A while ago I decided to change my usual music lists. First of all I decided to listen to opera. I started with Mozart then went with whatever sprang to mind o

A while ago I decided to change my usual music lists. First of all I decided to listen to opera. I started with Mozart then went with whatever sprang to mind or Youtube's recommendation sidebar. I'm now a fan of Puccini (predicatble?) and Nixon in China is amazing. I also decided to listen to all of Rolling Stone magazine's top 500 albums ever. After listening to each I made a short review on twitter. I managed 2-3 a day. It was impossible to "properly" listen to them, but at least I was getting through them. I paused at 60, and should really restart. I also listen to In Our Time on Radio4, arguably the original podcasts and certainly (one of?) the best. They have been curated into collections (philosophy, history, religion) and I'm getting an education through Melvyn Bragg (also one of the best chairs in audio). Again, it's not properly listening, but I pick up much more than I get by not listening.