Music Drives the Flow
Click, clack, the screws tighten...
The remedy is music. Anything that will disconnect me from the perpetual ticking of the world's natural clock: business. Without it I lose focus. I'm lost.
That being said, a friend of mine and I have always thought that A Perfect Circle's Mer de Noms album was one of the ultimate 'creativity inspiring' albums. I still find that to be true today, but I've recently added a bit more to the playlist that fuels complete shifts each day.
What's in the Shuffle (An Incomplete List)
A Tribe Called Quest, Midnight Marauders
Flyleaf, Flyleaf
The Mars Volta, Deloused In the Comatorium/Frances the Mute
System of a Down, Mezmerize/Hypnotize
A Perfect Circle, Thirteenth Step
Martin Denny, The Exotic Sounds of Martin Denny
Radiohead, Kid A/OK Computer/The Bends
Tool, Opiate/Ænema/Lateralus
Puscifer, Both Songs off of the Underworld Soundtracks
Of course, it's different for everyone.
That's why I use my headphones.
What's inspiring you?
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My itunes list from today.
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Shuffle Your Feet Broken Social Scene: You Forgot It In People Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind Fugazi: Instrument Soundtrack Guided By Voices: Earthquake Glue Iron And Wine: The Creek Drank The Cradle June Of 44: Four Great Points Mark Lanegan Band: Bubblegum Nada Surf: The Weight Is A Gift Pinback: Blue Screen Life The Rolling Stones: England's Newest Hit Makers Sage Francis: Personal Journals Wilco: Kicking Television: D1 Live In Chicago
recent itunes rotation:
Iron And Wine/Calaxico - In The Reins The Postal Service HR - Charge John Vanderslice - Pixel Revot Sugarcubes - Life's Too Good From Monument To Masses Norman Blake - Whiskey Before Breakfast Woody Guthrie - Dust Bowl Ballads Shellac - 1000 Hurts
Tom Jones.
when i need to get work done, i crank onto my "Energy Dark" mix. so far today it's played:
(Name : Artist : Album)
Fear : Disturbed : The Sickness Brutality - Urban Vodoo : Various Artists : Mortal Kombat Annihiltion X-Squad - George S. Clinton : Various Artists : Mortal Kombat Annihiltion Furious Angels - Rob Dougan : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded Born Slippy (Nuxx) : Underworld : Trainspotting Not Meant For Me - Wayne Static Of Static X : Various Artists : The Queen Of The Damned Native - Feel The Drums : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2) Get Up Again : Flaw : XXX (Disc 1) Technologicque Park : Orbital : XXX (Disc 1) The Chemicals Between Us : Bush : The Science Of Things Bodies : Drowning Pool : Sinner dragula__hot_ro &ob%20zombie : Various Artists : The Matrix Like A Prayer - Bigod 20 : Various Artists : Virgin Voices - A Tribute To Madonna - Vol. 2 Right Here, Right Now : Ice Cube And Paul Oakenfold : Blade 2 Soundtrack Pack1demo : TuneMedia : Tune Up Loops Demo Pack 1 Overflow - Obit : Various Artists : High Priestess Productions Sampler 2002 01:01.6 : mindFIELD : Akrasia Hanzel & Gretyl - Pleiadian Agenda : Various Artists : Diva X Machina 2 Ren 2 - Photek : Various Artists : Animatrix: The Album Ratty - Sunrise (Here I Am) : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2) Modem - Contact (We Gotta Connect) : Ministry of Sound : The Annual Spring 2001 (Disc 2) Dread Rock - Paul Oakenfold : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded Midnight : Susan Short : Tune Up Loops Demo Pack 1 Juke-Joint Jezebel : K.M.F.D.M. : Mortal Kombat Soundtrack Bela Lugosi's Dead : You Shriek : Bela Lugosi's Dead Supermoves (Animatrix) - Overseer : Various Artists : Animatrix: The Album Bodies (Vrenna xXx Mix) : Drowning Pool : XXX (Disc 1) Expansion Union - Playing With Lightning : Various Artists : Blade let your body die (Catatonic Dance Mix by B6) : Cyber-Tec : Let Your Body Die Send Me An Angel : Real Life : New Wave Hits Of The '80s, Vol. 11 In your room : Depeche Mode : Songs of faith and devotion Teahouse - Juno Reactor And Gocoo : Various Artists : The Matrix Reloaded (Disc 2) Voodoo People (Original Mix) : The Prodigy : The Rock Matrix
Morcheeba, it sinks into the background allowing me to concentrate on code while blocking out the continuous clicking of the person behind me testing a web interface things and my bosses boss whistling on the other side of the partition...
jonny
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Today my iTunes has touched:
Breaking Benjamin / We Are Not Alone Dane Cook / Harmful If Swallowed A Perfect Circle / Mer de Norms; eMOTIVe; Thirteenth Step Avenged Seeenfold / City of Evil Blink-182 / Greatest Hits Lacuna Coil / Comalies Seether / Karma and Effect.
with 3.25 hours to go