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Entropy! What Is It Good For? Absolutely Nothing!

by Tom Levenson|  July 8, 20205:54 pm| 87 Comments

This post is in: Music, Not Politics, Open Threads

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Some respite…this just made my afternoon, though Tikka did get up from his perch in front of the screen when I cranked it to 11:

 

Toccata from Optical Arts on Vimeo.

I needed something to blast away the every mounting heap of guano that is the daily impact of Trump/Republicans on all that is worth maintaining.  This did a pretty good job.

How about a comment thread theme: what’s the music you play loud enough to piss off the neighbors when you need to get your head right, or empty?

Talk about that, or anything else.  This thread, open it is.

 

 

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  1. 1.

    Mary G

    July 8, 2020 at 5:59 pm

    I’m fond of the Stones. Exile on Main St.
    Cat videos:

    FLUFFY’S catnip is wearing off 🤣😄😸🐱🐾💞 pic.twitter.com/by0S3BmHvg— Oshikuru Lee 🍓 (@OshikuruMifune) July 6, 2020

    I planted catnip, this is what grew up. pic.twitter.com/V4yQQyNPs7— Michael's Cat (@michaelscat2) July 5, 2020

  2. 2.

    SiubhanDuinne

    July 8, 2020 at 6:00 pm

    I love that! There’s something immensely satisfying about all that smashage and breakage and spillage.

  3. 3.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:01 pm

    My respite was to watch “The Basketball Tournament ” game between the Illini and Ohio State alums (mostly). It was the first real live sporting event I have watched since March that I really cared about and it was great to see my guys win over the number one seed and defending champ OSU team. It’s and interesting format, one million dollars winner take all tournament with an “Elam Ending” where, at 4 minutes, a formula is used to establish a target score and the first team to it wins. It prevents the horrible fouling at the end of games and seems to work. Anyway the Illini won and, even though I know NO ONE here gives a shit, I haven’t been this happy in four months!

  4. 4.

    WaterGirl

    July 8, 2020 at 6:02 pm

    Tom, BG’s Medium Cool thread is now on Wednesday evenings at 6pm instead of Sunday evenings, so it just posted.  But I think it’s fine for both to be up at the same time, especially since BG just texted and told me he is running a little late.

  5. 5.

    Orange is the New Red

    July 8, 2020 at 6:02 pm

    Haven’t found anything better for loud outrage music than Jefferson Airplane.  Still love Volunteers.

  6. 6.

    craig

    July 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    This came out during lockdown.

    Chealsea Wolfe, and parts of Dillinger Escape Plan cover Ozzy’s CRAZYTRAIN.

    LOUD.

    https://youtu.be/Jnvkhh4PRUM

  7. 7.

    SiubhanDuinne

    July 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    what’s the music you play loud enough to piss off the neighbors when you need to get your head right, or empty?

    Le Sacre du Printemps has been known to do it for me.

  8. 8.

    Mary G

    July 8, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    @raven: Congratulations. You must be in withdrawal.

  9. 9.

    Benw

    July 8, 2020 at 6:04 pm

    @raven: haha I hadn’t heard about this, sounds awesome!

  10. 10.

    m.glafmer

    July 8, 2020 at 6:05 pm

    The Briggs, control alt-right delete. Warning, harsh language.

  11. 11.

    SiubhanDuinne

    July 8, 2020 at 6:06 pm

    @raven:

    🎶 We’re loyal to you, Illinois,

    We’re orange and blue, Illinois…. 🎶

  12. 12.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:08 pm

    @Mary G: I’ve done my best to roll with the whole thing. I don’t think there is going to be football this year and I feel like I have to take the long view and try to keep me and mine healthy so this was a really nice thing. It’s a tournament so there will be at least one more Illini game so I’m ahead of the game, so to speak!

  13. 13.

    craig

    July 8, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    I’m also partial to Holst’s Mars, Bringer of War.

