do you listen to music when you go to sleep?

When I bought Nevermind I played it to the end of Something in the Way and drifted off. The whole secret loud track thing made me cautious about doing that again

What's really cool to fall asleep to is that listentolosangeles website, that juxtaposes live LA police radio reports with ambient music...

I thought Jim O'Rourke's 'Bad Timing' would be ideal for this, but that bloody last track....

Geir Jensen's Field Recordings From Tibet is highly recommended. I tried Jeff Mangum's collection but kind of hated it - not fit for such a purpose.

Also National Trust: The Album - produced by Jarvis Cocker, is perfect (and free):
http://www.uniquefacilities.com/files/nationaltrust.htm

When I lived in NYC, I fell asleep every night listening to 'Metal Machine Music' at low volume...it did a nice job of drowning out street noise, especially when I was living in the East Village. In Boston, I live in a big crazy house covered in vines, facing a giant garden filled with birds. It's a lot quieter. I fall asleep listening to William Basinski sometimes, or Phill Niblock, but I generally don't listen to anything at night anymore. The birds do their own Messiaen soundtrack.

(also: hello ILM! I just realized that I've been posting here, on and off, for over ten years!)

I think we should at the very least get commemorative coffee mugs on our 10-year ILM anniversaries! (The again, the coffee would only keep us up at night.)

Ha, yes, coffee mugs at the very least! Or maybe purple hearts? Red badges of courage?

What's really cool to fall asleep to is that listentolosangeles website, that juxtaposes live LA police radio reports with ambient music...

― henry s, Saturday, May 21, 2011 11:49 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark

I like this and I like...

http://youarelistening.to/deepthought

...which is various 'thinkers' wittering on to an ambient background. Terence McKenna's ...erm... thoughts are particularly good for dropping off to.