What are you listening to (NON-MUSIC) ?

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XB-70 Valkyrie

June 05, 2007, 10:50:22 PM
When I was a kid, we used to buy comedy stuff on LP. I still have some of them--George Carlin, Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Newhart, and Cheech and Chong, etc..

Recently, a friend gave me a boatload of Alan Watts' lectures on MP3. For those of you who don't know, Alan Watts was probably the foremost popularizer of Zen Buddhism in the west in his day. His lectures date from the 60s and 70s, cover a great variety of topics including Hinduism, Buddhism, Zen, Japanese and Chinese Culture, meditation technique, ecology, consciousness, etc. He is certainly one of the most entertaining, erudite, and enlightening speakers I have ever heard. I don't agree with all he says, but he sure is interesting. For those of you who are interested, I believe they broadcast some of these lectures on KPFK (Los Angeles) and KPFA (Berkeley): http://www.kpfk.org/

We also have a couple of CDs with nature sounds on them, e.g. "Sounds of the Ocean" or what-have-you, but they don't really sound all that convincing.

What are your favorite lectures, nature sounds, comedy, drama, non-music, etc. on CD (or any other format)? Any recommendations?
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

hornteacher

#1
June 06, 2007, 03:21:02 PM
David Timson has recorded the complete Sherlock Holmes canon on CD with excellent character voices and great pacing and excitement.  I listen to that a lot.

Bill Cosby CDs are fun as well.

Solitary Wanderer

#2
June 06, 2007, 03:45:25 PM
I have a few Annea Lockwood cds which are all excellent like:

The Glass World ~ Fascinating sounds from a wide of glass objects; from deep gongs to light scratching sounds.



Soundmap of the Hudson River ~ My fave of her stuff. Literally a journey douwn the Hudson river accompained by various sounds; water, birds, horn from a distant train etc.



Sinopah ~ this is amazing too. Sqwarking birds, crackling fires, thunder and outer space 'noise' make for a intrieging listen.



From the sublime to the ridiculous...

I had some Bill Crosby and Cheech & Chong, Lenny Bruce and those Saturday Night Live guys on LP but don't find it amusing anymore  ;)
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Kullervo

#4
June 06, 2007, 07:32:32 PM
There has been construction in our apartment complex for nearly two weeks now, so usually I'm listening to dirty construction workers yelling and various motors and beeps.

George

#5
June 07, 2007, 05:46:32 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 06, 2007, 07:32:32 PM
There has been construction in our apartment complex for nearly two weeks now, so usually I'm listening to dirty construction workers yelling and various motors and beeps.

I hate that f%^$# s&^%.  >:(

Kullervo

#6
June 12, 2007, 06:50:28 PM
It's a hot summer night in Florida, so I'm listening to loud frogs and the singing of crickets. The air conditioner is running full-time, and there's a cat laying on my lap, purring loudly.

Solitary Wanderer

#7
June 12, 2007, 06:55:25 PM
Had tilers here all day puting in a new entranceway in our foyer. LOTS of noise and dust all day and its right by my studio, and they've had to remove my door, so I can't even play any music >:( Looks like they'll be back tomorrow too ::)

Still its begining to look great! :)
'I lingered round them, under that benign sky: watched the moths fluttering among the heath and harebells, listened to the soft wind breathing through the grass, and wondered how any one could ever imagine unquiet slumbers for the sleepers in that quiet earth.' ~ Emily Bronte

Bogey

#8
June 12, 2007, 07:21:11 PM
Quote from: hornteacher on June 06, 2007, 03:21:02 PM
David Timson has recorded the complete Sherlock Holmes canon on CD with excellent character voices and great pacing and excitement.  I listen to that a lot.


I will definitely have to check into these!

Quote from: hornteacher on June 06, 2007, 03:21:02 PM

Bill Cosby CDs are fun as well.

One of my earliest recollections (I was probably 4) of actually sitting and listening to something was one my dad's reel to reel tapes of Bill Cosby discussing the 9th St. Bridge .  Great stuff!
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Steve

#9
June 12, 2007, 09:18:32 PM
The Reduced Shakespeare...  ;D

Mozart

#10
June 12, 2007, 10:07:31 PM
The mating call of street dogs... woof woof

oyasumi

#11
June 13, 2007, 09:23:56 AM
Luciano Berio - Sequenzas

Bogey

#12
June 13, 2007, 02:34:42 PM
Just set it up for my 8 year-old:

There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

Kullervo

#13
June 23, 2007, 01:49:16 PM
My kitten attempting to breath through a clogged nose. She's pretty sick.  :(

XB-70 Valkyrie

#14
June 23, 2007, 08:50:37 PM
Wow, that's a nice avatar photo of Audrey Hepburn you have there!
If you really dislike Bach you keep quiet about it! - Andras Schiff

Bogey

#15
June 23, 2007, 09:08:43 PM
Quote from: XB-70 Valkyrie on June 23, 2007, 08:50:37 PM
Wow, that's a nice avatar photo of Audrey Hepburn you have there!

Thanks.  From the film Sabrina (1954).



Guess I should copy this over to the avatar thread.
There will never be another era like the Golden Age of Hollywood.  We didn't know how to blow up buildings then so we had no choice but to tell great stories with great characters.-Ben Mankiewicz

andy

#16
June 23, 2007, 10:54:04 PM
Last weekend, I had to drive for 9 hours, so I listened to an audiobook of Stephen King's Wizard and Glass, which is part of the Dark Tower series.
http://www.amazon.com/Wizard-Glass-Dark-Tower-Book/dp/0140866884

The reader does an excellent job with character voices and the story is entertaining enough. Definitely made the trip go MUCH faster!

sunnyside_up

#17
June 24, 2007, 01:38:27 AM
Quote from: Kullervo on June 23, 2007, 01:49:16 PM
My kitten attempting to breath through a clogged nose. She's pretty sick.  :(

What's wrong with your kitten, Kullervo? I do hope she'll be okay!

Kullervo

#18
June 24, 2007, 05:05:33 AM
Quote from: sunnyside_up on June 24, 2007, 01:38:27 AM
What's wrong with your kitten, Kullervo? I do hope she'll be okay!

She has a cold or some sort of upper respiratory infection. She'll get over it, but snot bubbles are coming out of her nose. It's cute... in a sad and pathetic way.

sunnyside_up

#19
June 24, 2007, 05:13:41 AM
Poor kitty, it doesn't sound good, maybe you should take her to the vet?
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