How did I ever get by without that record?

[Gray House]

I have listened to Pink Floyd's The Piper at the Gates of Dawn innumerable times and it never seems to get old. The same with Syd Barrett's solo album, The Madcap Laughs. Pink Floyd was never as good without him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8k5WQnfCjmk

I also listen to jazz a lot, especially improvisational jazz. This is one of my favorites:

[Egaeus]

Belbury Poly - The Willows (from The Willows) - YouTube

Belbury Poly later surpassed this curiously sinister slice of radiophonic hauntology with albums like The Owl's Map and From An Ancient Star, but I still remember the wonder of the first listening of this one.

[Karnos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyEPzPLODRw

[Karnos]

Deaf Center, "Pale Ravine"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kABa-ENa1Zw

[Karnos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghYtjr6i4_A

[DoktorH]

Quote Originally Posted by When_MP_Attacks

Anyone else find that as you age you encounter fewer "life-saving" albums, novels, movies, etc.?

music is the one I find least often anymore. nowadays it's just background noise while i read or drive. Everyfour years or so I come across some band I had not listened to previously that I vastly enjoy to the point where it brightens my mood and gets me through some stressful situation. the last music to do this for me were the albums of Cannibal Corpse and Slayer about two years ago, so it will be a while before anything new comes up.

Books still happen once two years or so. American Psycho, Anathem, The Conspiracy Against the Human Race are the three from the past six years.

movies are by far the rarest. I use Netflix movie-rental service as a substitute for any kind of TV service, so I see a LOT of movies, and very rarely come across one that leaves me wondering how I could have lived without it.

[shivering]

These two are still so amazing:

[mgriffin]

Plateaux of Mirror may well be in my all-time top 10. Beautiful!

[sundog]

The more days go by, the more all kinds of musical expression seem to me merely the foul breath of mankind. Extraterrestrial musick being the exception that confirms the rule.