Random Music Thoughts

[Unsomnambulist]

Key quote:

“First, with so much choice out there, it’s tempting to default to listening to songs and artists you already know. Sorting through new music is just too overwhelming. Could this skew overall listening to older songs rather than new ones? Maybe.”

Obviously this guy never observed Unsom’s diverse choices here at MG.

Even I have fallen into the trap of listening to old favorites. I'm taking a break now but listening to newish music hasn't been that great lately.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Today is 29 years since Kurt Cobain died.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[axolotl]

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I'm ecstatic that they didn't drop the minimum age down to 70.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I'm ecstatic that they didn't drop the minimum age down to 70.

Age ain't nuthin' but a number. And wrinkles. And aches & pains.

 

[axolotl]

Age ain't nuthin' but a number. And wrinkles. And aches & pains.

I like to think that some of my blemishes are acne.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

I like to think that some of my blemishes are acne.

*youthful acne.

 

[axolotl]

*youthful acne.

...as distinkt from assteroids.

 

[Ojai Sam]

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Wow!

Depending on how you look at it, this is either really depressing or really affirming. I choose the latter.

 

[Unsomnambulist]

David Johansen Takes Us Inside His ‘Personality Crisis’

The legendary New York Dolls frontman talks to The Daily Beast about the Scorsese-helmed documentary “Personality Crisis: One Night Only,” and so much more.

www.thedailybeast.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

DYLAN: I do know what my songs are about.
PLAYBOY: And what's that?
DYLAN: Oh, some are about four minutes; some are about five, and some, believe it or not, are about eleven or twelve.

 

[Ojai Sam]

"The sound of a harpsichord – two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm."

- Sir Thomas Beecham

 

[Unsomnambulist]

"The sound of a harpsichord – two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm."

- Sir Thomas Beecham

He must've been very sensitive to treble.

 

[Ojai Sam]

He must've been very sensitive to treble.

 

[axolotl]

"The sound of a harpsichord – two skeletons copulating on a tin roof in a thunderstorm."

- Sir Thomas Beecham

Beecham, however, never heard one of Gerald Self's harpsichords. “There's no skeleton copulating here,” Self said as he played one of his own harpsichords.

The Harpsichord: When It’s Baroque, Gerald Self Can Fix It

Self is one of about two dozen harpsichord master craftsmen in America. He builds new intruments by copying the intricate details of old ones.

www.texasstandard.org

This could just be self-congratulation, tho'.

 

[Ojai Sam]

foobar2000 version 2.0 was released yesterday!

foobar2000

foobar2000

www.foobar2000.org

 

[axolotl]

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Today is Bob Dylan's 82nd birthday.

 

[Nickyboy]

Released on this day, 56 years ago. It was the first music my wife ever heard (her birthday is in a week and a half).

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Released on this day, 56 years ago. It was the first music my wife ever heard (her birthday is in a week and a half).

Neat. I have no memory of what the first music is I ever heard.