Skiing and Music

[jimk]

You know what's a funny twist for me as an old guy who used to own good home stereo systems? Driving alone in my car is now my most thrilling way to experience music. At home I play it through lousy computer or bluetooth speakers. And I'm not really an earbud/headphone person.

But in a car with my wife out of earshot, I can crank-it! Last night I drove home 3 hrs from a solo ski day. I re-discovered three good songs for MORE COWBELL:

Less cowbell, but really good at high volume:

Guess I better throw in a ski photo or two, Canaan Valley, WV ski area 10 Jan 2025, good conditions:



C Lift Line trail, all natural and narrow:

 

[LuckyStrike]

Sorry if this has been asked before but do any lifts blast music anymore?

 

[jimmywilson69]

It seems somewhat prevalent across the industry.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Plenty at the base but cant think of any like how mount snow used to blast the entire line

 

[jimmywilson69]

yeah no one is doing that anymore.

 

[Zand]

I miss old school Beartrap.

Do they even really make snow on it anymore? I know they killed the tunes. That was always the best 300 vert run in existence when the bumps were soft.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

i went to this last night.

tapers choice is an indie supergroup that made a jamband. alex from real estate. dave from darkside. the drummer from vampire weekend.

they are LA based and i love them and i was excited for them to come east.

then it was announced that the show would be relix 50th anniversary party and they announced a shitload of guests. tom hamilton (jrad), scott metzger (jrad), karina rykman, ryan miller (guster), mike gordon (phish), tom constanten (sort of the grateful dead). a horns section. mikaeala davis

it turned into a jamband gangbang and they played a lot of canon

it was fun but i just wanted to see tapers choice!

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[KustyTheKlown]

dunno where else to just say RIP to david lynch a truly unique and uniquely american artist

 

[jimk]

dunno where else to just say RIP to david lynch a truly unique and uniquely american artist

Yeah, Blue Velvet was pretty memorable.
When Twin Peaks came on TV I caught the bug like a lot of folks. After a while I got tired of the endless plot lines, but I never tired of the cool music that show had.

 

[KustyTheKlown]

the issue with twin peaks was its own success and tv culture. s2 is off the fucking rails because abc had a hit and wouldn't let lynch complete the arch.

there is a fan edit of s1 and s2 that cuts out all the stupid shit (ben horne civil war plotline for example), and dials it down to lynch's intended arc

S1 + S2 edit + fire walk with me + S3 (21st century reboot) are totally iconic

and yes, memorable haunting score

 

[drjeff]

I miss old school Beartrap.

Do they even really make snow on it anymore? I know they killed the tunes. That was always the best 300 vert run in existence when the bumps were soft.

Snow has been made on it this week and the rumor is that the speakers on the towers have been repaired and will be playing tunes once the rope has been dropped.... We'll see about the tunes part. Friends of mine up there this week confirmed the snowmaking part

 

[urungus]

rumor is that the speakers on the towers have been repaired and will be playing tunes once the rope has been dropped....

That would be awesome

 

[Shredmonkey254]

Sorry if this has been asked before but do any lifts blast music anymore?

If I am remembering correctly, the few times I have been at Stratton this year, each lift has tunes going. The Summit chair at Ellen is good for tunage and there is a lift at Sunday River playing music where the liftie is dancing to the tunes while loading the chairs. I think he might have a nick name for his gig... and stressing my memory a bit more, it seems that North Lynx and Castlerock usually have music going, along with their BBQ grills... but maybe I am dating myself here.

 

[Zand]

Snow has been made on it this week and the rumor is that the speakers on the towers have been repaired and will be playing tunes once the rope has been dropped.... We'll see about the tunes part. Friends of mine up there this week confirmed the snowmaking part

That would be sweet! Hope they let it bump up, especially in March. I could see myself doing 3 minute laps all day on a nice spring day haha.

 

[ERJ-145CA]

You know what's a funny twist for me as an old guy who used to own good home stereo systems? Driving alone in my car is now my most thrilling way to experience music. At home I play it through lousy computer or bluetooth speakers. And I'm not really an earbud/headphone person.

But in a car with my wife out of earshot, I can crank-it! Last night I drove home 3 hrs from a solo ski day. I re-discovered three good songs for MORE COWBELL:

Less cowbell, but really good at high volume:

Guess I better throw in a ski photo or two, Canaan Valley, WV ski area 10 Jan 2025, good conditions:
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C Lift Line trail, all natural and narrow:
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I'm an old guy who still has a good home stereo system. I still blast tunes a couple times a week on it too. My covid hobby was replacing my old 1990s stereo system and repairing my speakers.

 

[oldfartrider]

Sorry if this has been asked before but do any lifts blast music anymore?

Japan still plays music on lift poles

 

[breckkidd]

this was a quick, skiing-related variation of one of my favorite albums of all time that i made last year. not sure if anyone here knows of gybe but i figured what the hell

 

[TyWebb]

wow billy has his own channel? what number is it?

dude's career accelerated so bigly in the past year its crazy

his hawaii covid streaming shows with billy and the kids (kreutzman dead band with Aron from the biscuits and tommy from jrad) were scorchers. here's a 23 min Mississippi half step from those shows. tommy takes vocals but billy rips up an electric guitar here.

edit - its not a 23 min miss half step. there's other songs on there. miss half step and deal and jack-a-roe. just scanned thru. if you can find the entire show videos (they exist out in the ether). billy sings jack-a-roe starting at 17:04

edit2 - i just realized you meant billy on pandora. that makes sense. if there was a billy strings xm/sirius channel that would be a big deal.

I came in here to post something else but yea - the Hawaii covid shows def gave Billy a huge bump (as well as Goose but they suck) but for me and a bunch of my friends and older fans the shows in '21 at red rocks put him on a the radar for us. Was fire all weekend and brings such justice to Jerry's catalog of music

This band with this lineup is one of my favorite post Jerry lineups after Phil and the Q. Saw you like JRad and def good time but as far as cover bands with no original members I have such a bias to DSO. Think it's due to me seeing Barraco and Mattson in the early/mid 90's in bars on LI as The Zen Tricksters. Right Track Inn was the best and kind of their home base.

 

[TyWebb]

What is everyones thoughts on people skiing with their speakers in their backpacks?

I never would do that and I have told my son (17) ski with headphones if u want music and he looked at me and said 'dad - when I ski with my friends we always use our headphones and don't ski with speakers.' It never really bothered me with strangers as it's easily to avoid while skiing if you hear someone coming up on you with music. This weekend an early 20 something (it seemed) gets on a lift with me with his music booming. When I go up alone, no matter the age I always try to chat up with the others. This guy wasn't interested but thought he'd get the hint to turn his music off until we got off but no luck. First time something like this bothered me but so is life and didn't make a big deal abt it

Just curious what your guys thoughts are on this

 

[KustyTheKlown]

Different strokes. DSO does absolutely nothing for me. Snoozeadelic