  14. 14.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:09 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

     

    Fling out that dear old flag of Orange and Blue
    Lead on your sons and daughters, fighting for you,
    Like men of old, on giants placing reliance, shouting defiance-
    Oskee wow−wow!
    Amid the broad green fields that nourish our land,
    For honest Labor and for Learning we stand,
    And unto thee we pledge our heart and hand,
    Dear Alma Mater, Illinois.

  15. 15.

    Benw

    July 8, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    @raven:  college players are already on campus for training camp planning on a fall season. You think they’re gonna have to call it off?

    ETA: whelp, just saw the Ivys have shut the whole season down!

  16. 16.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:10 pm

    @Benw: I hadn’t either and a fellow refugee told me last week. It’s on ESPN so that is good too.

  17. 17.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:12 pm

    @Benw: The Ivy League just cancelled all fall sports.

     

    ”

    The Ivy League has ruled out playing all sports this fall, executive director Robin Harris told ESPN on Wednesday, marking the first Division I conference to say it will not hold sports this fall amid the coronavirus pandemic.

    No decision has been made about winter or spring sports or whether fall sports could be played in the spring of 2021.”

  18. 18.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    July 8, 2020 at 6:13 pm

    Toccata – One of the all-time great badass musical compositions.

    “What’s the music you play loud enough to piss off the neighbors when you need to get your head right, or empty?”

    For me, there’s nothing quite like the dulcet vocals of Johnny Rotten!
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzFFtBsl5ps

  19. 19.

    WaterGirl

    July 8, 2020 at 6:15 pm

    @raven: All I have ever heard is the one:

    Hail to the Orange, Hail to the Blue.
    Hail Alma Mater, Ever so true!
    We love no other, So let our motto be,
    Victory! Illinois Varsity!

  20. 20.

    Brachiator

    July 8, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    Never play music loud enough to piss off the neighbors.

    And fortunately, I guess, when I’m tired I can sleep through anything.

    Before the pandemic lockdown, some neighbors got too rowdy. Not exactly sure which. But the music was so loud, the house behind me called the cops, who mistakenly came to my door.

    Worked out okay, but still a pain to have to deal with.

    Long, long ago, in college, I fired up the 1812 Overture because of an obnoxious fellow student.

  21. 21.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:16 pm

    @WaterGirl: ”

    First performed March 3, 1906, “Illinois Loyalty” is the oldest songs of its kind in the United States: the first official school song.[1] The song was written to be played by the University Military Band, the only band at the university at that time, by Thacher Howland Guild (1879–1914), instructor in rhetoric and a member of the band’s solo cornet section. It was originally published in 1907 by the U. of I. Supply Store with the name “The Illinois Loyalty Song.”[2]

    Due to the song’s length (over a minute long), it is normally played only at the beginning, halftime, and end of a football game. However, it is not considered rousing enough for a large crowd at a game. For that reason, Oskee Wow-Wow, written in 1910, is used as the school’s fight song.”

  22. 22.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:17 pm

    Old Princeton yells her tiger
    Wisconsin her varsity
    And they give the same old Rah! Rah! Rah!
    At each University
    But the yell that always thrills me
    And fills my heart with joy
    Is the good old Oskee wow-wow
    That they yell at Illinois

    Chorus
    Oskee wow-wow Illinois
    Our eyes are all on you
    Oskee wow-wow Illinois
    Wave your Orange and your blue Rah! Rah!
    When the team trots out before you
    Ev’ry man stand up and yell
    Back the team and give [opponent’s name]
    Oskee wow-wow Illinois

    Verse 2
    Teddy Roosevelt may be famous
    and his name you often hear
    But it’s heroes on the football field
    Each college man holds dear
    We think with pride of Roberts
    Artie Hall and Heavy too
    Oskee wow-wow for the wearers
    Of the Orange and the Blue

  23. 23.

    David Evans

    July 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    The first time I heard the Toccata and Fugue was as part of Walt Disney’s Fantasia, in the cinema. I had no idea what to expect and was blown away by the music and the graphics. Now no other graphics will do it for me.

