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orinoco
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Noise at Night
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Sep 13 14:21 UTC 1997 |
In response to the previous item -
What sounds do you like to sleep to?
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omni
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response 1 of 38:
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Sep 13 18:51 UTC 1997 |
Classical music. Usually, quiet piano etudes and sonatas.
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scott
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response 2 of 38:
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Sep 13 23:19 UTC 1997 |
Classical on a very quiet, old tube radio. But usually just silence.
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orinoco
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response 3 of 38:
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Sep 14 00:53 UTC 1997 |
A friend of mine falls asleep to taped thunderstorms. Spending the night at
his house once, I found it very relaxing.
There was a while when I would play something mellow just before going to bed,
usually Phish's "The Squirming Coil" - which has a great, relaxed closing
piano solo - or Miles Davis' "Sanctuary" - not entirely mellow, but I find
it very relaxing.
Recently, I've been listening to "Twinkly" by Tori Amos just before I go to
sleep, but not as music to sleep to. Sort of the agnostic equivalent of an
evening prayer :)
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lumen
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response 4 of 38:
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Sep 14 05:22 UTC 1997 |
I loved listening to my father's guitar lullabies when my sister Rachel and
I were very young. Our biggest favorite was "Have You Ever Heard Of The Sugar
Plum Tree?" which was a poem he set to music.
Then I used to listen to a sample tape that included Roger Whittaker's
"Winken, Blinken and Nod," Zamfir's "Ave Maria" (he's a master player of the
pan flute, if you don't recognize him), and Lindsey Buckingham's "TIme Bomb
Town" (from _Back To The Future_).
Then I used to listen to a collection of ambient music. I've also found
myself falling asleep to Enya's _Shepherd Moons_.
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void
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response 5 of 38:
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Sep 14 06:25 UTC 1997 |
my cat purring, mostly, or silence.
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snowth
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response 6 of 38:
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Sep 14 06:28 UTC 1997 |
While orin was out of town, I found myself listening to the luv song off the
anime movie _X_. Normally, tho' I don't listen to anything.
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mcnally
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response 7 of 38:
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Sep 14 06:47 UTC 1997 |
There're a few things I find unsuitable when I'm trying to get to sleep
(for example techno and ska, because of their strong, driving beats..)
but I don't have much problem with the great majority of music I like..
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anderyn
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response 8 of 38:
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Sep 14 18:47 UTC 1997 |
Often, the soundtrack to "Labyrinth". Some classic REM (STand,etc.).
More often, whatever Gareth has on his radio (usually the alternative
stuff) or whatever's playing on tv downstairs.
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orinoco
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response 9 of 38:
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Sep 14 22:55 UTC 1997 |
Yeah, TV voices can be nice. A monotonous newscast works just as well as
waves, rain, etc. to relax, if you can ignore the content.
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snowth
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response 10 of 38:
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Sep 15 01:08 UTC 1997 |
re:8 you have Labyrinth?! I am *so* jealous! I love that music, and have been
looking for the soundtrack for a couple of years now, and have never been able
to find it! Argh! I'm so totally jealous!
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senna
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response 11 of 38:
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Sep 15 06:09 UTC 1997 |
If I fall asleep to music (rare), I usually put in a tape and cue it up a song
or two before one of my favorites. It makes me want to stay awake to hear
the favorite, and I absolutely *never* make it. Doesn't matter what style
the music is, either.
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anderyn
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response 12 of 38:
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Sep 15 18:10 UTC 1997 |
Tricia, check out Border's. That's where I found the soundtrack to Labyrinth
on CD. I laready had it on vinyl. (Twila is tempted to buy a second copy
on CD just so she'll always have one.)
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snowth
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response 13 of 38:
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Sep 18 00:57 UTC 1997 |
Yeah. I'll do that. I need to go do some looking around for books and music
anyway, I might as well make a stop in there.
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diznave
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response 14 of 38:
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Oct 21 21:21 UTC 1997 |
I like to sleep to my _T.V.'s Greatest Hits_ CD. I put the theme from _Sanford
and Son_ on repeat.
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stonney
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response 15 of 38:
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Aug 1 05:21 UTC 1998 |
My favorites to sleep to:
Mozart's Requiem
Miles Davis- Bitches Brew
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eeyore
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response 16 of 38:
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Aug 1 12:15 UTC 1998 |
I used to fall asleep to Ace of Bass and other early techno stuff....I just
hypnotizes me.!
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lumen
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response 17 of 38:
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Aug 2 08:46 UTC 1998 |
Ace of Bass is techno? Technopop/synthpop, maybe, but this group doesn't
quite fit into what is strictly categorized as techno.
(Sorry, I'll shut up now.)
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tyr
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response 18 of 38:
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Aug 2 19:22 UTC 1998 |
Calling Ace of Bass techno gives me a sick feeling in my stomach.
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eeyore
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response 19 of 38:
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Aug 3 14:58 UTC 1998 |
It was part of the origional european techno movement. It's not was t we
would call techno today.
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mcnally
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response 20 of 38:
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Aug 3 16:38 UTC 1998 |
Maybe you're confusing "Ace of Base" with "Kraftwerk"..
Otherwise I'm not sure how you could support a claim that Ace of Base
was part of the "original european techno movement."
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orinoco
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response 21 of 38:
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Aug 8 03:26 UTC 1998 |
Aha - another Bitches Brew fan?
I doubt I could sleep to it, though. Sounds like the makings of strange
dreams.
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bmoran
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response 22 of 38:
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Aug 10 13:10 UTC 1998 |
I can fall asleep to almost anything, but lately I've been dozing off to
Phillip Glass' _Low Symphony_
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mcnally
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response 23 of 38:
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Aug 10 21:35 UTC 1998 |
I'm afraid I just can't resist making some sort of snide comment
about Glass's work being perfect music for falling asleep.. :-)
I think the current holder of the "drifting off to sleep" position
in the CD-changer in my bedroom is Mojave 3's "Ask Me Tomorrow"..
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eeyore
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response 24 of 38:
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Aug 17 05:36 UTC 1998 |
re 20: It's what they were calling techno 5 years ago in Germany, when I was
there. Like I said, now it's not really considered that, but then...
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