Stand Up [Original recording remastered]

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Even as they began to fancy themselves as codpiece-wearing Elizabethan minstrels in the gallery, Jethro Tull was a blues-based hard-rock group, and an explosive one, at that. On Stand Up, they enjoy the best of both worlds, with lighter fare such as "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" and a jazzy instrumental take on J. S. Bach's "Bouree" mixing nicely with the blistering rock of "A New Day Yesterday," "Nothing Is Easy," and "For a Thousand Mothers." On Stand Up, the group's second album, you can hear the band, and the grand scheme behind it, begin to solidify. --Daniel Durchholz

Product Description
Digitally remastered reissue of 1969 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Living In The Past', 'Driving Song', 'Sweet Dream' & '17'.

Stand Up,Jethro Tull,Capitol,Album Rock,Blues-Rock,Hard Rock,Pop,Prog-Rock/Art Rock,Rock,Rock/Pop

Stand Up [Original recording remastered]

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I'm Gonna Fill Your Hoo Haa with Goof Juice!
I laughed, I cried, I bought some for friends! Funny times ten to the X.
His best stuff yet.
Extremely Funny
The Man Never Disappoints

Werewolves and Lollipops (W/DVD)
Patton Oswalt
Manufacturer: Sub Pop
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000RGSOM8
Release Date: 2007-07-10

Tracks:

Here We Go
America Has Spoken
Beautiful People And A Bridge Troll
Clean Filth
Miracle Of Childbirth, The
You Are Allowed 20 Birthday Parties
Dukes Of Hazzard, The
Alternate Earth
Best Week Never
Physics For Poets
At Midnight I Will Kill George Lucas With A Shovel
Bubble Of Sanity
Sterling, Virginia
Racist Cell Phones
Best Baby In The Universe, The
Married & Single
I Tell A Story About Birth Control And Deal With A Retarded Heckler
Great Food Is Cooked By Psychos
Wackity Schmackity Doo!
Death Bed
Cirque Du Soleil

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On his second "solo" album, this stand-up comic and character actor proves himself to be not just a foul-mouthed everyman and an unrepentant geek, but a rather awesome wordsmith as well. That a comedian might rant about how "Cirque du Soleil is like catnip for old people" or the ridiculous unhealthiness of a popular item at the fast food chain KFC is not surprising. That he'd call the fast food item "a failure pile in a sadness bowl" is, let's face it, pure poetry (and really, actually funny the way he tells it). On the track "I Tell a Story About Birth Control and Deal with a Retarded Heckler," Patton displays some of the finest manipulation of a disturbing audience member you'll ever hear. That the album was released by Sub Pop makes perfect sense, as Patton not only has Catholic music tastes--tossing off references to Hasil Adkins, the Pixies, Minor Threat, and Roky Erickson--but as we all know, stand-up is "the new grunge." --Mike McGonigal

Album Description

Patton has been a stand-up comedian for almost twenty years and this is his second CD. Lazy...or maybe busy. He's appeared in over twenty movies, including "Magnolia", "Reno 911!: Miami", and the documentary "The Comedians Of Comedy", which he also created and produced. He played Spence on "The King Of Queens" for nine seasons, is a regular on "Reno 911!", a frequent guest on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel, and a recurring voice actor on "Kim Possible", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "Aqua Teen Hunger Force", and "Crank Yankers". He's a regular columnist in the NY Times Magazine and was an uncredited writer on the "Borat" movie. He's also the lead voice in this summer's Pixar movie, "Ratatouille", playing a rat named Remy. This is his first CD on Sub Pop and it includes a DVD with one hour of stand-up.

Customer Reviews:

I'm Gonna Fill Your Hoo Haa with Goof Juice!.......2007-07-20

If you're a fan of Patton, this material is just as strong and cutting as "feelin' kinda patton." What's great about this release is that there is also a DVD that has a set from Atlanta's 40-watt along with some other footage of Patton just riffing on different topics.

His takes on different political and social issues is fresh and witty. He's brutally honest and insightful and he's evolved into one of the premier stand-up acts working today. There's always a sense of humanity in his act and that's what makes Patton's appeal so broad. He might be saying something that is mostly cynical but it's always tempered with his kind disposition and witty outlook on life. Beyond all of that, he's an incredible comedy writer and his material on this release is masterfully constructed and his delivery is just as sharp.

I laughed, I cried, I bought some for friends! Funny times ten to the X........2007-07-17

I am a Patton fan and I was expecting to be amused. However, I got more laugh-out-loud moments from this CD than I have from any recent comedy CD. There isn't a bad routine. For me, the gems are "Death Bed" and "Physics for Poets". However, I can say I honestly laughed with every track.

I like the inclusion of the DVD as it allows you to watch the genesis of the material. Patton is a distinct physical presence and that adds to the humor.

My husband rarely finds any stand-up comedy funny. However, as I was playing the CD I saw tears of laughter streaming down his face durng "Physics for Poets". It's that good.

His best stuff yet........2007-07-14

Patton is just getting better and better. Absurd without being wacky. Smart without being pretentious. Political without being preachy.

This is his best album yet. Buy it.

Immediately.

