Comments on: The Music of the Law

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:58:53 +0000

When I'm going through an area of law I know really well, it's KJAZZ. When I'm dealing with a new area of law, and need to bang my head through tough concepts, it's the Wu-Tang (esp. The Mystery of Chess Boxin', which I'll keep on repeat). Of course, "It's All About the Benjamins" is also a good song to have on the cpu.

By: Kaimi

Kaimi — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 08:42:21 +0000

Dylan’s greatest hits is permanently linked in my mind with a particularly brutal stretch of document review for a big antitrust production. I must have listened to that CD a few dozen times over the course of several 20 hour days. I listened to other music as well, but for some reason Dylan was listened to a lot, and the mental association is probably permanent.

By: Isaac

Isaac — Mon, 17 Oct 2005 09:02:19 +0000

I used to be a no words when thinking kind of guy, but now I need a chalkboard to do mathematics (since it isn’t in my room, that precludes music) and any music at all while doing anything else (I’m rocking Kanye West as I type).

By: madisonian.net

madisonian.net — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:19:36 +0000

Scholarship You Can Dance To

This post by Nate Oman reminds me of a conversation at last weekend’s works-in-progress IP colloquium at Wash. U. A group of us in St. Louis were inspired by Mark Schultz’s description of what he listened to while he worked up his forthco…

By: The Debate Link

The Debate Link — Sat, 15 Oct 2005 00:15:54 +0000

Bring in the Noise

I hope all my Jewish readers had a good fast. I personally didn’t fast, but I did spend much of the day repenting over the fact that I didn’t fast, so hopefully it evens out (right?). Somewhat distressingly, my hit counts for yesterday still topped 2…

By: Paul Gowder

Paul Gowder — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 17:06:09 +0000

Research: random classical radio station

Writing: jazz, funk, jazz-funk.

Reviewing documents: the sound of my mortality marching toward me…

By: Ben Barros

Ben Barros — Fri, 14 Oct 2005 16:37:45 +0000

When I was in practice, most of the time I wrote to classical or MC Solaar — since I don’t know French, I couldn’t be distracted by the words. But sometimes late at night I’d want something loud to power through a brief. One night I seriously freaked out a legal assistant by blasting Marilyn Manson at around 1 a.m. She opened the door to my office, looked horrified, and left. A few minutes later, the rest of the team arrived at my office and looked in cautiously. I assured them that I wasn’t killing small animals and they wandered off.