These are a few of my favorite things...

[brkndwnbus]

Oh nice. I missed the National when they played this two day festival in San Francisco I went to. I went for day one which was LCD Soundsystem, Deadmau5, Miike Snow, Die Antword, etc but day two was Belle and Sebastian, The National, Zoey Descenel's She and Him, etc. But pretty much I adore any band who admits having a Joy Division influence. Sadly I have a hard time getting any of my friends into "indie" sort of music.

I'd like to see She & Him sometime. I've seen M.Ward a ton during the past 10 years, and have seen him perform She & Him songs solo, but never with Zooey.

 

[beaker]

Brkndwnbus: What other bands could you recommend, either major/indie or super underground? Pretty much I love shoegazer, Joy Division/Suede/Suicide/Roxy Music/Velvet Underground/Smiths influenced bands, some indie folk stuff, anything like MGMT/Empire of the Sun/Foster the People/Phoenix, Florence and the Machine, Phantogram, and any band with a Talking Heads influence.

 

[brkndwnbus]

Brkndwnbus: What other bands could you recommend, either major/indie or super underground? Pretty much I love shoegazer, Joy Division/Suede/Suicide/Roxy Music/Velvet Underground/Smiths influenced bands, some indie folk stuff, anything like MGMT/Empire of the Sun/Foster the People/Phoenix, Florence and the Machine, Phantogram, and any band with a Talking Heads influence.

To throw in some more to my faves list: Frightened Rabbit, Wilco, Wolfe Parade, Whiskeytown, Cursive, Thrice, The Swell Season, The Stills, Stars, The Slip, The Shins, Say Hi, Red House Painters, Rilo Kiley, Ray LaMontagne, The New Pornographers, The Postal Service, All-Time Quarterback, Pavement, The Felice Brothers.

My top 5 or so though: Justin Townes Earle, Ryan Adams (Ryan Adams and the Cardinals, Whiskeytown - and the many other names he has been a part of solo or with a band), Ryan Bingham and the Dead Horses, Spoon, My Morning Jacket, Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band), and M. Ward. I'll throw Monsters of Folk in there (M. Ward, Jim James (or Yim Yames as he goes by in the band, but the lead singer from My Morning Jacket regardless) and Oberst and Mike Mogis of Bright Eyes). I saw them back in 2002 when they called the tour the Monsters of Folk and performed a night of acoustic songs where they'd all play together and solo, no breaks between sets- 3 straight hours of music. Then they recorded an album of new material - it's OK.

With that top faves list, it's heavy, though not all (Spoon), on indie folk kind of stuff, or alt-country if you will.

A lot of the bands you listed I am not too familiar with, so I will need to check them out.

 

[beaker]

Aw ok, big list! Sadly haven't heard much of any of those...though I've heard of wilco and 90's "alt country" type stuff.

Yeah I guess a lot of the stuff I been into the last couple years could be considered indie dance music with a lot of the obvious catchy hooks and stuff.

 

[ilovemusic]

Oh, this is LOL.

Favourite Tv-Shows
The muppet show
Fraggle rock
Magnum, PI
The partridge family
Mork 'n Mindy
Happy Days
Unser Sandmänchenn (That's one from my very early years, but I still love it so much. It's so cute and innocent.)

Favourite books
The whole Artemis Fowl series
The hunger games
Devil's Kiss (YAY for dark fantasy!)
De poort naar 2221
Marked & Betrayed
Wings & Spells
Gold

Favourite songs
Can You Picture That ~Electric Mayhem
Now's the time~ Charlie Parker
Back in love again ~LTD
Bohemian Rhapsody ~ Queen
Lullaby of Birdland ~George Shearing

And lots, lots and lots more! Sad enough I ain't got more time. I hope to finish this soon.

 

[JaniceFerSure]