Extremely Funny.......2007-07-13

Patton Oswalt is extremely funny. Not just a little funny - EXTREMELY funny. His material is intelligent & unforgettable and this CD is worth every penny.

The Man Never Disappoints.......2007-07-12

Brilliant. That's all I can say. I don't want to even talk about the content because I would not want to spoil a single moment if you haven't heard it yet. It's great. If you love Patton's work, you will love the cd/dvd. Buy this instead of wasting your time watching "Last Comic Standing".
And if you ever get a chance, check out Patton live or check out a Comedians of Comedy tour. Oswalt, Brian Posehn, Zach G., Eugene Mirman, Morgan Murphy, Eddie Pepitone are the best comedians working today and also some of the most gracious people you will ever meet. Buy this cd now!

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"Nothing Is Easy" but it isn't hard to love this recording!
Great Songs
Their best.....
Forget what you think you know about Jethro Tull
JETHRO TULL'S RENDITION OF "BOURÉE"

Stand Up
Jethro Tull
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B00005NTJL
Release Date: 2002-01-08

Tracks:

A New Day Yesterday
Jeffrey Goes To Leicester Square
Bouree
Back To The Family
Look Into The Sun
Nothing Is Easy
Fat Man
We Used To Know
Reasons For Waiting
For A Thousand Mothers
Living In The Past
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Sweet Dream
17

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Even as they began to fancy themselves as codpiece-wearing Elizabethan minstrels in the gallery, Jethro Tull was a blues-based hard-rock group, and an explosive one, at that. On Stand Up, they enjoy the best of both worlds, with lighter fare such as "Jeffrey Goes to Leicester Square" and a jazzy instrumental take on J. S. Bach's "Bouree" mixing nicely with the blistering rock of "A New Day Yesterday," "Nothing Is Easy," and "For a Thousand Mothers." On Stand Up, the group's second album, you can hear the band, and the grand scheme behind it, begin to solidify. --Daniel Durchholz

Album Description

Digitally remastered reissue of 1969 album includes four bonus tracks, 'Living In The Past', 'Driving Song', 'Sweet Dream' & '17'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Reissue of their Second Release; Includes Five Bonus Tracks.

Customer Reviews:

"Nothing Is Easy" but it isn't hard to love this recording!.......2007-06-23

As the author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent" and a former radio disc-jockey, I am often asked to write and or discuss various recordings from the 60's and 70's.

Change may be normal in the music business but when a critical part of a machine is removed so early in the game could the replacement be equal or greater? Jethro Tull's debut and intense album "This Was" highlighted the blues guitar offerings from Mick Abrahams. As the band would consider more and more adapting a style closer to English Folk, Abrahams and group parted ways. Enter one Martin Barre.

The same way the Rolling Stones struck gold with Mick Taylor taking over for Brian Jones, Jethro Tull did likewise. In no way is this slighting Abrahams ability. Barre's forte was the ability to diversify and succeed in any musical genre.

Tull opened the second album with the bluesy-based "A New Day Yesterday." Instantly the listener is fixated to the songs construction. Throughout the compositions Anderson's vocals and Barre's tasty playing (as well as the perfect tone for each tune) mesh as one. To solidify the musical side of things Glen Cornick's bass and Clive Bunker's drums are locked together. As you have digested the recording, in the past Barre's skill may have been more prevalent to the ear because his guitar is such an integral part of the sound (He has played with Ian Anderson since 1969) but don't overlook the fine performance Bunker gave.

"Bourée" has become one of the most highly praised instrumentals ever. Almost 40 years later it still is receiving airplay.

"Back To The Family" blends folk and rock. The vocal inflection is perfect. You feel as Ian Anderson is singing for one and not the masses.

"Nothing Is Easy" is another song still being played on the radio. The riff deserves its legendary stature. Barre plays the song with such ease intensity yet ease, it wouldn't feel right coming out of another guitarists hands.

"Fat Man" further explores their folk side with some esoteric sounds to boot.

Time has not diminished the album, only catapulted it standing. With the addition of four bones tracks, it is now easy to go living in the past.

Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"

Great Songs.......2007-06-09

I listened to this for the first time in many years upon recent purchase, and my feeling is the same as it was 20 years ago in my youth when I memorized the album note-for-note. It's a great collection of songs. Ian and the band move from heavy rock to exotic chamber music to ballad and back and forth, and all 10 songs are not just fine, but extremely well-crafted and memorable. Which makes this a pretty great album.

Their best............2007-05-18

OK, to get the real deal package-wise I think you have to seek out the Japanese digipack with the pop-up of the band in the middle. But if you aren't into childrens-art-book styling like me, and just want the music, get this in any form. "This Was", their first effort, broke us into what they were all about, so then we were really ready for this when it came out. The bonus tracks fit fine thematically and don't mess up what was a nice cohesive LP in the first place. Never have been able to get "Fat Man" out of my head, maybe because it hits close to home.

Forget what you think you know about Jethro Tull.......2007-05-12

The only bad news about this album is that Tull never again came close to this phenomenal album. Technically, this is J.T.'s second album but the first album had a drastically different lineup. "Stand Up" is a beautiful collection of fantastic songs and amazing guitar work. The band managed to produce 2 more great albums before they began to descend into parody. Surprisingly, for the late 60s, most of the band were tea-totallers and it shows. The musicianship is very tight, blending jazz, folk, middle eastern and folk influences into a heady brew that appears effortless. If you think this band is a bunch of boring old hippies, buy this CD and listen more closely. You may be missing some amazing music.

