Punk OVERLOAD

Three Hundred Eleven

Artist(s) - Variety
Album - Short Music for Short People
Label - Fat Wreck Chords
Released - 1999
Genre - Punk

Tracks:
TOO many to post

This is a first of many for me, I'm sure.  A present sent to me from my friend in Louisiana, Short Music for Short People will test your listening capacity.  With 101 (ONE HUNDRED ONE) 30 second songs, you will find yourself enjoying a tune just as it's about to change.  As I said before and I will say it again, i'm not entirely into punk, but I do like this record and I thought it was really fun to listen to.  Kudos to you Andrew for sending me such greatness.

Enjoy!

The End of an Era

Three Hundred Nine

Artist - Prince
Album - 1999
Released - 1982
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Funk/Pop/Soul

Tracks:
Side 1
1999
Little Red Corvette
Delirious
Side 2
Let's Pretend We're Married
D.M.S.R.
Side 3
Automatic
Something In The Water (Does Not Compute)
Free
Side 4
Lady Cab Driver
All The Critics Love U In New York
International Lover

A fun fun fuuuuuuuuuuuuun record and if you like Prince, you will NOT be disappointed.  Prince's fifth studio album, 1999 was my year.  I'm saying it was my year because I graduated in 1999 and this song was in heavy rotation then.  Despite that ONE song, this is a pretty fun record.

Enjoy!

In

Three Hundred Two

Artist - At The Drive In

Album - Vaya (EP)

Released - 1999

Label - Fearless Records

Genre - Post-Hardcore

Tracks

Rascuache

Proxima Centauri

Ursa Minor

Heliotrope

Metronome Arthritis

300 MHz

198d

This is greatness!  Enjoy!

Doooooom

Changing it up with a bit of my favorite type of music, Hip-Hop.  One Hundred Twenty-Eight:

Artist - MF Doom
Album - Operation Doomsday
Released - 1999
Label - Metal Face Records
Genre - Underground Hip-Hop

Tracks:
The Time We Faced Doom
Doomsday
Rhymes Like Dimes
The Finest
Back in the Day
Go With The Flow
Tock, Tick...
Red and Gold
The Hands of Doom
Who You Think I Am?
Doom, are you Awake
Hey!
Operation Greenbacks
The Mic
The Mystery of Doom
Dead Bent
Gas Drawls
?
Hero vs. Villan

The debut record by MF Doom, Operation Doomsday is something I wish I would've discovered YEARS AGO.  Born in England, MF Doom aka Daniel Dumile began his career freestyling with a sock over his face until he started wearing the Marvel Comic mask by super villan Doctor Doom.  I guess you can consider the rest to be history and putting him where he is now, with his trademark mask and now being called MF Doom.  This record is not only great, but I also think that MF is great at freestyling.  One I enjoy and have always enjoyed since I started listening to him, I kind of went on a mission looking for some MF Doom records.  It's a little difficult co come across them, since the hip-hop section in the store is so small, I was very happy to find this.

Enjoy!

Totally Natural

I've been wanting to play this album for a long time, but due to certain circumstances, I hesitated.  My one hundred twelfth pick.

Artist - ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead
Album - Madonna
Released - 1999
Label - Merge
Genre - Progressive Rock, Indie Rock, Post-Hardcore, Noise Rock

Tracks:
Side One
And You Will Know Them...
Mistakes & Regrets
Totally Natural
Blight Takes ALl
Clair de Lune
Flood of Red
Children of the Hydra's Teeth
Side Two
Mark David Chapman
Up From Redemption
Aged Dolls
The Day the Air Turned Blue
A Perfect Teenhood
Sigh You Children

I kid you not when I tell you that this album AND band changed my life in so many ways.  I met a lot of friends, traveled to a new city, MOVED to a new city and even live with one of these dudes BECAUSE of this band (not ENTIRELY because of the band, but many factors played in my decision).  Eleven years ago ,  I first heard this band and I was sure glad I did.  I rarely ever think about the paths I've chosen in life, but I honestly don't know where I would be if I didn't hear of this band and Austin, Texas.  I would probably be living in Seattle right now, since that was the first choice where I wanted to live in once I left Miami, but once I came to Austin, I was in love.  The scene here (even though I feel like it has changed a lot) was like love at first sight for me.  I was destined to be here and when I finally moved here, I was happy.  Austin is such a great, active city and that's what I love the most about it.

