[suggestions from a music kid]

here i go. i'm taking my soapbox and trying to give you guys a few suggestions. i'll hand you the essentials in my book and might even tell you why. for a lot of the artists i only only included the absolute essentials even though they have other ultrafabulous works. so...you think i need to hear a suggestion? [press this] hmmm... hope this helps if that's what you're looking for. enjoy. save the world, kid.

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barry adamson:
soul murder - extraordinarily unique acid music. jazz, spoken word, electronic, other... fun with musical texture. this disc really does take you everywhere.
tori amos:
blues skies remixes - her ethereal voice and cool fucking music. really cool.
the amps:
pacer - fuzzy summer potrock from the breeders' dominatrix kim deal.
aphex twin:
richard d. james album - immersive. aphex wields his drums and basses as trance. really damn good. my favorite aphex.
selected ambient works volume II - beautiful and creepy in the best possible way.

b
beck:
mellow gold - this album is so cool. i think everyone should own it.
mutations - this album is damn cool too. it's really catchy without trying to be.
bjork:
post - the bjork essential i think. i swear she's the bowie of the nineties.
telegram - pretty cool to hear other people do stuff to bjork.
david bowie:
outside - could anyone else make such a cool album? probably, but it wouldn't sound anything like this. eat shrooms with this.

c
cake:
fashion nugget - this album is fun. create interprative dances to the songs. it's fun. trust me.
johnny cash:
live at folsom and san quentin - johnny cash is just that cool.
cibo matto:
viva! la woman - two japanese chicks loaded with an arsenal of obscure jazz samples and cool hip hop beats rapping about food. how could you go wrong?

d
daft punk:
homework - two guys doin the cool french disco thing. this cd is infectiously fun. really good walking music.
miles davis:
kind of blue - you don't need valium to enjoy this masterpiece but it really doesn't hurt.
depeche mode:
violator - good sunday music if you haven't slept in like 72 hours or so.
dj shadow:
endtroducing - deep, deep hiphop groove and heavy on the atmosphere
dj spooky:
songs of a dead dreamer - if david lynch were a dj. listen to this at night in savannah during the summer.
dubtribe sound system:
bryant street - amazingly positive, upbeat house with an almost tropical feel.

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einsturzende nuebauten:
strategies against architecture - if stomp was cool they might sound like this. german punks beating shit and making really cool noise. these kids have awesome rythm.

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ella fitzgeral and louis armstrong:
ella and louis - this is reeeaaallly cool. sit down and relax at night or float around in a pool during a summer and listen.
future sounds of london:
lifeforms - open soundscapes. it's even two discs!

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goldie:
saturnzreturn - really good jungle. from uplifting to relaxing to aggressive and back.

h
herbie hancock:
head hunters - drink some beer or liquor and chill with this funked up jazz.
pj harvey:
rid of me - pj harvey rocks.

i
sorry, i'm not big on bands that begin with the letter i.

j
jane's addiction:
ritual de lo habitual - amazingly melodic and altogther beautiful rock music.

k
king missile:
musical shit - anyone who can say jesus is way cool and have me believe them is good.

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lost highway:
soundtrack - bowie, manson, barry adamson, pumpkins. this disc is as way cool as jesus.

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madonna:
ray of light - more proof that madonna is really good at what she does.
man or astroman?:
project infinity - modern surf music is really good.
massive attack:
mezzanine - supersmooth album from the masters of bristol trip hop. medeski, martin, wood:
combustication - modern jazz that moves from a smoky club to the delicate hawiian ocean at night.
mercury rev:
boces - amazing summer acidrock. mercury rev's music shimmers. these guys kick ass
see you on the other side - the band after a big switch up. they still kick ass. they're a little more low key though.
robert miles:
dreamlands - this is an amazing cd. beautifully emotional trance. good morning recovery music.
mogwai:
kicking a dead pig / fear satan remixes - mogwai songs remixed. really cool.
young team - they're kind of like tranced out sonic youth with a strong sense of climax.
thelonius monk:
thelonius monk with john coltrane - good piano and good sax.
the moog cookbook:
the moog cookbook - your favorite rock songs on synthesizer. how can you go wrong? black hole sun, smells like teen spirit and rocking in the free world are a several

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nirvana:
nevermind - a classic if you grew up in the early nineties.

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the orb:
orbus terrerum - sonic landscapes. this is an essential cd. the orb has amazing sonic craft.
orbital:
in sides - proving the fact that trance is fun.

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the pixies:
bassanova - the pixies during their kind of clean(?) era. velouria is a cool damn song.
surfer rosa - the pixies in the beginning. dark and good. the beginning of alternative.
portishead:
dummy - the first really good cd by portishead.
pnyc - the really good live cd by portishead.
portishead - the second really good cd by portishead.
dark noir-ish urban beats teamed with beth gibbon's beautiful voice, cool samples and guitar work. i love portishead.

q
same as i

r
radiohead:
ok computer - fucking beautiful. one of the best albums to come out in a while. karma police moves me.
rasputina:
thanks for the ether - girls with waifish voices rocking with three cellos and drums.
red red meat:
there's a star above the manger tonight - dark, almost bluesy noiserock. really suave.

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frank sinatra:
sinatra at the sands - kick ass sinatra concert. sinatra was the original badass.
smashing pumpkins:
siamese dream - THE essential summer cd. this is an amazingly moving cd for me. i love it. straight up rock.
sonic youth:
sister - climactic and epic noiserock at its finest.
syr 1 - warm weather noise ep.
soul coughing:
el oso - just look at the cover. it has to be good. like a cross between drum n bass and rock with a little they might be giants.
stereolab:
dots and loops - ultramodern and ultraretro at the same time. one of the best cds in the world. french supersuave vocals. does it get any more pimped out than this? hell no.

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taylor:
united djs of america volume 10 resonance - taylor is a kick ass house dj. go party with him. he's cool. i promise.

u, v, w, x, y, z...and beyond...
the ultra-lounge series:
this is a series of themed lounge music cds. how can it be bad when the first in the series has a feaux leopard skin cover. viva velour.
organs in orbit - this ultra-lounge cd focuses on hammonds and other organs and is the epitome of suave. fabulous.
ween:
pure guava - this cd is so cool. wierd acidy / drinking music.
josh wink:
herehear - trancy. kind of minimal. very good techno. he's a smooth dj.

that's the end. i could have thrown in a lot more but i didn't fucking feel like it. i think if i were stuck on a desert island with electricity and a stereo with these cds i'd be happy...unless, of course, i was stuck there with the members of matchbox 20 or the cast of step by step...

later, kids.