# Whatcha listening to?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [February 12, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901 "2016-02-12T04:14:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/1 "2016-02-12T04:14:57Z")

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Quiet night in the Piper household.

Mrs Piper’s out of town and the Cub is asleep.

I’m surfing the Dope and listening to “Morning to Midnight Ragas” by Bismillah Khan. I turned on the Indian music channel on our cable connection expecting to get sitar. The shehnai and tabla I find a bit too demanding for late night. Might prefer it for a summer afternoon in the garden with a beer. 🙂

Ah, his piece finished and now it is sitar: Amjad Ali Khan playing “The Legend of Sarod” - more what I was thinking of for a late evening.

So what are you listening to right now, fellow late night Dopers?

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**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/2 "2016-02-12T04:16:38Z")

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I’m listening to an episode of the Simpsons which is on TV behind me while I “play” Cookie Clicker and read the dope…a.k.a. at work.

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**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/3 "2016-02-12T04:20:50Z")

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Well, I’ve got “The Big Bang Theory” on as I post this; but before it began, I was listening to a friend’s internet radio show.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/4 "2016-02-12T04:26:03Z")

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I’ve got my entire music collection (28,093 tracks) on random play. Right now I’m listening to an excerpt from “Die Bajadere” by Emmerich Kálmán.

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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/5 "2016-02-12T04:32:22Z")

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I’m listening to myself sing “Durch di Wälder” from Der Freischütz from my coaching this afternoon.

(Not because I actually like listening to myself. I hate listening to myself. But it’s educational.)

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**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\
**Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whatcha-listening-to/745901/6 "2016-02-12T04:40:32Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> Right now I’m listening to an excerpt from “Die Bajadere” by Emmerich Kálmán.

An operetta and a composer I’ve never heard of before. I love the Dope for expanding one’s frontiers!