Back to ...Trail of Dead.  This four piece (at the time this record was released) from Austin, Texas are Kevin Allen, Neil Bush, Conrad Keely and Jason Reese.  I first saw them in concert in Atlanta, Georgia, 2002 when they toured with Queens of the Stone Age and Peaches.  What a f**king show!!  I knew they were notorious for destroying their equipment and tossing it into the crowd and I was so close to getting a snare drum....if only.  Madonna is their second debut album and it is, by far, their best album EVER.  I would have to say that their self-titled would be second.  But this one is definitely a TOP 10 on my list.  Songs like Mistakes & Regrets, Totally Natural, A Perfect Teenhood...shoot, this whole record is pretty amazing.  You cannot go wrong with this record because it has a mix of noise, progressive, loud sounds and then you have your few low, soft sounding songs.  Ending this record with Sigh Your Children is perfect, like the icing on the cake.

Enjoy!

I Think, I Heard and I Felt

There is aspecial meaning behind this record for me because it makes me think about my friend Deanne.  Sweet Dee who passed away a year ago next month.  I remember exchanging messages with her and her recommending this album to me. I fell in love.  For my seventy-fifth pick, I dedicate this to you Deanne.  I think about you a lot and I hope you are in a place where you're not suffering anymore.

Artist - Smog

Album - Knock Knock

Released - 1999

Label - Drag City/Domino

Genre - Folk Rock, Lo-Fi

Tracks:

Let's Move to the Country

Held

River Guard

No Dancing

Teenage Spaceship

Cold Blooded Old Times

Sweet Treat

Hit the Ground Running

I Could Drive Forever

Left Only With Love

I remember it like if it was a week or two ago.  I got on Facebook to check my daily messages and I see a post that mentioned something about Deanne not being with us anymore.  I thought it was a dream at first, but then when my friend sent me a text to confirm, I just started crying.  I just ran to the bathroom in tears.  The first thing I thought was, "Man, I hope she did not commit suicide," and of course that is exactly what happened.  She jumped off the St. John's bridge in Portland, Oregon on August 2, 2011.  Deanne had a four year old son named Lennon and when I heard about the cause of death, I immediately thought of him.  I mapped the bridge from her house and it was a little over a mile away, so she had time to think about it.  She just graduated with her Masters I believe and she just got a job at a hospital just a few days before.  After coming to terms with not being able to exchange messages with her or even Christmas cards, like we would do every year, I thought a lot about the realistic part of life and how things happen.  I know for a fact that life is short and I know that every time I have a depressing episode, I think how she is not here.  I think about her, my brother and my father.

And so, I dedicate this album to her.  A few years back I was looking for some new music and I think that Deanne was going through some emotional things in her life when she recommended Smog.  After listening to  Knock Knock in its entirety, I fell absolutely in love with I Could Drive Forever.  The best, in my opinion, song on this record, but to be honest, this is a great record.  Every time I listen to Smog, I will always be reminded of my friend.  A nice, caring, sweet, generous, loving friend.  I miss you!

Enjoy!

So so seventy!!  For my seventieth pick, a great album to say the least.

Artist - Built to Spill
Album - Keep It Like A Secret
Released - 1999
Label - Warner Bros.
Genre - Indie Rock


Tracks:
Side A
The Plan
Center Of The Universe
Carry The Zero
Side B
Sidewalk
Bad Light
Time Trap
Side C
Else
You Were Right
Temporarily Blind
Side D
Broken Chairs
Forget Remember When

The fourth album by Indie Rocker's Built to Spill, Keep It Like A Secret, on of my top 10, all time favorite songs is Carry The Zero.  Something about it just makes me love it so frickin' much.  I know, using frickin' to describe my love for a song, but it is a pretty amazing song.  So yes, I would agree that it is definitely a top 10 for me.  Not only does that song stand out, there are other tracks on this record that are just as good.  A good good record to have and listen to.

Enjoy!