Obsession #2

For those who do not know me, I like walking instead of being stuck in traffic. I am also fortunate to work pretty close from where I live.

For over 6 months now I've been crossing paths with this fellow I started to like very much. In the beginning I was tempted to walk straight to him and slip him a note. I guess it said something about how we sometimes get this good vibe about someone just by looking in their eyes. And may I add, what beautiful eyes... The kind of eyes that show there is a person behind the stare, and even one that might have a story to tell...

I didn't give him the note though, suddenly remembering all the previous times I was impulsive and when things didn't work out quite the way I expected. We keep passing each-other by every day. We either keep looking at each-other or keep avoiding to notice each-other's presence.

Why do we make things so complicated?


ALANNAH MYLES "Song Instead Of A Kiss"
Album "Rockinghorse" - 1992

Obsession #2

For those who do not know me, I like walking instead of being stuck in traffic. I am also fortunate to work pretty close from where I live.

For over 6 months now I've been crossing paths with this fellow I started to like very much. In the beginning I was tempted to walk straight to him and slip him a note. I guess it said something about how we sometimes get this good vibe about someone just by looking in their eyes. And may I add, what beautiful eyes... The kind of eyes that show there is a person behind the stare, and even one that might have a story to tell...

I didn't give him the note though, suddenly remembering all the previous times I was impulsive and when things didn't work out quite the way I expected. We keep passing each-other by every day. We either keep looking at each-other or keep avoiding to notice each-other's presence.

Why do we make things so complicated?


ALANNAH MYLES "Song Instead Of A Kiss"
Album "Rockinghorse" - 1992

Quiz #148 - Jet "Are you gonna be my girl"

The Australian garage rock band Jet is comprised of Cameron Muncey (guitar/vocals), brothers Chris Cester (drums) and Nic Cester (guitar/vocals), and Mark Wilson (bass). Hailing from Melbourne and with dreams of making it big, the foursome formed just as the new millennium was beginning. They quickly self-released the Dirty Sweet EP in 2002. The vinyl-only album, which was limited to 1,000 pressings, was an instant hit down under. Once they pressed 1,000 more, Jet was being touted in the U.K. An American deal with Elektra surfaced in early 2003 and the Dirty Sweet EP was released domestically in May. An opening slot for the Rolling Stones in Jet's homeland soon followed. The band's proper studio full-length, Get Born, appeared in November.

"Are You Gona Be My Girl?" became a radio favorite worldwide, pushing sales for Get Born near the four million mark. Jet also received seven ARIA (Australian Record Industry Association) nominations, and won six of those including single and album of the year. European dates with Oasis followed in summer 2005; Shine On, the band's second effort produced by Dave Sardy, arrived in fall 2006.

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JET "Are you gonna be my girl"
Album "Get Born" - 2003

Quiz #147 - Britny Fox "Standing in the shadows"

Britny Fox were a typical glam-rock bar band transplanted to L.A. from their home base of Philadelphia. After making the move in 1985, they soon met Michael Kelly Smith (guitar) from up-and-coming band Cinderella, and before long the guitarist had defected from his former band to join the Philly boys' ranks. Naming themselves Britny Fox after one of singer Dizzy Dean Davison's Welsh ancestors, the band copped Cinderella's theatrical look and recorded their first demo, In America, with other members including Billy Childs on bass and Johnny Dee on drums. To show that there were no hard feelings, Cinderella helped the band get a record contract with Columbia, who released their self-titled debut to great acclaim and near-platinum sales. Lead single "Long Way to Love" made heavy rotation on MTV, but the equally rocking follow-up, "Girlschool," failed to ignite even in the specialized format of the video station's Headbanger's Ball. Nevertheless, Britny Fox won Metal Edge magazine's Best New Band award in 1988.