JETHRO TULL'S RENDITION OF "BOURÉE".......2007-05-08

The three-minute plus instrumental piece is a melodic journey through a universe of rhythmic diversity which characterizes the band's gigantism amidst the Barons of Progressive Rock.

Released in 1969, the album "STAND UP" - the band's second studio achievement - hosts a vast repertoire of multifaceted compositions which are fusions themselves of various musical elements pertaining to styles as diverse as: classical, folk, celtic, hard rock and jazz. Decades later, these songs would become atemporal Jethro Tull Classics. Among this all-star line-up is their version of the erudit "BOURÉE", which stands-out until the present day as one of the most precious gemstones in the annals of progressive rock.

This particular rendition of Johan Sebastian Bach's classic piece is simply astonishing. The song starts off in a sublime manner, with Ian Anderson's magical flute luring the listener along with its angelical melody which in deed seems lighter than air. Such ethereality is only interrupted as the piece's time signature switches to a funky rhythmic break-down beat. From this point on, the song about faces in structure, shifting from a classical arrangement to a groovy/psychadelic motif in which all band members jam intensely and in a complementary manner.

To guarantee this effect, a superb rhythmic work is handled by both bass player Glenn Cornick and drummer Clive Bunker as they set a sturdily structured jamming framework which serves as a precious safeguard for Ian Anderson's and Martin Barre's whimsical solos.

Moreover, Ian Anderson's role as a "maestro" in charge of his experimental quartet is a solid statement that proved to the entire musical community that his traits as a musician were far too superior for the time. As of that moment, his distinguished position as band leader, composer and musical virtuoso would become unanimously widespread and also immortalized in the timeless chords of his "BOURÉE".

***** FIVE STARS!!! A TRUE CLASSICAL MASTERPIECE!!!

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Lewis at his hilarious best
A Legend Continues
Lewis Black is brilliant
he's no bill cosby, but..
His best album

The End Of The Universe
Lewis Black
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ASIN: B00006GNP9
Release Date: 2002-07-01

Tracks:

Atlanta
After September 11
Environmental Terrorism or Global Warming
Coke and Pepsi and the Super Bowl of 2001
Halftime at the Super Bowl 2001
The End of the Universe
Tax Rebates and Common Sense
Airport Security
TV News and Jerry Falwell
What I've Learned

Album Description

The follow-up to 2000's highly successful, "The White Album." This album was recorded just before September 11, 2001, and as a result needed to be re-recorded. Lewis waxes eloquent about patriotism and airport security and needing to re-record an album. The rampage continues...

Customer Reviews:

Lewis at his hilarious best.......2007-05-14

This was funny, I had to stop listening to it in the car, I missed my exit laughing.

A Legend Continues.......2007-05-07

The master of comedy doesn't dissapoint. He is a true comic genius and a master of his craft. Own all of his cd's you will never be tired of listening to them. Same goes for the DVD's he has out.

Lewis Black is brilliant .......2007-01-19

Here Mr. Black takes on the government after 9/11 plus other topics with intellegence and wonderful spot on observations. He is also very funny. This is my favorite album of his so far.

he's no bill cosby, but.........2006-11-08

I liked this cd a lot. The End Of The Universe skit is hilarious. My only gripe, and don't call me a pu**y for saying this, is that he swears too much. I have no problem with swearing, it's just he uses it so much sometimes, it gets annoying. Instead of being part of his act, the whole angry thing becomes his act. At times, it's just annoying. He could easily get across the same jokes without yelling and saying fu*k every two words. Some of this jokes are hilarious while some really aren't that funny. They're observations that we all make, he just yells them.

His best album.......2006-09-06

While all of Lewis Black's comedy albums are very good, his second release, The End of the Universe, remains his best release to date. Released months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11/01, Black's delivery is passionate and intelligent throughout the album. Whether he's ranting on the over the top spectacle that has become the Super Bowl, the U.S. government's lack of common sense, or the ridiculousness of airport security, Black's observations are both humorous and accurate. Also worth noting is that unlike his more recent albums like the Carnegie Hall Performance, the album never becomes long winded or too political. Other tracks that deal with Jerry Falwell's controversial statements about 9/11 and global warming are also very funny and dead on. An excellent album from one of the best comedians working today, The End of the Universe shows Lewis Black at the height of his powers. Highly recommended.

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AWSOME....LEWIS BLACK DOES IT AGAIN
one of todays greatest comedians
Lewis Black is a very funny man
Best of Lewis Black
Lewis Black's best CD

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Wisconsin
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Education in Arkansas
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Album Description

Comedian Lewis Black, best known for his caustic yet hilarious social commentary as a commentator on Comedy Central's Daily Show, unleashes nearly an hour of his insightful material on this CD. Recorded just shortly before Thanksgiving 1999, we catch Lewis on one of his incredible tirades against all things inane and moronic, be it the weather person, or Bill Clinton's definition of "is."

