http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/24/audio-amelioration/ "Sometimes the appropriate response to reality is to go insane." - Philip K Dick Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:15:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/24/audio-amelioration/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Edd Mon, 19 Feb 2007 23:07:06 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/24/audio-amelioration/#comment-114 It's amazing a the strength of bond that a single tune or album can have with a particular time or place. There are some albums that I can't listen to without being instantly whisked back to when they were the soundtrack to a certain time in my life. It’s amazing a the strength of bond that a single tune or album can have with a particular time or place. There are some albums that I can’t listen to without being instantly whisked back to when they were the soundtrack to a certain time in my life.

]]> http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/24/audio-amelioration/comment-page-1/#comment-97 adam Mon, 29 Jan 2007 22:03:51 +0000 http://thesimulacra.net/journal/2007/01/24/audio-amelioration/#comment-97 personally music has a lot of power in bringing up memories and re-establishing moods. you know i spent time in the seychelles over the summer, it was a totally new experience for me but it had some similarities with living away from a familliar place or 'home' and after a while, amazing as it was, i was getting homesick and stressed because of it. fool that i was i didnt take any music of my own but a friend lent me hers and it only took one song to ground me again. 1979 was one of the first pumpkin songs i heard and its possibly still my favourite and hearing that after about 4-5 weeks working in an unfamiliar environment and being able to just sit down and immerse myself in it was very refreshing. personally music has a lot of power in bringing up memories and re-establishing moods. you know i spent time in the seychelles over the summer, it was a totally new experience for me but it had some similarities with living away from a familliar place or ‘home’ and after a while, amazing as it was, i was getting homesick and stressed because of it. fool that i was i didnt take any music of my own but a friend lent me hers and it only took one song to ground me again. 1979 was one of the first pumpkin songs i heard and its possibly still my favourite and hearing that after about 4-5 weeks working in an unfamiliar environment and being able to just sit down and immerse myself in it was very refreshing.

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