I am listening to the radio but I have been listening to White Noise quite a lot over the christmas period I like white noise purple and feeling very low and you can't hear it or when there's a lot of noise around you very very soothing.

I fucking love Egypt.

Meow!

GREG

Saw my sister's new kid over the holidays. It put me in mind of some of my favorite lullabies.

Don't know much about Chelsea P. Manders, but I like this lullaby and would sing it to my own children if they were younger



Or if your taste runs a little darker (the lyrics start about 45 seconds in),

There are two types of people. Those with a loaded gun, and those that dig, you dig?

"The Triple Duel".

Been getting into doom metal lately.

I'm listening to that high pitched sound in your head when it's almost completely silent around you. What is that shit, your nervous system or something?

It's called tinnitus and it affects 10-15% of people. I used to go to heavy metal concerts and I was used to the ringing in my ears afterwards. Usually it would fade away after a day or two, but one time it didn't fade away completely, and I've had it ever since.

Bugger. I'll be keeping the volume down on the 'ol Napalm Death from now on.

Good decision. I think it was the Carcass gig that did it for me.

Ah, Carcass, that would do it alright.

Tinnitus is hell. My greatest nightmare. I saw a documentary where a woman committed suicide (with professional assistance) because the suffering was unbearable.

I occasionally go to dance parties, and I won't enter without these:

Could be a mild case of it, I'm an audio engineer, but I was more referring to anechoic chambers where supposedly you can hear the sound of your nervous system because it's so quiet :-O may very well just be bullshit! I think I heard that in a music course in college...which doesn't mean it's not bullshit...

Could be a mild case of it, I'm an audio engineer, but I was more referring to anechoic chambers where supposedly you can hear the sound of your nervous system because it's so quiet — Noble Dust

A true fact .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoacoustic_emission

Spontaneous otoacoustic emissions (SOAE)s are sounds that are emitted from the ear without external stimulation and are measurable with sensitive microphones in the external ear canal. ... The relationships between otoacoustic emissions and tinnitus have been explored. Several studies suggest that in about 6% to 12% of normal-hearing persons with tinnitus and SOAEs, the SOAEs are at least partly responsible for the tinnitus.

A true fact .... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otoacoustic_emission — apokrisis

Interesting, I'm pretty sure I have that.

We should stop here, before we all get https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypochondriasis

Could be a mild case of it, I'm an audio engineer, but I was more referring to anechoic chambers where supposedly you can hear the sound of your nervous system because it's so quiet :-O may very well just be bullshit! I think I heard that in a music course in college...which doesn't mean it's not bullshit... — Noble Dust

I did wonder if that's what you meant, because I'd heard the story that John Cage tells about one of his inspirations for creating 4'33":

"It was after I got to Boston that I went into the anechoic chamber at Harvard University. Anybody who knows me knows this story. I am constantly telling it. Anyway, in that silent room, I heard two sounds, one high and one low. Afterward I asked the engineer in charge why, if the room was so silent, I had heard two sounds. He said, 'Describe them.' I did. He said, 'The high one was your nervous system in operation. The low one was your blood in circulation.' "

But according to others this is impossible, and he could have just been hearing tinnitus.

A yes, that's the same story I heard.