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AWSOME....LEWIS BLACK DOES IT AGAIN.......2007-05-07

What is there to say about the greatest comic out there today. This is very funny and very worth the price. I have every one of his albums and video's and they are all worth it.

one of todays greatest comedians.......2007-01-29

All of Lewis Black's material is hilarious but this is his best cd. You will laugh during the entire cd.

Lewis Black is a very funny man.......2007-01-19

His topical ranting style is hillarious and intellegent. I think I have listened to this album at least 20 times and am not tired of it.

Best of Lewis Black.......2005-12-30

I've heard a lot of Lewis Black and I feel this is probably his best.

Lewis Black's best CD.......2005-11-01

I think this is Lewis Black's best... it has some of the funniest stuff I've heard from him.. I really recommend you buy this album!

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Commits the worst crime of all: forgettability
Boring and unmemorable
Decomposing sound touched with fire, and out comes silver
Stand Up Does Deliver
"Dave's not here"

Stand Up
Dave Matthews Band
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ASIN: B0008D5HMK
Release Date: 2005-05-10

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Stand Up (For It)
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American Baby
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Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
Out Of My Hands
Hello Again
Louisiana Bayou
Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
You Might Die Trying
Steady As We Go
Hunger For The Great Light

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Don't let the headless CGI dancer on the cover fool you. While Stand Up has a more organic feel than 2001's radio-ready Everyday, it is hardly an invocation for carefree days spent twirling on the grass. Instead it is a call to arms that carries over much of the insurrectionary spirit the Dave Matthews Band brought to 2004's Vote for Change Tour. Matthews, sounding rawer than ever, swerves between optimism ("To change the world you only start with one step," he sings on "You Might Die Trying") and angst ("See the man with the bomb in his hand/Everybody wake up," on "Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives]"), while producer Mark Baston, best known for his small-time work with big-name pop acts like Beyonce and 50 Cent, responds by putting the marching band rhythms of Carter Beauford in the front and galvanizing the music with a crisp R&B edge, most evident in the totally--okay, partially--crunk "Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd." --Aidin Vaziri

Album Description

The DVD side of the DualDisc will feature a 20+ minute film featuring the making of STAND UP with in-depth interviews with DMB at their recording studio in Charlottesville, VA.

Customer Reviews:

Commits the worst crime of all: forgettability.......2007-05-15

I seem to have lost my copy of this record, and I'm not really mourning it--not nearly as much as "Busted Stuff." Yeah, DMB tried to write songs with the same types of melody and freeform as their early work, but this feels forced. And I remember exactly one musical phrase from the whole album, whereas I could sing you the entirety of "Under the Table and Dreaming" if you asked me to. Don't bother with this one, it's a dud.

Boring and unmemorable.......2007-03-25

I'm not a hard-core DMB fan, but I buy and enjoy most of his stuff. This album, however, is simply boring and unmemorable. There's nothing that comes close to showing the true musical talents that I know DMB has. I got through the first 8 songs and couldn't remember anything about what I had just listened to. I'll shelve it for a couple months and then listen to it again and may change my mind later, but I'm not very optomistic that it will make a difference.

Decomposing sound touched with fire, and out comes silver.......2007-03-24

Three stars is too few for a band that has successfully mined the soul out of their music for the first time since "What You Are" on the stilted Everyday.

If Everyday was DMB re-inventing themselves, Stand Up presents them as a band that cannot go home and refuses to. Stand Up should convince even the most casual fan (e.g. myself, I just heard it for the first time last week!) that there was enough passion stirring in the heart of this band to push them deep inside themselves - the end result is some of the bravest and boldest songs composed yet by this band. The songs also come across as more relaxed, even as they dig in and step up the beat.

Buy this album, if for no other reason than to remind yourself that DMB earned their spot and deserve to keep it. The naysayers that wag their tongues about the frivolousness of the lyrics forget that the sheer hedonistic joy of the music was what made DMB famous in the first place. People come to a DMB show to be loved because they know they are. This is DMB's "Darkness on the Edge of Town," and should be drawing their listeners back for a long time.

Stand Up Does Deliver.......2007-03-21

Not far from participating in the Vote for Change Tour during the 2004 presidential champain, 2005's Stand Up is filled with a lot of political statements when you listen to the lyrical content in two of the album's best songs with "Everybody Wake Up," and "You Might Die Trying," and they still show the deep thought the band has always had. "American Baby," is another exceptional piece and filters feelings on political and emotional levels. Musically, the production is tight, and while the songs don't carry the instrumental pauses or extended jams as often, they also don't lack the energy. Tinsley's violin may sound a little more discreet, but not lacking as he takes control in the final moments of "You Might Die Trying," and plays a fabulous finishing take on "Louisiana Bayou,"(and Tinsley plus the band jam long and hard when they perform these tracks live). The band experiment with some musical edges with soft R&B on "Stolen Away on 55th & 3rd," and the Southern Country feel on "Louisiana Bayou," but there are a few flaws here and there. "Smooth Rider," would be the dud on this release and not one I would consider as the band's shining moment. "Hello Again" doesn't work well either. But overall, the Dave Matthews Band haven't lost their musical cool and conclude with two more great tracks in "Steady As We Go," and "Hunger For the Great Light," containing the spiritual honesty and raw emotion the band is so well-known for.

