I don't know what to blog about today
Seriously, I don't. I have been swamped with work today, and I really haven't thought about what I feel like writing about.
I've feeling pretty blah about music. In fact, I've been listening to a lot of Everclear lately. Yeah, that Everclear. That's what I've been in the mood (and I haven't really taken Sparkle and Fade out of my CD player for a while.)
I'm waiting for my new hard drive to arrive. It's being replaced because the one I have keeps dying on me. I have no idea how much music I've lost because of it. I'm assuming I have most of my collection backed up, but who really knows?
I'm actually getting kind of sick of my computer. I completely bought into that "it's going to make my life easier" thing, and it really hasn't. My music collection has disappeared and reapppeared. Sure I can make some awesome playlists on my iPod, but at what cost. Sleep? Sanity?
And trying to keep up with music seems like more of a job than a hobby lately. There's a lot of good music out there. Too much! Remember the 80s? How many good bands were there? Probably 10. The 90s were the same (Everclear was one of them).
I don't know if they're teaching "writing indie songs" at those fancy colleges, but the quality of music being released today by indie artists is suspicious.
Not that it was easier before. Far from it. You had to read magazines to find out about new acts — in Milwaukee there was this great magazine, Milk Magazine, which you could get at all of the local coffee houses, but it died out. The Onion, the
There was also this really cool station, 13 years ago, called The Warp (1340 AM). They played these little-known alternative acts on a looped recording. There was also a pirate radio station in Riverwest that was pretty cool, and of course WMSE.
Though, I have to say, 91.7 WSHS in Sheboygan is my favorite local station. The kids that work for it have great taste in music (though I feel pretty old listening to a high school radio station). Blah, blah, blah. Listen to me yap on. I’ll be back in full form tomorrow.
I've feeling pretty blah about music. In fact, I've been listening to a lot of Everclear lately. Yeah, that Everclear. That's what I've been in the mood (and I haven't really taken Sparkle and Fade out of my CD player for a while.)
I'm waiting for my new hard drive to arrive. It's being replaced because the one I have keeps dying on me. I have no idea how much music I've lost because of it. I'm assuming I have most of my collection backed up, but who really knows?
I'm actually getting kind of sick of my computer. I completely bought into that "it's going to make my life easier" thing, and it really hasn't. My music collection has disappeared and reapppeared. Sure I can make some awesome playlists on my iPod, but at what cost. Sleep? Sanity?
And trying to keep up with music seems like more of a job than a hobby lately. There's a lot of good music out there. Too much! Remember the 80s? How many good bands were there? Probably 10. The 90s were the same (Everclear was one of them).
I don't know if they're teaching "writing indie songs" at those fancy colleges, but the quality of music being released today by indie artists is suspicious.
Not that it was easier before. Far from it. You had to read magazines to find out about new acts — in Milwaukee there was this great magazine, Milk Magazine, which you could get at all of the local coffee houses, but it died out. The Onion, the
There was also this really cool station, 13 years ago, called The Warp (1340 AM). They played these little-known alternative acts on a looped recording. There was also a pirate radio station in Riverwest that was pretty cool, and of course WMSE.
Though, I have to say, 91.7 WSHS in Sheboygan is my favorite local station. The kids that work for it have great taste in music (though I feel pretty old listening to a high school radio station). Blah, blah, blah. Listen to me yap on. I’ll be back in full form tomorrow.
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