It has now been three years since Waist High queried her favorite music lovers with MOJO magazine's monthly page 9 thriller ALL BACK TO MY PLACE (IN WHICH THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING) and since I have a bunch of new readers, a bunch of new haters, and a brand new stalker, what a better time.
"Most"
RECENT BAKERSFIELD TO PORTLAND TRANSPLANT. FORMER GEMCO SHOPPER.
What music are you currently grooving to?
Kristin Andreassen's "Crayola Doesn't Make a Color For Your Eyes."
What, if push comes to shove, is your all time favourite album?
Miles Davis' Kind of Blue. Kind of Blue is about as close as you can get to a perfect record.
What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it?
Soundtrack to a A View to a Kill, at Gemco.
Which musician have you ever wanted to be?
Danny Elfman.
What do you sing in the shower?
Bob Denver's "Sweet Caroline."
What's your favourite Saturday night record?
Beck's Mellow Gold.
And your favourite Sunday morning record?
Dave Brubrek's Time Out.
DJ Bunnyboy
BUNNYMAN. NO ECHO. WAIST HIGH MUSICAL SOULMATE.
What music are you currently grooving to?
An L.A. band I dig The Osgoods.
What, if push comes to shove, is your all time favourite album?
Revolver, The Beatles.
What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it?
Parallel Lines Blondie, Ames Dept. Store.
Which musician have you ever wanted to be?
Thomas Dolby.
What do you sing in the shower?
Melodies I make up, random stuff, then I forget to write them down.
What's your favourite Saturday night record?
Ramones.
And your favourite Sunday morning record?
Squeeze Singles 45's and Under.
"Mimi"
WAIST HIGH ROOMMATE, CIRCA 1986. STILL PRETTY HARDCORE, APPARENTLY.
What music are you currently grooving to?
I'M AT WORK ON THE COMPUTER AND I'M CURRENTLY LISTENING TO "It's All I Can Do" by The Cars.
What, if push comes to shove, is your all time favorite album?
I Against I from Bad Brains.
What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it?
Midnight Records in Oildale (California), Social Distortion and Black Flag.
Which musician have you ever wanted to be?
Well I wanted to be with John Taylor of Duran Duran hahaha, I wanted to be Siouxsie of Siouxsie and the Banshees.
What do you sing in the shower?
Not really sing, I hum whatever.
What's your favorite Saturday night record?
Bob Marley and the Wailers, Greatest Hits.
And your favorite Sunday morning record?
English Beat, Special Beat Service. My favorite is "I Confess."
Jeff Shelton of THE 80S UNDERGROUND
LOVES NEW WAVE MUSIC. HASN'T MET THE HATERS YET. OH, BUT THEY'RE OUT THERE.
What music are you currently grooving to?
SOMEONE STILL LOVES YOU BORIS YELTSIN, Pershing
NADA SURF, Lucky
SANTOGOLD, Santogold
THE MARY ONETTES, The Mary Onettes
THE JULIE OCEAN, Long Gone & Nearly There
What, if push comes to shove, is your all time favourite album?
THE POSIES, Dear 23.
What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it?
OZZY OSBOURNE, Diary of a Madman. I was 9 years old...and I can't remember where I got it. I just remember my dad calling him Ozzy "Assburn."
Which musician have you ever wanted to be?
JOHN LENNON.
What do you sing in the shower?
Mostly my own music: myspace.com/thewellwishers.
What's your favourite Saturday night record?
CHEAP TRICK, Dream Police.
And your favourite Sunday morning record?
HEX (self-titled).
"K"
SWINGER. SAW DUST EATER.
What music are you currently grooving to?
Currently grooving to Kings of Leon.
What, if push comes to shove, is your all time favourite album?
The Clash. (I hope it never gets down to that.)
What was the first record you ever bought and where did you buy it?
My first album I bought was AC/DC Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap. I was 9 at the time and purchased it at a military base in Japan.
Which musician have you ever wanted to be?
Elvis.
What do you sing in the shower?
I sing "Fire in Cairo" by The CURE.
What's your favourite Saturday night record?
Fire of Love by the Gun Club (1981).
And your favourite Sunday morning record?
If I Should Fall from Grace with God by the Pogues. Of course these albums can change anytime, from The Specials to The Jackson 5.
The great All Back To My Place courtesy of: MOJO
Waist High recently queried her 5 favorite bloggers with MOJO magazine's monthly page 9 thriller ALL BACK TO MY PLACE IN WHICH THE STARS REVEAL THE SONIC DELIGHTS GUARANTEED TO GET THEM GOING.
Let's start with Waist High's all time favorite blog Fresyes.
THE CENTRAL VALLEY'S SECOND IN COMMAND
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY GROOVING TO?