  24. 24.

    Benw

    July 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    @raven: I turned on ESPN for kicks the other day and it was so depressing I had to turn it back off.

  25. 25.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    @WaterGirl: And this is what they played with the Chief

     

    The musical portion of the Three-In-One consists of three distinct Illinois pieces: “Pride of the Illini,” “March of the Illini,” and “Hail to the Orange.” “Pride of the Illini,” written by Karl King with words by Ray Dvorak expressly for the Illinois Bands, was published in 1928. Harry Alford’s “March of the Illini” was also published in 1928, but was used during Chief Illinwek’s performance from the beginning in 1926. ″Hail to the Orange″ was written by Harold V. Hill with words by Howard R. Green in 1910. The three pieces were eventually combined into a medley and given the title, “Three-In-One.” The “Three-In-One” drill and music are an important part of the University’s heritage.

  26. 26.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:20 pm

    @Benw: Here’s the schedule.

  27. 27.

    WaterGirl

    July 8, 2020 at 6:23 pm

    @raven: Don’t hate me, but I have never been to a UI football game.

  28. 28.

    Roger Moore

    July 8, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    Anyone who says “Ride of the Valkyries” is dead to me.

  29. 29.

    Maj TJ Kong

    July 8, 2020 at 6:24 pm

    King Crimson’s 21st Century Schizoid Man is a favorite. Also Led Boots by Jeff Beck.

  30. 30.

    MattF

    July 8, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    Bach double violin concerto. Just sends me.

  31. 31.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    @WaterGirl: Here’s a funny story. When my wife and I were starting up she talked a lot about Virginia Tech. Her grandfather, father, sister, brother and she all went there. Her sister is on the faculty there as well. The first time I went up to meet her family I walked into her dad’s office and there is a University of Illinois diploma on his wall! I was truly stunned, what the hell is this?? Well, he was in the Architectural Engineering program at Tech when the war started and he joined the Navy V-12 (officer training program) and the AE was at Illinois! The other oddity is that he loved to sing and he knew every word to every Illinois song!

  32. 32.

    grammypat

    July 8, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    Little Feat:  Waiting for Columbus – the entire CD cranked up to 11.

    Ricky Lee Jones – her cover version of Under the Boardwalk is sublime.

    Both are earworm inducing.   YMMV

  33. 33.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:28 pm

    @WaterGirl: Most of the people I know here have never been to a Georgia game either.

  34. 34.

    the utter dregs

    July 8, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    Loud? Stick with the classics, I say. The Who: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHhrZgojY1Q

  35. 35.

    Miss Bianca

    July 8, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    @Orange is the New Red: I’ll go with that choice.

    @the utter dregs: Yeah, that one’s awesome, but…Quadrophenia, baby. The whole album.

  36. 36.

    Mary G

    July 8, 2020 at 6:30 pm

    @raven: The way NBA and MLB teams are finding positives, I think you’re right.

  37. 37.

    dopey-o

    July 8, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    Gravity! How does it fvkkin work?

    As for music to disturb the neighbors? Shut Up ‘n Play Yer Guitar by Frank Zappa.

  38. 38.

    raven

    July 8, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    @dopey-o: you got nuthin but groupies and promoters to love you, and a pile of laundry but the motel door.

  39. 39.

    Benw

    July 8, 2020 at 6:33 pm

    @raven: cool thanks!

  40. 40.

    The Pale Scot

    July 8, 2020 at 6:40 pm

    Depends on which neighbor.

    Janelle Monáe’s Dance Apocalyptic sounds really good now and days, fits the current zeitgeist

     

    Her 48min emotion picture of her entire Dirty Computer album is fergin’ awesome.

    The stages, the costumes, the music, So WOW.  Like a modern day Bowie, but cooler

  41. 41.

    Kenfair

    July 8, 2020 at 6:43 pm

    Sabotage by the Beastie Boys.

  42. 42.

