Wednesday, August 2, 2006
Music At Work
No hard-hitting, fancy pants story here. Just curious: What do you listen to at work?
Here at TexasGigs we listen to all kinds of crap. And when I say "crap," sometimes I mean "magnificent splendor" and sometimes it's crap in the classical sense. Alan Cohen got a Rhapsody subscription recently. He had on the The Phil Collins Big Band the other day, which I thought was utterly fascinating. They reworked Collins and Genesis songs and they did this, what, seven years ago? I had no clue, but you know what? That's par for the course for me. Alan sits beside me so I just go with the listening flow. I can hear bits and pieces of things around the office. When we were loading up all the bands in our system way back when, Gary Cohen had to sit in his office and properly reclassify all the ones that were screamo. It sounded like Wes Craven and Clive Barker were throwing a party for him in there.
One CD that's been passed around these parts lately is the new one by Josh Weathers. Not sure about you, but I think this band is top-notch. You ought to check them out when you get the chance, no joke.
So unless you are out there chopping rocks with a sledgehammer in an orange jumpsuit, what do you listen to at work in general, in specific or in whatever (which makes no grammatical sense but you know what? Who the hell cares.)
ch0 says:
classical and electronica
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Gregory says:
Lately, it's been Takk by Sigur Ros, Illinoise by Sufjan, and You Are There by Mono. Mono's fun to listen to at work. They're a Japanese instrumental band, reminicient of Mogwai & Explosions in the Sky. But they're really good at these surprise "explosions". They'll bring a song down to one guitar playing really really quiet for like, a minute & a half, then kick on (literally, I've seen them live) 3 distortion pedals, and scare the ba-jesus out of you. Its funny because I always jump.
Sometimes at work, since I stare at a screen with photoshop all day, I listen to talk radio, because it's more unpredictable than music sometimes. So it keeps me awake a little more.
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kevin says:
Generally I have my iTunes collection playing, focusing lately on the 2,000-odd songs that remained unrated in mine. Sometimes, though, I fear that, by listening almost exlusively to iTunes at work and to my iPod in the car, I am cutting myself off from anything new and interesting that might be out there. Since I loathe local radio, with the exception of The Range, I will as a result sometimes listen to Boot Liquor Radio -- a streaming station available through iTunes -- or to KGSR out of Austin, the best radio station on the planet.
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Sol says:
Unfortunately, the music I listen to is not as cool as Gregorious'. However, I listen to more of a laid back feel to everything. My job is a tad stressfull at times and all I want to do is escape the mind wrecking situations. So, my antidote for this is: Wilco, Marjorie Fair, Damnwells, Bob Marley, Travis and Radiohead. Those bands are always on my play list at work...
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Pikahsso allen Poe says:
my vintage weird mixes some of the most ecclectic, organic,mindblowing,mental brain phunk ever heard to man and womankind....
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Mike Orren says:
One of three, in equal rotation:
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hardcountry says:
I listen to the fine streaming audio provided by Bruce Kidder at www.hardcountryradio.com. He includes great classics as well as more ballsy tunes that you cant hear on public radio... Where else would you hear a tune like "I'd give my right nut (to save country music)" If I get bored with that, I try to catch Brett Dillon's program on The Range via the web www.khyi.com. He always has a good variation of tunes as well...
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Alan Cohen says:
I listen to the same stuff at work that you listen to Blair, because generally I make you listen to it
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David Gouldin says:
Radiohead is responsible for most of the good code I've written. It really helps me focus. When I'm more inclined to rock out than buckle down, there's Death Cab, Elliott Smith, Iron & Wine, Modest Mouse, Kings of Convenience, Spoon, The Doves, Thirteen Senses, Postal Service, (old) Weezer, Pedro, and many more.
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Gregory says:
Oh, yeah, I forgot about Pedro. Pedro & Headphones are always in rotation. Forgive me, Mr. Bazan.
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