Heroin chick are hot

Van Morrison – Moondance – 5

There’s something about Van Morrison’s voice that I could listen to all day.  He’s one of those artists that I never purchased anything by, but always wanted to.   It blows my mind that there isn’t a hint of his brogue in any of his songs.  From what I can ascertain, this is a classic case of Mongilloing.

Eureka Machines – Remain in Hope – 3.5

I couldn’t tell if these guys were serious or not.  The music was so over the top and the lyrics were just silly, but I liked it none the less.  One way or another, this was a fun album to listen to.  I suppose that this would fall into the power pop genre that is so hugely popular with my fellow DYN pals.  Maybe I’m starting to understand.  This has a bit of All American Rejects and Green Day sound.     

Sky Ferreira – Night Time, My Time – 2.5

I needed a new for the month and I haven’t purchased anything in a while.  So how does Greg pick new music that isn’t Peter Gabriel’s newest remake album of his old songs?  I pick an album with a sexy hot half naked heroin chick on the cover.  I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised with the pick.  The distortion got to me after a while, but I could tolerate it.  She seems from her depressing tone and lyrics that she’s almost just fucked up enough to be my type.  As a plus, at times I actually she had a hint of the now classic Scarlet Johansson Tom Wait’s cover CD.      

Velvet Underground – Loaded .5

I respect that Lou Reed was an artist and that an artist shouldn’t care what anyone thinks, but seriously, I really don’t get it.  It seems to me that he went out of his way to not care as if he were a needy child who does weird stuff to get parent’s attention.  Out of respect for the dead I will be nice though, as you’ll note by my extremely generous score.    

The Captain Shafts – GH

Too Morrissey for my taste.  I think that I could have done with 50 or so fewer songs.  Actually, now that I think about it, was this the GH select or their entire discography? 

 1. The automatic purchases- Name artists/bands that you will buy their new release without hearing it first. Of those, which will buy unheard knowing that they probably will stink (the completest theory).

·         Rush (Might fall into the completest theory, but still love this band)

·         Tool

·         Tom Waits

·         Roger Waters

·         Yeah Yeah Yeahs

·         Anything by Mike Patton (Definitely fall into the completest theory) 

2. Assumption- we all love a good guitar solo. So name songs that you feel the guitar solo is so perfect it should NEVER be altered. Even live.

       Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd

                    Stairway to Heaven – Led Zeppelin

       

3. Thicken your skin all. Provide one/two sentences that best describes of each of our DYN reviewers' taste and expected review criterion for submissions.

Alan - I got nothin'

Sandy – Submission criteria - must be an obscure hippy jam band from the 1970’s

Ken – Ken’s soccer friends are so hot I don’t even know why he comes to our meetings.  As for his musical taste, it turns out that the band he likes are actually good, but they have to be seen in concert first in order to appreciate them ex. DBT

Mong – Mike doesn’t have his reputation for nothing

Monsta – Must be either Stones or Dylan, we get to pick 

Jay - If it doesn’t have punk roots it doesn’t get submitted, but since no one has actually ever seen a written review it doesn’t count  

D’Arcy – No black or white in D’Arcy’s world, only black.  Take it or leave it. The only DYN member with good musical taste.