Well, summer is here and I'm perpetually in a busy/bored cycle and have let music fall by the wayside for a while. Which is strange considering the fact that there's a lot going on musically this summer.
Actually, my lack of listening right now is self-imposed. Before I go to a concert, I like to not listen to the band I'm seeing for a given amount of time, usually a month, maybe a few weeks if I only sort of like them, or 2 months if I really love them (Radiohead?). This way, the songs at the concert sound as fresh and as exciting as the first time I ever heard them. My boyfriend does the same, I've learned from him. So right now, I'm on a Beck, Coldplay, Radiohead, Manu Chao moratorium.
Coldplay for another week (concert July 18)
Radiohead, Beck, Manu for another month and a half (August 22)
Soon I may have to stop listening to Sigur Ros, Ratatat, and Calexico as well, if we go see them in Septemberish (different dates)....
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Actually, my lack of listening right now is self-imposed. Before I go to a concert, I like to not listen to the band I'm seeing for a given amount of time, usually a month, maybe a few weeks if I only sort of like them, or 2 months if I really love them (Radiohead?). This way, the songs at the concert sound as fresh and as exciting as the first time I ever heard them. My boyfriend does the same, I've learned from him. So right now, I'm on a Beck, Coldplay, Radiohead, Manu Chao moratorium.
Coldplay for another week (concert July 18)
Radiohead, Beck, Manu for another month and a half (August 22)
Soon I may have to stop listening to Sigur Ros, Ratatat, and Calexico as well, if we go see them in Septemberish (different dates)....
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