    Comrade Colette Collaboratrice

    July 8, 2020 at 6:45 pm

    Tainted Love. I once played it so loud that I shorted the electrical system in my crappy old truck.

    On the SF Bay Bridge.

  43. 43.

    Ihop

    July 8, 2020 at 6:51 pm

    Slayer. Lots and lots of Slayer.

    And the Smiths. ‘Louder than bombs’, indeed.

  44. 44.

    Jager

    July 8, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    I’ve trained my neighbors to love Stevie Ray Vaughn.

  45. 45.

    narya

    July 8, 2020 at 6:53 pm

    Darkness on the Edge of Town

    Stop Making Sense

    Wrecking Ball

  46. 46.

    Parfigliano

    July 8, 2020 at 7:05 pm

    Neil Young

  47. 47.

    frosty

    July 8, 2020 at 7:11 pm

    @Parfigliano: Yes. Cinnamon Girl in particular.

  48. 48.

    WaterGirl

    July 8, 2020 at 7:28 pm

    @raven: Wow!  Talk about a surprise!

  49. 49.

    LongHairedWeirdo

    July 8, 2020 at 7:29 pm

    Without entropy, life would never have evolved on earth.

    Entropy isn’t a bad thing in itself; it’s a quantity of possible states. For example, if you have a gas in a container, the instant you open the valve, the number of places each gas molecule could be in constantly increasing, and, by the pure near-randomness of the world, it will soon be roughly evenly dispersed into the air system. At that point, it’s essentially unchanging.

    But in a bigger, more complex system, one including the sun, those ever-increasing possibilities are what make the steps toward life possible.

    The reason entropy is seen as bad is, it means nothing good will ever stay the same, without work to prevent its decay; and I’m not sure that’s an entire negative message.

  50. 50.

    sxjames

    July 8, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    I go with the classics – “I’m So Glad”, Cream, 1968 farewell performance at Royal Albert Hall. Jack Bruce and Ginger Baker (RIP you two) at the absolute height of their power.

    I dearly hope to be able to stick the speakers out the window, crank up the volume, and play this for the neighbors on Nov 6th. :)

  51. 51.

    Steve the Old

    July 8, 2020 at 7:32 pm

    To wake the neighbours and clear my head? That’s easy: the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir.

  52. 52.

    misterpuff

    July 8, 2020 at 7:38 pm

    Needle drop at the beginning of “Time” for the clock cacophony intro and great bass line from Dark Side of the Moon, although I’m now partial to the bass note at the end of the helicopter sound effect that leads into Another Brick in the Wall Part 2. It can blow speakers!

  53. 53.

    piratedan

    July 8, 2020 at 7:40 pm

    George Thoroughgood’s version of One Bourbon, One Scotch and One Beer

  54. 54.

    trollhattan

    July 8, 2020 at 7:41 pm

    @Roger Moore:

    Heh, what about delivered by helicopters, is it okay then? Charlie don’t surf!

    Speaking of, “London Calling” is sure to rouse the pulse.

  55. 55.

    Peter

    July 8, 2020 at 7:43 pm

    This should really be titled “A Conceptual Rendering of My Big Fat Greek Wedding Shot by Philippe Halsman on iPhone.”

    George Crumb’s Makrokosmos III is a guaranteed winner for making anyone within earshot think they’re in a horror movie.

  56. 56.

    mrmoshpotato

    July 8, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    Rathergood – Spine Song

    Thank you YouTube for not having what I was looking for at the time.

    ETA – also, The Boss, pretty much any song.

  57. 57.

    Mathguy

    July 8, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    Anton Bruckner, Symphony #8, Joachim and Staatskapelle Dresden. The finale is glorious.

  58. 58.

    John Revolta

    July 8, 2020 at 7:51 pm

    If you’re looking to piss off some wingnut neighbors, it’s hard to beat Jimi’s Star Spangled Banner from the Woodstock album. Louder than Fuck.

