Scott Gyrrr Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have you ever read a book at the same time as listening to an album and felt a real connection between the two? I'm listening too Bavarian Fruit Bread by Hope Sandoval and it always reminds me of when I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar back in '01(?) The way I feel about one has effected the other. Anybody else felt the same? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Gyrrr Posted October 6, 2008 Author Share Posted October 6, 2008 oh and if I ever read the bible I'll be sure to listen to Nick Cave while I'm at it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
markosis Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have a hard enough time concentrating, there's no damn way I could listen to music and read at the same time. Its one or the other. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I can't really do both at the same time so well either. If I do have music on while reading, it has to be something instrumental. If someone is singing, I just listen to their words and lose track of what's going on in the book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stooka Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 If you play DSOTM along with Wizard of Oz while reading The World According To Garp...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 If you play DSOTM along with Wizard of Oz while reading The World According To Garp......I've done this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Have you ever read a book at the same time as listening to an album and felt a real connection between the two? I'm listening too Bavarian Fruit Bread by Hope Sandoval and it always reminds me of when I read Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar back in '01(?) The way I feel about one has effected the other. Anybody else felt the same? Absolutely! Especially when I was reading this: And listening to this: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
gogo Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I can't really do both at the same time so well either. If I do have music on while reading, it has to be something instrumental. If someone is singing, I just listen to their words and lose track of what's going on in the book.This is definitely true for me. If I'm listening and reading at the same time, either I'll be listening to the music and find after a few pages that I have to go back and re-read them, because I've got no idea what I just read; or else I'll stop at the end of a chapter and find that I have no idea what was coming out of my headphones for the past few songs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 After much practice and trial and error (and sweating), I have mastered the art of reading while exercising on a stationary bike (provided the book, unlike its owner, is slim enough to fit into the little book holder thingy attached to the Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Jules Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 (provided the book, unlike its owner, is slim enough to fit into the little book holder thingy attached to the Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bobbob1313 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have to have music on when I read, usually. The biggest connection I've found was Love Is A Mixtape by Rob Sheffield and Boys & Girls In America by the Hold Steady. That combo kicked my ass one night. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I have to have music on when I read, usually. The biggest connection I've found was Love Is A Mixtape by Rob Sheffield and Boys & Girls In America by the Hold Steady. That combo kicked my ass one night. Alright, we Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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mountain bed Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I've always found that HST's "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72" and the Allman's "Live at Fillmore East" is a good combination. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
yermom Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 I listened to some Dosh while reading The Devil in the White City some and those worked well enough together. The energy in his beats added to the whole intense pressure to get the buildings up, meet deadlines, and everything in the book. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Gabriel-era Genesis and early American literature. (An 11th-grade thing.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Stewart Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Not reading, but in high school I was convinced that listening to the Talking Heads' Naked made me draw better. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Good Old Neon Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Not reading, but in high school I was convinced that listening to the Talking Heads' Naked made me draw better. I bet there Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Gyrrr Posted October 7, 2008 Author Share Posted October 7, 2008 ... listening to Talking Heads naked made me draw better. you must have had quite an open minded school Quote Link to post Share on other sites
sweetheart-mine Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 i can't do artwork without listening to opera at the same time. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Scott Gyrrr Posted October 8, 2008 Author Share Posted October 8, 2008 Just an observation: There are quite a few artists and photographers on Via Chicago. Carry on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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