Mike Chambers

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Whats in your headphones?

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Sorry for the lack of posts lately. News has been slow, and I have been swamped (once again) with work (can you say DRK 4?).

Anyways, I have been doing a lot of programing and writing lately, which means that I have had a chance to listen to a lot of music. So, I am curious what the Flash community listens to when they are swamped with work and have Flash open 24/7.

So, what is playing in your headphones (or iPod, or 8-track, etc…). I have been listening to a lot of Chemical Brothers and Crystal Method lately (see bottom right).

Written by mikechambers

June 10th, 2003 at 10:15 pm

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  1. Current albums in heavy rotation:

    1. Liz Phair – Exile in Guyville
    2. Beatles – Abbey Road
    3. Velvet Underground – Best Of
    4. Mozart – Symphonies 40 & 41
    5. Rolling Stones – Exile on Main Street
    6. Van Halen – Fair Warning
    7. Smashing Pumpkins – Siamese Dream

    Charlie

    10 Jun 03 at 10:49 pm

  2. Depends on the type of work I’m doing. If I’m doing more design centric code (html/css/whatever) I can listen to lyrics but if I’m writing out logical code (cf/asp/actionscript/whatever) I cannot have any lyrics to distract me so I’ll either listen to jazz, classical or hard core electronica (usually uk/nu breaks). So… drk 4 eh…? :) Tell us more!!!!

    Brian

    10 Jun 03 at 11:36 pm

  3. Winamp is currently popping:
    Coldplay (all and sundry)
    Interpol – Turn on the bright lights
    The Eels – Shootenanny
    Mick Thomas and the Sure Thing – (all of their work!)
    Radiohead (all and sundry)
    Massive Attack (all but the last album – $30 I won’t get back!)
    Weddings Parties Anything – (everything! Great for a mental enema! Coding blocks no more!)

    Brendan

    Brendan

    10 Jun 03 at 11:36 pm

  4. Moby ( his music is an inspiration for me)
    Sting ( this guy is incredible)

    Javier

    10 Jun 03 at 11:44 pm

  5. Matrix Reloaded Soundtrack

    Hybrid Remix of Crystal Method – Track 8 on Community Service

    BT – Madskillz

    Dave Seamen – Deep Dish Style

    Basement Jaxx – Red Alert (Club Mix)

    Paul Oakenfold – Get Em Up

    Linkin Park

    DJ Morgan – Versus

    Diesal Boy

    Bad Boy Bill – Bangin’ in London

    DJ Dan – That Zipper Track

    Ludacris – Move Bitch

    Any Essential Mix I can get

    Lil Jon & The Eastside Boyz – Get Low

    Kidney Thieves – Zerospace ( JesterXL Breakout Mix ) [shameless plug]
    …and any rave/dance/house/breaks I can get my hands on digitally.

    JesterXL

    10 Jun 03 at 11:50 pm

  6. >Interpol – Turn on the bright lights

    Brendan, what do you think of interpol. I have been hearing a lot about them lately, but havent had a chance to check them out.

    Btw, since it is late, no more chemical brothers for me. I am listening to Pylon – Hits right now (old school Athens GA).

    mike chambers

    mesh@macromedia.com

    mike chambers

    11 Jun 03 at 12:17 am

  7. -Stevie Ray vaughan
    -Journey (Greatest hits)
    -Sting (everthing)
    -Jason Mraz (new guy with interesting sound)
    -Young MC (before ’95)
    -Earth Wind & Fire (Millennium)
    -Propellerheads

    Its been an eclectic week music-wise.

