quoted 3 lines I don't *dislike* FSOL -- indeed, they're quite pleasant> I don't *dislike* FSOL -- indeed, they're quite pleasant
> enough to listen to, but at this point I've got about
> as much background music as I think I'll ever need
It depends on what the foreground is though. I very rarely sit down with
headphones on and just *listen* to music. More often than not, I'm cleaning
house, driving a car, reading a book, making love, whatever. My memories of
AA will always come from blasting it over a barren desert at high volume and
knowing that it was being carried for literal miles. At that point, there was
nothing more beautiful to me than that combination. Earlier in the night,
System 7's "Quest (Moon Mix)" was a perfect background to a crescent moon
hanging down in the sky. "Quest" was also background to a certain moment,
with a certain someone, at a certain outdoor rave in Seattle. Ahhh, but I wax
romantic.
Intermix can sometimes be a bit grating while the house is in the foreground.
However, driving music it is. Whether it was driving back from Colorado in
the worst snowstorm of the year, in a sportscar (ie: not good), or seeing the
lights of Las Vegas illuminate the sky 60 miles before I could see the city,
it definitely made the foreground unreal and exciting.
quoted 2 lines CJ Bolland, etc., and why I'm (gasp) starting to> CJ Bolland, etc., and why I'm (gasp) starting to
> buy a few rock records again.
Don't feel bad. Items in Pete's last purchase: Two Stan Ridgeway albums, Two
Cowboy Junkies albums, T.Rex, and Pretenders.