Music of the Month

I love music. I grew up with it, and it's always been very important to me. I really and truly love every style of music, and am so happy that this is now the trendy thing to say.

"I like both types of music, Country and Western."

I try to support independant music as well. Since 2003 I've recorded all the music that I've purchased. My list is called Music/Month, and has the byline, "1 CD/month to support artists & industry." When I write freehand I use numbers, symbols, and abbreviations.

Here is what I've purchased in the last 4 years.

10/3 Breeders, "Title TK"
11/3 Kid Koala, "Some of my best friends are DJ's"
12/3 Yeah yeah yeah's
1/4 Black Heart Procession, "Amore Tropico"
2/4 Wig in a Box, "Songs inspired by hedwig" -- a fundraiser!
3/4 Black Heart Procession & Solbakken, "In the fishbowl
4/4 Blonde Redhead, "Misery is a butterfly"
5/4 !!!, "!!!"
6/4 Ween, "The Pod"
7/4 Citizen Fish
8/4 Dilinger Escape Plan, "Miss Machine"
9/4 Peaches, "Fatherfucker"
10/4 Kristin Hersh, "Sunny Border Blue"
11/4 Stereolab, "ABC Music"
12/4 Tortoise
1/5 Hippos
2/5 Boards of Canada, "Geogaddi"
3/5 50 ft. Wave
4/5 ... and You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead, "Worlds Apart"
5/5 Morcheeba
6/5 Cat Power
7/5 The Muffs, "Hamburger"
8/5 Mary Timony, "Ex-Hex"
9/5 Gorillaz, "Demon Days"
10/5 American Analog Set, "Set Free"
11/5 Sonic Youth, "Experimental Jet Set, Trash, No Star"
12/5 Frank Black
1/6 Bratmobile, "Ladies, Women, and Girls"
2/6 Frank Black, "Honeycomb"
3/6 Ladytron, "Witching Hour"
4/6 Yeah Yeah Yeah's, "Show yer bones"
5/6 Ladytron
6/6 Beta Band, "From Heros to Zeros"
7/6 Peeping Tom
8/6 Vines + Errase Errata
9/6 Delgados "Hate"
10/6 Decemberists "Picturesque" + Tegan and Sarah
12/6 Mew + Midlake + Joanna Newsome + Metric
2/6 Sonic Youth + Jenny Lewis
3/6 Modest Mouse + Air + !!! + Frank Black
6/6 Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks + Trail of Dead

As you can see, sometimes I skip a month, and I've recently been trying to buy two per month instead. Some are amazing, some are dissappointing, but this is a fun thing.

I'm not sure if it would be better to download than to buy CD's though. Plastic is bad, and the fuel used in transport is bad. I wonder if the musicians get more money if I download and album from them. This is something I should find out.

The Rest Will Follow

I'm listening to a band called "... and you will know us by the trail of dead." Some people just call them the "Trail of Dead." They sound like some crazy death metal outfit, yeah? Well, they rock out, but their lyrics talk about the state of life, and the state of the world. Check out the song "Worlds Apart," on the album of the same name. It's about september 11th, and how we are in a candy store throwing a party while everyone else is locked outside. What are we going to do about this? For too long, the answer that those in power give is "Barricade the Door!" Was September 11th a brick thrown at the window? What will we do?

Drrrty

I'm listening to one of Donna Matrix's mixes. It's a break beat mix from 2004. It really gets you moving, twitching, really. In the last hour I've run 6 errands (all from the phone and computer) and organized two aspects of my life. It's Jessica's birthday on monday, so we've been celebrating. Last night she worked a 10 hour day, did a two hour freelance project, then I took her to see some live music. Mew is a danish rock band that sings about giraffes in a high pitched melodic way under booming bass, guitar, and drums. It was an amazing show. Jessica said it was one of the best she's ever seen. I loved it too. She seemed really happy. Then I massaged her into sleep. That's a good birthday present, I hope. She was happy, so today she'll carry it into her work. It will spread. This is why it's important to be happy. This is why music, art, wit, etc. are important. It lets us work better to make the system work better. Contribute!

Coming in from the cold

Popped a CD into my computer today so I could save some songs on my computer. A hidden video that I hadn't expected popped up. It was a story of two young Londoners, single, professional. Lonely. They didn't meet. They were parallel, they passed each other on their routes to work, they ate on different benches in the same park. They didn't meet.

Our lives here are fleeting, and every second counts. Foster love, and create a happiness inside yourself. This will help you to better impact the world. More on your purpose in life later.