Indie Music Chatter

I was looking for a CD for my son this afternoon. He just came back from pre-school and it has become daily routine for me to play soft music while he drinks his milk. The whole process relaxes him enough that he falls asleep in less than twenty minutes — something that was quite difficult to do before I discovered this “trick.” I started with Mozart during the first week but I was pleasantly surprised that he loved Chet Baker’s Music for Lovers when I played it to break the monotony. He has come to call it his “favorite music”. Needless to say Dada is quite proud that his son has an inherent taste for good music.

Anyway, back to my story. Zach had already fallen asleep but I wanted to play a couple more CDs for him while he’s sleeping (I believe in all that subliminal shit). First on my list was Tom Waits’ Closing Time, which I have already blogged about before. I am still nuts over this album and at the rate things are going I may have to request that this CD play incessantly at my wake when I die. I’ll also ask to be cremated with a copy of the CD. After this superb album finished playing I decided to play The Aluminum Group’s Pedals. I absolutely love the folkie electronica feel of this album — and yes, I don’t care that I’m making my son listen to a music group composed of gay brothers. Good music defies sexual preference.

Aluminum Group, Tom Waits, Chet Baker