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BRITNY FOX "Standing in the shadows"
Album "Boys in Heat" - 1989

Quiz #146 - Die Toten Hosen - Wünsch dir was

German punk/metal band Die Toten Hosen formed early in the '80s from the ashes of two Düsseldorf punk bands, ZK and KFC. Considering that three members of the Hosen were named Andreas, they took assumed names to avoid confusion: vocalist Campino (b. Andreas Frege; June 22, 1962), guitarist Breiti (b. Andreas Breitkopf; Feb. 6, 1964), rhythm guitarist Kuddel (b. Andreas Von Holst; June 11, 1964), bassist Andi (b. Andreas Meurer; July 24, 1962) and drummer Wölli (b. Wolfgang Rohde; Jan. 9, 1963). After releasing several albums in Germany, the group found a contract with the American label Charisma in 1992 for the collection Learning English: Lesson 1. Three years later, Die Toten Hosen moved to Atlantic for Love, Peace & Money but continue to record for EastWest in their native country, issuing Im Auftrag Des Herrn in 1996. After the band took a break from recording, Nuclear Blast released Crash Landing in the U.S. in spring 2001.

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DIE TOTEN HOSEN "Wünsch dir was"
Album "Peace, Love & Money " - 1994

Quiz #145 - Crematory "Tears of Time"

The German goth-metal band Crematory formed in 1991; made up of singer Felix, guitarist Matthias, bassist Harald, keyboardist Katrin and drummer Markus, the group issued their debut album Transmigration in 1993, followed a year later by ...Just Dreaming. Subsequent efforts include 1995's Illusions, 1997's Awake and 1999's Act Seven.

allmusic.com doesn't seem generous with info regarding this German group, but highly I recommend "Believe" (2000) and "Klagebilder" (2006).




CREMATORY "Tears of Time"
Album "Illusions" - 1995

Quiz #144 - Joy Division "Love will tear us apart"

Formed in the wake of the punk explosion in England, Joy Division became the first band in the post-punk movement by later emphasizing not anger and energy but mood and expression, pointing ahead to the rise of melancholy alternative music in the '80s. Though the group's raw initial sides fit the bill for any punk band, Joy Division later incorporated synthesizers (taboo in the low-tech world of '70s punk) and more haunting melodies, emphasized by the isolated, tortured lyrics of its lead vocalist, Ian Curtis. While the British punk movement shocked the world during the late '70s, Joy Division's quiet storm of musical restraint and emotive power proved to be just as important to independent music in the 1980s.

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JOY DIVISION "Love will tear us apart"
Album "Substance" - 1988

Quiz #143 - Lamb of God "Redneck"

Originally known by the less-than-subtle moniker Burn the Priest, Richmond, VA-based Lamb of God decided to change their name shortly after the release of a self-titled debut in 1998. Featuring vocalist Randy Blythe, guitarists Mark Morton and Will Adler, bassist John Campbell, and drummer Chris Adler, the newly rechristened Lamb of God was launched in the year 2000 with their acclaimed New American Gospel album. The group then embarked on a lengthy touring spree, spending much of the next two years preaching their "pure American death metal" at major heavy metal festivals and small clubs alike. Work on a follow-up effort with producer and Strapping Young Lad mastermind Devin Townsend took place in between these many road jaunts, so that Lamb of God's sophomore LP, As the Palaces Burn, was released in summer 2003. Ashes of the Wake quickly followed it in 2004. Produced by Machine, it featured the most fully realized material of the band's career. Ashes was both a chart and critical hit and set up a year's worth of successful touring for Lamb of God. Epic also reissued Burn the Priest, their 1998 debut from their original band. The Killadelphia DVD appeared in 2005, documenting a particularly fierce stretch of shows in Philly, and the same program's audio edition dropped toward the end of the same year. 2006 saw the release of Sacrament.

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LAMB OF GOD "Redneck"
Album "Sacrament" - 2006

Quiz #142 - The Cranberries "Linger"

Combining the melodic jangle of post-Smiths indie guitar pop with the lilting, trance-inducing sonic textures of late-'80s dream pop and adding a slight Celtic tint, the Cranberries became one of the more successful groups to emerge from the pre-Britpop U.K. indie scene of the early '90s. Led by vocalist Dolores O'Riordan, whose keening, powerful voice is the most distinctive element of the group's sound, the group initially made little impact in the United Kingdom. It wasn't until the lush ballad "Linger" became an American hit in 1993 that the band also achieved mass success in the U.K. Following the success of "Linger," the Cranberries quickly became international stars, as both their 1993 debut album, Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?, and its 1994 follow-up, No Need to Argue, sold millions of copies and produced a string of hit singles.

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THE CRANBERRIES "Linger"
Album "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" - 1993