Musician and journalist James Jackson Toth launched an experiment in dedicated listening; sitting and listening attentively to just one album a week. He failed. He tells us why, and how we may have too much music to listen to.

You stop hearing music at a certain point and you start hearing decisions.

This week’s guest:

• James Jackson Toth, Wooden Wand

Show notes:

• Too Much Music: A Failed Experiment In Dedicated Listening
• Episode #85 – How Much Music Is Too Much?
• Brian Eno: Nerve Net (Expanded Edition)
• The Cure: Pornography
• Jeffrey Lewis
• Douglas Rushkoff: Present Shock
• Episode #79 – 1977
• Episode #76 – Mirror Balls and Polyester: Looking Back at Disco Music
• New York Times review of Lynyrd Skynyrd and Be Bop Deluxe concert at the Palladium, October, 1976.
• Episode #48 – Musician Dave Harrington of DARKSIDE and the Dave Harrington Group on Music Between Genres
• Other People (Nicolas Jaar’s label)
• Liz Pelly: The Problem with Muzak

Our next tracks:

• Kirk: Improved Sound Limited: Suicide Road
• Doug: The Florida Boys: Southern Gospel Treasury

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Special Guest: James Jackson Toth.