Well sometimes. Sometimes you want quiet, but sometimes noise lets you know that there is someone or something else there, be it a radio, TV, someone else in the house or whatever.
I was just in the shower and could hear something that sounded like the "Theme From The X-Files" and realised it seemed to be coming through either the shower drain or the shower head. Totally weird, but I wonder if that is where Mark Snow got the idea from. Who knows?
Quiet is also good at times, sometimes it's just good to lie on the bed with an eye mask in a dark room and complete quiet and empty your mind. A great form of relaxation, and after it, I then want NOISE.
I love playing stuff on vinyl because there's no remote, so no skipping, and you can actually sit and enjoy the music.
When I walk, I have a decent set of headphones, so the phone/headphone combination allows me to listen to whatever I want (as long as it's on the phone). I don't use music streaming services because I think they're an unworkable business model for artists (unless you're Ed Sheeran), but I still have a huge selection on there. Although in this creeping, inherent tech-induced laziness, transferring music to my phone is a bit of a chore. The thing is, when we used to make mix tapes for friends, we had to choose albums and tracks and do it in real time, so a ninety-minute tape would take you well over two hours to make, whereas these days people just want to share a Spotify playlist.
I find the same with DVDs, I find getting up, getting the DVD out, opening the player drawer and then pressing play a chore. And I always forget about the theft warnings before the video starts. Like in many walks of life, it's the people who keep to the rules who are targeted, not the ones who break the rules.
I was just in the shower and could hear something that sounded like the "Theme From The X-Files" and realised it seemed to be coming through either the shower drain or the shower head. Totally weird, but I wonder if that is where Mark Snow got the idea from. Who knows?
Quiet is also good at times, sometimes it's just good to lie on the bed with an eye mask in a dark room and complete quiet and empty your mind. A great form of relaxation, and after it, I then want NOISE.
I love playing stuff on vinyl because there's no remote, so no skipping, and you can actually sit and enjoy the music.
When I walk, I have a decent set of headphones, so the phone/headphone combination allows me to listen to whatever I want (as long as it's on the phone). I don't use music streaming services because I think they're an unworkable business model for artists (unless you're Ed Sheeran), but I still have a huge selection on there. Although in this creeping, inherent tech-induced laziness, transferring music to my phone is a bit of a chore. The thing is, when we used to make mix tapes for friends, we had to choose albums and tracks and do it in real time, so a ninety-minute tape would take you well over two hours to make, whereas these days people just want to share a Spotify playlist.
I find the same with DVDs, I find getting up, getting the DVD out, opening the player drawer and then pressing play a chore. And I always forget about the theft warnings before the video starts. Like in many walks of life, it's the people who keep to the rules who are targeted, not the ones who break the rules.
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