    Troy

    11 Jun 03 at 12:59 am

  8. Amon Tobin-Permutation
    Kruder and Dorfmeister-DJ Kicks
    Nightmares on wax
    a bunch of Eighteenth Street Lounge albums
    Air
    Marvin Gaye
    John Digweed
    Harry Nielson-The Point
    King Kooba-Indian Summer

    eestes

    11 Jun 03 at 1:11 am

  9. Peer Gynt
    Academic Festival
    Tragic Overture
    Capriccio Italien
    Die Moldau

    Anonymous

    11 Jun 03 at 1:36 am

  10. it’s interesting, i was going to do a “what’s in your cd player” log the other day, forgot about it and mikec beats me to it :(.. oh well…i’m playing all sorts… chaquico/najee/hardcastle/koz/warren hill/anita baker but also the ocassional nas/eminem etc… and oh! jr kelly’s love so nice (reggae)… luther’s dance w/ my father is actually cool… ‘been playing it all day

    eokyere

    11 Jun 03 at 1:38 am

  11. all flavours of drums ‘n bass… old school reggae (peter tosh)… sometimes some blues…. actually depends on the mooth…

    Dwark

    11 Jun 03 at 3:10 am

  12. jay~ 龙å?·é£Ž
    Foo Fighters – Times Like These
    Linkin Park – Somewhere I Belong
    Radiohead – There There
    Revis – Caught In The Rain
    Matsuzawa Yumi–Chikyuugi
    Michael Jackson–Scream
    Staind – Price To Play
    Sum 41 – The Hell Song
    That’s why
    Trapt – Headstrong

    Danger

    11 Jun 03 at 3:53 am

  13. it’s interesting: I noticed that you have chemicals surrender in your list, I just had that on last night.

    today its been: new order, suede, momus, morrissey, manic street preachers, and rather oldly (as I havent listened to it for five years) menswear.

    david doull

    11 Jun 03 at 3:54 am

  14. Everything But The Girl
    Propellerheads – Decksandrumsandrockandroll
    Ryuichi Sakamoto
    Peter Frampton – Frampton Comes Alive!
    Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra

    Andrew Muller

    11 Jun 03 at 4:05 am

  15. R̦yksop РMedlody AM
    Lemon Jelly – Lost Horizons
    Anything Hedkani (one rockin’ label)

    pete

    11 Jun 03 at 4:26 am

  16. Pop/Rock :
    - Radiohead “Hail To The Thief” (must buy today…)
    - The White Stripes “Elephant”
    - A tribute to Pavement
    - Calexico “Feast of Wire”

    Electro/Downtempo :
    - Pest “Necessary measures” (latest Ninja Tune artist)
    - RJD2 “The Horror”
    - Aim “Starts on 33″
    - Jazzanova “Playlist”
    - Tosca “Delhi9″

    If you like the above groups, you might try : http://www.benorama.com/music/ (good connection required)

    benorama

    11 Jun 03 at 4:48 am

  17. T. Rex
    Peter Gabriel (“Up”)

    D

    11 Jun 03 at 8:37 am

  18. prefuse73 – one word extinguisher
    (even better than his 1st “vocal studies + uprock narrative”)
    amon tobin – out from out where (phenomenal)
    tiga – dj kicks (catchy)

    frédéric dénommé

    11 Jun 03 at 10:27 am

  19. tunes that get my code flowin’:

    - propellerheads: decks, drums & rock n roll
    - jeff beck: who else
    - groove armada: goodbye country
    - eat static: abduction
    - bt: movement in still life
    - soul coughing: ruby vroom (!!!)

    andy makely

    11 Jun 03 at 10:45 am

  20. If I have a lot of “production” work or touch ups, usually Metallica. Especially the new St. Anger CD. If I need to really concentrate, then I will wear my headphones, with no music, so people will be less likely to bother me…

    Todd Patrick

    11 Jun 03 at 11:41 am

  21. 1. Underworld
    2. Chemcal Brothers
    3. Bjork
    4. Dave Mathews
    5. Telepopmusik
    6. Thievery Corporation
    7. William Orbit
    8. Leon Fleisher Brahms Piano Concerto

    Chafic Kazoun

    11 Jun 03 at 12:03 pm

  22. alphabetically:

