Never start a list you didn't want to finish, folks.
Top Ten Music Listening Experiences
6 - 1
6. Death -
Sounds of Perseverance: Picked this CD up in a record store in Sacramento, and listened to it fully during the car ride home. Everyone was silent the whole time. It was pretty epic.
5. Sublime - "Boss DJ": I mentioned this in the music in dreams thread. In hypnagogia, my brain played this song, seemingly on a loop, and the visuals danced with the song. When I focused on one specific image, the song became heavily distorted, but was still mesmerizing, almost ethereal.
4. Smashing Pumpkins: I stayed home sick a couple days one week, and one of those days, I played SP albums
Gish through
Adore. I had earlier drank a whole bottle of mucinex because my sinuses were as clogged as anything could ever be, I had no recreational interest in this action. If you read my drug journal, I'll go more in depth at some point, but until then, Mucinex and similar products contain DXM, a decongestant which in large doses acts as a hallucinogen/dissociative. It's effects are generally unpleasant, but that blended in with the sickness. I lied still for seven hours listening to the albums, just tripping out.
3. Boards of Canada - "Chromakey Dreamcoat": I listened to this the very first time I did DMT. Within seconds I was inside the song, hearing it clearly everywhere. The trip itself wasn't very visual, but everything was crisp and beautiful. There was a nostalgic feeling throughout.
2. Gas -
Pop: Another one listened to in hypnagogia, except I actually had it playing this time. I was in this sleep limbo for the entire duration of the album, surrounded by green meadows and falling leaves.
1. Pygmy Lush - "A Good Day to Hide": Another DMT song, but this trip was much more powerful and immersive. I do have a trip report on this one, so that should be posted in Entering Infinity. I feel almost some connection to this song now, whenever I hear it, it just makes me feel incredibly content, time almost slows.
BUT MOTHER**** THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL IS TOMORROW AND I'M NOT GONNA BE THERE WTF ASSSSSSSSSSS.