I'm lucky that the over-the-ear ones work pretty well for me, and my glasses keep them from hurting the top of my ears.
Gunn: The final score can't be rigged. I don't care how many players you grease, that last shot always comes up a question mark. But here's the thing. You never know when you're taking it. It could be when you're duking it out with the Legion of Doom, or just crossing the street deciding where to have brunch. So you just treat it like it was up to you—the world in balance—'cause you never know when it is.
'Underneath'
Natter 67: Overriding Vetoes
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, nail polish, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - Mar 09, 2011 9:56:47 am PST #27254 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
meara - Mar 09, 2011 9:56:52 am PST #27255 of 30001
My ratings are similar to ita's, and I find some things I list as five stars get downgraded when I'm over them. I do have a fair hunk of unrated songs, but I also tend to listen to the same last five or ten songs I got, obsessively, until I'm sick of them. Only rarely do I listen to music for long periods of time (ie more than 15 minutes walking around my neighborhood) but I've got a few playlists that are just "3 star and up" and am always a little startled to hear songs I love and haven't heard in a while.
Frankenbuddha - Mar 09, 2011 9:58:15 am PST #27256 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Yes! It's not just me! They will not stay in! The hip hook-over-the-ear ones hurt too, so I may just go old school and get old-fashioned top of the head earphones--which are a bitch to carry around.
I have behind the head ones that I like a lot (for my discman - no iPod). I also have some seriously lightweight Senheiser head phones for home use.
Liese S. - Mar 09, 2011 9:58:39 am PST #27257 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
The earbuds I had that broke came with two other sized sets of the silicone bit, so I could wear whichever size fit best. And they did fit. And sounded great. But are broken. Sadface.
Amy - Mar 09, 2011 10:01:19 am PST #27258 of 30001
Because books.
I've never found earbuds that will stay in my ears, or don't hurt, too. I love the behind-the-head regular earphones, except when I want to lie back, because then they get sort of smushed into my neck.
megan walker - Mar 09, 2011 10:04:49 am PST #27259 of 30001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I am always a little startled to hear songs I love and haven't heard in a while.
One thing I loved about all the themed playlists (colors, numbers, animals, etc) I used to create for work (when I had time at work to do that) is that it totally forced me to listen to songs I wouldn't think of otherwise.
Zenkitty - Mar 09, 2011 10:07:59 am PST #27260 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Why is that when something's desperately important and needs to be done NOW, that's when no one will answer their email or their phone?
hippocampus - Mar 09, 2011 10:25:22 am PST #27261 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
I really wanted to punch the hipster couple in the basement stacks of City Lights who were writing down titles to go order online later.
I would have sent you bail money.
I would have driven the getaway car.
on that note: Hipster Disney Villains
Daisy Jane - Mar 09, 2011 10:37:02 am PST #27262 of 30001
"This bar smells like kerosene and stripper tears."
Awesome! Adding to my hipster links.
Ginger - Mar 09, 2011 10:38:24 am PST #27263 of 30001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
I have enough CDs that every time I think of ripping them to the computer, I lie down until the impulse passes. The main thing I miss about LPs is liner notes. I regret the demise of the album because some albums are so perfect as a whole.