Andymatic

Category: Music

  • ‘Batdance,' ‘The Perfect Drug,' and ‘Bohemian Rhaphsody'

    I had ripped my Prince CDs to the new iPod and was listening to ‘Batdance’ and was comparing it to NIN’s ‘The Perfect Drug’ and Queen’s ‘Bohemian Rhaphsody’ for sheer pop madness. All three of these songs feature an entire album’s riffs and bass lines in one track – it’s sort of like Sondheim where […]

  • Madonna to Destroy Cinema From Behind the Camera

    You know you care deeply: What Madonna Really Wants to Do Is Direct

  • Most Played

    The 10 most played songs from my iTunes collection (stats as longs as I’ve had iTunes on this machine). ‘Disposable Teens’ – Marilyn Manson ‘The Death Song’ – Marilyn Manson  ‘Hindi San Diamonds’ – Moulin Rouge (listened to it pretty much continuously for a four-day stretch last winter)  ‘The Fight Song’ – Marilyn Manson ‘Born […]

  • Gwen Stefani's Geisha Entourage

    I don’t follow Gwen Stefani at all. I did buy ‘Hollaback Girl’ on iTunes because I liked the bass line only to find the rest of the song sucked. I didn’t know that Gwen has a quartet of asian girls following her around that were inspired by harajuku fashion but devolve into the usual asian […]

  • Li'L Kim Sentenced to 1 Year in Prison

    As if prison time wasn’t bad enough, she also has to pay a $50,000 fine and serve 3-years of probation after she gets out of prison. She must surrender herself by September 19th. It could have been worse, she was eligible for a 20 year prison sentence.

  • Heller Etudes, Chopin Nocturnes and Sonata Pathetique

    Was going to go to Madge’s bash but woke up too late from an evening nap. Ended up walking to DePaul and playing piano in a practice room. I haven’t taken piano instruction in about seven years and my articulation is for shit. I did pull out some good Chopin Nocturne’s – my two favorites […]

  • Vanilla Ice on Hit Me Baby 1 More Time

    Part of the problem with the quick turnover of nostalgia is it is going to recycle a third or fourth time. So now we have Vanilla Ice being resurrected for a concert contest show when his 1990 hit was only 15 years ago. So does this mean in 2020 (when I’m 45) this is all […]

  • Beat Me Daddy, 8 to the Bar

    Just got The Best of the Andrews Sisters with favorites like ‘Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen’ and ‘I Can Dream Can’t I?’ From the liner notes: Throughout the grim uncertainty of the war years, The Andrew Sisters exert a rejuvenating influence on a weary nation. Still true.

  • Holy Wood by Marilyn Manson

    I’m in another one of those listen to songs repeatedly phases. This time with select songs from Marilyn Manson’s Holy Wood. I always like Suck’s analysis of Manson’s branding acumen. Maybe I have no taste… but I do like these few snatches of lyrics: and I’m not a slave to a god that doesn’t exist […]

  • The Downward Spiral (Deluxe Edition)

    It has been a decade since Trent Reznor unleashed The Downward Spiral on a pop-crazed world. It remains a masterpiece of pop music – ahead of its time and of its time – all at the same time. This CD, along with Jagged Little Pill, Fat of the Land, Bloodsugarsexmagick and Phonosynthesis, remain the highest […]