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Alex & Amelia: Randomness

 

Sunday in the Neighborhood

It's the Rattlesnake I Fear

I miss the enthusiasm ( and spare time) I once had for absorbing new music. There was a time when I would seek out new music religiously, always checking out the underdog up-and-coming bands. I discovered my still-favorite bands then; now I just keep picking up the next records from the same groups and give a disdainful shrug to most of the new bands I hear.
 
I guess it's part of getting older.
 
But I remember discovering Morphine via BMG music service, ordering "yes" on a whim as a free CD. When it arrived and I put it in my stereo, and the opening sax blare of "Honey White" spewed from the speakers, something fundamental happened. I proceeded to osmose that record. I put it on mix tapes, I wandered around with "Whisper" going through my head on repeat, I sought out every new Morphine track I could find.
 
Same with nearly everything: I discovered Peking Turtle and absorbed their funk jazz sound. I knew every word of Public Enemy's Apocalypse '91 and Radiohead's Pablo Honey.
 
Now, I pick up a new record and dismiss it in just two or three listens. I mean, I've never lost the joy of absorbing a new record -- Elbow's The Seldom-Seen Kid is currently attached to my brain -- but those albums come fewer and further between. Now it's a new best record every 3-6 months, not 2-3 days.
 
So is it because I'm too set in my ways? Not enough free time to listen?or does new music just suck like my parents thought mine did?

Quentin Tarantino is the Best Mentor American Idol Has Ever Had

Watching now, and he actually gave constructive advice that the performers could, you know, *use*?
 
Sometimes I have to wonder about this show... A singing competition with Flo Rida and Kanye West as featured performers? I mean, much love for 808s and Heartbreak, but on Idol with the vocoder? Really?
 
 
 
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d.w. harks

As If I write enough anyhow

...but I'm trying out Posterous. There's something very powerful about a central dissemination platform for your online stuff. Not entirely sure I like the implications of having all of my content stored on a startup's server, though. Let's see how it goes.