"Dave's not here".......2006-11-09

Back in the '90s,the Dave Matthews Band was considered the next Grateful Dead,with Dave Matthews as its clean-shaven Jerry Garcia.In my college days,the DMB was praised for blending world music,jazz&rock.It was The Next Big Thing.There were Daveheads.But then came "Everyday" produced by Glen Ballard (who also produced Alanis Morrissette's music),which was seen as a sell-out.

"Stand up" was the last gasp.When this album was released,a local Bay Area radio station was mocking the DMB as "annoying"&saying that having the ubiquitous Black Eyed Peas (who are now collaborating with Sergio Mendes&Michael Jackson)open for them made the DMB "doubly annoying."

This album has a few highlights-
1)American Baby,intro&song-Despite the use of the African kora (harp),this song sounds Asian with its pentatonic scale.It's quite electrifying.It's danceable&shows the brilliance the DMB once had.It's powerful in the use of acoustic instrumental music,like REM's "Losing my religion."
2)Louisiana Bayou-Very jazzy,you could say it evokes the New Orleans sound.Again,the DMB plays to its strengths.
3)Finest Hour-This song is catchy despite Dave Matthews' politics.Great as a song,not great as a protest song.
4)Out of my hands-Reflective with the use of piano,like REM's "Nightswimming."

Can the DMB make a comeback?It's hard to tell.In a decade,they've managed to go from being the Next Big Thing to Has Beens."Stand up" made the mistake of being produced by an R&B/hip-hop producer who tried to make the DMB sound like any other group.DMB isn't 50 Cent;it isn't Justin Timberlake.Whether the DMB returns to form remains to be seen.

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More greatness
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VERY MARIA...

How to Win!
Maria Bamford
Manufacturer: Stand Up! Records
ProductGroup: Music
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Release Date: 2007-01-30

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Are you a gambler? No? Well, neither is comedian Maria Bamford, but she will show you How to WIN!, which is not a poker strategy guide, but the title of her new CD on Stand Up! Records. You will, however, learn how to live life as a temp, make a comedy club reservation, deal with your high school nemesis and age gracefully. Maria will personally guide you through an off-kilter primer of her mind via sharp observations, quiet demeanor and her amazing ability to change characters instantaneously. So, you've got to ask yourself: Do you want to succeed? Are you ready to party? Are you ready to roadie for REO Speedwagon? Then crank up some Alicia Keys because YOU might be ready to learn How to WIN!

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More greatness.......2007-05-08

If you loved her "Burning Bridges" album, your going to love this one. A lot of new sketches, fresh & avant-garde material we have come to expect from Maria.

Loved it

Please enter a title for your review.......2007-04-15

most of the time i can't tell whether her anecdotes are supposed to be funny because they're true or funny because they're too ridiculous to be true so i guess they're not a very good example of whichever they are.

VERY MARIA..........2007-03-12

Funny smart comedy, with the multiple voices that are her trademark. Some of the bits are better than others, but overall, really good set. I've listened to it over and over, and it's still funny.

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If I could give it 6 stars, I would!
A must have! Plus it's a collector's item!
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Everything Bad & Beautiful
Sandra Bernhard
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Without You I'm Nothing
Sandra Bernhard - I'm Still Here...Damn It
Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here Damn It! (1998 Solo Broadway Show)
Excuses for Bad Behavior, Pt. 1
Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast)

ASIN: B000ILJIPE
Release Date: 2006-07-22

Tracks:

Beautiful
De La Guarda / Broadway
L.A.
Kerry / Laura Bush / Lynn Cheney
Condoleeza Rice & Rosa Parks
Pussycat
Motherhood
The Flame
Thanksgiving
Flint, Michigan
Bob Dylan
Like a Rolling Stone
Shabbat
Mariah Carey & Britney Spears
Sara
Out of Tears
Hugh Hefner
I hate golf / Mock the poor
Pill / Kiss Me Deadly
Christian Lady
Medley (My House / Nasty Girls / I would Die 4 U)

Product Description

Live album recording of the off-Broadway 2006 show by the same name, "Bad & Beautiful" finds the sassy Bernhard at her best. Here she rips on the Bush twins, Mariah Carey and Britney Spears while commenting on the state of American politics.

Customer Reviews:

If I could give it 6 stars, I would!.......2007-07-26

I laughed from start to finish. It made me think. Get misty. Sandra is at her very best. She has grown up, smoothed out, and knows her audience better than any performance artist/comedian around. Her pulse on politics and the icons of pop culture make her ripe for a talk show--tomorrow! I play it for just about every friend that stops by, and listen to it on my ipod when days get dreary. Brava!!!

A must have! Plus it's a collector's item!.......2007-02-12

Sandra Bernhard is unstoppable! There are very few Live albums that can do justice to the perfomance, but "Everything Bad & Beautiful" is one of the best I've heard! Every track packs a punch. Take Sandra's cover of Missy Elliott's "Pussycat" for example, it rocks, enough for you to want to blast it. Along with lots of other great song selections and Sandra's famous take on society, it is Sandra after all! Not to be missed, and it's going out of print, prices will rise!

