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Right now I'm listening/watching the television mini-series Lonesome Dove. They're just
getting to the point where there's no water for 80 or so miles.

edit: This is one of those "while you're painting" threads. If there's another one, let me
know. I tend to miss out on them.

So... what is this thread supposed to be about again?

If it's about a show when can I watch it? I like snow.

Lonesome is over and I'm still figuring out how to paint some models. I think
I'll listen to some World War Z (I have about an hour left on the recording).

Red Mars by Kim Stanley Robinson

Music I'm currently listening to whilst painting includes Fields of the Nephilim, Front Line Assembly and The Covenant.... a mish mash of Goth, Industrial and Darkwave.

Got tired of science, now listening to the Fires of Heaven in the Wheel of Time
series.

Sounds like you've got access to more than a few audiobooks. Did you purchase them as CD's, iTunes, or do you have some other access? I've never tried the audiobook approach. While painting I usually put my iTunes on random or tune into my local sports game

Been into Tool a lot lately, whilst working on two ork trukk overhaul jobs. Great background music.

I'm listening to Pandora.com set to a lot of Justice, Chemical Brothers, and Daft Punk.

Occasionally I'll switch to more of a Soundgarden, Tool, Pre-haircut Metallica mix.

Audobooks are a good idea - I'll try that out.

I usually listen to whatever my wife is watching on TV.

Last night that was House.

Ozymandias, King of Kings

I listen to whatever's next on my PSP.

Usually that includes Necrophagist, Psyclon Nine, Inferi, Voice of Vision, Arsis, Colombine., The Faceless, Tool, Deftones, Akira Yamaoka, Paganini, etc. A nice healthy dose of Progressive Death Metal and Industrial, with some random genres thrown in for good measure.

I paint and model for extremely long periods of time, so it's not uncommon that I go through half my playlist. Too bad a PSP can't come anywhere close to holding all of my CDs. And that's just far too much work to have to go change out a CD every time I need new music.

My nephew's entire Harry Potter Series on CD.

I mean, Book one thru seven. The greatest thing that has ever happened to painting.

~sA

About 5 years ago I bought a 300 disc changer for my stereo. Hit shuffle and I never know whats coming. I have about 50-60 movie soundtracks in there (all insturmental ones like all 3 Lord of the Rings, Gladiator, etc) and the rest ranges from things like SOAD, Three Days Grace, Gorillas, Tool, Anti-Flag, Rammstein, E Nomine, to techno like Orbital, Electric Skychurch, Deep Forest, and a whole bunch of names no one else has ever heard of. I also have a bit of folk in there like Seven Nations/Clan Negael, Clannad, and some local bands and some authentic ethnic music, irish, japanese, etc. You really never know what is coming up next.

Meph

I'm listening through my stash of videogame music to create several different track lists for my Roleplaying group. I also watch a lot of South Park online while painting some Orks and Zombies.

listening: Beethove's 1st Piano Concerto
watching: Scarface

Really? Three things at once?

Nightwish Once album

groz wrote:listening: Beethove's 1st Piano Concerto
watching: Scarface

I can see how this works. Do you deliberately pair music and film choices?

The Allan Greenspan autobiography on CD. Mmmmm, yum! 25 hours of brain smacking goodness

Switched to swords and deviltry.

Anung Un Rama wrote:I'm listening through my stash of videogame music...

That's what I've been listening to lately. Currently, I'm hung up on the music from DOOM (the original game) and Everquest (some pretty good stuff in there).

malfred wrote:Lonesome is over and I'm still figuring out how to paint some models. I think
I'll listen to some World War Z (I have about an hour left on the recording).

@ Malfred: how's the audiobook of World War Z? Does it add anything to the experience? I absolutely adore the print version.

I don't know if it adds (I listen to a lot of audio books) but using different actors
to match the various ethnicities represented by the speakers really lends to its
documentary feel.

Think I'll move on to something else. Anathem.

It was strange listening to it in the car. Maybe it'll be easier at home.

I've been stuck (in the best sense of the word) on listening to a randomized playlist of:

Shiny Toy Guns - Season of Poison
Kings of Leon - Only By The Night
Thrice - Alchemy Index II, III, & IV
This Will Destroy You - S/T and Young Mountain
Playradioplay - Texas
Mads Langer - Attention Please
Dredg - Catch Without Arms and El Cielo
Collective Soul - Dosage
Carpark North - Grateful
Ra - Black Sun
Silverchair - Diorama

It's pretty much the best mix I've made and I'm kinda excited about that

I've been catching up on my podcasts. Last week I listened to the last 4 episodes of Fell Calls that I'd missed, and last night I did a marathon painting session while listening to the 40k Radio Christmas special.
Really paid off too as last week I finished 21 Space Marines and 3 Assault termis, last night I almost finished my Terminator Librarian, and it turns out I won one of the space marine commanders from the 40k Radio contest!

Congrats!

Dang, Anathem is a weird book.

Currently jamming out to Tool, and I believe Coheed and Cambria are coming up in the playlist...

Fresh Air with Terry Gross.

Back to Anathem. I think I'm starting to get it. Not really a good match with

Eternal Guard, but still.