or does it?

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080905/tuk-life-britain-music-dc-fa6b408...

I think that this just proves that some academics have far too much time on their hands.

According to this I am 'creative with good self-esteem', I 'lack self-esteem and am not very gentle', I'm 'hardworking and shy', and finally I'm 'creative, outgoing, gentle, at ease with myself and have a high self-esteem'. I'm appear to be a bit confused.

I will be listening to more 'punchy' music in future though - maybe I'll make some more money as a result.

Hello fellow parishioners,

I don't have time to look through all blogs tagged with 'dubstep' so I'm going to ask straight out for recommendations for dubstep albums/complilations. As a avid album (cd) consumer I'm not looking for single track recommendations.

I've got Burial, and like it but I think it's fair to say that it's a bit on the bleak side. Anything a bit more upbeat in the genre that I shouldn't be living without?

I need some help again Word Massive.

I've been asked by a good friend to help him to sort out his music collection which runds to around 10,000lp's and a whole rake of CD's which have been in storage for a while.

So what to do? I know it's a old arguement but I'm looking for inspiration. I liked the idea in the Word a while back about just piling them all onto shelves and listening to every 13th album but that won't scan for this guy. And the High-Fidelty 'as you bought them' thing is not going to work.

So...is alphabetising the best way?
What are the 'essential' categories that you would split them into?
What about sorting them by record label (a bit pretentious and all over the place given the chopping and changing of banks/labels over the years)?
By year of release?
If you've tried any of these let me know how they worked out.

All suggestions welcome!!

In these 'media saturated' times with so many ways to entertain ourselves isn't it fantastic that something as simple as a few musos sitting around having a natter can be one of the highlights of our week.

I can usually be found listening to the Word Podcast while doing the weekly shopping at the local Tesco's. Yes, I probably look a little bit mad wandering around filling my trolley with a big grin on my face and an occassional guffaw but it lights up my week anyway.

I was getting worried about the nay-sayers giving out about Mark Ellen's laugh thinking that he would be told to tone it down!! Heaven forfend!! There's nothing like an infectious laugh to set you off really - in fact an entire podcast of just Mark Ellen laughing would be entertaining enough in itself!

The sound of young Islington always cheers me up too, although I'm begining to suspect that Matt Hall has a button marked 'sirens' beside him that he presses at random during the recording of the podcast. A podcast without it just wouldn't be the same at this stage.

Anyway - as I've been off the scene for a while (having a young baby etc etc) and am just catching up on the magazines and the podcasts I just wanted to say how much I still enjoy it all. Thanks for that!

Just cheked out the 'Something for the weekend' link to this on google and had the overwhelming urge to try 'Paris Hilton vs Jesus' (I don't even know why so don't ask.

Suffice to say, the result is quite depressing.

Of course, you'd need to give it another two thousand years for it to be a fair contest

Anyone come up with any other interesting comparisons?

Neal.

Amidst much deserved revelry and congratulations to Word magazine being recognized for being the best at what they do (which we already knew) I felt it was my duty to put a fly in ointment in the full knowledge that we're all adults here and that Sir Hepworth can take it on the chin

So, when did they get it wrong?

For me there were two tracks that slipped onto Word cd's that I thought were, well, woeful. And yes, I know it's all a matter of taste blah de blah but really,

The Pierces - Boring (no, that was the name of the song, which was a bit ironic but not in an Alanis Morrisette way)
and
Someone whose name I've thankfully forgotten with some utter trash about liking 'Big Trucks'.

Come on, get on with the gripes people. It's constructive criticism!! So they can win again next year :)

I'm afraid that I fall on the boring side of the fence. I've tried (and tried) to get the Beatles bug and have failed miserably.

I'm opening the floor to being convinced...

Have at you.

Ok, there's no denying it, Christmas is nearly upon us.

I was sitting, scratching my head, wondering what I would get for my 10 year old God-daughter when I though - hmm, how about some classic albums because, hey, if I don't know music then I don't know anything.

It appears that I don't know anything because I've been scratching my head wondering what 'classic albums' would be appropriate to get her. The worrying thing is that the one that keeps coming back to me is Thriller (Michael Jackson, not Lambchop unfortunately).

So, any suggestions from the parish?

NealT