She's Everything Bad & Beautiful.......2006-11-27

I just want to say I bought this album from Sandra's website, it's her newest release from a new record company. Sandra's still got it, she is absolutely hilarious. Sandra makes fun of everybody from The Bushs, to Julia Roberts on Broadway. Telling storys of how Bob Dylan broke up her family as a child, all while singing songs in between with her high energy voice, not to mention she still makes fun of Mariah Carey, hilarious. It's a great live album that will have you playing it over and over, and your stomach will be hurting so much from laughing. also the all girl band on this album are amazing. A must have for Sandra Bernhard fans!.

DO NOT SPEND $30 OR MORE ON THIS TITLE! AVAILABLE NEW FOR $20!.......2006-10-23

There are some unscrupulous sellers who are trying to get away with murder by selling this title here for $30-60!!! You can order this title brand new via Sandra Bernhard's own website (sandrabernhard dot com) for less than $20!!!! DONT BE RIPPED OFF!!!!!

Average customer rating:

DMB @ their best!
Can't live without...
WEAK
gotta love DMB
Just Great

Stand Up
Dave Matthews Band
Manufacturer: RCA
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Everyday
Crash
Busted Stuff
Under the Table and Dreaming
Before These Crowded Streets

ASIN: B00082ZSP2
Release Date: 2005-05-10

Tracks:

Dreamgirl
Old Dirt Hill (Bring That Beat Back)
Stand Up (For It)
American Baby Intro
American Baby
Smooth Rider
Everybody Wake Up (Our Finest Hour Arrives)
Out Of My Hands
Hello Again
Louisiana Bayou
Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd
You Might Die Trying
Steady As We Go
Hunger For The Great Light

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Don't let the headless CGI dancer on the cover fool you. While Stand Up has a more organic feel than 2001's radio-ready Everyday, it is hardly an invocation for carefree days spent twirling on the grass. Instead it is a call to arms that carries over much of the insurrectionary spirit the Dave Matthews Band brought to 2004's Vote For Change Tour. Matthews, sounding rawer than ever, swerves between optimism ("To change the world you only start with one step," he sings on "You Might Die Trying") and angst ("See the man with the bomb in his hand/ Everybody wake up," goes "Everybody Wake Up [Our Finest Hour Arrives]"), while producer Mark Baston, best known for his small-time work with big-name pop acts like Beyonce and 50 Cent, responds by putting the marching band rhythms of Carter Beauford in the front and galvanizing the music with a crisp R&B edge, most evident in the totally - okay, partially - crunk "Stolen Away On 55th & 3rd." --Aidin Vaziri

Customer Reviews:

DMB @ their best!.......2007-07-25

In reference to the DRM concerns, I've had no problems playing this awesome CD on my computer or iPod. I'm not the newest nor the oldest fan; I've followed them for about 10 years but this album has quickly emerged as my favorite. The guest artists are amazing; I think it's DMB at their best. I can't recommend it highly enough!

Can't live without..........2007-07-07

American Baby got me hooked enough to seek out this CD and buy it. Listening to the CD once, I realized that I had heard another song on the CD before (Old Dirty Hill) but didn't recognize it as DMB. However, I loved the song.
Although the whole CD isn't a traditional DMB CD, I think it's a great branch out on their sound. I have played this album over and over again and every time I love it more and more. DMB should really be proud of this album, and it has made me appreciate this band as a group of comprehensive artists.
I haven't had an issue with their content protection and its compatibility with my computer.

WEAK.......2007-04-26

I keep picking up Dave Matthews hoping somehow I would hear something like the albums "Crash" or "Under the Table and Dreaming" because those are some of the best all time albums in my opinion. DMB used to jam like no other and I could listen to them all day. "Before These Crowded Streets" came out with a couple of good songs, but really just marked the beginning of a downhill slide. "Stand Up" "Recently" and "Some Devil" are junk too. I have thrown away enough money, so I am done with DMB.

gotta love DMB.......2007-03-06

If your a new fan of Dave Matthews Band, you need this cd so that you can compare it to the older stuff the band had put out. The band has evolved to a different level and personally, I love it.

Just Great.......2007-01-06

I love this album. It has taken a while to grow on me but all DMB albums are like that for me. I like this album because it is light hearted and cheeky :) I dont like the song Stand Up, i normally skip it, and i cant fathom why they named the album after it, but apart from that i think it is an easy album to listen to. It is lacking the music that makes DMB, DMB but once you get used to that it is a great album.

