To put some of the locations in context, here is a quick summary of my log-day. My dad drove me up from Brown to my dentist appointment in Massachusetts. My family then went out for lunch with my brother for his birthday and came home for his birthday party. My dad drove me back to Brown the following morning. Interestingly, I did not pick any of the music.
Log: 10 AM, Saturday 13th September- 10 AM, Sunday 14th September
Car
10:23 AM. CD Kind of Blue by Miles Davis. Listened to entire album.
11:16 AM. Banjo finger picking solo piece about road kill stew. Interlude during Car Talk radio show.
11:18 AM. Radio Commercial. Simple drum beat with rock rhythm guitar.
11:19 AM. Radio Commercial. Intro theme to “All Things Considered” Straight ahead jazz piece with piano, bass, and horn section.
11:20 AM. "Dawggy Mountain Breakdown" by David Grisman. Blue grass finger picking banjo with violin accompaniment. The Car Talk theme song.
Dentist’s Office
11:25 AM. Commercial music. There is a TV in waiting room.
Erie synthesized keyboard music behind Goosebumps commercial.
Cheesy Rock featuring saxophones, guitar, and drums behind action toy commercial.
Epic neo-classical choral music behind a Yu Gi Oh! commercial.
Big Band swing music behind a cartoon commercial.
11:28 AM. TV show music for cartoon “Chaotic.” Synthesized classical mood music.
11:40 AM. Commercial music again.
“Blueberry Pop Tart Blues.” Slow vocal-and-guitar blues piece sung by a pop tart.
Dentist’s Chair
11:40 AM-12:07 PM. Soft rock and soft pop playing continuously over the XM radio in room my teeth are cleaned in. “Bay I Love Your Way” by Big Mountain and “MMMBop” by Hanson.
Dentist’s Office
12:15 PM. String quartet music drifting in from another room in office, synthesized smooth saxophone jazz from infomercial on TV
Car
12:15 PM. CD Sound of a Trio, by Oscar Peterson. “Green Dolphin Street”
Diner
2:00 PM. Spanish big band music with horn section and male vocals coming from restaurant across the street.
Car
2:23 PM. Somalian Bantu music segment on NPR
2:28 PM. Changed radio station. Straight-ahead Jazz. Oscar Peterson’s “Girl Talk.”
Party
5:50 PM. Radio on while guests arrive. Another public radio jazz show.
Perez Predo, “Hi Ho Hi Ho.” Electric organ jazz/funk version of a Snow White song
Fats Waller, “Get Some Cash for Your Trash”
Charles Brown, “Bad Mistake”
6:25 PM. Uncle plays Russian folk songs on acoustic guitar
7:40-8:00 PM. My dad (upright bass), uncle (ukelele), brother (piano) start playing music
A-minor blues
Cannonball Adderly, “Mercy Mercy Mercy”
John Coltrane, “Equinox”
9:35 PM. My brother plays “old school” Rhythm and Blues, Latin big band riffs on the piano
Watching TV
11:50 PM. Corny fast saxophone jazz accompanying an SNL skit followed by rap from the musical guest, Little Wayne
Car
9:45 AM. CD Flowers by the Rolling Stones.
“My Girl” cover
“Backstreet Girl”
“Please Go Home”
“Mother’s Little Helper”
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2 comments:
In this post I noticed the practice, common to me, of listening through an entire album in the car. I cannot think of a better place to expose oneself to new music than a place where there's almost nothing to do but listen to music, and where changing a track is difficult and in some states illegal. Anothing point of interest in this post is that Mike did not choose any of this. It adds a whole new aspect to an activity that I initially saw as something personal.
Good work Mike. I can't wait to hear a rendition of Blueberry Pop Tart Blues on the bassoon (I'm assuming you play).
Ben
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