    1. appleseed cast
    2. azure ray
    3. beachwood sparks
    4. beck (sea change and mutations only)
    5. before braille
    6. ben kweller
    7. bjork
    8. boy’s life
    9. braid
    10. canyon
    11. coldplay
    12. death cab for cutie
    13. denali
    14. the faint
    15. faraquet
    16. finechina
    17. the flaming lips
    18. foo fighters
    19. fugazi
    20. ghost and vodka
    21. half visconte
    22. harry connick jr.
    23. the hives
    24. hot snakes
    25. iron and wine
    26. jejune
    27. jimmy eat world
    28. joan of arc
    29. johnny cash
    30. lazycain
    31. lifter puller
    32. mayday
    33. mercury program
    34. mineral
    35. mock orange
    36. nada surf
    37. owen
    38. the owls
    39. pinback
    40. the postal service (favorite)
    41. the promise ring
    42. radiohead
    43. rilo kiley
    44. the shins
    45. sigur ros
    46. simon and garfunkel
    47. sparta
    48. spoon
    49. the strokes
    50. ugly casanova
    51. the velvet teen
    52. wilco

    Brandon

    11 Jun 03 at 12:14 pm

  23. By the way, there is plenty of great mixes on http://www.betalounge.com.

    Some of my favorites :
    - Alternative mix by Groove Armada (fantastic!),
    - Rainer Truby [Compost Records] (I love this german sound),
    - DJ Badmarsh,
    - Jazzanova mix,
    - RJD2 live,
    - Mark Rae, AIM,
    - Mr. Scruff [Ninja Tune],
    - DJ Krush live in Rochester NY,
    … etc (so many!!!)

    To access those mixes, click on Past Shows.

    I love Beta Lounge… ;)

    benorama

    11 Jun 03 at 12:29 pm

  24. For heavily caffeinated rushes of coding and general intensity:

    1) Dropkick Murphys
    2) Flogging Molly
    3) The Cuffs
    4) Slayer
    5) Shadows Fall
    6) Decapitated
    7) The Ducky Boys
    8) Agnostic Front
    9) The Mighty Mighty Bosstones
    10) Minor Threat

    And for more serene, late night introspection trips and the like:

    1) John Coltrane
    2) The Derek Trucks Band
    3) Wes Montgomery
    4) The Specials
    5) Bad Manners
    6) Portishead
    7) Jets To Brazil
    8) Jawbreaker
    9) Mahavishnu Orchestra
    10) Return To Forever/Chick Corea

    Scott

    11 Jun 03 at 1:06 pm

  25. “Learn Japanese” on CD.

    John Giotta

    11 Jun 03 at 5:25 pm

  26. I got this really long “song” which basically says whole day long “breath in….breath out…”

    Keeps me going! :-)

    Frank

    11 Jun 03 at 5:33 pm

  27. I find Groove Salad from SomaFM.com is the most inspirational when doing most of my web work, whether its designing graphics or developing flash apps – usually late late at night when all the goons in my neighborhood have long gone to bed. If not SomaFM then… (not in any order)

    Moby (but I had to put this guy at the top)
    Groove Armada
    Blue States
    A Reminiscent Drive
    U2
    Matthew Good Band
    ColdPlay
    The Strokes
    Simon & Garfunkel
    ATB
    Paul Oakenfold
    and yes the Corrs.

    Support internet radio!!! Check out SomaFM.com (Broadcasting Live from San Francisco!)

    Anthony

    13 Jun 03 at 1:01 am

  28. Oh no! Not the Corrs!

    I’ve just rediscovered all my old Talking Heads CDs – grrrrreat! Can’t believe some of them are 18 years old!!!

    Kudos to whoever can tell me which song these lyrics belong to:

    “Heard of a van that is loaded with weapons, packed up and ready to go. Heard of some gravesites, out by the highway, a place where nobody knows…”

    Or:

    “Who took the money? Who took the money away?”

    Ace!

    James

    13 Jun 03 at 5:04 am

  29. presently i’ve been hauling around source direct, eat static, sasha (airdrawndagger), aisha kandisha’s jarring effects, photek, monkey mafia, we (as is), and shania twain (come on over). but it’s tuesday, which means i’ve had these cds with me for over a week. so i’ll be rotating them out.

    for me it makes no difference. i just want something that gets me “movin” while i code.

    mosquito

    17 Jun 03 at 7:20 am

  30. “loaded with weapons”
    Life during wartime of course!
    “the money”
    I’ve got a girlfreind who’s better than that…
    Great band!

