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What bands/songs/styles of music are you a fan?

I tend to like British Indie, in the broadest sense of the term.

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I like a whole lot of different genres, depending on my mood... 70s, 80s, 90s, country, pop, punk rock, etc. Basically everything except most rap and hip hop.

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Basically indie/adult alternative: Modest Mouse, Cold Play, Joss Stone, Tori Amos, etc. Basically what they play on 97.3 out of KC. Also older stuff like 80s (The Police, Tears for Fears), 70s rock (Fleetwood Mac, CCR), and some oldies. Maybe a little jazz and classical. NO country, NO easy listening, NO teen pop, and NO smooth jazz. Yuck, yuck, yuck, and yuck. Oh, and rap and metal. Yuck.

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Agreed. No can do with country, hip-hop, rap, bubblegum pop, or any other slick production meant only for commercial consumption. I boycott any and all music not created and performed by the artist with their own instruments and voice(s).

How is Modest Mouse? I don't know much about them. I've also heard good things about Franz Ferdinand, Muse, and Doves.

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Modest Mouse and Franz Ferdinand are "the next big thing" in alternative, even though The Strokes were called that a few years ago, too. Modest Mouse has been around for a long time, and I just now noticed them from the radio. Hard to describe, both very good, though.

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Modest Mouse rules. I've only heard one Franz Ferdinand song as far as I know, but enjoyed it as well.

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Yeah, Franz Ferdinand rocks. The Killers are also good. Bloc Party is the next big thing in British music. Also, Kasabian is excellent. I don't really listen to music, but I hear a lot of it (plus, I need to pay attention since TRASHionals is only a month away). Also, I dislike country/western.

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What about Wilco? They won the best alternative album grammy for A Ghost Is Born.

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I've heard some Wilco, they're good. They don't seem very radio friendly (I think their last album, Yankee Foxtrot Hotel, was hardly played), and I get most of my music likes and dislikes from driving back and forth to school and flipping through stations.

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Flogging Molly, the Dropkick Murphys, Simon and Garfunkel, the Beatles, the Mountain Goats, Anti-Flag, the Doors, the Who, Weezer, Desaparecidos, Neil Young, CCR, the Blind Boys of Alabama, Cake, EELS, Sam Phillips, Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Millencolin

Raise your hand if you've heard of over half of those.

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Yes, I've heard of over half of those. (raises hand)

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Raises hand

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MissCae wrote: I get most of my music likes and dislikes from driving back and forth to school and flipping through stations.
I've always been sort of anti-radio. I have to research my music on Amazon and listen to samples there to figure out what I like.

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*raises hand

I like to flip through the stations myself, granted I can pick up more than two or three, which isn't the case back home.

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i like my y107 and mix 933

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Differing opinion here.

Classic rock all the way. ZZ Top, Boston, Journey, Foreigner, Bob Seger, Eagles, Steve Miller Band, Kansas, Supertramp........ the list goes on.

In KC, 101 the Fox, then 99.7 KY on commercials. (Well, for me it's my iPod when I'm not driving entirely within a 40 minute Free Ride) In K'Ville, 94.5 the X, where Dad worked as "Uncle Jer" during college.

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ScoBo1987 wrote: ZZ Top, Boston, Journey, Foreigner, Bob Seger, Eagles, Steve Miller Band, Kansas, Supertramp........ the list goes on.
Awesome bands. Don't forget Van Halen.

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I love most college radio; I hate most commercial radio. Even if I enjoy the music (as with many oldies stations) it's not worth sitting through the commercials and talk.

And I'm impressed we have so many hand-raisers.

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93.3 is almost commercial free, but you probably don't get that that far north.

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I will also raise my hand.

I'd like to spend more time researching music and movies, radio does have way too much talk and commercials. Maybe once I get a little ahead with my history junk this semester I can. I really wish I had an iPod shuffle (well, if we're wishing then I'd get a regular iPod), but I still have dial-up, so the download times would be horrendous.

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I'm all over the place:

My absolute favs are Simon and Garfunkel, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Mamas and the Papas, and Chicago. I really like oldies.

But I've dabbled in some more recent stuff... rather mainstream stuff...
Umm... Avril, and uh, Michelle (before she teamed up with a Park Hill grad to form the Wreckers - yet to hear their stuff), and uh, REM, Calling, um, stuff that doesn't sound too poppy or Wrigley-oriented.

Who wants to help me set up a Class 1 radio station in Chillicothe?

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double post, wut wut?

