I'd also be down for a meet in Western Mass next summer. With any luck, I'll probably be doing research about an hour away from Amherst next year.

If you want someplace that is a little off the beaten path, I suggest going to Malta. It's an excellent vacation spot: beautiful scenery, good food, low crime, lots of history, great beaches, tons of places to swim/snorkel, english-speaking population, fairly good public transportation. The only...

Disintegration, hands down. It may not have all of their greatest songs or even my favorites, but it's simply the best in the way that the songs flow into each other and just take you on this smooth musical voyage that makes you feel all better at the end and ready to face the world again.

Lindy's list has a lot of very good albums, my personal favorites in that list being "Maiden Voyage," "Brilliant Corners," and "Time Out" Got a few more jazz albums to add... Art Tatum - The Tatum Touch Bill Charlap - Written in the Stars Chick Corea - Return to Forever Duke Ellington -...

Delirious?, David Crowder Band, Hillsong United (or any other affiliated Hillsong artists), Shane Bernard, Matt Redman, Chris Tomlin, Starfield, and Switchfoot are also good ones that haven't been mentioned yet. They're not heavy music, but if you like Smalltown Poets, Jars of Clay, Third Day...

This happens to me all the time, which is why I usually don't judge a cd's quality until I listen through it several times. The most recent one was Stereolab's Cobra and Phases Group Play Voltage In The Milky Night. I hated the singer's voice and the strange instruments at first, but it grew...

Quote: Originally Posted by lojay I second FUGEES "The Score" + Lauryn Hill's "The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill" Ditto. As for other albums... A Tribe Called Quest - Midnight Marauders A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory The Beatnuts - The Beatnuts Blackalicious -...

If you're into Miles, I recommend Kind of Blue and Sketches of Spain, both of which are almost constantly playing in my headphones. If you want a taste of Coltrane, get A Love Supreme or his Live Olatunji Concert recording. Or if you want a more challenging task, try and trace the evolution...

Quote: Originally Posted by terrymx man you people are wierd, hearing music in your dream and your head? i guess you must dedicate alot more time to music than the avrage people. That's a given, though. I mean, if you spend a fortune on audio equipment and spend a significant...

I've always interpreted hip-hop is the street culture lifestyle (Four Elements: Emceeing/DJing/Graffiti Writing/Breakdancing), with rap as the musical aspect of it.

For Japanese music, you can't really go wrong with Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra.

Quote: Originally Posted by psxguy85 Kona all the way. Ditto. Got addicted while I was living in Honolulu, and it's been dragging me along for a quite a ride since then. Every so often I mail-order a dozen bags or so.

I'd say it's a pretty solid album. It's nothing groundbreaking in terms of themselves or the genre, but the energy is high, the sound is tight, and it's satisfyingly rockin'. I personally liked their last album a bit better, but that might just be because I've begun to slide off the garage...

Filezilla is another good FTP program. Not as fancy looking as some of the other ones on the market, but it does what it's made for. Fast, free, easy to configure, powerful, NO NAGS.

I've been on a personal mission to get back into jazz classics again. Miles Davis - Kind of Blue John Coltrane - A Love Supreme Truly in a class of their own.

Personal favorite cover songs of mine in no particular order: The Boo Radleys - "There She Goes" Red Hot Chili Peppers - "Higher Ground" Jimi Hendrix - "All Along The Watchtower" Pearl Jam - "Last Kiss" Pet Shop Boys - "Always On My Mind" and "Where the Streets Have No Name" Me First and...