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Neither Circus nor Spectacular, but it is Karl King.
Great circus music
Good music, mediocre playing
Review of Circus Spectacular
Circus Spectacular

Circus Spectacular

Manufacturer: Vox (Classical)
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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The Grand Old Circus Band
Circus Music from the Big Top
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Screamers (Circus Marches)
Carousel Memories

ASIN: B000001KEZ
Release Date: 1997-02-18

Tracks:

Sells-Floto Triumphal March
Voice of America
The Home Town Boy March
Wings for Peace
'Loyalty' March
Prestissimo Galop
Emblem Of Freedom
Our Heritage
We Stand United
Glorious America
The Kentucky Derby
Yellowstone Trail March
On The Warpath, Indian War Dance
Broadway One-Step Or Two-Step
The American Way
The Joy Riders, March & Two Step
Bombardier March
Diplomacy March
Aviation Tournament March
Call To Victory March
Thumbs-Up US.A. March
Step On It! March
Fete Triumphal March
The Victor March
Mountain Trail March
The Defending Circle March
Canton Aero Club March
Auld Lang Syne March

Customer Reviews:

Neither Circus nor Spectacular, but it is Karl King........2006-10-15

Having played a number of times under Karl King, I had great expectations for this CD. Alas, it was not to be. The music is there, the musicians play all the right notes and the conductor keeps time. The recording is only mediocre, of Laserlight quality, and the performance is not what I expected from what they call a "Circus Band." Indeed, the liner notes state that the band is mostly students and professionals from the Philadelphia area. In other words, a "pick up" band. And the conductor seems to have no circus experience only small town symphony experience (from the puffery in the liner notes). From listening, it would appear that he has never even heard a real circus band. Both conductor and band would not last a day at a real circus. I do have a suspicion, however, that the musicians would do better under a better conductor.

Now, if they called themselves a concert band, that would be accurate and fair, and would not have dashed my hopes, as they are OK as a concert band. But just OK.

Of course, a concert band can indeed generate all the excitement of a bona fide circus band, as Frederick Fennell so aptly demonstrated on his Mercury recordings.

Now, if you want real circus music played by a real circus band, get a Merle Evans recording.

However, having said all that, I will keep the album, as I have always been a Karl King fan, and it is fine music decently played by an OK concert band.

Great circus music.......2005-08-12

I needed some circus music to promote a fundraiser our Lion's club was having (a circus). I got the CD on time and it sounded great. I could not find this type of music anywhere else. Thanks.

Good music, mediocre playing.......2001-11-19

It was indeed exciting to find so many of Karl King's marches on one disc. The band's playing, however leaves a lot to be desired, as does the sound quality of the disc. The balance is poor, with a very annoying tenor sax playing loud and out-of-tune on every cut. Buy this if you are a march collector (which I am), but I do not recommend it for its entertainment value. Get the "Screamers" disc by Fennell and Eastman for a far superior set of circus marches with great playing and sound.

Review of Circus Spectacular.......2000-12-07

Certainly the best thing about this CD is that there are many of Karl King's marches that have probably never been recorded previously, which is curious, since some of them rank with his best. The curious thing about this CD, on the other hand, is that it is supposedly a circus album, but only a few marches were actually written for the "big top". This band is not the best I have heard - recommend listening with headphones, to get a much clearer, less muddled sound. King was only kind of a contemporary of Sousa, having lived 35-40 years later. He actually published more marches than Sousa, and generally wrote in a style that was "softer" than the March King. Sousa wrote mostly military-style marches (better than anyone else ever has, of course), whereas King wrote many military as well as circus marches, and marches in a simpler style, suitable for school bands.

Circus Spectacular.......2000-08-12

This recording of music by Karl King is absolutely splendid -it contains 28 tracks most of which I have certainly not heard before - I particularly liked the tempos of the marches - not too quick but just right - the band is good (although I had never heard of them) - I came across this recording by chance and I'm glad I did - highly recommended

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excess in moderation
Still Quite Edgy
"Life is like animal porn. It's not for everybody."
Stanhope burns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE BURNETH!!!
One of the Greatest Comedy Albums Ever

Something to Take the Edge Off
Doug Stanhope
Manufacturer: Stand Up Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Great White Stanhope

ASIN: B000053F91
Release Date: 2000-09-01

Tracks:

Vice
Real Stories
Top Ten Laws
Quitter
Live Life
Suicide
Dead Sport/Behind the Comedy
$16 an Hour
Scared Straight
Don't Pull Your Dick Out
A Matter of Size
Big Rubber Fist
Pace Yourself
Destroying Your Body
Shake the Baby
Freak Shows
Offensive to Midgets
End the Hate
The Tit Fuck Joke in it's Entirety
Excess in Moderation
Bobbie Barnett

Album Description

Doug Stanhope delivers a brand new CD which covers every hilarious topic from birth defects to suicide, performed live with Henry Phillips providing acoustic guitar accompaniment to help "take the edge off." While the music offers a smoother pacing than the frenetic "Sicko," the material doesn't lose any of the bite for which Stanhope is reknowned.

Customer Reviews:

excess in moderation.......2006-11-09

I recently came to the conclusion that this is without a doubt the best Stanhope money can buy. He really won the crowd over on this one and you can tell he's having a good time. Some of the most hilarious bits he's ever performed are on here too, like "Big Rubber Fist", "Live Life", "Destroying Your Body" and also what absolutely has to be one of the best closers i've ever heard on any comedy album which is "Bobbie Barnett". I also like the use of the acoustic guitar all throughout the performance. Overall, this is a more "intimate" show compared to his others, which I think really holds up for repeated listenings more than more than most of his other albums.