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Well, I used to be into the whole pop thing, but nowadays I only listen to the radio when I'm driving one of my parents' cars (not too often)...and then I usually tune into Jewell radio (91.9, in Liberty)

In my car cd changer:
the soundtracks to:
Moulin Rouge (2 discs)
Phantom of the Opera (the movie, 2 discs)
Strictly Ballroom
Romeo and Juliet
Smallville
Freaky Friday
and also:
Relient K <3
Savage Garden

lol. Nice and freaking random. I think it's representative of what I like--Relient K, soundtracks to my favorite movies, and a teensy bit of five-year-old pop. *shrug*

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Now that iPod minis are only $200, shuffles are worthless unless you only have $100 to spare (of course, many college students are in that boat) I'm hoping to upgrade from my old 40 GB (pre-click wheel bought used from a friend) to a 30 GB Photo soon.

An iPod with an FM transmitter is so much better than a CD changer... (of course, I would prefer direct line-in but that's what I get to work with right now) I used to use the Griffin iTrip to transmit (it's a small transmitter that's made especially for iPod, so it basically became part of my iPod) until the headphone jack broke (it only comes out the right channel now, probably because I kept the iTrip plugged in all the time and my pockets are so small it probably shifted the jack out of place) so now I have to use the DLO TransPod, a bulky dock connecting transmitter that plugs and mounts in the cigarette lighter. The TransPod's transmission is a lot stronger (it'll override commerical stations on radios in close proximity, unlike the iTrip) but it's a pain to put away whenever I get out of the car.

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a list? ok:

brand new
tbs
straylight run
the juliana theory
the weakerthans (brit-indie)
old further seems forever
coheed and cambria
the mars volta
the early november
i can make a mess like nobody's business
most anybody else on DTR
action! action!
firescape

many, many more that i can't think of.

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A rather extensive list, but doing this beats doing calculus...

Alabama
American Hi-Fi
Blink 182
Bon Jovi
Bowling for Soup
Coheed and Cambria
Dire Straits
Five for Fighting
Foreigner
Fleetwood Mac
Garth Brooks
Jimmy Eat World
John Mellencamp
Johnny Cash
Journey
Kansas
Linkin Park
Matchbook Romance
Modest Mouse
Maroon 5
Our Lady Peace
Phil Collins (can't believe no one has mentioned Phil yet)
Queen
Red Hot Chili Peppers (especially the older stuff)
Seether
Smile Empty Soul
Story of the Year
Sugarcult
Sum 41
Styx
Switchfoot
Taking Back Sunday
U2
Van Halen
Weird Al Yankovic
Yellowcard

And I'm sure I left some out.

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DeckardCain wrote: 93.3 is almost commercial free, but you probably don't get that that far north.
where does that come from?

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Oh, I also don't mind listening to the Deathly Pallor on Numbitty 902, WA3D FM... the STURGE, and of course hours of chanting on college radio...

"The fish was delish and it made quite a dish"

(Inspired by Tim's reply on the "Best Team in the State" thread)

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My favorite Styles of music: Punk, Rock, Classical, 70s, 80s, 90s, and Foreign music
My favorite band: Taking Back Sunday
My favorite radio station: 98.9 The Rock

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93.3 is out of St. Louis, I think.

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93.3's Kansas City.

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LibertyMarie wrote: 93.3's Kansas City.
There's a frakload of 93.3 stations! According to Radio-Locator.com, you can find 93.3 FM in:
Hamilton, Ont.
Guelph, Ont.
Quebec City
El Dorado, Ark.
Midland, Texas
Big Bear City, Calif.
Nisswa, Minn.
Haltom City, Texas
Cedar Park, Texas
Mesa, Arizona
Lemoore, Calif. (owned by the Lemore Union High School District :wacko: )
Missoula, Mont.
El Cajon, Calif.
Bennington, Neb.
Seligman, Mo. (Southwest Missouri)
Des Moines
Port Lavaca, Texas
Jackson, Wyom.
Susanville, Calif.
McAlester, Okla.
Newcastle, Okla.
Albuquerque
Bryant, Ark.
Lamar, Colo.
Ashdown, Ark.
Kansas City (What Marie's referring to)
Steelville (93X St. Louis - what everyone else is referring to. Most of St. Louis is apparently in their fringe area - what the frak!?)
Chowchilla, Calif.
Port Arthur, Texas
Big Pine, Calif.
Walla Walla, Wash.
San Francisco
Jamestown, N.D.
Fort Collins, Colo.
Seattle
Salt Late City
Rupert, Idaho
Valdez, Alaska
Page, Ariz.
Nikiski, Alaska
Woodland, Calif.
Billings, Mont.
San Luis Obispo, Calif.
Cincinnati (NOT WKRP!!)
Fairport, New York
Ashland, Wis.
Kendallville, Ind.
New Paltz, New York
Muncy, Penn.
Canajoharie, New York
Watertown, New York
Washington, N.Car.
Danbury, Conn.
Flagler Beach, Fla.
Fredericksburg, Va.
Tampa
Gretna, Fla.
Tullahoma, Tenn.
La Crosse, Wis.
Milwaukee
Midland, Mich.
Montgomery, W.Va.
Marmet, W.Va.
Paducah, Ky.
Chillicothe, Ohio
Ashville, Ohio
Philadelphia
Youngstown, Ohio
Belmont, N.H.
Salisbury, N.Car.
Peoria, Ill.
Evergreen, Ala.
Callahan, Fla.
Linton, Ind.
New Orleans
Meyersdale, Penn.
Rockland, Maine
Taunton, Mass.
Houston, Miss.
Forest City, N.Car.
Ramsey, Ill.
Manchester, Ga.
Jamestown, New York
Summerville, S.Car.
Ponce, Puerto Rico