    I usually listen to morrissey, pogues, macy gray, dmb, old punk, leonard cohen etc – recently zydeco, gomez, coldplay. But I really like finding a gem of a song..

    Here are some of the less obvious songs I really like, for the mp3 hunter in you:

    Manatsu no Kajitsu – southern all stars
    Linda Linda – Bluehearts (jpn band too, best wild rock song ever, period).
    ‘Cept You and Me Babe – Greg Brown
    // hmm hard to find
    // Jambalaya (French) – Zachary Richard
    // debreuil.com/temp/jambalaya.mp3
    Still Ill – Barenaked Ladies cover
    all apologies – sinead o’connor cover
    Give my love to Rose – Bruce cover of old johnny cash tune
    A Rainy Night In Soho – Nick cave cover
    Pas Assez De Toi – mano negra
    Paris La Nuit – mano negra (great band)
    Janie Jones – Bush cover (!)
    The Tennessee Waltz – Holly Cole Trio
    Fatboy slim – praise you
    Hallelujah – Jeff Buckley cover
    Hold On – Tom Waits
    Living In A World Without Her – pouges
    Cleveland – Jewel
    China – Greg Brown

    any gems?

    Robin Debreuil

    26 Jun 03 at 3:09 am

  31. “Love Supreme” John Coltrane
    “Power of Moonlight” Tiger Army
    “Just a Point of View” Rivets
    “Inestructable” Rancid
    “Raw Power” Iggy & The Stooges
    “How do you sleep?” Varukers
    “Sketches of Spain” Miles Davis
    “I walk the line” Johnny Cash

    La Rocque

    27 Aug 03 at 2:38 pm

  32. The new Kraftwerk!

    Vera

    27 Aug 03 at 8:57 pm

  33. Zero 7 – Simple Things
    Air – Moon Safari
    Thievery Corporation – *

    Juztyn

    8 Sep 03 at 4:01 am

  34. upojenie – ana maria jopek & friends
    Noa – Noa
    one quite night – pat metheny
    my song – keith jarrett
    speaking of now – pat metheny group
    i can see your house from here – john scofiled & pat metheny
    anything with Sting on it
    hot house – bruce hornsby
    song of the sun – jim beard

    j.sumner

    18 Sep 03 at 1:24 pm

  35. Fun Lovin’ Criminals and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers today, finishing up with Beck and U2.

    Just noticed the Verve in your list. Didn’t realise they made it into the States. They formed (and played their first gig) at the 6th form college (16-18) that I went to, albeit a few years previous…

    Peter Hall

    20 Sep 03 at 8:30 pm

  36. Napalm Death
    LTJ Bukem
    Miles Davis
    Spacemen 3
    Palestrina
    Sigur Ros
    Zen Guerilla
    Ugly Duckling
    Debussy

    Eclectic? Does the Pope wear a funny hat?

    Andrew F

    24 Sep 03 at 3:58 am

  37. After Forever
    Nightwish
    Tristania
    The Sins of thy beloved
    Lacuna Coil
    Elio e le storie tese
    Trail of tears
    Flowing Tears
    Iron Maiden

    Alessandro

    29 Sep 03 at 9:06 am

  38. janes addiction – old stuff
    ween
    supersuckers
    frank black
    pixies
    beastie boys
    radiohead

    brandon ellis

    1 Oct 03 at 5:15 pm

  39. Nine Inch Nails – Closer

    Something about that song really gets me going… I start building some crazy ish when that song comes on…

    Justin

    18 Oct 03 at 2:36 pm

  40. ColdPlay

    Dominick

    13 Nov 03 at 10:04 am

  41. 1. Kidney Thieves
    2. Teamsleep
    3. Placebo
    4. Pixies
    5. Counting Crows
    6. Wan Santo Condo
    7. Metric
    8. Controller.Controller
    9. Bjork
    10. Esthero
    11. Portishead
    12. Sneaker Pimps
    13. Chevelle
    14. Queen
    15. DFA 1979
    16. M.I.A
    17. Garbage
    18. Elton John

    Sleepy

    4 Oct 05 at 7:55 am

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