Shakey Mo's thread of misery

yeah I love Hutcherson. Jackson too but the stuff I have of his has 'Trane on it... didn't know about the Ray Charles recs

Maybe some Tortoise stuff?

sort of hated post-rock stuff when it came out, but this has upended so many things about my life already...

you never know maybe you'll discover that only late 80's smooth jazz works

(JOEKS)

as aero said

Eat a trillion dicks young punk self, relaxation music is the business.

my wife suggested I go Metal Machine Music style and make a record with my tinnitus tone pasted over everything

sorry about this shakey. my wife has had intermittent bouts of this through the years (mainly from going to too many shows when she was younger with no hearing protection, including MBV at Slim's which I think really did her in), and it got significantly worse after she had cancer. apparently the platinum-based drug they gave her exacerbated it. it comes and goes these days.

Mayb u need to fight fire with fire and listen to Ventolin by Aphex.

I think yr wife is onto something Shakey

Just thought of another horn-free vibraphonecentric record: Cecil Taylor's Looking Ahead!, with vibraphonist Earl Griffiths (about whom little has been heard since).

Not vibey, but I've found a lot of early jazz with somewhat big bands to work well. Louis Armstrong's hot fives & hot sevens, various Jelly Roll Morton. Lots of stuff happening + scratchy recordings.

fuck you tinnitus

keep checking this thread hoping for some good news. hope things go better, shakes

fuckin zoloft givin me the jitters something fierce the last few days

yeah that's pretty common, unfortunately. what dose were you started on?

it's like the lowest dose possible 25mg

me and pharmaceuticals are not a good match, I hate being on all this shit

oh for the days when I could just rely on good old fashioned booze and weed

someone tell me something encouraging plz

i think you're gonna beat this thing. it might take some time. either you'll find the right drug balance and/or lifestyle changes. or it'll dissipate on its own. or both!

it's just an adjustment period, lots of trial and error. you'll find a groove soon and put the smackdown on that tinnitus, dawg

one day at a time, man. it's like being a recovering alcoholic. and be thankful for all the health issues you don't have.

(these are the things i'm telling myself every day)

talked to the psych nurse who wrote my original prescription – she suggested some dosage adjustments, which I guess I will try tonight

ambien walrus here I come

goo goo g'joob

can you guys uh like talk me through the rest hour and a half or so

sure

in a lol ambien walrus move I did actually lose my car key the other day (albeit not while I was asleep or attempting to sleep-drive)

when I finally found it I was like YES! I SOLVED A PROBLEM I am not totally useless

I can't believe I'm at work, charging people for sitting at my desk with sweaty palms. god I am really lucky to have this job

it'd be cool if you could pick your sleep-ambien activity

like instead of something dangerous like driving you just sleep-played chess, or sleep-dance-dance-revolutioned

I have done some weird things in my sleep in my life, but I can't really fathom getting out of bed, going downstairs, finding my keys, going out the door, into the elevator, into the garage, and getting into my car. like, I'm just not that coordinated.

yeah I mean even in an automatic just like, driving the car around in your sleep is fking CRAZY

on a different note, I think the best thing that has happened to me in recent days has been singing Lee Hazlewood's "Hey Cowboy" with my daughter, she has the words memorized now

hey cowboy where's you get the funny walk

omg that's super cute!!

I just remembered this silly thing Kristen Chenoweth said on Conan about tweeting on ambien, it's kinda funny

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vtE7nnjHw8

jesus christ she's like a bobblehead

I've been trying to focus on playing country songs each day, just to distract myself, something I can do with my daughter. she is REALLY into Cash on the Barrelhead

I just remembered this silly thing Kristen Chenoweth said on Conan about tweeting on ambien, it's kinda funny

the uploader has not made this video available in your country, rescind VG's passport

;_;

she talks abt eating chicken wings in her sleep and sleep-tweeting about newlyweds not going on cruise ships or they will be murdered or something

xxpost omg I love cash on the barrelhead

shakey have u heard this version, from the louvin bros tribute album?

it's not bad

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcw2trp0WzA&feature=share&list=PLdp8eyPEymlXVxKUt9pkKyaUvrxcHTdWD

Did you ever get around to reading the Charlie Louvin book, Shakey?

hey shakes... i can't smoke weed anymore cuz i get the anxiety/fear/paranoia etc. but i have noticed that pairing it with a well-timed ativan (like 30 mins before) and i enjoy it w/o those side effects. not a doctor, but just saying, this has worked for me.

I have not read that Charlie Louvin book yet thx for the reminder. reading is kinda hard for me these days unfortunately :(

there may come a time when I will enjoy a lil recreational weed+ativan but at the moment I don't think I can handle either. the weed makes me focus on the tinnitus too much, I'm just too much of an audio-centered guy. and I stopped the ativan cuz I was taking it regularly for like 10+ days and it's not good to get hooked on that shit. of course now I'm in a whole other cocktail stew of meds so wtf do I know

xp

how do you fare with audiobooks and the like?

hmmm never really tried em. honestly I have my ipod headphones on constantly now, altho the music that distracts me tends to vary from day to day. one day it was pretty much just the Jack Johnson box set. today it is Dolly Parton. some kinds of recordings/genres I just can't take at all anymore tho

maybe u could try an audio version of a book you want to read, if actual reading is problematic. dunno if the tinnitus would interfere with that still though...maybe you could try a podcast or two and see if it is easy to just listen to talking

u using in-ear headphones?

yes