Speaking of frak, I missed BSG tonight. Frak.

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Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Silverchair, Jamiroqui (Spelling?), Weezer, 311, Garden State Soundtrack, Norah Jones, Bryan Adams, The Darkness, Queen, The Doors, Deftones, Coldplay, John Mayer. Lots of stuff... not country, not rap, not much new stuff in general... mostly 90s alternative.

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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Elliott Smith yet...(Strains in chair to raise my hand as high as I can and makes funny little noises.)

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I was also talking about the KC station, nothing like DJ Kirby on Saturday night at the lucky brew grill, wow what a party

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L-Town Expatriate wrote: Steelville (93X St. Louis - what everyone else is referring to. Most of St. Louis is apparently in their fringe area - what the frak!?)
93.3 FM KNSX - Steelville - St. Louis

I wonder where the station is in Steelville. I drive through there twice a week.

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The city typicall refers to the location of the tower. They might actually broadcast from an office building in South County. I've yet to check.

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That would be my guess. I couldn't find any info about that on their web site.

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I listen to hard rock and metal on 98.9 the rock.

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MoundCityBMW...T wrote: I'm surprised nobody has mentioned Elliott Smith yet...(Strains in chair to raise my hand as high as I can and makes funny little noises.)
yeah... i don't have any albums but i like him a lot. i heard him first from the suicide scene in the royal tenenbaums.

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In my iRiver 512mb Mp3 player I have a smorgasboard ranging from "hard"stuff as Papa Roach and Crossfade to hip-hop/rap to Emo like The Starting Line and lostprophets, some Slowjams R&B from Keith Sweat, Silk, and Marvin Gaye, some eminem, everlast, and Kid Rock, and some old music from Tears for Fears, Spandau Ballet, Cameo, Don McClean, etc etc. I also have the "numa numa dance" song (Dragostea Din Tei - Haiducii) and a few other 'club' songs.

Favorite bands are:

lostprophets and The Starting Line.

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lately i've been listening to alot of 50 cent

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Cher, Britney, Mariah, X-tina, Lil Kim

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OAR, Maroon 5, John Mayer, Dashboard Confessional, Ben Folds- on the lighter side

Taking Back Sunday, Yellowcard, Finch, Coheed and Cambria, Avenged Sevenfold, Atreyu- artists normally on the Warped Tour

Rage Against the Machine, Staind, Chevelle, Breaking Benjamin, APC, Tool- when I feel like either breaking something or just playing loud music

and Phantom of the Opera cuz it was a kickass movie/soundtrack

Radio: 93X or 105.7 The Point when near STL or 103.7 (station at SEMO)

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[continued from the Online Users thread].....to tell everyone that Coldplay revealed their newest single to the world yesterday, a brilliant gem called "Speed of Sound." I've been listening to it nonstop.

Go to coldplay.com to have a listen. You'll have to sign up first (it's free), then open up the Coldplayer.

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sweet.

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my favorite music consists of:

thousand foot krutch
my chemical romance
fm static
five iron frenzy
relient k
switchfoot

just for your reference

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Oh, one of my new favorite bands... lostprophets. Just got their CD. It rules.

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I like that CD... I listened to it for a while and got bored though .. I will have to bust it out again sometime.

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Atreyu- Definitely. If you don't have any of Elliott Smith's cd's I highly recommend his self-titled debut album. Either/or is also incredible. MCR-My Chemical Romance rock...hard. ---side story--- Sam (one of our starters this year) plays the drums in a band called "The Crying Stones" and he played a concert with Roper like 6 weeks ago. (Roper is like a sideproject of Five Iron Frenzy. I guess this guy named Reese rom 5 Iron Frenzy started his own band.) He said it was awesome...---end of side story---

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