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Episode #89 – Too Much Music; James Jackson Toth’s Failed Experiment

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Musician and journalist James Jackson Toth launched an experiment in dedicated listening; sitting and listening attentively to just one album a week. He failed. He tells us why, and how we may have too much music to listen to.

You stop hearing music at a certain point and you start hearing decisions.

This week’s guest:

  • James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand

    • Show notes:

    • Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening
    • Episode #85 – How Much Music Is Too Much?
    • Brian Eno: Nerve Net (Expanded Edition)
    • The Cure: Pornography
    • Jeffrey Lewis
    • Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock
    • Episode #79 – 1977
    • Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music
    • New York Times review of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Be Bop Deluxe concert at the Palladium, October, 1976.
    • Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
    • Other People (Nicolas Jaar’s label)
    • Liz Pelly: The Problem with Muzak

      • Our next tracks:

      • Kirk: Improved Sound Limited: Suicide Road
      • Doug: The Florida Boys: Southern Gospel Treasury

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