# Lights out, candles, hot chamomile tea, and Mazzy Star. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 13, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895 "2018-10-13T03:51:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![spidercat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@spidercat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spidercat)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/1 "2018-10-13T03:51:16Z")
How do you relax at night before bed? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/2 "2018-10-13T20:54:38Z")
Lights out, parked in front of the woodstove or outdoor fireplace, covered in Dachshunds and the twelfth beer, Pink Floyd at about 130 db. ---
**Author:** ![EmilyG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/emilyg/32/364_2.png) [@EmilyG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmilyG)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/3 "2018-10-13T22:38:18Z")
I put in earplugs so I don’t have to hear my roommate yakking on the phone at midnight, and then I try to wait for my stomach problems to settle down enough so that I can go to sleep, which sometimes takes a while. Sometimes I listen to the radio if there’s not too much other noise going on. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/4 "2018-10-14T00:50:14Z")
> [@](#): > > Lights out, candles, hot chamomile tea, and Mazzy Star. Those are the things I’d do if I were getting ready to commit suicide. I haven’t followed Mazzy Star since their brief popularity long ago, but I still think of them as the most depressing band in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/5 "2018-10-14T03:19:02Z")
> [@spidercat](#): > > Lights out, candles, hot chamomile tea, and Mazzy Star. Asshole licking aside, I think I love you for loving Mazzy Star! They are one of my favorite bands. The world needs more Paisley Underground music. A basic Pandora account is free. Do yourself a favor and start a Mazzy Star station. Anyway, for me podcasts. Any podcast really except comedy. A Soma if I’m really needing to unwind. If I’m desperate I’ll listen to Shazzy, her sleep tape. No one can stay awake through that. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/6 "2018-10-14T03:35:25Z")
Alone, cats and dog near, CNN on mute or a old movie. No worries about husband or kids roaming the streets. Everything and everybody in their place. Then I am happy. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/7 "2018-10-14T13:27:19Z")
> [@spidercat](#): > > How do you relax at night before bed? This is why God made Brian Eno. ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/8 "2018-10-15T03:06:34Z")
Audiobook of Marcel Proust. Knocks me right out. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/9 "2018-10-15T03:14:27Z")
Speaking of Mazzy Star, I really like [_Northern Line_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i42o_a5TJPM) by Opal. . ---
**Author:** ![Lucas\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucas_jackson/32/303_2.png) [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/10 "2018-10-15T04:38:54Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Speaking of Mazzy Star, I really like [_Northern Line_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i42o_a5TJPM) by Opal. > . Nice. Thanks for turning me on to that, Johnny! ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/11 "2018-10-15T07:55:50Z")
> [@jaycat](#): > > This is why God made Brian Eno. Harold Budd for me. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/12 "2018-10-15T13:38:17Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > Harold Budd for me. [The one they made together](https://www.allmusic.com/album/ambient-2-the-plateaux-of-mirror-mw0000650122) is a favorite. ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/13 "2018-10-15T13:49:45Z")
Yes! That and his work with the Cocteaus. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/14 "2018-10-15T13:57:56Z")
> [@Lucas\_Jackson](#): > > Nice. Thanks for turning me on to that, Johnny! I’m glad you like it. They used to play it on KXLU in the early-'90s. Something about it just grabbed me. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/15 "2018-10-15T16:51:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m glad you like it. They used to play it on KXLU in the early-'90s. Something about it just grabbed me. It’s on a great album, if you can find a copy that doesn’t cost [your soul](https://www.amazon.com/Early-Recordings-Opal/dp/B0002423Q8). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/16 "2018-10-15T16:54:44Z")
> [@Tamerlane](#): > > It’s on a great album, if you can find a copy that doesn’t cost [your soul](https://www.amazon.com/Early-Recordings-Opal/dp/B0002423Q8). I bought the CD ages ago. And before that, I bought it on vinyl. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![spidercat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8e8cbc/32.png) [@spidercat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spidercat)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/17 "2018-10-16T17:21:19Z")
> [@ioioio](#): > > Those are the things I’d do if I were getting ready to commit suicide. > > I haven’t followed Mazzy Star since their brief popularity long ago, but I still think of them as the most depressing band in the world. Ha! That’s hilarious. I’ll admit they can be depressing, but they’re also quiet and relaxing, with the benefit of all their songs sounding pretty much the same – ie, no sudden loudness or changes in sound to surprise you. > [@](#): > > Asshole licking aside, I think I love you for loving Mazzy Star! Ain’t nothing wrong with asshole licking! And, aw, I love you too! They are certainly good music. I’ll have to check out that other band you linked. Cocteau Twins are also fantastic! Cherry-colored funk is one of my fav songs of all time. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/18 "2018-10-16T18:42:50Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I bought the CD ages ago. And before that, I bought it on vinyl. 😉 Hope you already have [this one](https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Nightmare-Baby-Opal/dp/B01M3WEOUU/ref=pd_sbs_15_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B01M3WEOUU&pd_rd_r=005ed882-d173-11e8-82f2-45755cef4704&pd_rd_w=WVbWs&pd_rd_wg=fl0oR&pf_rd_i=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_p=7d5d9c3c-5e01-44ac-97fd-261afd40b865&pf_rd_r=7GV3GHRAVPE7WXXMHS5A&pf_rd_s=desktop-dp-sims&pf_rd_t=40701&psc=1&refRID=7GV3GHRAVPE7WXXMHS5A) as well. Jeez Louise! The prices are fucking outrageous for standard cd from a short-lived cult band. ---
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/19 "2018-10-17T18:49:48Z")
Reading and then a podcast, something science oriented or History of Rome ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2018, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895/20 "2018-10-17T19:22:24Z")
Wash face, brush teeth, make sure Ivylad took his Losartan, crawl into bed with my Kindle and wait for the sleep meds to kick in. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lights-out-candles-hot-chamomile-tea-and-mazzy-star/822895.md?page=2)