For those of you stoned ones with headphones - especially those of the noise-cancelling variety.
Such a fitting title.
Such a wonderful group.
Such a brilliant composer.
Many years back... (maybe 10 now?)
I spent a good three hours of a pretty heavy mushroom trip with nothing but that song on repeat while I sat in the dark, east-facing, third-floor 'bedroom' of my old (1800's) apartment that used to serve as living quarters for the workers of a textile mill whose ruins were across the street in the woods following a stream.
It does go into a pretty lucid perpetuity once you've clocked 20-some plays through. It does it right off the bat for me.
I didn't listen to it for years after that one night. I had gotten what it had to offer and my life was changed for the better because of it.
It gave me chills and teary eyes when I finally did listen to it again. And I still repeat it whenever I do listen to it.
I am right now.
It's a habit of mine that has always driven my partners mad.
I understand completely why it would.
But, some years later, I discovered that I wasn't alone.
The types of musics that I do this with are ubiquitous for repetitious listening.
And those who partake demand it be respected as a legitimate form of meditation... just like a mantra.
A lot of the tunes you'll see throughout this diary will, undoubtedly, be that type of music.
If you're feeling adventurous and/or like driving yourself mad... or if you, too, like to milk everything you can out of a song... give some of it a whirl.
No promises.