Random Music Thoughts

[Mattafett]

I've been asked that by old friends. An acquaintancem who'd visited my home office for the first time a couple of weeks ago, saw my CD collection and said something along the lines of that question.

I sometimes ask myself if I will listen to every CD at least once more before I die. I'm sure that barring a listening project where I force myself, I will not.

I just hope my music collection doesn't go the way of my Comic Book collection. It went from most beloved thing in the world that I relinquish only when dead, to under consideration for liquidation "if the price is right". I always thought I'd return to the comics in an old age where I ate nothing but doughnuts, bananas, and wine. Or that at least one of my kids would be salivating at the chance to call the collection their own. Neither of those is happening, so every year the consideration to sell grows.

Luckily, I still engage with my CD collection so I've never considered selling them. Besides, CDs are now virtually worthless, so I might as well keep them.

I would love to get rid of most of my cd collection. Comics too. But with both being mostly worthless i'm in the same boat. No real motivation to make anything happen. My pile of unlistened to cd's dates to 2017. And I find I don't care. I have plenty of stuff to listen too that I enjoy. The urge to search for the next best thing is gone for now.
Right now I have hundreds of lp's I need to get through, and it is much more fun. I need to be active in it so I can switch sides etc. So I tend to sit in the room and listen. With cd's or streaming it is more set it and forget it.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

David Bowie's 50 greatest songs – ranked!

What more could you ask for, at this bizarre, unnerving and outlandish time, than a roundup of the greatest hits of one of the most bizarre, unnerving and outlandish musicians of all time

www.theguardian.com

Bowie's Top 50 Songs
A few of my faves missing understandably (Five Years, DJ, Cat People, Word on a Wing) but a nice career overview (especially of great tracks on...er...less than great albums).

 

[Nickyboy]

David Bowie's 50 greatest songs – ranked!

What more could you ask for, at this bizarre, unnerving and outlandish time, than a roundup of the greatest hits of one of the most bizarre, unnerving and outlandish musicians of all time

www.theguardian.com

Bowie's Top 50 Songs
A few of my faves missing understandably (Five Years, DJ, Cat People, Word on a Wing) but a nice career overview (especially of great tracks on...er...less than great albums).

So glad to see some tracks form "Heathen" included! Bowie was an amazing musician, and a real chameleon over the years, but I still maintain that "Heathen" is tragically under-rated. I wonder what he would be putting out now if he had lived. Probably something new and innovative.
The only album of his that never quite clicked was "Lodger". That was a miss, as far as I am concerned.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1242118211430211585

 

[Nickyboy]

Why did this pop into my head just now?

btw, I need to get a pair of white, pleather boots.

 

[axolotl]

Why did this pop into my head just now?

btw, I need to get a pair of white, pleather boots.

Hey, they're good!

Who's the bass player?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1243177075516702721

 

[axolotl]

I apologize in advance to Unsomnambulist for not putting this in the Coronavirus thread.

How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders

How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders: This instructable is how to make a simple bagpipe like instrument out of basic household materials. Granted, it does not sound all too much like a bagpipe, but it works similarly and is fun to mess around with.

www.instructables.com

 

[Nickyboy]

I apologize in advance to Unsomnambulist for not putting this in the Coronavirus thread.

How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders

How to Make Bagpipes Out of a Garbage Bag and Recorders: This instructable is how to make a simple bagpipe like instrument out of basic household materials. Granted, it does not sound all too much like a bagpipe, but it works similarly and is fun to mess around with.

www.instructables.com

OK, show of hands. How many of you consider recorders "basic household materials"?

 

[axolotl]

OK, show of hands. How many of you consider recorders "basic household materials"?

No me.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

OK, show of hands. How many of you consider recorders "basic household materials"?

Parents of children in Catholic school?

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Parents of children in Catholic school?

Perhaps the article should have a link to another article "How to Make Recorders From Mop Handles"

 

[axolotl]

Perhaps the article should have a link to another article "How to Make Recorders From Mop Handles"

Of course... For those of us with a fully-operational wood shop in our homes.

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Of course... For those of us with a fully-operational wood shop in our homes.

True...I was thinking more of those hollow metal mop handles - a bit easier

 

[axolotl]

True...I was thinking more of those hollow metal mop handles - a bit easier

Do you ever have patients walk into your office, and say: "Doc, I think my nerves have been exposed to amateur bagpipes"?

 

[Nickyboy]

No me.

For the sake of transparency, I actually DO have my mother's ancient, wooden recorder somewhere here in the house. When she had music class back in the 1930s, they all got wooden recorders and were allowed to keep them. I remember we got black, plastic ones in elementary school but we weren't allowed to keep them. Or, maybe I just didn't bother keeping mine.
Still, one wooden recorder does not constitute a basic household material.

 

[Nickyboy]

Of course... For those of us with a fully-operational wood shop in our homes.

I made a rudimentary flute from our bamboo out back. Still, not "basic".

 

[Unsomnambulist]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1243210938456604675

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Bob Dylan Releases First Original Song in 8 Years - 17 min Track about JFK

Bob Dylan releases first original song in eight years, 17-minute track about JFK

Singer says Murder Most Foul, ‘recorded a while back’, is a gift to fans for their support and loyalty over the years

www.theguardian.com

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Abbey Road Crosswalk Gets Touch Up

Abbey Road zebra crossing repainted in coronavirus lockdown

Council workers take advantage of the empty streets to spruce up the crossing featured on the cover of the Beatles’ 1969 album

www.theguardian.com