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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/51932/84ec4ec758cf210bc00a031fff03ae787925baf7.png http://posterous.com/people/1lYVl3lbmN3 d.w. harks dwink d.w. harks Fri, 15 May 2009 06:57:34 -0700 It's the Rattlesnake I Fear http://dwink.posterous.com/its-the-rattlesnake-i-fear http://dwink.posterous.com/its-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?

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]]> http://files.posterous.com/user_profile_pics/51932/84ec4ec758cf210bc00a031fff03ae787925baf7.png http://posterous.com/people/1lYVl3lbmN3 d.w. harks dwink d.w. harks Tue, 14 Apr 2009 17:53:24 -0700 Quentin Tarantino is the Best Mentor American Idol Has Ever Had http://dwink.posterous.com/quentin-tarantino-is-the-best-mentor-american http://dwink.posterous.com/quentin-tarantino-is-the-best-mentor-american 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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