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and you can't control the masses
Right now I should be out doing my food shop (my fridge is woefully empty; I probably should've done it the end of last week, but I am numptie), except that I'm having to wait in for a postal delivery. I know when it should (roughly) arrive, but I didn't trust the bus service to get me back from town in time for the start of the slot.
Anyway, it is the other book I ordered with my Xmas money, and it is all about collage! I have actually wanted it for a couple of years now, but thought it was appropriate to get now since I want to get better at collaging.
To keep me amused, besides yourself, dear internet, and my FFXIII game guide, I have a whole heap of CDs.
I got a whole bunch of the Now That's What I Call Music CDs second-hand, specifically the compilations from the early to mid nineties (I'd like from 1 to 41*, ideally, since that covers ~the first eighteen years of my life). So I'm currently listening to late 1992 (Now 23) and oh boy is this nostalgic.
I listened to the radio A LOT as a kid, because there were no other options. I only had a radio/cassette player, and very few things outside of audiobooks to listen to, so the radio it was. So a lot of this music is burnt into my braincells, even if I think I'm not going to recognise it from reading the title of the song.
And this made think about how (some) people on the internet complain that no-one listens to full albums any more because Spotify exists, and you shuffle your mp3s on your phone/music device. But like. Radios also exist? As I mentioned above, that's what I grew up with, so while I do enjoy a full album, I also really enjoy a mix of music, because that's more what I'm used to, and probably why trying to choose an entire album by someone to listen to causes me problems because I can't decide. I sort of like having that decision taken away from me, which is what radio stations/compilation albums do.
Also I have realised, over the last couple of years, that I am as far away from the nineties now as my parents were when they used to listen to Sounds of the 60s when I was a kid, and oh wow that makes me feel old. And the fact that Radio 2 now does a Sounds of the 90s does absolutely nothing to help with this.
Is this entry coherent? Probably not. All you really need to know is that I'm having good times waiting for a book to arrive. And then I will have even better times once the book is here and I am back from shopping :D
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ETA: OMG I completely forgot this (SuperMarioLand - Ambassadors of Funk) existed, and is the only reason I am familiar with Mario main theme at all! [/eta]
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*I have 42, and I know maybe a handful of the songs on it. I think I was at college when it came out? Anyway, 42 feels like a good place to stop, although 50 would take me to the year I finished college.
Anyway, it is the other book I ordered with my Xmas money, and it is all about collage! I have actually wanted it for a couple of years now, but thought it was appropriate to get now since I want to get better at collaging.
To keep me amused, besides yourself, dear internet, and my FFXIII game guide, I have a whole heap of CDs.
I got a whole bunch of the Now That's What I Call Music CDs second-hand, specifically the compilations from the early to mid nineties (I'd like from 1 to 41*, ideally, since that covers ~the first eighteen years of my life). So I'm currently listening to late 1992 (Now 23) and oh boy is this nostalgic.
I listened to the radio A LOT as a kid, because there were no other options. I only had a radio/cassette player, and very few things outside of audiobooks to listen to, so the radio it was. So a lot of this music is burnt into my braincells, even if I think I'm not going to recognise it from reading the title of the song.
And this made think about how (some) people on the internet complain that no-one listens to full albums any more because Spotify exists, and you shuffle your mp3s on your phone/music device. But like. Radios also exist? As I mentioned above, that's what I grew up with, so while I do enjoy a full album, I also really enjoy a mix of music, because that's more what I'm used to, and probably why trying to choose an entire album by someone to listen to causes me problems because I can't decide. I sort of like having that decision taken away from me, which is what radio stations/compilation albums do.
Also I have realised, over the last couple of years, that I am as far away from the nineties now as my parents were when they used to listen to Sounds of the 60s when I was a kid, and oh wow that makes me feel old. And the fact that Radio 2 now does a Sounds of the 90s does absolutely nothing to help with this.
Is this entry coherent? Probably not. All you really need to know is that I'm having good times waiting for a book to arrive. And then I will have even better times once the book is here and I am back from shopping :D
~
ETA: OMG I completely forgot this (SuperMarioLand - Ambassadors of Funk) existed, and is the only reason I am familiar with Mario main theme at all! [/eta]
~
*I have 42, and I know maybe a handful of the songs on it. I think I was at college when it came out? Anyway, 42 feels like a good place to stop, although 50 would take me to the year I finished college.
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The ability to make finely tailored playlists and mix it up so there's always something available to suit my mood is not one of the things I regret about the direction music has headed in.
Those albums sound like fun :3 Though DAMN don't remind me the 90s weren't 10 years ago lol.
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No, me either!
They are extremely good fun! I love music anyway, but the music+nostalgia hit is just the best serotonin boost.