Favorite Band: Pink Floyd, Air Supply, The Monkees, The Beatles
Favorite Type of Music: Classic Rock, Oldies, Easy Listening, Pop Rock
Favorite TV Actors: Alan Alda, Valerie Harper, Mary Tyler Moore, Scott Bakula
Favorite Shows: M*A*S*H, The Cosby Show, Columbo, CSI, House M.D., The Muppet Show
Favorite Actors: Jack Lemmon, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, Robert DeNero, Al Pacino, Jason Robards Jr., Kevin Spacey
Favorite Movies: The Wizard of Oz, The Godfather I & II, The Deer Hunter, Go, The Breakfast Club, Some Like It Hot, Casablanca, Freaks, It's a Mad...World, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Rear Window, It's a Wonderful Life
Favorite Cartoon Characters: Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Betty Boop
Favorite Cartoon: Waikiki Wabbit, The Henpecked Duck, Duck Amuck, Duck Rabbit Duck, Wholly Smoke, Bottles, Hillbilly Hare
Favorite Classic Arcade Game: Tempest, Galaxian
Favorite Books: The Green Mile, Dune Series, Series of Unfortunate Events, Harry Potter Series, The Godfather, X-Men 2, Mort, Goldie Hawn's memoir, Darkness
Favorite Ice Cream Flavors: Vanilla, Chocolate, Half-Baked, Dublin Mudslide
Top Five Muppet Songs: Rainbow Connection, I Hope That Something Better Comes Along, Why Can't We Be Friends, Turn the World Around, I'm Looking Through You
Favorite Famous Cows: Elsie, Bessie
Favorite Basketball Team: Boston Red Sox
Favorite Football Team: Steelers, Raiders, Eagles, Jets
Favorite Candy: M & Ms, Milky Way Bar, Three Musketeers Bar, Milk Duds, Smartees, Hershey's Chocolate, Twix Bar, Rolo
Favorite Actress: Meryl Streep, Shirley Maclaine, Katherine Hepburn
Favorite Plays: Hair, Sweeney Todd, Jesus Christ Superstar
Favorite Pizza Topping: Pepperoni, Sausage, Mushroom
Favorite Author: Stephen King, John Saul
Favorite Director: Milos Foreman, Mel Brooks, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, Steven Spielberg, Ron Howard
Favorite Homemade Baked Goods: Biscotti, cake, brownies
Favorite Songs: I Am Woman, Bein' Green, Imagine, I am the Walrus, Leave It, Hotel California, Renegade, American Pie, The Pretender, Origin of Love, Angry Young Man, Us and Them, Comfortably Numb, Bohemian Rhapsody, Theme from MASH, Amazing Grace
Favorite Video Game: Chopper Command
Favorite Thing to Do Whilst I'm Bored: Read, work puzzles, play on Fleck
Favorite Food: Pizza, Albacore Tuna with mayo, cheese steak subs
Favorite Drink: cola, coffee, water, hot chocolate, tea
Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Burger King, McDonald's, Wendy's
Favorite Muppet: Dr. Teeth
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Frosted Flakes, Rice Krispies
Favorite Writers: Stephen King, John Saul, J. K. Rowling
Favorite Artists: Pablo Piccasso, Monet, Rembrandt
Favorite Photographers: Ansel Adams
Favorite Anime: Spirited Away
Favorite Composers: John Lennon, Mozart, Beethoven, Bach
Favorite Muppeteer: Frank Oz, Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Jim Henson
Favorite Legs: ...
Favorite Arms: Nic Cage, Hugh Jackman
Favorite Comedy Movie: Airplane
Favorite Romance Movie: Splash, Electric Dreams
Favorite Kung Fu Movie: Enter the Dragon
Favorite Muppet Movies: The Muppet Movie, The Great Muppet Caper, Labyrinth, Dark Crystal
Favorite Animated Movies: Toy Story, Spirited Away, Toy Story 2, The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, Aristocats, 101 Dalmations
Favorite Musical Movie: Jesus Christ Superstar, Fiddler on the Roof, Hair, The Wizard of Oz, Flower Drum Song, Tommy, South Pacific, Sweeney Todd
Favorite Parody Movie: Airplane, Dracula: Dead and Loving It
Favorite Sci Fi Movie: E.T., Close Encounters of the Third Kind
Favorite Epic Drama Movie: The Godfather I & II, Lawrence of Arabia
Favorite Drama Movie: Casablanca
Favorite Foreign Movie: Raise the Red Lantern, Pan's Labyrinth
Favorite Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Movie: Poltergeist, The Exorcist
Favorite Adventure Movie: Raiders of the Lost Ark
Favorite Thriller/Mystery/Suspence: Rear Window, Strangers on a Train
Favorite Webcomic: N/A
Favorite Type of Cheese: mozzarella, provolone, yellow chedder
Favorite Type of Sandwich: albacore tuna with mayo, lettuce on wheat bread
Favorite Muppet Skits: At the Dance, Koobaine interviews, The Great Gonzo
Favorite Scooby-Doo Voice: Don Messick
Favorite Comic Strips: Calvin and Hobbes, Peanuts, Non-Sequitur,
Favorite Comedian: Goldie Hawn
Favorite Canadian TV: SCTV
Favorite Canadian Music: Alanis Morrissette
Favorite Thing to Collect: Books
Favorite Color: Turquoise, Lavender, Violet
Favorite Sesame Street Muppet: Ernie, Bert, Grover, Big Bird, Oscar
Favorite Henson Characters: Kermit, Dr. Teeth, Swedish Chef
Favorite Dark Crystal Characters: Kyra, Jen, Chamberlain
Favorite Labyrinth Characters: Four Guards, Worm, Junk Lady, Hoggle
Favorite Muppet TV Special: The Frog Prince
Favorite Animal: Cheetah
Favorite Disney Movies: The Jungle Book, The Parent Trap(original), Robin Hood, Aladdin, Aristocats, 101 Dalmations, Toy Story, Mary Poppins, Oliver
Favorite Muppet Show Episodes: Vincent Price, Alice Cooper, Linda Ronstadt, Leo Sayer, Steve Martin, Sandy Duncan, Shirley Bassey, Star Wars/Mark Hamill, Dom DeLuise, Candace Bergen, Senor Wences
Favorite Comic Books/Manga: Archie
Favorite Disney Characters: Cruella De Vil, Mary Poppins
Favorite Disney Villains: Cruella De Vil, Jafar, Ursula, King John
Favorite Disney Princesses: Princess Aurora, Belle, Jasmine
Favorite Disney Parks: Disney World, Hollywood Studios, Epcot Center, Animal Kingdom
Favorite Disney Attractions: Journey Into Imagination(original), Honey..I Shrunk The Audience, Tower of Terror, Haunted Mansion, Country Bear Jamboree, Kyoto Drums in Epcot's Japan, WDW and Epcot's Firework Display, Big Thunder Mountain, Splash Mountain
Favorite Mythical Creatures: Cerberus, phoenix, pegasus, unicorns, mermaids
Favorite Pixar Movies: A Bug's Life, Monsters Inc., Toy Story I & II
Favorite Characters On Anything: Aliens in the Alien movie series
Favorite Fraggles: Mokey, Red, Boober, Gobo, Convincing John, Cantus
Favorite Past-time: Reading, working puzzles
Favorite Hobbies: playing on the computer, reading, working puzzles, making dreamcatchers, cross-stitching, needle-point, latch-hook
Favorite Looney Toon: Bugs Bunny, Daffy, Foghorn Leghorn, Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote
Favorite Super Mario Villain: none
Favorite pillowcase brand: none
Favorite Takeout: China Moon, Subway
Favorite Flower: White Orchid, Lilies, Red Rose, Lotus
Favorite seasonal temperature: 72 degrees Fahrenheit
Favorite Suspense/Thriller Movie: Saw IV
Favorite stop-motion movie: Nightmare Before Xmas

