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[altariel]

gair once said something on the lines of that contrary to expectations you in fact listen to the Eurythmics when you're sad and the Smiths when you're happy. This is true. Or maybe I remembered wrong. Anyway.

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[kalypso-v.livejournal.com]

Ooooh. Icon.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

applegnat made it. And this one.

[gair.livejournal.com]

I totally said that. (I also said that Blake thought it was the other way round, but that he was wrong, and this was the heart of the tragic incompatibility between Avon and Blake, but I have stopped thinking there is a tragic incompatibility since HEX got hold of me.) And it is true!

In a slightly complicated wrinkle on the whole theory, Bob Dylan usually makes me happy, but currently I am happy and he is making me sad. Maybe I will stop listening to him and put on some Morrissey. Hmm.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Bob Dylan usually makes me happy, but currently I am happy and he is making me sad.

Turn him off and go and watch Strictly Dance Fever. That'll make you happy again.

[gair.livejournal.com]

I can't do that! I'm writing an academic essay on fanfiction! As you can see.
[puts on Chicks on Speed instead]

[altariel.livejournal.com]

Well, I hope you stopped for Doctor Who, because that's, well, research, isn't it?

[iainjcoleman.livejournal.com]

A little over two years ago I was hit by the realisation that almost all my favourite albums are by men writing about their marriages breaking up. I ended up listening to a lot of Shostakovich for a while.

[trixieleitz]

I find it difficult to decide what to listen to (or watch, or do) when I'm sad, because I form strong associations between activity and mood. The next time I listen to that music (or watch/do whatever), I remember the sadness :(

[altariel.livejournal.com]

:-( For every sad time, there is Kirsty McColl singing 'Us Amazonians'.

[trixieleitz]

Y'know, my only only exposure to her is 'Fairytale of New York'. Must rectify that.

[altariel.livejournal.com]

She was a great songwriter. 'Galore' is a best-of album.

[glitterboy1.livejournal.com]

I like the mood theme, too! Did you make that?

[altariel.livejournal.com]

I got it from here.