Fiona Apple, "Extraordinary Machine," Spoon, "Gimme
Fiction," Arcade Fire, "Funeral," Journey "Greatest
Hits" (all hail, the Central Valley's native son, Steve Perry).
WHAT, IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM?
R.E.M., Life's Rich Pageant (despite the absence of Steve Perry).
WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT? AND WHERE DID YOU BUY IT?
Genesis, "Invisible Touch." Cassette purchased at Tower Records, next to the K-Mart on Blackstone, Fresno, Calif. It features the full, eight-minute version of "Tonight, Tonight, Tonight." Not to go all "American Psycho" on you, but Phil Collins is an amazing, underrated singer.
WHICH MUSICIAN HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE?
David Lee Roth or Eddie Vedder. Depends on my level of earnestness that day.
WHAT DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
(rinse, lather) "Hallelujah," John Cale (add shampoo, rinse, repeat) "If I Were a Carpenter," Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash (shave, rinse) "14th Street," Rufus Wainwright (rinse, towel off).
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD?
Scissor Sisters, Scissor Sisters.
AND YOUR SUNDAY MORNING RECORD?
Simon & Garfunkel, Bookends.
Photo courtesy of: The Amy Langfield Collection
Bake Town
HOMETOWN CRIER AND WAIST HIGH AGITATOR
Who began her response with, "You are such a pain in the ass."
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY GROOVING TO?
The CD I have in my player right now is an 80's compliation a friend made for me. A couple modern bands that I like are bands like Fountains of Wayne & Sloan.
WHAT, IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM?
Probably The White Album. But there are many others that I could also choose.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT? AND WHERE DID YOU BUY IT?
The first album I ever had was The Beatles Magical Mystery Tour on 8 track that my brother bought for me. I can't really remember the first record I bought but what ever it was I bet it was at the Plaza.
WHICH MUSICIAN HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE?
Madonna, one of the Go-Go's or the lead singer from Bananarama. Oh yeah, and Sheryl Crow.
WHAT DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
A song I learned watching the Brady Bunch.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD?
A mix of my favorite dance tunes from the 70's.
AND YOUR SUNDAY MORNING RECORD?
All Things Must Pass by George Harrison.
My Boyfriend Is A Twat
PUTTING THE SHAT IN SHATTER
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY GROOVING TO?
Max Richter (I'm at work).
WHAT, IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM?
Single: "Without You" by Harry Nilsson. Album: Exile on Cold Harbour Lane by The Alabama3.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST ALBUM YOU EVER BOUGHT? AND WHERE DID YOU BUY IT?
Night at the Opera by Queen.
WHICH MUSICIAN HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE?
Freddie Mercury (I know, I'm female, but he attracts...)
WHAT DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
"Singing In The Rain" by whoever. (Sad, I know.)
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD?
"Tainted Love" by Soft Cell.
AND YOUR SUNDAY MORNING RECORD?
Anything quiet ;)
Blog Of Pratt
BUNNYMAN. MY MUSICAL SOULMATE
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY GROOVING TO?
The Postal Service, Heaven17, New Order, Depeche Mode, Echo and the Bunnymen.
WHAT IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM?
So Peter Gabriel.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT? AND WHERE DID YOU BUY IT?
Blondie Parallel Lines. I bought it at Ames dept. store summer of 1979.
WHICH MUSICIAN HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE?
Ben Folds.
WHAT DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
Depends on how awake I am. I'm always up for a duet in there Waist High.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD?
Any cd mix of 80's alternative music from my collection.
AND YOUR SUNDAY MORNING RECORD?
Hawaiian guitar music. My pet rabbits love to chill to it.
Amy Langfield
NEWYORKOLOGIST
WHAT MUSIC ARE YOU CURRENTLY GROOVING TO?
Tsar, "Band-Girls-Money."
WHAT, IF PUSH COMES TO SHOVE, IS YOUR ALL TIME FAVORITE ALBUM?
U2, Joshua Tree.
WHAT WAS THE FIRST RECORD YOU EVER BOUGHT? AND WHERE DID YOU BUY IT?
Possibly "Fun Rock" by K-Tel (ordered from the TV) which had songs like "Purple People Eater." But since I'm not positive, I'm going to give you a bonus answer: First concert: Leif Garrett, (with my mom) Bakersfield Civic Auditorium.
WHICH MUSICIAN HAVE YOU EVER WANTED TO BE?
Madonna.
WHAT DO YOU SING IN THE SHOWER?
The Lonely's "Friendly Skies."
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE SATURDAY NIGHT RECORD?
Best of Cheap Trick.
AND YOUR SUNDAY MORNING RECORD?
Etta James Greatest.
Photo courtesy of: newyorkology.com
