My sophomore, junior, and senior years, I took drafting. I thought I wanted to be an architect. By the end of my junior year, I realized it wasn’t going to happen. It just wasn’t in my soul. But for some reason, I went ahead and finished up the whole three-year drafting, taking the two-block drafting III class.
During our senior year, the teacher — an odd fellow who, judging from his hair cut and ties, was definitely stuck in the 70’s — allowed us to listen to music while drafting.
Choices, choices.
My friend and I set out to find the perfect drafting album, to match the list of perfect albums for this or that activity.
A few albums that made it into my personal rotation with a great deal of frequency were…
- R.E.M. Document
- Metallica …And Justice for All
- Sonic Youth Daydream Nation
- Pink Floyd Momentary Lapse of Reason
- Anything from Gabriel-era Genesis
Were I to do any drafting now, I’d more likely head to Thelonious Monk or Chick Corea, Bill Monroe or Lightening Hopkins.
I loved drafting, and thank you for sharing the Floyd and Sonic Youth you and David picked out. I actually still listen to Daydream Nation from time to time.
Of course, before we could wear headphones we used to listen to WQUT on the tinny clock radio. Tone Loc still brings back memories of art-gum eraser dust.
I listened to DN the other day in the car, which inspired this post. I find it now to be an incredibly consistent album. “Total Trash” is aptly named, but the rest of the album still amazes me, even if that type of music isn’t quite my cup of tea.