 

[Ozymandias]

Favorite Band: RED (my favorite rock band), Skillet, Switchfoot, Florence + the Machine (as much as I don't like some of her subject matter in her music videos, she's an insanely talented singer), Thousand Foot Krutch (Canadians represent!), Mutemath, Coldplay, She, and the list goes on and on my friends!
Favorite Type of Music: I like all sorts of music (literally, about 20% of the music from my Ipod comes from various soundtracks, and 10% of it isn't even in English), but my favorite types have to be hard and soft rock and electronica/dance/techno.
Favorite TV Actors: Err, I don't watch much TV, so the only person who's coming to my mind right now is Masi Oka.
Favorite Shows: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Beast Wars, Mythbusters, Storage Wars, AFV and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Favorite Actors: Justin Bartha (Riley Poole FTW), Masi Oka (again) and any and all of the Muppeteers. That's about it.
Favorite Movies: The Prince of Egypt, Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (can any of you tell that I am a Ghibli fan yet? XD), Persepolis, Transformers, Iron Man, Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Star Trek (2009), National Treasure, The Day After Tomorrow, The Secret of Kells, Wall-E, 9 (as in by Shane Acker, not the musical), and the list goes on.
Favorite Cartoon Characters: Any of the main characters from Avatar: The Last Airbender, Raven from Teen Titans and Waspinator, Dinobot, Rattrap and Rhinox from Beast Wars.
Favorite Cartoon: Avatar: The Last Airbender (my favorite show of all time), Beast Wars, Axis Powers Hetalia and Cowboy Bebop. (See my avatar XD)

I'll finish the rest up later.

 

[Ozymandias]

...Y-you mean there's no editing button? *pouts*

Sorry for the double post guys, I can't seem to be able to edit my original post to add more stuff on it. Mods, is there some other way to do that?

