Today I spent a few hours downloading as many songs as I could remember from my middle and high school years. Also at one point I spent quite a few days (not the whole days) downloading Billboard hit singles by year. I have this huge playlist of songs on my itunes from 1984 to 2002, well, I stopped aroun 1987.
I have this driving urge to explore my past through music. I use this music, or even a single song like a push pin to hang moments of my life, trying to map it out. It seems i've been doing this since early childhood, and it's only now that I have to find each and every one of those songs, to explore how I felt all those days, weeks, months and years ago. I'm sure i'm not the only one. I watched a lot of Rapcity: The Basement in highschool. I grew up on that stuff. A lot of that shit is hard to find because not many of those artists made the billboard charts or the top tens or anything like that. god I remember just watching and watching after school finding ways to relate to whatever the hell most of those artists were talking about.
You see... there's this puzzle to my life that I'm just now starting to collect the pieces for, and put together.
1,1,2,3,5,8,etc.
I was, I am, I look back, then look forward.... I am. Repeat. That's life. Fibbionacci numbers.
It's true, It's true!
It's 4:30am and i'm doing pretty good. I've got no job, but feel great.
I thought of a song lyric I want to use. It doesn't have a rhyming part to it yet, but I'll figure that out later.
"You put photos in a box in piles instead of one by one......" And it will go on to something or be the middle of something.
I have others but I can't think of them right now. For a while I was feverishly writing these simple little folky/pop tunes. I still do , just not as feverishly. So I constantly get these ideas for lyrics. I'm too lazy to write it on paper so I try and remember. I thought of the photo one yesterday so it's still fresh, but I've lost a lot of parts to unwritten and unthought songs.
Yesterday Frank and I broke into the AMC downtown and saw "I'm Not There". I didn't get a lot of it at first, and then since I didn't really know anything about Dylan, I didn't get any of it after a while. But I did get what the movie was saying and taking from the characters what I understood through their emotions. Then I went home and learned a little about Dylan and the concept of the movie. Turns out I didn't have to worry about not getting it because, I did, get it. Just was unsure. The more I think about the film the more I just goddamn love it. Analagous and undefined.
Also a few days ago i saw "Enchanted" with Ian and his friends Billy and Mary. Ian had to see it for a project he's apart of so we came along. I wasn't paying for my ticket so I was just going to go to sleep. The movie starts and visually it was intriguing, real slick. Anyhow... the movie starts as a cartoon and then becomes live action. Bullshit right?
Wrong!
I know what you're thinking, I saw those very same billboards, and that same shitty trailer. But in all honesty and without fabrication. That movie is pretty damn good. Clever, funny and surprising. It gets better and better as it moves along. I was a complete skeptic and kept trying to find reasons to hate it, but by god they would not come. I know no one believes me, but if you do get the chance see it. You'd be doing yourself a favor. And if you can see it with kids(most likely you would anyway). These kids behind us had the funniest reactions. When the main characters kiss or there is romance of any kind on screen the kids would yell "gross!" or "Ew!" Those fucking kids got the comedy too and some of that shit was subtle! They would belt out laughs even louder than Ian who could not contain himself! My friends, I was dealt a well played hand by the movie devils. They got me, and my ass was thouroughly served.
Other media of note:
Mahavishnu Orchestra - if you like prog rock or fusion and don't know them....please know them.
The Dark Knight Viral Campaign (Joblo.com for more info)- Batman damnit! Batman!
Into the Wild - one of the most beautiful and haunting books i've ever read. Haven't seen the movie yet.
I Am Legend - fantastic vampire story. Possible shitty movie. Currently writing my own adaptation, sans Batman and Robin/I robot writer's bullshit.
The Warriors - Always and Forever.
Alright enough of that.
I'm shooting a short film this sunday. The first of Hopefully many to come while here in Chicago.
I'm sure there's more to say, but by jove! I just can't think of it. I'll be back tomorrow night to continue.
Welcome to my blog. I hope this is a lasting fufilling relationship. If not I at least hope the sex is great....even decent.
