What do you listen to when your brain is just fried?

[kansasnoob]

I've been working on a few bug work-arounds, two examples:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abiword/+bug/1019621

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/988290

But sometimes I just need to listen to music while doing absolutely nothing :D

Currently I simply love the sound of Imelda May. She truly has an amazing voice (whether singing or speaking). Never fails to get me out of the chair!

Second is Ringo Starr. He's amazed me for years, even with his country western and blues work, but he really reignited my interest when he performed with Ben Harper.

Third is Grace Potter, that's quite the medicine :D

Who do you listen to when it's time to do nothing :confused:

[hakermania]

Blackmill (http://www.youtube.com/user/BlackmillMusic)!

[jim_deadlock]

There is no substitute for Pink Floyd in this situation (Wish You Were Here album in particular). Guaranteed to chill the brain.

[Paqman]

Kruder and Dorfmeister's K&D Sessions is excellent for soothing the fried brainium.

[DarkAmbient]

Ambient :)

[odiseo77]

Kruder and Dorfmeister's K&D Sessions is excellent for soothing the fried brainium.

Yeah, I especially like their version of Bug Powder Dust.

As for me, when I'm stressed or too tired I listen any chillout or lounge online radio. (mostly di.fm, sometimes the Groove Salad channel at SomaFM).

That said, I can listen anything from chillout/lounge to Tool, Porcupine Tree (love PT), and even some Sepultura. And I also like jazz and blues.

[Lightstar]

Nothing :)

[Paqman]

the Groove Salad channel at SomaFM

+1 to this.

[chili555]

Sergei Rachmaninoff, ideally Piano Concerto No. 2, ideally flac and ideally via USB DAC/headphone amp. Or Pink Floyd.

[QIII]

Bagpipes and accordions.

Makes you feel like whatever you were doing before was not so bad after all.

[Ubun2to]

Anything My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. It really turns me around and puts a smile on my face.

[BrokenKingpin]

Slayer

[Elfy]

What do you listen to when your brain is just fried?Daevid Allen and Gong - in for a penny in for a pound ...

[stalkingwolf]

depends on my mood. anything from Native American flute to Celtic to Bluegrass, Big band, jazz,50's rock to black sabbath.

[HermanAB]

There is no equal for Streamtuner, Audacious and Radio Gothic:
http://ice-03.lagardere.cz:80/web-gothic-128

[neu5eeCh]

Lute music by John Dowland. I have the complete set.

It's water in a crystalline stream. On the road to recovery, the Lute Suites of Sylvius Leopold Weiss and Bach.

Bottom line: Solo Instruments. Clean harmonies. Clear lines.

[Swagman]

I have a severe aversion to frying my brain !!

I do, however, like to sit in the garden and enjoy Natures melody !

[Frogs Hair]

Wild life shows narrated by David Attenborough if available.

[The Cog]

I really like Virgin Soldiers (http://www.virginsoldiers.com).
Prior to finding about them, it would have been Pink Floyd, John Martyn or Renaissance.

[CharlesA]

Anything from Two Steps from Hell, but usually this one:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRLdhFVzqt4

[kansasnoob]

I love the fact that we're such a diverse community :)

[houseworkshy]

All sorts of everything. Recently I really like the Diablo String Orchestra, their track "The Tap Dancers Dilema" is my favorite upbeat one so far this century.

[effenberg0x0]

Suicidal Tendencies - Institutionalized (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoF_a0-7xVQ)
Rollins Band - Liar (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaysTVcounI)

It lifts up my spirit.

Regards,
Effenberg

[alexfish]

sizzla

:guitar:

[Shadius]

Beethoven's Fur Elise or anything classical with a nice piano melody. The sound of rain also, very soothing.

