SFReader.com : Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Book Reviews & more      SFWatcher.com : Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Movie Review



  Home | Log In | Register | Calendar | Search | Help
   
SFReader Forums > SFReader > I'd Like to See... > What I'm listening to now  Forum Quick Jump
 
New Topic Post Reply Printable Version
[ << Previous Thread | Next Thread >> | Show Newest Post First ]

MysticWino
anarchist fringe monkey boddhisatva



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined May 2007
Total Posts : 1565
  		   Posted 6/28/2007 4:52 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Since certain folk hereabouts are a bit *restrictive* and high-strung about reading books vs. listening to audio books, how about we have a place for auditors of audio fiction? It should spark a great deal of comments on particular companies, dramatic readers, and hearing vs. reading books (some of us actually do both).
 
What do you think?

Exile of my own dull vice. . .

Back to Top
 

crystalwizard
Forum Moderator



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Nov 2006
Total Posts : 4586
  		   Posted 6/28/2007 7:21 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
auditors?

It's fine with me. What all would you want to do with it?

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!

Visit my art gallery on art wanted at
http://artwanted.com/crystalwizard

All my books in print:
http://sojourn.omnitech.net

Back to Top
 

MysticWino
anarchist fringe monkey boddhisatva



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined May 2007
Total Posts : 1565
  		   Posted 6/29/2007 3:29 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

Under "Books and Fiction", we could call it "Right Now, I'm Listening To . . ." and discuss audio books generally.

Are authors better at reading their own work?

Are ensembles better than single readers?

What company puts out the best audio books?

Are small press publishers able and/or willing to try this avenue?

I read XYZ and then listened to it; here's my comparison from reading to hearing . . .

That sort of thing.

Exile of my own dull vice. . .

Back to Top
 

crystalwizard
Forum Moderator



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Nov 2006
Total Posts : 4586
  		   Posted 6/29/2007 3:49 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
So start a thread there and call it that then.

Never meddle in the affairs of a wizard unless you are soggy and hard to light!

Visit my art gallery on art wanted at
http://artwanted.com/crystalwizard

All my books in print:
http://sojourn.omnitech.net

Back to Top
 

Nicholas
Adept



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Jun 2006
Total Posts : 957
  		   Posted 7/2/2007 2:08 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.

I've recently developed the opinion that classic Motown ('50s-'70s) is the best pop music ever (in saying that, I'm talking about radio pop, distinguishing jazz and other formats as their own separate categories). The Motown sound is gold. To underline my contention by contrast, one only need listen to songs Motown singers recorded in the '80s--the likes of Diana Ross, Smokey Robinson. What strikes one about this post-Motown music, with its computer-generated keyboards and drum tracks, is its vanilla blandness; it's dull, generic, anonymous. The '50s-'70s Motown studio musicians, man. They were the gold.

 
 

Back to Top
 

Daniel
Carl Jung's Waterboy



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Aug 2003
Total Posts : 4515
  		   Posted 7/3/2007 4:37 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
The '50s-'70s Motown studio musicians, man. They were the gold.

***

Oh, YEAH!

"Art is the celebration of the ego's destruction."

Daniel

Back to Top
 

MichaelEhart
Sage



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Jul 2005
Total Posts : 2314
  		   Posted 7/8/2007 9:01 PM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Agreed, but for a perhaps surprising reason--- they were very sloppy. The human ear likes sloppy, rock and roll lives on the dirty signal, and a rich tone is one where the harmonics bleed into the tone.
The "soullessness" of later Motown comes from the fact that Berry Gordy found an even cheaper way to produce the backgrounds by replacing the cheapest session men he could find by even cheaper electronics. Still, for sheer "swing" it is hard to beat the Detroit members of the "Funk Brothers"--- the later LA session men were stronger musicians, mostly, but lacked that down and dirty feel.
Wikipedia has a pretty good listing of the various members here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Funk_Brothers

Today I am listening to : Little Feats, Bonny Raitt, Blind Willie Johnson, Black Crowes, and Leon Russell.

"Darkling I Listen; and for Many a Time" , Fear and Trembling, coming soon!
"The Scarlet Colored Beast" The Sword Review, September 2007
"Nothing But Our Tears" The Sword Review. August 2007
"Weaving Spiders Come Not Here" The Sword Review, July 2007
"The View From the Shotglass Floor" Ray Gun Revival, Feb 2007
"Six Zombies Doing That Mick Jagger Strut" Damned in Dixie, July 2007
"The Death of Number 23" Dark Krypt, Fall 2006
"Servant of the Manthycore" Sword Review, April 2006
"Voice of the Spoiler"  Sword Review, up now!
"Dancing with the Elder Gods"-- Thirteen Magazine, October 2005
"It's a Living" Byzarium---November 2005
"An Exorcism Straight, Hold the Elvis" The Sword Review, October 2005
Host, 2005 Nebula Awards Live Chat, sff.net
http://mehart.blogspot.com/

Back to Top
 

Daniel
Carl Jung's Waterboy



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Aug 2003
Total Posts : 4515
  		   Posted 7/19/2007 10:53 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
This morning I am happily listening to: Toni Braxton, James Taylor, Prince, and a little Jackie De Shannon ("Laid Back Days") -- along with some classic AC/DC and Priest....

"Art is the celebration of the ego's destruction."

Daniel

Back to Top
 

PaulMc
Adept



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined May 2005
Total Posts : 989
  		   Posted 7/19/2007 11:34 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
Daniel said...
This morning I am happily listening to: Toni Braxton, James Taylor, Prince, and a little Jackie De Shannon ("Laid Back Days") -- along with some classic AC/DC and Priest....


Whenever they do those "song countdowns", I usually say I can't pick one favorite.

As I get older, though, I am starting to believe that "Whole Lotta Rosie" is the number one rock song of all time, at least for me.

-- Paul McNamee

My Writings
The Tales of Doran Coyle

Back to Top
 

Daniel
Carl Jung's Waterboy



Email Address Not AvailablePersonal Homepage Not AvailablePrivate Messaging Not AvailableAIM Not AvailableICQ Not AvailableY! Not AvailableMSN Not Available
Date Joined Aug 2003
Total Posts : 4515
  		   Posted 7/19/2007 11:45 AM (GMT -4)    Quote This PostAlert An Admin About This Post.
As I get older, though, I am starting to believe that "Whole Lotta Rosie" is the number one rock song of all time, at least for me

***

Oh, that's a great song, for sure!!!

I don't think I could pick the number one rock song of all time.... If I had to pick something I might pick "Sympathy for the Devil" by the Stones or "Milk Cow Blues" by Elvis, the Sun recording, that is.

On second thought, those choices seem kind of bland and predictable, eh?

How 'bout: "Race with the Devil" by Gene Vincent or "Shoot to Thrill" by AC/DC as slightly less predictable candidates? Right now I'm listening to the live version of "Lights Out" by UFO, a fantastic up-tempo rock song with some great lyrics and awesome soloing.....

"Art is the celebration of the ego's destruction."

Daniel

Back to Top
 
New Topic Post Reply Printable Version
 
Forum Information
Currently it is Saturday, August 30, 2008 10:00 AM (GMT -4)
There are a total of 80,259 posts in 6,342 threads.
In the last 3 days there were 29 new threads and 123 reply posts. View Active Threads
Who's Online
This forum has 1221 registered members. Please welcome our newest member, tomo99.
18 Guest(s), 0 Registered Member(s) are currently online.  Details
Forum powered by dotNetBB v2.42EC SP2
dotNetBB © 2000-2008
(c) SFReader
Need Support? | Forum Help Manual