I just ripped one of the test tone tracks from Pan Sonic's "Vakio," put it on repeat on Winamp as non-distracting background noise so that I can concentrate on reading

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To what lengths do you go to ensure amenable reading ambience?

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:37 (twenty years ago)

loosen the ol' belt

― s1ocki (slutsky), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:40 (twenty years ago)

walked across the campus to the cathedral-like law library with a backpack loaded with 6-8 hours worth of supplies(batteries, CDs, cokes, etc).

didn't leave until kicked out by library staff.

― kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:46 (twenty years ago)

Sometimes I put my headphones on with nothing playing, to block the noise out at work and so people stop bugging me.

― Trayce (trayce), Friday, 12 November 2004 04:47 (twenty years ago)

I did that on family vacations when I was 11 so that my parents wouldn't try to talk to me.

― chicago, now! (chicago, now!), Friday, 12 November 2004 08:36 (twenty years ago)

I have never quite gone to the lengths of slaughtering my entire household in order to get the requisite peace and quiet, but I've come extremely close.

― Matt (Matt), Friday, 12 November 2004 08:38 (twenty years ago)

two months pass...

Can anyone recommend (or have) any sound files of ambient murmurring as one would hear in a cafe? That is, people speaking but without any conversations being intelligible.

― Leeeter van den Hoogenband (Leee), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:30 (twenty years ago)

Have you tried just putting on music (a bunch of it, on random, so you don't get sucked out of your cocoon by recognizing what song's coming next), but lowering the volume just enough so it's hard to make anything out?

― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:45 (twenty years ago)

Listen to Cocteau Twins. Works every time.

― Pears can just fuck right off. (kenan), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:47 (twenty years ago)

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― Reviewer: Sir Potomus (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (ex machina), Monday, 24 January 2005 22:50 (twenty years ago)

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