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01 September 2006

Guess The MetaChatter! (based on a playlist)
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Sparked by What's In Your Shuffle, I give you the first anonymous playlist:

The London Suede - "Sleeping Pills"
OK-Go - "Television, Television"
Roky Erickson - "Don't Shake Me Lucifer"
Moby - "Hymn (This Is My Dream)"
Alice Cooper - "Teenage Lament '74"
Devo - "Jocko Homo"
Akron/Family - "Point of Corey"
of Montreal - "Montreal"
Lambchop - "bon soir, bon soir"
Guided by Voices - "Everywhere With Helicopter"

Hint: This MetaChat member lives somewhere in North America, and has at least one vowel in their username.

post by: cmonkey at: 13:36 | 54 comments

BoPo!

posted by richat 01 September | 13:42

Given the playlist, I would vote for a MetaChat member somewhere inbetween San Fran and Colorado :P

posted by funmonkey1 01 September | 13:45

Damn, other than the Lambchop song I would guess that that's my playlist!

posted by Slack-a-gogo 01 September | 13:53

i agree with richat.

posted by gaspode 01 September | 13:53

Yep, #1 was BoringPostcards. Good job, richat! The next one, brought to you by a MetaChatter who has a gmail account:

Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson - Night Life
The Rolling Stones - I Am Waiting
The Who - I'm Free
The Clash - Lover's Rock
Prince - Satisfied
Liz Phair - Help Me Mary
Chet Baker - But Not For Me
Delays - Long Time Coming
Ray Charles - You Win Again
The Lost Patrol Band - Can´t Stand The Quiet
Joe Strummer - Highway One Zero Street
Juliana Hatfield - No Answer
The Thrills - 'Til The Tide Creeps In

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 14:02

Is anyone going to hit up and spin the radio Mecha? Or does this thread hold no water?

posted by funmonkey1 01 September | 14:05

It's tough.

Could be mudpuppie (noted some willie nelson sometime back I think) or maybe thepinksuperhero (had Prince earlier).

More clues!

posted by safetyfork 01 September | 14:36

I think mudp too.

posted by iconomy 01 September | 14:46

*makes a sound like a great big buzzer*

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 14:47

Nope, not mudpuppie. The MetaChatter's username is less than 10 characters long.

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 14:47

Forget the math, man, give us a real clue!

Will guess: essexjan - 9 characters long

The combo of old and new is throwing me. Plus I can legitimately claim to not having heard 4 of these artists.

posted by safetyfork 01 September | 14:51

See what I mean about math! I wish I was that clever.

posted by safetyfork 01 September | 14:53

I guess Richat.

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 14:56

It is, indeed, richat. Woo, mudpuppie!

Next up:

Nirvana - Dumb
The Chills - Male Monster from the Id
The Cars - Good Times Roll
Metallica - Trapped Under Ice
The Jesus Lizard - Tight n Shiny
Talking Heads - Take me to the River
Interpol - Roland
The Clean - End of My Dream
Split Enz - Message to my Girl
The Breeders - No Aloha

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 15:02

Woo me!

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 15:04

Gaspode?

posted by safetyfork 01 September | 15:11

And here I thought I was being enigmatic. Damn.

posted by richat 01 September | 15:12

Are you getting these from last.fm?

posted by matildaben 01 September | 15:12

No, people are emailing them to me, matildaben.

Yes, safetyfork, that one is gaspode! It's interesting how quickly people are able to get these without many clues.

The next one:

Lightning Bolt - "Crown Of Storms"
Sleater-Kinney - "What's Mine Is Yours"
Elvis Costello & The Attractions - "Pump It Up"
Tapes 'n Tapes - "Jakov's Suite"
Bauhaus - "Party Of The First Part"
The Breeders - "Happiness Is A Warm Gun"
400 Blows - "Mortar And Pestle"
The Ex - "Dog Tree"
Polvo - "Street Knowledge"
7 Seconds - "Still Believe"

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 15:14

Slack-a-gogo?

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 15:18

Nope, not Slack-a-gogo.

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 15:22

Maybe weretable? Or MGL, though she didn't post in the other thread, I can see her liking some of this stuff.

posted by richat 01 September | 15:22

7 Seconds, though? Maybe seanyboy?

posted by box 01 September | 15:24

It didn't help that mine had TWO artists in common with the list I'd just posted publicly! :) I guessed gaspode (just now, reading the thread) for the same reason. I didn't get richat.

Is this most recent one Eidetaker?

posted by BoringPostcards 01 September | 15:26

Woo... for me, Gaspode's give away was the Jesus Lizard, but it really was a sense of the overall list, too.

posted by safetyfork 01 September | 15:32

No, that last one can't be Eidetaker...I've actually heard of almost all of those artists!

posted by richat 01 September | 15:33

No, not Eideteker, seanyboy, weretable, or MGL. This MetaChatter lives (I believe) in NYC.

