Nothing to do, no where to go
Jul. 20th, 2005 08:47 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
joflasherI wanna be sedated
I decided my music collection no longer fullfilled its major purpose in my life. It used to be that CD were to listen to while I painted. Lots of slow, crooning type music was good, because it encouraged me to sit still and actually paint. My archive is full of the Eagles, Tori Amos and traditional celtic music. Unfortunately, since we bought the house, that music no longer serves. You see, I have a 40 minute MINIMUM commute every day. NPR, the only station worth listening to at 7:00 in the morning, only has about 20 minutes of Stuff(tm) before they start to repeat.
All the other stations around here fall into the "two men, one woman laughing annoyingly " mode of operation instead of playing music. That just drives me up the WALL! Its bad enough to be stuck in Boston traffic on 95 at some god awful hour of the morning but to hear that sort of inane chatter that passes for morning talk radio ...*shudder*. No wonder road rage happens.
Look at the faces
Listen to the bells
hard to believe we need a place called hell
Which leaves me with my CD player. And my CDs. And frankly, all that slow and angst just isn't a good way to start the day, nor does it put you in the proper mood for traffic. I mean, sure, I have a couple Cruxshadow CDs (thank youstarherd) but there's only so many times you can hear the same songs over and over again before you can't take it any more. For me, it appears to be approx. 7 months.
So last night, I went out and splurged on bouncy european 80's music. Roxette, INXS, Depeche Mode and the Ramones, to be exact. Now I'm merrily bobbing in my seat, singing off key about beating brats with baseball bats. Life is good.
I decided my music collection no longer fullfilled its major purpose in my life. It used to be that CD were to listen to while I painted. Lots of slow, crooning type music was good, because it encouraged me to sit still and actually paint. My archive is full of the Eagles, Tori Amos and traditional celtic music. Unfortunately, since we bought the house, that music no longer serves. You see, I have a 40 minute MINIMUM commute every day. NPR, the only station worth listening to at 7:00 in the morning, only has about 20 minutes of Stuff(tm) before they start to repeat.
All the other stations around here fall into the "two men, one woman laughing annoyingly " mode of operation instead of playing music. That just drives me up the WALL! Its bad enough to be stuck in Boston traffic on 95 at some god awful hour of the morning but to hear that sort of inane chatter that passes for morning talk radio ...*shudder*. No wonder road rage happens.
Look at the faces
Listen to the bells
hard to believe we need a place called hell
Which leaves me with my CD player. And my CDs. And frankly, all that slow and angst just isn't a good way to start the day, nor does it put you in the proper mood for traffic. I mean, sure, I have a couple Cruxshadow CDs (thank you
starherd) but there's only so many times you can hear the same songs over and over again before you can't take it any more. For me, it appears to be approx. 7 months. So last night, I went out and splurged on bouncy european 80's music. Roxette, INXS, Depeche Mode and the Ramones, to be exact. Now I'm merrily bobbing in my seat, singing off key about beating brats with baseball bats. Life is good.
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Date: 2005-07-20 04:53 pm (UTC)And really, there's nothing at all self-serving in this suggestion!
Well, okay, maybe a little self-serving...
;)
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Date: 2005-07-20 07:50 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-07-20 05:15 pm (UTC)I'm really fond of Delerium and Conjure One, but they both go wispy at times.
Most of the rest of what I listen to is still soundtracks.
(And much of the time, still *the same* soundtracks...)
Although, for 80's-ish stuff, Candlebox is good.
Todd found that one.
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Date: 2005-07-20 06:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-07-21 07:06 am (UTC)poking through actual 80s stuff.
But they do kinda *sound* 80s. XD
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Date: 2005-07-20 07:52 pm (UTC)I'm still trying to sort out legality on stuff like allofmp3.com
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Date: 2005-07-20 11:57 pm (UTC)The next step now is to buy the iPod (or some other MP3 player) when you get sick of shuffling CDs around (or if you're me, not capable of deciding what you want to listen to until the moment when you listen to it). Or if you want a mix but don't want to burn lots of CDs.
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Date: 2005-07-21 01:47 pm (UTC)Embarrassingly enough, most of my 80s collection is made up of hair bands, Poison, Guns & Roses, and the like. Still not exactly bouncy and upbeat.
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