Connect the dots...
Another one of those days when it strikes me that my google searches have been a little diverse. They have included reed instruments, Japanese porcelain, word etymologies, banjo playing methods, cola ingredients, smart card readers, and the history of ska, punk, new wave and related musical genres.
Similarly (and related to some of the searches), itunes shows I have been listening to Ottorino Respighi, The English Beat, the Ramones, Faun, Paul Simon, Eve 6, Sting, the Clash, Frou Frou, and the Baroque soundtrack Tous les Matins du Monde.
I guess I haven't been in a rut, at least.
Similarly (and related to some of the searches), itunes shows I have been listening to Ottorino Respighi, The English Beat, the Ramones, Faun, Paul Simon, Eve 6, Sting, the Clash, Frou Frou, and the Baroque soundtrack Tous les Matins du Monde.
I guess I haven't been in a rut, at least.
Eve 6 was also a new discovery, from which I learned there is a genre called pop punk (I'd never heard of it) and that I apparently like some of it. It's fairly angry stuff, so I wouldn't be in the mood for it often, but some of it I will enjoy when I'm in a more hard and dark mood.
If you like Baroque, Tous les Matins is really exquisite cello music. I used to have it on casette, finally got it on CD.
The Respighi is a work I didn't know about, Church Windows. I've enjoyed Pines of Rome and some of his other works since I was a kid, so it was fun to find something new.
Frou Frou is so far just one song, "Let Go", which I love. I was just listening to samples, but other songs haven't grabbed me quite as much. Seems to be in a somewhat trance/electronic vein, but with vocals a bit like Dido or Sarah McLachlan.
If you like Medievalesque sounds, I really love Garmarna for their old Swedish ballads.
If you like Azam Ali, have you listened to Vas?
I like angry music when I am in a foul mood. Cheers me up for some reason. I will crank up NIN's album "Pretty Hate Machine" on a loop.