new Brit indie night to start this Sun, Jan.18th

all of mine are compressed to the middle thing, 168, or something like that. itunes let you burn an audio CD from Mp3s, but I have never tried, so dont know how it works.

Depending on what I'm ripping or burning, I try to never go below 192. The higher the better. It just eats up more file space. 256 is even better and more preferable. Much fuller and better sound quality. But I do 320 whenever I feel that I can push it.

Thunder Road is one of the greatest songs ever written.

Originally posted by pollard:
Was the music last night at the Blue Room as good as the music in Nanny O'Brien's last night?

I got to hear:
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Journey - Dont Stop Believin
some Counting Crows song
Jimmy Buffett
Bon Jovi - Dead or Alive

It must be the worst jukebox in town, luckily the beer is great.

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Thunder Road is one of the greatest songs ever written.

nope

Originally posted by pollard:

Originally posted by Rhett Miller:
Thunder Road is one of the greatest songs ever written.

nope

Agreed.

Rhett's a loser.

But he's right. Thunder Road is a great tune.

I hate Springsteen, can't change my mind, too late

Originally posted by pollard:
I hate Springsteen, can't change my mind, too late

Same here. Never liked him for even one second. Not even in the very beginning.

i hate springsteen soooooo much……….bleurgh

i find all of his stuff completely unlistenable………

nebraska?

Originally posted by pollard:
I hate Springsteen, can't change my mind, too late

What John Vanderslice is currently listening to

What Connor Oberst has been digging of late

The Walkmen listened to Springsteen while recording Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone

Ben Nichols of Lucero loves Bruce

He's covered by Crooked Fingers, Superchunk, and Ted Leo.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
What John Vanderslice is currently listening to

What Connor Oberst has been digging of late

The Walkmen listened to Springsteen while recording Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone

Ben Nichols of Lucero loves Bruce

He's covered by Crooked Fingers, Superchunk, and Ted Leo.

good for em

tooms, tooms, where are you. The Boss needs you ….

Or, he doesn't really, does he. He sells out like 27 nights at Giant Stadium in seven minutes. Yeah, I'm not gonna worry about Bruce.

Originally posted by pollard:
good for em

One day, my little GBV-loving friend, you will cast aside your indie pretensions and discover the sublime lyrical stylings of Greetings From Asbury Park, the gritty blue-collar passion of the Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle, or the raw and simple beauty of Nebraska. That day will be the first day of the rest of your life.

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
One day, my little GBV-loving friend, you will cast aside your indie pretensions and discover the sublime lyrical stylings of Greetings From Asbury Park, the gritty blue-collar passion of the Wild, the Innocent & the E-Street Shuffle, or the raw and simple beauty of Nebraska. That day will be the first day of the rest of your life.

It is Rhett, I knew it :D . My dislike of "the Boss" goes back a long way, before any indie pretensions I may or may not have.

Originally posted by pollard:
My dislike of "the Boss" goes back a long way, before any indie pretensions I may or may not have.

There's plenty of utter crap in the Springsteen catalog (Born in the USA and Tunnel of Love come to mind), but there's also a lot of gold. His early stuff contains some of the finest examples of modern American song-writing.

Greetings from Asbury Park would make my Best 15 Albums of All-Time list.

oh and you forgot to add that Badly Drawn Boy (who I actually like a lot more than the Walkmen) has as his favorite perfomers Springsteen and GBV

Umm, and Ballboy do a great cover of Born in the USA too.

Originally posted by friend of Guy Chadwick:
For those of you that wanted to look at last night's complete setlist (from all 3 DJs), it will soon be available at www.medusapromotions.com.

In the meantime, I can give you the two sets that I did. Here you go…

Set #1: 9:00 - 10:00pm
Slowdive-"Alison"
Monster Movie-"Shortwave"
Blind Mr. Jones-"Small Caravan"
Catherine Wheel-"Black Metallic"
Jesus & Mary Chain-"Just Like Honey"
House of Love-"Safe"
The Smiths-"The Queen Is Dead"
The Jazz Butcher-"She's On Drugs"
The Windmills-"Beach Girls 1918"
The Wake-"Gruesome Castle"
The Field Mice-"If You Need Someone"
Difference Engine-"5 Listens"
Coldplay-"No More Keeping My Feet on the Ground"
Ride-"Vapour Trail"

Set #2: Midnight - 1:00am
Colder-"Crazy Love"
Lomax-"Reiterator"
The Stills-"Gender Bombs"
British Sea Power-"Something Wicked"
Interpol-"Untitled"
Longwave-"Everywhere You Turn"
Kitchens of Distinction-"Sand on Fire"
Adorable-"Homeboy"
Whipping Boy-"Blinded"
My Bloody Valentine-"Only Shallow"
The Boo Radleys-"Does This Hurt?"
Doves-"Words"
Elbow-"Not a Job"
Keane-"This Is the Last Time"

To those of you that came out, thank you so much for making the evening such a special one. Cheers to you…

Glad to see someone else is into Lomax. 'A Symbol Of Modern Living' was one of my favorite albums of 2003.

Going back to The Rain Band. I'm sure Jag knows, but they have another albums worth of material recorded but aren't signed to a label at present. The Temptation/Fierce Panda contract was for one album only. I saw them live at the Barfly in Liverpool and they put on a really good show. Hopefully they won't get discouraged and break up the band. Going this Friday to the Uni to see three new guitar bands that are on the verge of putting out their first albums (The Cribs, The Blueskins and 10,000 Things). Keep your eyes and ears out for them!

FoGC and others involved, Atmosphere was a great night out! Thanks for all the excellent songs and good luck to getting this as a regular night at Blue Room. It was fun to see so many people out and know they were there for the music, not just to do the hipster hang. I hope to chat with you again soon and introduce you to some other DC music people you might not have met.