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I don’t know if this qualifies as "don’t like" but I’m always really, really irritated by the way "More Light" speeds up as it moves along. It doesn’t sound like an intentional tempo change– it just sounds sloppy, which is pretty unusual for J’s drumming. Other than that, a good song! No offense Allison
Hi Eric,
I’m so sorry to hear about your friend, and angered to hear that his family could not / would not give him a respectful service. Thank the universe that he has a good, conscionable, loving friend like you to keep his positive memory alive. Also, don’t blame yourself for not being there, or not finding out sooner– it’s not like he was terminally ill and you were choosing your job over him. You’re trying to make a living and you live your life with so much honesty and heart, which has always stood out to me. Things happen the way they’re meant to, and sometimes it’s just out of our hands.
I’m thinking of you too, and sending you my warmest thoughts from California.
Love,
Rosa5’11" tops. unless he has bad posture.
Stefka, have you had green tea ice cream served tempura style? oh man.
I still record from radio to cassette sometimes, SG. I can’t get into the whole ipod craze either…when I make a list of things that I need in my life, "another screen to stare at" is definitely not one of them. I don’t feel like spending hours on the computer to get my music and I don’t feel like walking around the city with little pieces of dental floss dangling from my ears, skipping through songs with my fingertip like I’m browsing some kind of catalog for the attention-span impaired. This country has a serious addiction to instant gratification and it depresses the crap out of me. No one wants art that challenges them; no one wants to dedicate themselves to anything more than a three-minute melody.
Did you see the White Stripes on Charlie Rose? Jack talks about how spoiled North American audiences are, like they act like they’re just going to a movie and expecting to be entertained instead of being integrated with the musicians in a more tangible give-and-take.
I really (maybe preemptively) mourn the loss of the ALBUM as a full work of art. It’s not just that I like the packaging and the palpability of holding something in my hand– I really think that the mp3 addiciton is a disservice to the artists who are able to realize a concept, arrange the songs in a specific order, and round it all out with visual art. Even when I make a mix CD or tape for a friend, I expect that he or she will listen to it all the way through at least once, the way I designed it. I was never part of the "digital music screws artists out of money" camp, but I do think that artists (and producers and engineers, even) are getting screwed out of a full appreciation for all their talents.
I do occasionally download live performances that aren’t available for purchase anywhere, and I’m not trying to knock the artists who make themselves available on itunes to circumvent potential monetary loss. I’m also sure there are "good" ipod users who savor a musical potpourri and want to eat up their art like it’s their last meal. Oh my god the horrible metaphors. But you see what I mean.
My problem is not with digital music– it’s here to stay, you know? My problem is the ADHD culture it encourages and the evaporation of the craft of the album. I just wish that mp3 players came with cautions, like "slow down, maybe try the whole album sometime," just like I wish cell phones came with warnings not to use them in restaurants or next to me on the goddamn bus. Guns don’t kill people, etc.
Til next time, your cellphoneless, ipodless, email-happy Rosa.
Age – 27
Gender – F
Height – 5’5"
Hair – brunet, occasionally enhanced with chemicals
Eyes – olive
Playguitar – kinda, but only to support my singing habit
Playing in a band – nah
First Dinosong – What Else Is New
First record – Falco, "Rock Me Amadeus" on a ’45
Earliest musical memory – excellent toy piano from Santa, age 3 or 4, or playing with my dad’s "Some Girls" record sleeve
Other Guitarists you like – Dexter Romweber, SRVaughn, Slash, Nancy Wilson, Kirk Hammett, Gossard/McCready
Hobbies – words, music, classic cars, pretending to know about wine
Fav drink – soft=lemonade, hard=Campari straight upit’s okay, I lent ‘Where You Been’ to a boyfriend in HS and it was returned to me a few years later (post breakup) with a sound like a bouncing tennis ball across the whole cassette. depressing, but I still can’t part with it. maybe someone should burn me the cd for Christmas!
I always thought it was kind of morbid that our society celebrates people on the day they died rather than on the day they were born. I guess it’s the whole "remember where you were when ___ died" thing, but…I think that’s kind of selfish. sorry. I’d want to be celebrated on my birthday, not the day I killed myself / died in a fiery crash / was murdered by a psychopath / stopped breathing while wearing a soiled diaper
. maybe it’s just me?
