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loving the playoffs so far, particularly following SJ vs CAL, OV's exploits and the Habs

quite funny to think Carey Price (Habs goalie) was 4 years old when they last won the division

i hope Spike Milligan's pakistani dalek skit is on there

Schubert's late string quartets and piano sonatas are a good point to start too.

Pretty much all the great concertos, violin or piano, get people in quickly. Its a very immediately understandable form and there's a lot of stuff to explore (Tchaikovsky, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Elgar aside from the most famous names, for example).

If you like the large scale stuff Bruckner and Mahler are worth a listen along with the more recognizable canon works like Beethoven. I saw Shostakovich's 8th symphony last Friday and its incredible...

Amongst contemporary/moderns Steve Reich is very listenable (plus Glenn Kotche has recorded a version of one of his works if that's any incentive )

BTW WaronWar i like Heinrich Schiff and Tortelier in the suites. I'll have to check out Rudin's version.

Yep, Malkmus has an incredible ear for tone - S&E right up to RET.

saw them open for Arcade Fire in Sydney a few months ago and they were on top form

i was pretty disappointed they didn't do their own show for a fuller set

odd concert because the encores were very disappointing for me

faux-Stones straight as an arrow 'rockers' aren't a patch on Future Age > Spiders or ... hell i dunno, Lonely 1, Pieholden, Wishful Thinking (anything but I Got You, sorry)

Doves - Lost Sides

Pavement - S & E

Augie March - Sunset Studies

Battles - Mirrored

Chems - Exit Planet Dust

spring to mind

i can't seem to stop listening to it his best since Brighten the Corners for me

cheers for that

nah Doug, sorry, was a little tipsy and exhausted when i looked at the thread and was thinking of albums i listen to during breakup/divorce

Where You Been - Dinosaur Jr is the breakup album for me

there's a lot of individual songs by that many people but that's the album with A Ghost is Born riding shotgun

The Tyrannicide Brief - Geoffrey Robertson

this is an account of the life and times of the man who prosecuted Charles I... its particularly fascinating in regards to the present state of international law as it is applied to dictators such as Pinochet and Milosevic (great read if e.g. you've seen and enjoyed The Lsat King of Scotland)

Ballad of a Thin Man - Malkmus

Sludgefeast - Dino Jr

Simple Twist of Fate - JT

August & September - Elbow

Magnet's Coil - Sebadoh

mmm one good thing about these lists is they remind me of good things i have meant to check out for ages and forgotten

uhh yeah Brian Eno pretty much much invented it in the late 70's, but if you think an album like Takk is ambient...

is it such a strange idea that people have copied their very distinctive musical style?

exactly what is pretentious about Sigur Ros, in your opinion?

lot of amazing films mentioned but i want to shout out for The Sweet Hereafter and Yi Yi - both spectacular but hardly anyone ever seems to have seen them

most recent film i genuinely admired was Zodiac (i only saw it a month ago )

i like your choice, Cash

ya, hope its back in rotation for the aussie shows

funny how popular it is to bash them... they lost me a bit over Kid A and Amnesiac, though there's some good things on both, and didn't like HTTT, but back in fine form now

very jealous

bah to Melbourne getting two shows to Sydneys one again but hey, one is definately better than none, can't wait

I have no more interest in what a director says than what an actor says - his skill is film direction and he'll always attract my interest due to what he's made before - and this film looks like he challenged himself to try it. Curious to see the results.

1. Wilco

1. Pavement

Dino Jr

Beatles

Kinks

Doves

Arcade Fire

Dylan

Radiohead

Augie March

Beck

Sigur Ros

Flaming Lips

Blur

Stephen Fretwell

You Am I

Mogwai

Midlake

Cortney Tidwell

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