Favorite Classic Arcade Game: Tetris
Favorite Books: Sooo many, but "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak and "House of the Scorpions" by Nancy Farmer are currently topping my list of favorite ficttion books.
Favorite Ice Cream Flavors: CHOCOLATE. Just no mint please, or I will gag.
Top Five Muppet Songs: I haven't watched enough oof the Muppets to be able to tell for sure, but as of now my favorite Muppet songs are Inchworms (because I grew up with my Mom singing it to me and my sister without realizing she got it from the Muppet Show, and when I saw Charles Aznavoir (Sp?) sing it on the Muppet Show for the first time I almost cried with happiness), the song Robin sings when he's halfway down the stairs, Being Green, The Rainbow Connection, and, of course, that song that Moreno and Animal perform in Episode 5 of Season 1 (because that was what got me back into the Muppets in the first place).
Favorite Famous Cows: ... I have no idea.
Favorite Basketball Team: Toronto Maple Leafs
Favorite Football Team: Have none.
Favorite Candy: Jolly Ranchers, Starbursts and Reisins
Favorite Actress: Anne Hathaway (can't think of any others at the moment)Favorite Plays: The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Macbeth, Hamlet, Sweeney Todd (or the bits I saw of it), Cats and Fiddler on the Roof.
Favorite Pizza Topping: Cheese, ham and pineapple.
Favorite Author: Markus Zusak, Terry Pratchett and Marjan Satrapi.
Favorite Director: Tim Burton, Shane Acker and Hayao Miyazaki
Favorite Homemade Baked Goods: Chocolate Chip Banana bread, pumpkin chololate chip cookies, and Dad's famous apple pie.

 

[Sgt Floyd]

...Y-you mean there's no editing button? *pouts*

Sorry for the double post guys, I can't seem to be able to edit my original post to add more stuff on it. Mods, is there some other way to do that?

There is an edit button, but it goes away after a set period of time. I don't think anyone knows why for sure. It SEEMS like the time limit is a few hours, but I dont pay that much attention to it. Of course, you can always PM The Count and he will usually edit your post for you.

Since I'm posting here...a condensed, edited list

Favorite Band: The Offspring, The Ramones, Bowling for Soup, Bad Religion, Foo Fighters
Favorite CD: Wasting Light-Foo Fighters, All Ages-Bad Religion (its rare you find a greatest hits album that is actually great),
Favorite Type of Music: Mostly NY and SoCal punk
Favorite Shows: Phineas and Ferb, The Powerpuff Girls, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Dirty Jobs, My Ghost Story/Celebrity Ghost Story, Monsters Inside Me, Rocko's Modern Life, Dan Vs, The Haunting Hour, Goosebumps, Doug, Fact or Faked, Destination Truth
Favorite Movies: Wayne's World, Rock N Roll High School, Idle Hands, The Lion King, Labyrinth, MTM, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Coraline, We're Back, Despicable Me, How to Train Your Dragon
Favorite Cartoon Characters: Buford (Phineas and Ferb), Courage, Rocko, Ace (Powerpuff Girls), Louie (We're Back), Dan and Mr. Mumbles (Dan Vs)
Favorite Classic Arcade Game: Centipede, Galaga, Missile Command, The Simpsons Arcade Game, Pole Position, Dig Dug
Favorite Books: The Maximum Ride series, the Odd Thomas series, Pet Sematary, Lord of the Flies, The Cather in the Rye, 1984
Favorite Ice Cream Flavors: Mint Chocolate Chip
Favorite Football Team: Philly Eagles
Favorite Baseball Team: Phillies
Favorite Candy: Milky Way, Laffy Taffy, Nerds, Generic dollar store peach rings, Twix, Chewy Sprees
Favorite Author: Stephen King, Dean Koontz
Favorite Director: Henry Selick
Favorite Video Game: Okami, Brutal Legend, Bioshock 2, Fur Fighters, Professor Layton...
Favorite Thing to Do Whilst I'm Bored: Draw, play video games, listen to music
Favorite Food: Rice, pickles, mac&cheese
Favorite Drink: Orange Juice, Milk
Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Wendys, Burger King
Favorite Muppet: Blind are we? *jabs username*
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Corn or Rice Chex, Honey Nut Cheerios, Rice Crispies. Pretty much anything WITHOUT frosting or loads of fruit flavored sugar or marshmallows
Favorite Comedy Movie: Wayne's World, Idol Hands
Favorite Muppet Movies: Muppets Take Manhattan
Favorite Animated Movies: The Lion King, We're Back
Favorite Horror/Sci Fi/Fantasy Movie: Horror...um...Rob Zombie's Halloween, Fantasy...Dragonheart or Labyrinth
Favorite Webcomic: Awkward Zombie
Favorite Type of Sandwich: An italian or turkey hoagie with extra oil, pickles, and no cheese or tomato
Favorite Comic Strips: Calvin and Hobbes
Favorite Thing to Collect: I used to collect watches. I want to start a hat collection though
Favorite Color: Teal
Favorite Sesame Street Muppet: Snuffy
Favorite Labyrinth Characters: Sir Didymus
Favorite Animal: Komodo Dragon, Crocks/Gators
Favorite Disney Movies: The Lion King
Favorite Muppet Show Episodes: Pearl Bailey, Elton John, Alice Cooper
Favorite Comic Books/Manga: Scott Pilgrim
Favorite Disney Villains: Well, movies, I'll say Scar. TV shows, Dr. Doofensmirtz
Favorite Mythical Creatures: Dragons, Werewolves
Favorite Pixar Movies: Up
Favorite Looney Toon: Wile E Coyote
Favorite Super Mario Villain: Dry bones
Favorite seasonal temperature: Anywhere from below freezing to in the 60s
Favorite stop-motion movie: TNBC, Coraline

