[pure-silver] Re: Off-topic: Darkroom music
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeffrey Thorns" <puresilver@xxxxxxxxx> 
To: <pure-silver@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 25, 2007 11:27 AM
Subject: [pure-silver] Off-topic: Darkroom music
I find that printing for hours at a time is much more enjoyable with music. 

Most of the radio stations here are, uh, not great.

I don't want to mess with CDs in the dark.

Enter Pandora;

http://www.pandora.com/
Admittedly, I needed to find a way to pipe this into the darkroom, in which I have an AM/FM radio, but no computer. I accomplished this via one of those USB FM transmitters, then I tuned into it via the radio. (The darkroom is only 10 feet from the computer, sitting outside the darkroom.) Doing this directly via speaker-cables is a better, long-term solution - something I will do in the future.
The thing I like about Pandora is that you can 'program' the music that gets broadcast to you (giving thumbs-up and thumbs-down to specific selections). And you can create different 'stations' for differrent moods. This preselection, if you choose to do it, needs to be done in the weeks before you enjoy the full benefits in the darkroom.
I know it's a little off-topic, but the endless gurgle of water in the darkroom does not fill me with positive vibes. I need sound to hide the gurgle. 


Happy Holidays
Another source of darkroom entertainment is the BBC via computer. One can hear music, drama, comedy, etc. http://www.bbc.co.uk On the home page click on the UK site because it has a much wider choice of stations than the US site. Radio-4 and Radio-7 are my favorites but there is a lot of variety. 
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Richard Knoppow
Los Angeles, CA, USA
dickburk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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