{"id":458,"date":"2006-06-14T11:45:19","date_gmt":"2006-06-14T16:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=458"},"modified":"2006-06-14T11:52:36","modified_gmt":"2006-06-14T16:52:36","slug":"playlist-meme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=458","title":{"rendered":"Playlist Meme"},"content":{"rendered":"

So, a playlist meme<\/a>, eh<\/a>?<\/p>\n

My own playlist is a bit odd. I enjoy lots of different kinds of music, but I 90% of the time when I’m listening to music I’m listening to some form of techno \/ electronic. Not because I like this sort of music best, but because it doesn’t have any vocals.<\/p>\n

I obviously spend a lot of time writing. I write code full-time at work, and then I spend my evenings PHP (to make a WordPress plugin), or prose (writing actual words in English, like this post). I spend most of the day writing, and for some reason I can’t write while listening to music with lyrics<\/em>. I have no idea why. It might be the same reason that I’m bad at watching %anime with subtitles<\/a>. I think I’m just bad at filtering out extraneous input. Listening to music with lyics is like having someone talking to me when I’m trying to code – I can’t filter it out. Even if the lyrics are stupid “yeah yeah baby” type fluff, my brain tunes in and I stop typing. Not good for productivity.<\/p>\n

(“Sampled” vocals – where one or two words are used in a piece of music almost as another instrument – are fine after a few seconds. Once I hear the words a couple of times my brain realizes the words aren’t information and becomes desensitized to them.)<\/p>\n

So my own playlist is a bit mind-numbing to others. I think lots of people would go mad if they had to listen to this, but it’s perfect for me. For whatever reason, The Crystal Method<\/a> is ideal for energizing me without distracting me.
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\n1. The Crystal Method – Trip Like I Do (7:34)
\n2. The Crystal Method – Busy Child (7:24)
\n3. The Crystal Method – Cherry Twist (4:25)
\n4. The Crystal Method – High Roller (5:29)
\n5. The Crystal Method – Comin’ Back (5:39)
\n6. The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive (6:12)
\n7. The Crystal Method – Vapor Trail (6:31)
\n8. The Crystal Method – She’s My Pusher (5:41)
\n9. The Crystal Method – Jaded (7:05)
\n10. The Crystal Method – Bad Stone (5:09)
\n11. The Crystal Method – PHD (6:27)
\n12. The Crystal Method – Wild, Sweet And Cool (3:54)
\n13. The Crystal Method – Roll It Up (6:02)
\n14. The Crystal Method – You Know It’s Hard (4:40)
\n15. The Crystal Method – Name Of The Game (4:15)
\n16. The Crystal Method – The Winner (5:11)
\n17. The Crystal Method – Ready For Action (5:01)
\n18. The Crystal Method – Ten Miles Back (7:00)
\n19. The Crystal Method – Over The Line (6:54)
\n20. The Crystal Method – Blowout (7:57)
\n21. The Crystal Method – Tough Guy (11:32)
\n22. The Crystal Method – Acetone (5:15)
\n23. The Crystal Method – Born Too Slow (2:59)
\n24. The Crystal Method – Bound Too Long (6:23)
\n25. The Crystal Method – Broken Glass (3:55)
\n26. The Crystal Method – High And Low (5:24)
\n27. The Crystal Method – I Know It’s You (5:48)
\n28. The Crystal Method – Realizer (3:48)
\n29. The Crystal Method – Starting Over (4:02)
\n30. The Crystal Method – The American Way (4:27)
\n31. The Crystal Method – True Grit (5:06)
\n32. The Crystal Method – Weapons Of Mass Distortion (4:51)
\n33. The Crystal Method – Wide Open (7:25)
\n34. The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive (There Is Hope Mix) (5:42)
\n35. The Crystal Method – Keep Hope Alive (Trip Hope Mix) (6:18)
\n36. The Crystal Method – More (5:59)
\n37. The Crystal Method – Now Is The Time (Secret Knowledge Overkill Mix) (7:04)
\n38. The Crystal Method – Now Is The Time (The Olympic Mix) (7:29)
\n39. The Crystal Method – The Dubeliscious Groove (Fly Spanish Version) (6:46)
\n40. The Crystal Method – Dylan Rhymes feat. Kathrine Ellis \/ Salty (Meat Katie Remix) (5:36)
\n41. The Crystal Method – Elite Force \/ Ghetto Fabulous (5:31)
\n42. The Crystal Method – Evil Nine \/ We Have The Energy (5:00)
\n43. The Crystal Method – Hyper \/ Come With Me (5:02)
\n44. The Crystal Method – Koma + Bones \/ SpeedFreak (2:39)
\n45. The Crystal Method – New Order \/ Bizarre Love Triangle (The Crystal Method’s CSII Mix) (5:32)
\n46. The Crystal Method – PMT \/ Gyromancer (Elite Force Remix) (4:14)
\n47. The Crystal Method – Smashing Pumpkins \/ 1979 (New Originals 1799 Remix) (6:57)
\n48. The Crystal Method – The Crystal Method feat. Kevin Beber \/ Kalifornia (4:25)
\n49. The Crystal Method – The Crystal Method \/ Bound Too Long (Hyper Mix) (5:24)
\n50. The Crystal Method – The Crystal Method \/ Intro (1:38)
\n<\/small><\/p>\n

…and on it goes, but you get the idea. It’s pretty much everything The Crystal Method has ever put out, 74 tracks in all. Once in a while I’m in the mood for something more mellow and I’ll go for Moby or (if I’m feeling REALLY mellow) some Explosions In The Sky.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So, a playlist meme, eh? My own playlist is a bit odd. I enjoy lots of different kinds of music, but I 90% of the time when I’m listening to music I’m listening to some form of techno \/ electronic. Not because I like this sort of music best, but because it doesn’t have any […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nerd-culture"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}