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 15:35

is it brujita?

posted by Hellbient 01 September | 15:40

Ooh, good possibility, hellbient. I've only been able to think of people who it probably isn't (you included).

posted by box 01 September | 15:44

the Lightning Bolt is throwing me there, though.

posted by Hellbient 01 September | 15:47

Wino?

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 15:58

dame?

posted by box 01 September | 16:02

No, none of the above so far. Part of their username is also part of the title of a hit single from the 1980s.

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 16:05

Do we have a Gloria? I can't think of a Gloria. What about a Mickey?

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 16:16

safetyfork!

posted by Hellbient 01 September | 16:16

Hellbient is correct!

Kinks -- Moving Pictures
Michelle Shocked -- Jump Jim Crow
The Mountain Goats -- Slow West Vultures
Nanci Griffith -- Night Rider's Lament
Continental Drifters -- Peaceful Walking
The Rice Brothers -- Grapes on the Vine
Tom Waits -- Another Man's Vine
Southern Culture on the Skids -- Drunk and Lonesome Again
Steve Earle -- Wherever I Go
Rolling Stones -- Beast of Burden

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 16:22

mgl.

posted by box 01 September | 16:29

Or maybe mudpuppie? Or Miko?

posted by box 01 September | 16:31

My guess is mudpuppie

posted by Slack-a-gogo 01 September | 16:39

first guess: miko. second: mudpuppie.

posted by Hellbient 01 September | 16:39

I would have guessed MGL, too, but yes, it's really mudpuppie.

This one's a bit tougher, I think:

Gato Negro - Overstandin' Dub
The Budos Band - Ghost Walk
Fat Jon the Ample Soul Physician - Depths
The JB's - Control
Marvin Gaye - Come Get To This
Ella Fitzgerald - You've Got What Gets Me
Cedric Brooks - Elehreh
Newcleus - Jam On Revenge
Roland Kirk - Dirty Money Blues
Clipse - Grindin'

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 16:48

I think that one's you, cmonkey.

posted by mudpuppie 01 September | 17:01

No, I haven't snuck my shuffle list in yet :)

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 17:06

I have no clue. I'll guess box.

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 01 September | 17:19

I hope I won't ruin cmonkey's fun when I say that, yep, it's me.

posted by box 01 September | 17:44

Another tough one (no, it's not me)!

"River To Bank" - Black Beard
"More Cigarettes" - The Replacements
"Police And Thieves" - Junior Murvin
"Gentleman" - Fela Kuti
"Beirut" - The Rootsman vs. Muslimgauze
"Soul Sauce" - Cal Tjader
"Dub Will Tear Us Apart" - Jah Division
"The Peak" - Alec Empire
"Mustapha Dance" - The Clash
"Pagan Fears" - Mayhem
"unter der fahne" - Mezzerschmitt
"Slush Spell" - JunkWise
"Paid in full" - Eric B and Rakim
"St. Elmo's Fire" - Brian Eno
"In Between Days" - The Cure
"Then He Kissed Me" - The Crystals
"Purple" - Mike Ink

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 18:02

jah division? now this i have to hear...

and... is that mayhem as in "lead singer murdered by drummer of rival norwegian death metal band and replaced by atilla csihar" mayhem? cooooooool!

whoever this is needs to share his/her "my music" folder on slsk. :)

posted by syntax 01 September | 18:23

hellbient

posted by weretable and the undead chairs 01 September | 19:04

damn, I had to leave just after this thread started. I guessed richat immediately reading through. And mudpup (the Steve Earle did it for me). Wouldn't have guessed box (I was leaning towards Miko for some reason). And the final one I have to agree with weretable: hellbient.

man, I wish we'd started this sooner... fun!

posted by gaspode 01 September | 19:24

Yes, it was hellbient. Jeez, you guys are good.

SPECIAL OMNIBUS EDITION:

User A
Weak - Skunk Anansie
Fast Way - Letters to Cleo
Substitute - The Sex Pistols
In Places, Empty Spaces - The Most Serene Republic
Midnight Sun GMS Remix - Alien Project
Anytime at All - The Beatles
Crimson and Clover - Joan Jett
My Heroics, Part One - Absynthe Minded
Et Vous - Amelia
Our Nature -Yuppie Flu

User B
the Redwalls - Colorful Revolution
Nightmare of You - the Days Go By Oh So Slow
Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
the Electric Prunes - I Had Too Much To Dream Last Night
the Shazam - Sunshine Tonight
Jerry Reed - Guitar Man
ELO - Evil Woman
Neil Young - Hey Hey, My My
the Three O'Clock - Jet Fighter
XTC - the Disappointed

posted by cmonkey 01 September | 20:03

Dang, I totally could've gotten hellbient. Admittedly, though, that's partly because I know it's not me.

Those last two are hard.

posted by box 01 September | 22:52

I don't get this at all.

posted by brujita 01 September | 23:31

Is the second one weretable?

posted by box 01 September | 23:43

Hints:

User A lives in a southern US state. User B's username starts with an 's'.

posted by cmonkey 02 September | 13:28

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