 

[charlietheowl]

I'm spending my Friday night trying to start writing an essay I should have started earlier this week, so figured I'd work on this while I write. List slightly modified and abridged to suit myself.

Favorite Band: Big Star, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Earth Wind And Fire, Electric Light Orchestra, Fleetwood Mac, Funkadelic, Jefferson Airplane, Led Zeppelin, Outkast, Sly and the Family Stone, Steely Dan, Talking Heads, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Byrds, The Carpenters, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, The Who, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Wilco
Favorite CD: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Favorite Artist: Al Kooper, Billy Joel, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Cat Stevens, David Bowie, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Erykah Badu, Jay-Z, Jimi Hendrix, Joe Jackson, Kanye West, Laura Nyro, Lou Reed, Marvin Gaye, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Prince, Stevie Wonder, Todd Rundgren
Favorite Type of Music: Theoretically "classic rock", though I know that's a vague term nowadays. I like late 60s/early 70s singer-songwriters, mid-70s hard rock, and funk/soul.
Favorite Shows: The Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock, Regular Show, Seinfeld, The Price Is Right, Around The Horn, The Angry Beavers, SpongeBob SquarePants, Sanford And Son
Favorite Movies: Up, Ratatouille, How To Train Your Dragon, The Muppet Movie, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Caddyshack, A Hard Day's Night
Favorite Cartoon Characters: Mordecai, Rigby, the entire cast of Regular Show while I'm at it
Favorite Cartoon: see favorite TV shows
Favorite Books: the Rabbit series by John Updike, The Insanity Defense by Woody Allen, Angels and Insects by A.S. Byatt
Favorite Ice Cream Flavors: Cookies and cream/oreo
Top Muppet Songs: "The Rainbow Connection", "It's Not Easy Being Green", "There's A Promise", "Halfway Down The Stairs", the "Fraggle Rock" theme song
Favorite Basketball Team: the University of Connecticut Huskies (big NBA fan but don't really have a favorite team)
Favorite Baseball Team: the New York Yankees
Favorite Candy: Twix, Three Musketeers, Reese's Peanut Butter Cups
Favorite Plays: King Lear (haven't seen it live, but I'd kill to see a good rendition)
Favorite Places to Travel: Considering I really haven't been anywhere, I'll say Disney World. I'd love to go to Los Angeles someday.
Favorite Pizza Topping: Bacon.
Favorite Author: John Updike, Flannery O'Connor, Woody Allen, Richard Scarry
Favorite Homemade Baked Goods: My uncle's apple pie.
Favorite Songs: "Thirteen" by Big Star, "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Byrds, "Stand" by Sly and the Family Stone, "Gimme Shelter" by The Rolling Stones, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John, "Little Red Corvette" by Prince
Favorite Video Game: Don't play all that often, but I love the Madden games.
Favorite Thing to Do Whilst I'm Bored: Listen to music, attempt to write, wander aimlessly on the internet, bother my friends
Favorite Food: Shrimp/seafood (especially when served with pasta), and chocolate raspberry cake
Favorite Drink: Milk
Favorite Fast Food Restaurant: Subway
Favorite Muppet: Boober, Rowlf, Wembley, Sam the Eagle, Kermit, Sweetums, Mokey
Favorite Breakfast Cereal: Cinnamon Toast Crunch
Favorite Muppeteer: All of them.
Favorite Muppet Movies: The Muppet Movie
Favorite Type of Cheese: Cheddar
Favorite Type of Sandwich: BLT
Favorite Muppet Skits: All of them.
Favorite Comic Strips: Garfield, Peanuts, For Better or For Worse (UNTIL THEY KILLED OFF FARLEY), Calvin and Hobbes, The Far Side, Bloom County
Favorite Comedian: Jerry Seinfeld