Diverse Auditory Amusements

[tealin]

Hey, Internet! Guess what's finally on iTunes? Betcha can't guess!

Dr Horrible's Sing-Along Blog Soundtrack!

Professional sound quality! Crystal-clear stereo! No sound effects!* Official song titles! Individually packaged tracks that you can put on repeat!**

I live in the hope that perhaps, some glorious day soon, the nerds will unite and dethrone the album that is currently #1, which appears to be some sort of 'urban music.' So I do my part by spreading awareness. Be aware.

In celebration I was going to draw 'a shiny new Australia' but FAILED. This is probably the fault of one of two things: 1. The grinding of the mental transmission as my brain tried to switch fandom gears at full speed 2. It's actually really hard.

In return, here is a visual approximation of listening to the Snicket audio books



He seems to lean further and further back from the mic through the course of reading the book, but leans in close to say 'Chapter Thirteen' in a hushed, horrified voice. Of course, listening to it on headphones (especially good headphones) is like he suddenly invades your personal space to speak right in your ear. Effective, but ... yaah.

In case anyone was debating whether to spring the extra cash on a Canson sketchbook or just get another plain old Essential Jumbo or Strathmore ... um, yeah, stick with the cheap stuff. The paper's really thin, comparatively – I don't draw very hard but there's still an impression left on the next page. It also grips the pencil less ... dunno how to describe it, it's not tooth, necessarily, because I've used practically toothless paper that picks up pencil like nobody's business, but it's slightly slippery, a little bit like drawing on newsprint. My two cents.

*Definitely cool re: such songs as 'A Man's Gotta Do...' but the second Bad Horse song kinda loses something without the whinny and the gunshot.
**Not that I would ever recommend doing such a thing. Or do so myself.

Comments

[blahblahcakes64.livejournal.com]

J'adore. Can't wait to download it! :DDDDD

[ks-claw.livejournal.com]

*cracks up at your expression in the last panel*

[followthatcab.livejournal.com]

I can't get it out of my head that Dr Horrible had a Bad Horse lunchbox as a young nerd.

Second: I am wondering, what does one do with audiobooks? Do you listen to them while jogging? While sleeping? In airplanes? Because listening to them while reading...(my ipod's usual employment) well, the mind boggles.

[moonmystique.livejournal.com]

OH audiobooks! That's an awesome idea..I think I'll have to listen to some. I heard a sample that came on my brothers mp3 player of James and the Giant Peach, and it was Jeromy Irons reading B)

Shiny new Australia

[gg-83.livejournal.com]

I am envisioning sparkly kangaroos and drop bears with shiny, deadly teeth. (What's that? Drop bears are fictional? Maybe. But perhaps not in the Dr. Horribleverse!)

[shadowmaat.livejournal.com]

You know what I keep picturing for the "shiny new Australia" is a keychain in the shape of a totally blinged out Australia with some keys dangling from it. But then my thinking tends to be a little strange. Blame the drop bears.

[(Anonymous)]

YOU MEAN THE No.1 ALBUM ON iTUNES *ISN'T* BARTOK'S CONCERTO FOR ORCHESTRAAAAA?!