  59. 59.

    gkoutnik

    July 8, 2020 at 7:52 pm

    @piratedan: Yes.  That’s the one.

  60. 60.

    barbequebob

    July 8, 2020 at 8:03 pm

    My favorites in this category are:

    No Fun – The Stooges

    I wanna be sedated – The Ramones

    Louie Louie – Flamin Groovies

  61. 61.

    Fair Economist

    July 8, 2020 at 8:05 pm

    Fiery, cheerful classical music. The scherzos from Tchaikovsky’s 6th or Brahms’ 4th; opening movements of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto or 3rd Symphony; Scherzo or Finale from Mahler’s 5th; Scherzo from Beethoven’s 2nd; many more.

  62. 62.

    BruceFromOhio

    July 8, 2020 at 8:06 pm

    Halestorm.

    The Pretty Reckless.

    In This Moment.

    In a pinch, ‘Eruption’ by Van Halen.

    All popo magnets.

  63. 63.

    sempronia

    July 8, 2020 at 8:08 pm

    @Roger Moore: We had the DJ at our friend’s wedding (at the Ath) play the first ten seconds of the Ride before starting the music for the couple’s first dance. Just enough for him to register it and have his PTSD flare, but not enough for any unsuspecting wedding guests to notice. Done with his new wife’s connivance, of course. Very satisfying!

  64. 64.

    Gravie

    July 8, 2020 at 8:10 pm

    Anything by Inti-Illimani. I can’t get enough of that Andean music.

  65. 65.

    Origuy

    July 8, 2020 at 8:19 pm

    Anything from the Wicked Tinker’s album Loud. It’s hard to drown out bagpipes and base drum. The original release of the CD included a set of earplugs.

  66. 66.

    Comrade Scrutinizer

    July 8, 2020 at 8:27 pm

    Fuck tha Police. N.W.A.

  67. 67.

    Greg Ferguson

    July 8, 2020 at 8:37 pm

    Neighbors are great (they like all of this), but
    Motown Gold
    Pointer Sisters  – Greatest
    Aretha – Spirit in the Dark/Young, Gifted & Black
    have attracted the attention of Park Management when I crank it up.
    Hmm. A Theme?
    I play Berlioz loud, too, but it’s less of a booty call to some people….
    God only knows what might happen if I had a hip-hop collection….

  68. 68.

    Albatrossity

    July 8, 2020 at 8:49 pm

    Led Zeppelin – When the Levee Breaks

  69. 69.

    trollhattan

    July 8, 2020 at 8:50 pm

    @barbequebob:

    Flamin Groovies reference requires “Shake Some Action” action.

    Perfect Pop Song nominee.

  70. 70.

    frosty

    July 8, 2020 at 8:53 pm

    @Albatrossity: The best song that Zep ever did.

  71. 71.

    Miss Bianca

    July 8, 2020 at 8:57 pm

    @frosty: Yeah, I’d agree. And it is a bone-rattler when you crank it.

    ETA: But my new favorite bone-rattler is Ghost’s Square Hammer.

  72. 72.

    dopey-o

    July 8, 2020 at 9:02 pm

    @LongHairedWeirdo: entropy rulz

    And yet we know of only one place where entropy doesn’t rule unchallenged. And we’re going to mess that up.

    Whatever ‘life’ is on this planet or any other, it is anti-entropic by definition. For a brief shining moment. We could choose to extend that – we have the resources necessary – but we choose not to.

  73. 73.

    Amir Khalid

    July 8, 2020 at 9:21 pm

    What would I play to piss off the neighours? Hmm. Pretty much anything would work, actually, but I might try a louder-than-live rendition of You’ll Never Walk Alone by Liverpool FC fans at Anfield.

    And speaking of Liverpool, they’ve just broken the English record for the fastest side to 30 wins in a top-flight league season. And they’re still on track to beat Manchester City’s record 100-point season total, set only last season. YNWA!

  74. 74.

    dnfree

    July 8, 2020 at 9:56 pm

    I’m so old it’s still Bob Dylan, Like a Rolling Stone. DIDN’T YOU????

