Best drink for improving your listening experience

[riceboy]

riceboy,

I've got several Suntory's at my house, including Hibiki (of Lost in Translation fame). We'll whip some out if we can ever get together for a meet at my place!

Oh Hibiki . Yeah that would be great.

[JBLoudG20]

"Oh did I lose you with infer? Not used to hearing overt first grade vocabulary words? People used to infer that 'wreks' was manufactured"

[Wolfbait]

how the hell would you know what someone else inferred? did you mean "implied?" if that's the case, i think he implied no such thing.

LOL - Time to get your dictionary out Rex! Infer and Imply are strong synonyms...Although some use infer to mean "to conclude", I was using it to mean "to hint at", which is completely legitimate.

In reply #22, it was certainly hinted at...at least in the way I read the language.

[grawk]

You inferred that I implied it. However, I did no such thing, all I did was quote a line from a movie. Btw, the words are different because they have different meanings.

[xand1x]

Grey Goose Vodka (JBLOUDG20 would agree)

[JBLoudG20]

MATT!!!!!! Where the hell have you been buddy?

And yes, goose rox my sox.

[grawk]

MATT!!!!!! Where the hell have you been buddy?

And yes, goose rox my sox.

Bah, grain vodka. Potato vodka for the win...Chopin!

[JBLoudG20]

Bah, grain vodka. Potato vodka for the win...Chopin!

And you have influenced me enough to try it, from a previous time you mentioned it. I'll see how it fares.

[grawk]

just remember to drink it chilled, neat. nothing added to it, no ice, no twists, no nothin'.

I start with room temp, then shake it with cubed ice, and strain into a whiskey glass.

[JBLoudG20]

just remember to drink it chilled, neat. nothing added to it, no ice, no twists, no nothin'.

That's how I drink all my vodka, tho usually unchilled.

[philodox]

Vodka sucks.

Hey Matt, long time no see, when the fuck are you going to make it out to another Hamilton/Toronto meet!? You've been missed.

[JBLoudG20]

Eh, I'm open to new things, I'll give it a whirl.

[JBLoudG20]

Vodka sucks.

Hey Matt, long time no see, when the fuck are you going to make it out to another Hamilton/Toronto meet!? You've been missed.

He doesn't even respond to text messages

[Duggeh]

For improving the listening experience there is nothing better than Hendricks Gin & Britvic Crown Cap Tonic, double measured and with cucumber. I find that other drinks have their place though. I like scotch when I'm on the jazz and red wine when I'm in a classical mood.

[Duggeh]

Yuck?

Philistine.

[Duggeh]

Thats just the vitamins and minerals giving you a healthy glow!

[Duggeh]

Arctic Explorers use Gin, thus it must be super duper.

[bhjazz]

I think my best sessions are with Merlot. A good one, not just some gunk from the grocery.

Although tonight I've had Crater Lake Vodka with Italian Lemoncello over ice...then a few beers...then some gin samples. Hell, Cyndi Lauper would sound pretty fine about now.

[catscratch]

God, I fucking love Top Gear. Too bad the BBC doesn't bring it here to the states. Now, I'm not a media pirate, but if you deny me my favorite show for no reason that I can see, well, then it's not really a moral question anymore.

I find gin to very much be an aquired taste, but I like it, either straight up or in the gin & tonic variety. My friends think I'm nuts and can't stand the stuff though.

Still, it has to be said that alcohol does NOT in general enhance my audio perception. It tends to make me lose focus and shortens the attention span. I can't really appreciate the finer subtleties of the music I'm listening to, though often it does enhance my ability to go along with the flow of the music. So, psytrance and the like goes down a lot better, but ambient electronica tends to go over my head, and classical is just too complex to be fully appreciated except when you're sober.

But, the gods blessed us with many other things besides alcohol, and some of them, together with the right music (and the right system) have produced a full-blown mystical experience. And by mystical, I mean the type where you're completely shattered and have to rebuild your mind piece by piece for hours afterwards.

Hm... seems I can't go a post without mentioning at least two crimes in it. Oh well.

[grawk]

But, the gods blessed us with many other things besides alcohol, and some of them, together with the right music (and the right system) have produced a full-blown mystical experience. And by mystical, I mean the type where you're completely shattered and have to rebuild your mind piece by piece for hours afterwards.

Hm... seems I can't go a post without mentioning at least two crimes in it. Oh well.

Most of the substances that I've experienced that resemble what you're talking about don't REALLY enhance music. But what they do is forever change how you look at life. For better or for worse.

[catscratch]

Most of the substances that I've experienced that resemble what you're talking about don't REALLY enhance music. But what they do is forever change how you look at life. For better or for worse.

In my experience, that very much depends. Some do, some don't. Tryptamines (ex. psilocybin) tend to really alter the very fundamentals of your thought processes and can very much produce life-altering results. They may enhance your perceptions of the music, but perceiving music is usually the last thing on your mind (such as it is at the time). Phenethylamines (2C- on the other hand will leave your central processes more or less intact, while thoroughly scrambling your perceptions. They can definitely enhance the music, or perhaps a more accurate description would be "alter the music." Salvia Divinorum (which is in its own category entirely) definitely alters your perceptions of the music a great deal, but using that stuff as a music enhancer is like using a nuclear warhead to hammer in nails. Good ol' Lucy definitely does enhance the music to a great degree, and you tend to simply get lost in the spaces between the sounds. Some of the most astonishing musical experiences I've ever had have come from this. And your basic greens enhance your ability to perceive microdetail immensely, but at the same time they also reduce your ability to focus, as well as hurting your short-term memory, so it's a great listening session while it lasts, but you tend to not take away anything useful from it.

Of course, in audio we say "everyone's ears are different," and when it comes to neurochemistry, that's even more true.

[Trav]

In my experience, that very much depends. Some do, some don't. Tryptamines (ex. psilocybin) tend to really alter the very fundamentals of your thought processes and can very much produce life-altering results. They may enhance your perceptions of the music, but perceiving music is usually the last thing on your mind (such as it is at the time). Phenethylamines (2C- on the other hand will leave your central processes more or less intact, while thoroughly scrambling your perceptions. They can definitely enhance the music, or perhaps a more accurate description would be "alter the music." Salvia Divinorum (which is in its own category entirely) definitely alters your perceptions of the music a great deal, but using that stuff as a music enhancer is like using a nuclear warhead to hammer in nails. Good ol' Lucy definitely does enhance the music to a great degree, and you tend to simply get lost in the spaces between the sounds. Some of the most astonishing musical experiences I've ever had have come from this. And your basic greens enhance your ability to perceive microdetail immensely, but at the same time they also reduce your ability to focus, as well as hurting your short-term memory, so it's a great listening session while it lasts, but you tend to not take away anything. useful from it.

Of course, in audio we say "everyone's ears are different," and when it comes to neurochemistry, that's even more true.

Astoundingly good stuff....the temporal lobe can be an "adult romper room" indeed.....this tempered with the impulsive nature of the frontal lobe can make for some esoteric experiences...nice post

[Voltron]

Astoundingly good stuff....the temporal lobe can be an "adult romper room" indeed.....this tempered with the impulsive nature of the frontal lobe can make for some esoteric experiences...nice post

Yeah, nice post 2 years ago, Catscratch.

[TC_Shadow]

I like some freshly picked dragon-well tea leafs in 75degreeC water (I know..old thread; it's good that someone bumped it

[manaox2]

Its a shock that the necro thread is on mind altering substances.

Depends on the music, I'd say. During the busy day, diet MTN dew is good enough to make a great listening experience. At night, well, I agree with catscratch on that one, add whisky as needed.