Aural Eargasms
The Sounds of the Internet
Music has always been my pleasure to listen to, but my tastes are not exactly
mainstream... I guess you could say I am a Classical/Punk/Techno kind of
guy.
Rock Chicks
I have always liked women artists. It's not only their style of music,
but just their attitude. The more unusual, the more entranced I am.
- Björk
- Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Icelandic Pop Deva, first caught my attention with
her video, "Human Behavior." Since then, I have listened to this poet sing
in a unique style that reminds me a little of Janis Joplin and Jack Kerouac.
- Cyndi Lauper
- She's so unusual. And a sweet lady. Believe it or not, she has been making a lot of music since the 1980's.
- Madonna
- Yeah, so what? It may not be "cool" with the Punk and Goth crowd, but I have always loved her voice, and some of her pop music is on my top 10 songs of my youth.
Other Artists I Like
There's more to music that weird chicks with odd hairdos! Here are some other bands I like.
- The Art of Noise
has been one of my fave's since "Close to the Edit"
- The B-52's... somewhere on Planet Claire
- Barnes & Barnes - Truly bizarre
- The Eurythmics, or just Annie Lennox in general
- Frankie Goes to Hollywood, first turned me onto Techno before it was called Techno
- An odd "Techno-folk" group, Hedningarna
- Billy Idol - All I can think of to put here is "WOOO!"
- Tom Lehrer, too cool for his time
- Weird Al Yankovic, a man who put the accordion back into rock music
- The Pyrates Royale -- Music and Mayhem, Inc., a great local group in Baltimore
- Charo - World Famous Coochie Coochie Guitarist
- Sing Along with Kirk... okay, maybe not
- Shel Silverstein's Adult works, not just for kids, he was an accomplished humor folk writer
Music Collections
There are a lot of places on the web you can get collections of new and unusual music.
Punk/Gothic/Techno
For years, people used to bug me, "How come you don't have any punk links? Waaaugh! Well, it's
because so many other people have more time and energy to make better sites. "Where?" I got
asked. Okay... here's some to start with:
Note, due to the nature of the Punk/Goth/Techno/Industrial Community,
some of these links may lead you to offensive material. Punk is a lot of shock value, Goth is a
lot of celebrating the ugly truth, Techno is tacky, and Industrial is like the shorter,
hyper younger brother of Punk. You have been warned.
Punk
Gothic
Techno
Industrial
Real Audio
Real Audio is great if you have a good connection.
If you have a T1 line, or a low-traffic, high-bandwidth ISP, point Real Audio to some of these sites.
- WOW 105.5 Rock Radio out of Stockholm (Was Bandit 105.5)
- NavRang Radio, Indian Music in its finest
- AudioNet - Listen to Stations, CDs, or even Police Radio
- Spinner - Download their software, and choose what kind of music you want to hear 24/7! A real boon for ambient music at work.
- Time Cast Network - A great companion to Real Audio
Radio Shows
We mustn't forget radio! No, it is NOT a dead medium...! One of the
last places to air free expression besides the Internet these days, if not
vocally, at least musically. Now more than ever, radio is playing a
part in the world media, even through the Internet.
Noiz
As my co-workers will tell you, I love computers to give me audio clues as well as visual. But
the sounds of the Windows chimes always makes my teeth crawl. Thank goodness for all kinds of
great sounds out on the web!
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