  75. 75.

    Honus

    July 8, 2020 at 10:29 pm

    Humble Pie. Rockin’ the Fillmore

  76. 76.

    S. Cerevisiae

    July 8, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    Black Sabbath- Symptom Of The Universe through my Carver, another good one to rock your neighborhood is Iron Maiden- Number Of The Beast.

  77. 77.

    chopper

    July 8, 2020 at 10:39 pm

    music i need to play loud to piss off the neighbors and get my head straight? dillinger escape plan.

  78. 78.

    zeecube

    July 8, 2020 at 10:45 pm

    Lots of good recommendations for loud music. Last tune I turned volume up to 11 was Zoolookologie by Jean-Michel Jarre.

  79. 79.

    DropKicker1

    July 8, 2020 at 10:54 pm

    Way back then, I lived in a basement suite.  The lady upstairs would come home drunk, put on Meatloaf Paradise By the Dashboard Light on replay and immediately fall asleep.  Her living room was right over my bedroom.  I’d take it as long as I could (Please, turn this crap off!!!) then get up, put on Roadrunner by Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers,crank it, and hit the bathroom.  By the time I’d flushed I would be back to peace and (hopefully) sleep.

    If you feel like something weird and actually quite fun, search YouTube for the Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain.  They’re really, really good; you certainly don’t have to be a ukulele afficionado to enjoy them.

    Mike

  80. 80.

    Lymie

    July 8, 2020 at 11:02 pm

    @David Evans:

    a young lady from North Carolina

    stretched strings across her vagina

    with the proper sized cocks

    what was sex became Bach’s

    toccata and fugue in D minor

  81. 81.

    opiejeanne

    July 8, 2020 at 11:12 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    “Nessun Dorma” (None Shall Sleep) from Turandot.

    “Libiamo, etc.” from La Traviata.

    The Sextet from Lucia di Lammermoor

    Beethoven’s Seventh Symphony

    “Fortunate Son”  by CCR. In fact, almost anything by CCR.

    “More Than A Feeling,” Boston

    I should add that I find it difficult to focus on reading. I can’t concentrate on much of anything so I dig in the garden.

  82. 82.

    Jay Noble

    July 8, 2020 at 11:24 pm

    Frankie Valli & The 4 Seasons – Either “Sherry” or “Walk Like a Man”.

  83. 83.

    opiejeanne

    July 8, 2020 at 11:38 pm

    @misterpuff: My darling daughters blew out our stereo speakers with one of my PDQ Bach CDs. It says right on the cover that it might do that, but they thought it was a joke. I think it was the popping balloons that did it.

  84. 84.

    opiejeanne

    July 8, 2020 at 11:42 pm

    @John Revolta: OH yeah!

    At one of my daughters’ graduation, don’t remember which, one of the boys played the Jimi Hendrix version and it was glorious. Of course, there was a whole lot of outrage and clucking about how disrespectful it was. I was surprised that the school let him do it, and I was thrilled by his performance.

  85. 85.

    Original Lee

    July 8, 2020 at 11:43 pm

    I’ve been listening to Shostakovich’s 10th Symphony, especially the Scherzo movement, a lot since lockdown started. Also Holst’s The Planets, especially Mars. And of course, the classics: Jumpin’ Jack Flash, Every Day is Exactly the Same.

  86. 86.

    rjnerd

    July 9, 2020 at 12:28 am

    To clear the head I go early, but at sane volume.  In the past a go-to was Hildegarde Von Bingen, but it will be a while before it gets respite status back.  (It was Susan’s choice for what to play during her last few days).

    To piss off neighbors, its hard to beat bagpipes.  When I just need LOUD, taiko drumming.

  87. 87.

    delosgatos

    July 9, 2020 at 10:51 am

    Not loud: Albinoni’s Adagio, any version is good but baroque guitar duo is sublime. Grief, anguish and loss in every note. An emotional catharsis every time.

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