Saturday, November 08, 2003
i've been SO lazy the past few weeks, and it's really bringing me down. there are many, many creative things i could be doing. i have tons of unfinished projects lying around, and there's nothing standing in the way of me finishing them except for my inability to just sit my ass down and do them. it's not good.
i think i'm entering "the Big Suck" which sort of happens to me every November and February.
last night a lot of weird things were going on, and i'm not going to elaborate, but it was weird. although, it was great chilling with Cody, my childhood friend whom i haven't seen for months. also, later we all had a good conversation, using the magic of danny's cell phone speakerphone, with Christer in Minnesota.
there's a country song i like, called Beautiful Mess by Diamond Rio.
since Dan's X-Box and Playstation were stolen, we've been playing a lot of original Nintendo. i had at first thought that the reason i stopped playing video games was that i had grown up, but i think i've realized that the reason is that games aren't as good as they used to be. or maybe i'm just ignorant.
today i went to the Public Library and got these CDs: 1) Best of the Righteous Brothers because the guy died this week, and it's true that the world appreciates you more posthumously. especially if your death is sudden and/or bizzarre. (remind me to pick up a Johnny Cash CD one of these days.) 2) Blues, Rags & Hollers by Koerner, Ray and Glover. recommended by David Bowie in an article i read in (ugh) Vanity Fair. plus i'm a real sucker for good folk music. 3) A Peter Paul and Mary CD, which i got mostly because i wanted Leaving On A Jet Plane on my computer. 4) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco because i remember listening to this at Christer's house and enjoying it a lot. plus i lost my copy of Somethin' Else and i haven't listened to Cannon in a while. 5) The Bewitched by Harry Partch, an artist also recommended by David Bowie. Partch invented a lot of instruments, including the Chromelodeon, the Surrogate Marimba, and Boo and the Spoils of War. actually, i think i remember hearing this guy on The Schickele Mix one time. hmm. 6) a best-of compilation of a funk group i've never heard of, The Ohio Players. in the liner notes, it says: "They were, first and foremost, seventies funk's all-time finest. Yet the Ohio Players were more than mere mortal, fo'-on-the-flo' funkateers. These MO'FOs (with a capital everythang) could puh-lay!" i can't tell if that paragraph is cool or just a white man's posturing. but i got the CD and we'll see if it's good.
i think i'm entering "the Big Suck" which sort of happens to me every November and February.
last night a lot of weird things were going on, and i'm not going to elaborate, but it was weird. although, it was great chilling with Cody, my childhood friend whom i haven't seen for months. also, later we all had a good conversation, using the magic of danny's cell phone speakerphone, with Christer in Minnesota.
there's a country song i like, called Beautiful Mess by Diamond Rio.
since Dan's X-Box and Playstation were stolen, we've been playing a lot of original Nintendo. i had at first thought that the reason i stopped playing video games was that i had grown up, but i think i've realized that the reason is that games aren't as good as they used to be. or maybe i'm just ignorant.
today i went to the Public Library and got these CDs: 1) Best of the Righteous Brothers because the guy died this week, and it's true that the world appreciates you more posthumously. especially if your death is sudden and/or bizzarre. (remind me to pick up a Johnny Cash CD one of these days.) 2) Blues, Rags & Hollers by Koerner, Ray and Glover. recommended by David Bowie in an article i read in (ugh) Vanity Fair. plus i'm a real sucker for good folk music. 3) A Peter Paul and Mary CD, which i got mostly because i wanted Leaving On A Jet Plane on my computer. 4) The Cannonball Adderley Quintet in San Francisco because i remember listening to this at Christer's house and enjoying it a lot. plus i lost my copy of Somethin' Else and i haven't listened to Cannon in a while. 5) The Bewitched by Harry Partch, an artist also recommended by David Bowie. Partch invented a lot of instruments, including the Chromelodeon, the Surrogate Marimba, and Boo and the Spoils of War. actually, i think i remember hearing this guy on The Schickele Mix one time. hmm. 6) a best-of compilation of a funk group i've never heard of, The Ohio Players. in the liner notes, it says: "They were, first and foremost, seventies funk's all-time finest. Yet the Ohio Players were more than mere mortal, fo'-on-the-flo' funkateers. These MO'FOs (with a capital everythang) could puh-lay!" i can't tell if that paragraph is cool or just a white man's posturing. but i got the CD and we'll see if it's good.
