when and where do you listen to music?

At work = background

In the car = singalong

everyone does hate it, but for me music is at its most sensitised peak when some kind of pain is involved.

Music is best for me when I can move around or see things moving while I'm listening. The connection between what I'm hearing and what I'm doing is really important. I can't sit still or listen to it in the "background" which constantly irritates my mom.

although this sounds a little like the kind of glib shit the manics are prone to coming out with, i do understand what they mean and i have had similar experiences.

one thing i used to do as a teenager with the radio on, or a record or something, was turn the lights off as jim suggested with the tv on. it fascinated me the way that the music occassionally would form a picture-perfect soundtrack with whichever random image was on screen.

so yes, given this i understand how the Dark Side of the Moon and the Wizard of Oz might work together, but so might, say, Tender Pervert by Momus and Speed.

having said that i would still desperately love to see less music used at all in films. but that's for another thread...

saw a post from HI DERE talking about a CD player in the bathroom and thought: how often do I listen to music in the bathroom? only every so often. do you listen to music in every room, or just a few? do you move the equipment from room to room, or do you have every room set up with something for listening?

I absolutely must listen to it in the morning before showering -- usually something darker than is my wont (Miles "He Loved Him Madly," DJ Shadow, etc).

The shower radio is essential but it's always turned to NPR, the better I guess to steel myself for the excitements of the work day. I listen to music sometimes in the bedroom, sometimes in my home office, but mostly in the living room, kitchen, or back yard, on gear that stays set up in those locations.

iPod goes with me where needed - sometimes via headphones, other times via a line-in in the bedroom, living room, basement or car. The music's on the computer so that takes care of the office. The kitchen is close enough to the living room to not require a dedicated unit. The music room has a stereo and all the source CDs, too. And that about covers it.

mostly listen in the car and when i'm walking; sometimes when i'm at work. don't listen to a ton of music at home oddly enough.

I have to turn up my living room stereo pretty loud to be able to hear it in the shower. I don't do that very often since I don't want my upstairs neighbors to hate me. I have another stereo set up for my tv and dvd player, each with a dedicated line for an mp3 player. I mostly listen to records when I am at home, though, and mp3s in my headphones all day every day at work. Having a weekly two hour radio show compels me to listen to and think about music a lot. I will have to scale it back a little if I am really serious about completing this fucking library degree.

in my bedroom while getting dressed
walking to the bus
on the bus
at my desk - speakers most of the day
at my desk - headphones when concentrating on some work
in the gym
walking around the city
on the train
when shopping
in the pub, jukeboxes or bar selections or karaoke
at gigs
in clubs
listenwatching to DVDs in the living room
reading in the armchair in the other living room
cleaning the house
reading in bed
radio in the car (I drive about once a fortnight)