[vasa1]

Beethoven's Fur Elise or anything classical with a nice piano melody. The sound of rain also, very soothing.
I got this link from keithpeter's sig: http://www.gardnermuseum.org/music/listen/music_library?filter=composer

[DarkAmbient]

Slayer


I like the way you think! :guitar:

[y6FgBn)~v]

there is no substitute for pink floyd in this situation (wish you were here album in particular). Guaranteed to chill the brain.

+1

[kansasnoob]

+1

I still have "dark side" on vinyl :)

Sadly my old Akai turntable is in horrible shape :cry:

[mamamia88]

I've been working on a few bug work-arounds, two examples:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/abiword/+bug/1019621

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xserver-xorg-video-intel/+bug/988290

But sometimes I just need to listen to music while doing absolutely nothing :D

Currently I simply love the sound of Imelda May. She truly has an amazing voice (whether singing or speaking). Never fails to get me out of the chair!

Second is Ringo Starr. He's amazed me for years, even with his country western and blues work, but he really reignited my interest when he performed with Ben Harper.

Third is Grace Potter, that's quite the medicine :D

Who do you listen to when it's time to do nothing :confused:
smodcast

[|{urse]

When fried from stress or otherwise, I listen to DJ Shadow.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4E60Ffa9yQ

[VinDSL]

Rummelsnuff always cheers me up... :D

SOURCE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qkTRamZ0PsQ



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[tartalo]

time to do nothing

Absolute favorite:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDavcs13HNs

Recent discovery:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/list/a59611/urtzi-azkue

[Gremlinzzz]

:popcorn:Mr. Soul

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMK_puPa6II

[tartalo]

Can't resist to plug another one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmFrNnNjSas

[phrak]

first:

sudo apt-get install sox
then:

play -c 2 -n synth whitenoise band -n 100 24 band -n 300 100 gain +20"

White noise that is very close to the sound they used as the background engine noise of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek. Combined with some noise isolating headphones, it helps me stay focused without being "in the way"

I aliased this to "engage" in my bashrc for extra dork points.

[CharlesA]

Holy crap that does sound like the engine noise of the Enterprise..

[phrak]

Holy crap that does sound like the engine noise of the Enterprise..

Yeah, I have it in a screen session that has been running for 342 hours now. I keep it going all the time.. It's not loud enough for most people to notice it and I can turn it up and plug in my headphones to keep me focused.

[CharlesA]

Yeah, I have it in a screen session that has been running for 342 hours now. I keep it going all the time.. It's not loud enough for most people to notice it and I can turn it up and plug in my headphones to keep me focused.
That is pretty damn awesome.

Too bad you can't forward sound over ssh...

Actually you can forward sound over SSH, but it looks complicated and would add a bit of packages to a headless server...

EDIT: Also this:
http://www.rainymood.com/

[phrak]

I never thought about forwarding the sound over ssh... I only run it in a screen-session to keep from tying up the terminal.

[pissedoffdude]

This is definitely one of the best songs to relax to
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oxTL-vI3WY&feature=relmfu

[johnathansmith]

If i can, i go and listen ocean. If i can't then some smooth jazz :D

[MG&TL]

I'm usually not a fan of this sort of stuff, but when brain is fried (and it regularly is) I tend to listen to deadmau5. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9IBbMW2o_o&feature=relate (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9IBbMW2o_o&feature=related)

Usually, though, jazz, or 'classical'.

[ZarathustraDK]

http://edharrison.bandcamp.com/ got a pay-what-you-deal going for his 2 Neotokyo albums, great stuff. Electronic Ambience, very Akira- and Ghost in the Shell-like.

In retrospect, probably better for coding and getting work done than relaxing the brain ^^.

[johnathansmith]

http://edharrison.bandcamp.com/ got a pay-what-you-deal going for his 2 Neotokyo albums, great stuff. Electronic Ambience, very Akira- and Ghost in the Shell-like.

In retrospect, probably better for coding and getting work done than relaxing the brain ^^.

Agree :D this is really good stuff, something that i looking for long time! Also deadmau5 from MG&TL is pretty good, but not that touchy.