Phlegmatics (and an iPod question)

[prog]

I found a large cache of CDs I apparently skipped over when I went all rip everything some time ago. I feel like ripping them now, and lo I do so.

Sadly, it's not hard to see why I overlooked this stuff in my first pass-through. I am listening to Mr. Bungle's Disco Volante album now and keep muttering "ugh this is bullshit" to myself, but soldier on regardless because of the undeniable nostalgic kick.

Did I actually like this a decade ago? I must have listened to at least the first half of the album many times, because I am singing (or anyway making noises) along in my head as it plays back now. It's got some moments, but they're literally just moments. It's just audio slapstick, and not really enlightening.

Man, those were lonely years.

(I like the first Mr. Bungle album from 1991 but Ricky's second wife's son ran off with it a long time ago and I only have a few tracks from iTunes now. Baw.)

(Ha ha ha I wonder how many people I just confused by that statement. Apparently my writing about Ricky carries an implication that he's younger than me, to some people. Not so.)

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Is there a way to quickly get back to the Now Playing screen when navigating around iPod menus? It goes back by itself if you leave it untouched for several seconds, but too many's the time I'm bopping around in the menus and happenstance demands that I adjust the volume ASAP.

Comments

[rikchik.livejournal.com]

Now Playing can be found off the top menu IIRC - not sure if that counts as "quickly".

[prog.livejournal.com]

Aha. It's quick enough, since you can warp back to the top by holding down the MENU button.

Mr. Bungle

[taskboy3000.livejournal.com]

I loved their first album at the time, but it's pretty thuggish to listen to now. I do enjoy /California/, particularly "Retrovertigo". Whaddya gonna do?

Re: Mr. Bungle

[prog.livejournal.com]

Their first album is all kinds of gross and immature but it shapes it into brilliance, like an Adult Swim cartoon having a clever moment. But yeah, I haven't listened to it in a while, and was probably more into it when I was a teenager.

California's pretty catchy. And then they went away!