music and books?

[Jon Jarrett]

On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Michael Habiby wrote:

> I have very evocative memories from my senior year in HS reading the second
> book of the Lord of the rings (out of 6 books remember) and listening to the
> Year of the Cat album by Al Stewart.
>
> I recently re acquired the Pentateuch of the Cosmogony by Dave Greenslade on
> eBay and pulled out my battered copies of Zeazny's Princes in Amber series.
> I remembered listening to that album(s) reading the first novel before and
> successfully recreated that "atmosphere".
>
> As for Hawkwind.. I actually put on Live Chronicle when I last restarted the
> Elric Books.... Cliché but I thought I would try it.  It definitely was a
> soundtrack for the first book. :)
>
> I know this is the opposite of where you were going here Arin but I find
> that Hawkwind works really well when I do my bike and rower during my
> workout.  Dull I know.. but during my endorphin rush the rock really gets me
> in a good rhythm and the "space" sets my mind free to float.... Ok maybe TMI
> there but its late and I am tired. :-)

        This isn't really the same, but I used to find playing TIE Fighter
much easier with _Space Ritual_ on instead of the theme tune. Mind you
I expect anything fairly free-flowing would have done, but I liked that it
was _Space Ritual_ :-) Yours,
                              Jon

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