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I sometimes just put movies on to listen to their sound design, and then go do something else while it blares on in the background. Mostly old movies from the 1940’s. The designs are so consistent, the score is so sweeping and trill, the dialogue so crunchy. Modern movies have a bit more textural randomness and slam effects but occasionally they sound amazing too as a background, it’s just more juiced (and they also sync modern songs…hmm) If commercials weren’t so heinously obnoxious these days I’d say a blaring TV in the background would be the most nostalgic… Forensic Files has an amazing sound profile and usually plays for many hours at a time on network TV. But old movies always have romance. They have the strings that have become synonymous with human drama, and its nice to have that slowly unfolding somewhere in your living space while you distract yourself with other things.
Oct 4, 2023
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automatically gives whatever you are doing a narrative arc. like u are full on following the hero's journey while cutting onions. i especially recommend the vertigo soundtrack or any soundtrack by ennio morricone but u can choose w/e depending on your mood.
Apr 13, 2024
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listening to a movie soundtrack on vinyl is so sick because all of the intentionality of putting a record on, playing it, flipping it, etc. in tandem with the intentional composition of a movie soundtrack for certain scenes and the arc of the film in general makes you feel like you're in a movie for the run of the record. my personal favorites:
- shaft (isaac hayes, 1971)
- superfly (curtis mayfield, 1972)
- the social network (trent reznor + atticus ross, 2010 – they also did the challengers soundtrack!)
bonus: if your life is a movie (fr) i think getting past the "poser" anxiety and just buying your favorite albums on vinyl and listening to them as the soundtrack for your life brings the same vibe. for me:
- time traveler + wagenmuzik (gum.mp3)
- room 25 + telefone (noname)
- ctrl (sza)
- starboy (the weeknd)
- the misseducation of lauryn hill (lauryn hill)
- what's goin' on (marvin gaye)
- channel orange (frank ocean)
...among others
bonus bonus: jazz. miles davis, duke ellington, stevie wonder, sun ra, pick your poison
Feb 11, 2025
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I love movie scores from Brokeback Mountain, to Poor Things, to The Secret Garden. They often make for great background noise & set a mood very efficiently.
Sep 19, 2024
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This fits into a wider category of things I enjoy starting with the ocean, seaside towns and piers, swimming… but oysters weirdly are like a bite sized version of how intoxicating the ocean can be. Not all oysters are created equally. Some are a little sketchy, underwhelming, or just a nice snack you pretend to like more than you do because you probably paid a pretty penny to have them. But, when an oyster is just right, extremely fresh, full of depth and brine, it sends the ocean straight to your dome, behind your eyes. You can taste the whole sea in it, you can almost even taste the swimming - dunking your head and getting a little seawater up your nose. It’s a full body thing. After four or five oysters like that you can take over the world, or just have really good sex.
Oct 4, 2023
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I feel like my dog and I are always straining to communicate. I think at this point we effectively do. I use a higher voice for him so he knows I’m talking to him specifically. Usually I repeat the same phrases and words in weird ways to convey the emotional meaning of what I’m getting at. I ask questions. He twirls, makes little sighs, sneezes, yawns, and occasionally makes a vocalization that’s so demanding and full of canine yearning to speak that I become very impressed. We’re trying to break through to each other and we occasionally do. I am blown away by the interconnectivity of all living beings. He just wants another treat. And the cycle continues.
Oct 4, 2023
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Nothing like ending a long laborious day with a quick YouTube search for the most recent episode of Jeopardy. It’s like my five o clock news, except the news is I could never be a contestant. But. That said, I love attempting to keep up after realizing that I could. Almost (barely). My parents were not watching Jeopardy in our household. For years I assumed the whole thing was wildly inaccessible, as network TV was… I assumed wrong. Being a little traveled sponge is enough to get some of the clues and it's on YouTube. Turns out Jeopardy is for everybody! Kinda. It’s like having a tiny race where you watch very capable people restore your faith in humanity with their lightning speed aptitude for facts, and every once in a while you get to pop your head in and feel like you still have half a brain too. Good day ender.
Oct 4, 2023