well said

oneida, yes

http://music.hyperreal.org/artists/brian_eno/MFA-txt.html These are the liner notes from the initial American release of Brian Eno's "Music for Airports / Ambient 1", PVC 7908 (AMB 001) AMBIENT MUSIC The concept of music designed specifically as a background feature in the environment was...

I second the recommendation for the Sabri Brothers

The weirdest of them all was Sun Ra (60's and 70's era). If you are willing to move in a post-War classical music direction, then Stockhausen was the king of weird (Xenakis is pretty close). You might like John Cage as well. For weird rock in the Zappa/Beefheart/Residents tradition, consider...

A little more obscure perhaps, but also good is Miroslav Vitous.

Quote: Originally Posted by Sordel I've been listening to Phish and Umphrey's McGee recently, but I have no idea about the jam band scene and would like some advice. It turns out that all the fans of these bands hate all the other bands and the other bands' fans, so trying partisan...

Quote: Originally Posted by DavidMahler I own every VU album, and 6 bootlegs by them and 7 Lou Reed solo CDs. The thing is though, I own plenty of CDs of artists I despise. Do you collect music that you like, as well? For an artist that you say you don't like, you certainly...

It's still at the same low price -- I wonder if Amazon does this a lot.

Quote: Originally Posted by Brian loves music I know these artists are completely different, but they are somewhat lumped together in my mind because they were all recommended to me at the same time in another thread. All three are also extremely experimental and it's hard for me to...

Quote: Originally Posted by TheProdigy wow- thanks again for all the recommendations, everyone! I will definitely take the time to listen to all of them over the next week and post my favorites! Keep them coming I'm sure somebody has already mentioned early Dylan. I also...

Quote: Originally Posted by oak3x We all have purchased a CD, and after a handful of listens...decided it just isn't what we thought it would be. We are then disappointed. This is especially true for me now, as I am regularly trying to discover / find new music. Typically, I listen...

I ran a search in the music forums, and couldn't find any threads. I've recently discovered this band that stretched from the mid-60's to the late 70's. They ran the range from San Francisco scene/garage rock/British invasion through Stones-inspired R n' B, through proto-punk and then reinvented...

The 9/11 quote was unfortunate, but understanble considering that Stockhausen pretty much lived in his own universe since the 1980's (both musically and personally). lwd: I'm not sure why you think "the only piece of his on record is Gruppen". I think there are about 10-15 of his pieces that...

And doesn't GEICO also have the series of ads with the punchline, "I just saved a lot on my car insurance"? Many of those spots were very funny. Does anyone know if they've won awards (I forget the name for awards for top commericials)?