| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- quiet is the new loud as usual you all amaze me in so many ways. I wish I could write as well as the both of you. I wish I could see as clearly or explain it as clearly or live it as clearly. But no, just the same old me in my same old life. Last night, the Swag show which turned out to be quite good despite the threat of a stormy mood post-record shopping. How can you not have a good time when you see a band that so clearly enjoys what it is doing? When the singer looked down at me and smiled there was this brief connection of 'yes, this is what we love to do more than anything else' and 'yes, these are the songs that rock my world and it's even better knowing how much you love doing what you're doing." It's such a simple thing that doesn't come off well in explanation but it is at the heart of all that is rock'n'roll to me - and it defines why it is all so important to me. Unlike a book or a movie or a piece of recorded music or a piece of art - or live theater even - live music gives you this energy, this one-on-one connection, this sense that anything is possible. Naturally I'm not saying that you're going to find this feeling at, say, a Madonna spectacle or a U2 extravanganza or any sort of arena-styled rock. No this is live rock of the sweaty club variety and it's as good for you as a gym workout or a romp in the sack or anything else that gets your endorphins flying high.... I'm still in my So What if I Am Wasting My Life mood....tomorrow the three day weekend is over and I will supposedly get up and write in the morning and sometime this week I will practice guitar and I will Apply Myself at Work and blah blah blah but not tonight. Tonight is a trip to the movie house to see Ghost World, the new film by the guy who did "Crumb"...i've been wanting to see it for weeks now..so finally.... and i have nothing else to say...feeling slightly hollowed out, but surprisingly, reassuringly, not in a bad way....honest np: Stereolab "Sound-Dust" 4:40 pm - 09.03.01
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