Comments on The Oboe Slave

I think the masculine of "dominatrix" is simply "dominator." But I'm no expert, and that does sound a bit odd, so never mind . . .

T.Raumschmiere! Nice one. I can see the promotional literature now: "Shitkatapult your office to success, rage for the machine, work will set you free, etc."

So, Trent, what were you listening to while writing this post?

When I was a kid, I had a frisbee called 'The Dominator.' I think. It was one of the kinds designed to go super far. I threw it once and it went into a highway. I was all excited about it and I threw it once.

dude, EVERY aerobie i owned ended up on the roof of someones house. those things are like roof-seeking missles.

I was listening to Tycho.

Do you know Tycho? It's pretty downtempo. Tycho at the dentist would make me feel better.

It was totally an Aerobie! Was there a Dominator? If there wasn't, there should have been.

u mean groot-seeking missile.

Agreed. Muzak puts me to sleep. They pipe world music crap into where I used to work. It made me want to slice my wrists. I definitely was not happier.

Srsly funny article, Trent.

At the Haggen I worked at in Bellingham we used to have three zones of music, Muzak for the main floor, a sorta light oldies for the offices and employee break room, and an old alarm clock playing the End or Vancouver's excellent classic rock station. definitely made me spend as least amount of time helping customers as i could, just to get away from the muzak

I went to a dentist that let you select any channel you wanted from their satellite service and listen on headphones while they drilled. I quickly discovered that I'd rather not have any songs I like ruined by that association -- I don't want to cringe when I hear them again in happier circumstances. I eventually settled on Light Classical. It helped me tune out the discomfort without ruining Vivaldi for me any more than years of restaurant work already had.

Worst dentist-chair musical experience: Whitney Houston's version of "I Will Always Love You," which I now forever associate with having a tooth drilled. Of course, I associated it with having a tooth drilled beforehand, so that doesn't prove anything.

The Egypitans had whips, the Robber Barons had company housing, the white collar crowd has muzak. But late at night when the goon squad slept, little workers dreamed of drums, of bass riffs and sometimes a tenor sax or two. Sometimes, they woke to eat sprinkles for breakfast and returned to creating great wealth for their masters.
Nice article. Save the teeth.
Tante

I found this:

MP3's of Muzak's STIMULUS PROGRESSION 5 from 1973.

It's hot.

Devo did an entire album of Muzak versions of their greatest hits. It's actually pretty cool...