specificity and eloquence.
(1) When I was 13, my dad told me (entirely unprompted while I was digging through his vinyl) that I couldn't listen to Patti Smith alone until I was 16. It wounded me in that special teenage way, so the next time my mom and I were in the record store, I picked up "Horses" and put on my best kiddie grin. All my mom could say was, "Oh, I remember your dad really liked her." I bought it with my pool-cleaning money and danced around all night. I had no idea what any of the sexy things meant until I was 16. (Still not sure who gets the points there.) But, all thrown down, I'll listen to her worst song any day, if you just put it on.
(2) I mow the lawn to Destroyer every damn time, because I can scream along, operatic style. When I'm depressed, I listen to Dan Bejar's bullshit middle albums and pretend we can both play guitar. When I'm happy, I dance around to "City of Daughers". When I'm angry, I put on "Destroyer's Rubies" and punch shit (and scream along, operatic style). When I want to annoy my coworkers, I put on the new one ("Kaputt") and let the sax I learned to love speak for me. (Suckers.) (I could also mention the band's role in my mourning the dead girlfriend, but I suppose I just did.)
(3) I play Fairuz when I'm homesick for some weird Lebanese past I don't really have (dead girlfriend, again). People who don't get it say Asha is better, but I somehow don't punch them in the face while I explain, first, the difference between English and Mandarin, and then, the difference between Arabic and Hindi. Then, when the people are gone, I punch myself in the face for ever pretending I even knew what the hell I was talking about. Then, I put on her Greatest Hits and chill the fuck out. But, to put it straight, I was really Christian for a while, and she reminds me why.
10. Post a link (youtube or whatever) to one “music video” you love:
Vesssspaaaaa!
Stroke Our Ego:
12. Look through the member list & look at the applications of the members.
Which one would you most like to hump? kumquatpie Because 1. Who the fuck doesn't like Bill Withers? I'll disqualify myself if needed. (Assuming I was ever qualified.) 2. Cat picture. 3. Her first comment is a huge NO that actually isn't a no. 4. The squiggly Paris penis.
13. Why do you wish to be a member of this community?
I want to find music that blows my head off. I trust the taste of the people I've seen come and go and whom I've seen in the archives, and I think they can better direct my curiosity than my usual method of punching names into Grooveshark and cocking my head.
Stroke Your Ego:
14. Optionally, post up to 3 pictures of yourself or
something interesting:
1. Pretend I'm interesting - I'm the fat one with the sign.
2. Neighborhood wheelchair panic
3. The most terrifying album artwork of all time