Still Quite Edgy.......2006-05-01

Anyone who is easily offended will NOT like comedian Doug Stanhope. In fact, chances are that something he says on any of his CD recordings will enrage just about every listener. Shock comics don't come much more extreme--or brutally honest. On "Something to Take the Edge Off" Stanhope experiments with having accoustic guitar music played in the background during his performance. It's an interesting gimmick (also tried by the late Bill Hicks), but it hardly smooths the comedian's edges.

This CD marks the turning point in Stanhope's career when he transitioned from telling mostly (sexual) stories about his life to overtly political (libertarian) rants. His broadsides against vice cops, social conservatives and religion are worth the price of admission alone, but there are also plenty of hilarious sex bits like "Big Rubber Fist." Overall "Edge" ranks with "Die Laughing" as one of Stanhope's two best recorded CDs.

"Life is like animal porn. It's not for everybody.".......2004-09-06

I open with this quote (which, to me, sums up Stanhope's art) because I did not want to open with a banality which happens to me all the time.

This is possibly the most accomplished of Stanhope's CDs so far, and not only because of the beautiful guitar background track (it was tried by many comedians, and most of them failed to enhance the effect - even Bill Hicks in his Arizona Bay, although personally I quite liked the background there).

The CD flows back to back and an hour of act feels like maybe 15 minutes. It does not get boring for one second, and Stanhope proudly displays his biggest strength: wild, ornate, all-stops-pulled verbal imagery. He starts building an image before your eyes, and then adds an extra gross and revolting feature, and then another one, and then another. He piles them high and after each layer you think - now I've heard everything. But wait - there is more! And more. And more. Until the image before unwraps before your eyes, like a bizarre medieval painting, where Flemish artists surpassed themselves in inventing incredibly convoluted, complex - sometimes disgusting - picture of inferno and the Last Judgment.

Stanhope is an accomplished professional and God only knows how long he has to work on his act to get this perfection of delivery, where the pinnacle of the punchline is delivered - always - with just the correct volume of breath, enhancing the feeling of the culminating crescendo.

And the closing tracks about Excess in Moderation and about Bobbie Barnett - listen to them again. They can sum up an entire life philosophy - only for those, of course, who happen to agree with it. But hey: this is like animal porn. It's not for everybody.

Stanhope burns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! HE BURNETH!!!.......2004-06-07

It's a bit less good than Die Laughing, I think- but I'm giving out 5 stars anyway because ish this raw is a rare treat to be savored... yummie yum yums...

This guy is a comic genius, along with his Man Show (yeah, the show is ok- don't blame them, considering the constraints under which they have to operate- it's still damn diggetty) co-host Joe Rogan, those two may be the sickest most profane individuals working in stand up. And thank God for 'em. (As Stanhope says on this release, "This is stand-up comedy folks...it's a dead sport...")

Both revel in the awkward, tortured basenessof humanity and turn our collective cultural ills into comedic gold. If you are tired of the same old tame, Comedy Central stand-up (admittedly, they have to go with the PG-13, cuz they're cable) observationists with their piddling coyisms: Get this. It will burn the scales from your eyes, and lead you out of Plato's cave, laughing like a tard the whole time.

Less revolving around the stories of 'Sicko,' though Doug can still milk a yarn for every ounce of meaty sanguine flava, Doug's jokes and observations really come into their own on this one. I prefer his 'Die Laughing' the most, and a couple of bits from this (Suicide most obviously) are streamlined on Die Laughing. That's another plus: many comedians recycle bits like a mutha hubbard. Stanhope doesn't do that much at all, so each CD packs new whallop!

Also there is this guy, Henry Phillips, who accompanies Doug with acoustic guitar playing throughout the whole CD.... Worried? Well, It doesn't get in the way of the funnies. I thought that would really grate on me at first but at times it works well- during the freakshow bit he plays that little circus jingle... They play off each other nicely. Don't let the guitar disuade you.

At any rate- Buy Stanhope's CDs, buy Rogan's (one, C'mon duide the people are jonesing for a new one!!!!) CD, get old Pryor, get old Carlin, get some Bill Hicks, and check out Kinison's stuff starting with the oldest (GET LIVE FROM HELL ON VINYL OR CASSETTE!!!!) and moving forward up until Leader of the banned which you just want to avoid... They will give you mounds of great stuff to steal when you're sitting at a bar, trying to be the funny guy because you're lame and unoriginal and have no soul of your own with which to lure under-age gals- you be the veriest Aristotelian conception of slave- to wage, wife and whatever else... Ohh! I don't think amazon has it -but if you go to eatabullet dottie commie, you can get Jim Norton's CD 'Yellow Discipline.' Also great, also dark, also evil. Also HILARIOUS.

One of the Greatest Comedy Albums Ever.......2004-04-23

ALSTTTEO is up there with Hicks' "Relentless," Kinison's "Live From Hell," Bruce's "Lenny Bruce is Out Again," and Pryor's "Supernigger." I mean, this thing is a classic.

Whereas "Sicko" mainly just chronicled Stanhope's smutty lifestyle, ALSTTTEO takes that lifestyle and applies the lessons one can learn from it to the Big Picture. And trust me, no one else but Doug could take such deviant practices and not only make them feel universal, but also mold them into incisive analogies that leave the listerner feeling an ironic sense of enlightenment.

5 stars isn't enough...

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