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And here I thought this was going to be about "Machine Metal Music," which is perversely listenable if you are a fan of tape hiss (no Dolby required). A nice, gauzy snapshot of a tumultuous time.

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Machine Metal Music is great. I didn't listen to it for the longest time because I was told it was just white noise, but it is...not that.

Used to listen to it while studying to block out background noise.

Seconding this. After a while you start to hear the rhythms in it. The apocryphal stories about its creation make it all the more fun to listen to and it invites challenging your own preconceived notions about what you like about music (i.e. does it really matter if he Actually Made It or if he just shoved a bunch of guitars up against amps and let the reverb play itself? And even if he did is that different to Actually Making It anyway?)

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