Listening: Pride & Prejudice Reading: Svalbard

My wife and I have taken a liking of the YouTube channel by Cecilia Blomdahl. It chronicles their lives and exploration living in Longyearbyen, Svalbard, the world's northernmost town. https://www.youtube.com/@CeciliaBlomdahl

Cecilia has also authored a book about her life there along with Christoffer and Grimm. Polar nights when the sun never sets seems to be an exciting experience to me. Not sure that I'd last very long during twenty four hours a day of dark night and cold temperatures but it surely seems like something I'd like to try. https://www.amazon.com/Life-Svalbard-Finding-Remote-Island/dp/0744095093/ref=sr_1_2?crid=21S898DR8R4ZZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.vhCzhvuUzB6auwPH-rDSDYRvfQU8ePMwnvoHSULB4OtpuQeXBrGFcyXbOABpjl2SbFUi0tQn81Fe8G75weJFBpRWeRaTFhRfS3u6g6C4d-XHUklYu59PDxXmzeQ9ELYK.UFa9uTN3reKACx9GZ-59Y7iUYlUo9mK288dt9UXe_tA&dib_tag=se&keywords=cecilia+blomdahl&qid=1781383507&sprefix=cecilia%2Caps%2C341&sr=8-2

While reading about their 'cool' adventures I'm listening to the Pride and Prejudice soundtrack from the 2005 movie, conducted by Dario Marianelli. There is no connection between the movie and the book other than the fact that I chose the music on a whim. That's how I roll sometimes. https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Prejudice-Dario-Marianelli/dp/B000BEZQ0Y/ref=sr_1_1?crid=73WETF0TE91&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.W9cayJnRzFxY4ViS79waDUOMpKc-Nv1qVccx__LVbPqY2D0OECJEs-RxlUBvr9JRywIITHhqigbD2p0vg5cYqc9d8Ui7NevsJG0vQHDT8LrPCk7AFRzsmAOmmU0aGAR6yE309u6yVY52CqhB2PVbO3gWKyK3cXO7l6fXYa0qTvy9IyM9JRFpgyqqOV7vBQyjae-OOXgAe7uCJEpxVXdKcSBVDu7-oaQlEblsTAAbDo0.D9b7lXXLJ1MmBg528WCxcAG1M1R2rtHNYzthgPwrxrU&dib_tag=se&keywords=pride+and+prejudice+cd&qid=1781383610&sprefix=pride+and+prejudice+c%2Caps%2C268&sr=8-1

So, streaming Pride & Prejudice via Deezer https://www.deezer.com/us/ and an original model Sonos Play: 1 in the kitchen. I think the Play: 1 is one of Sonos' better products and it sounds great as a mono, powered loudspeakers. It can also be paired with a second Play: 1 in order to have a stereo left and right pair. 

As always, thanks for reading!

Reading: Paste Magazine's Top 300 All-time Albums

From the June issue of Paste Magazine comes the "Top 300 All-time Best Albums", not to be confused with best sound quality nor best album covers. One must come to the conclusion that Paste means 'best' as in best music albums. How many of these albums do you own? More importantly, how many do you own and actually listen to during your own listening sessions? #278 and #280 look interesting to me...

Have a go here https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/greatest-albums/the-300-greatest-albums-of-all-time-2

Thanks for reading Hear More Music!

Doug