Collections

So, I'm looking at the stack of vinyl from Eclipse sitting next to my stereo that I still need to listen to. And the small pile of CDs that arrived today from Downtown Music Gallery (even though I got an error message when I placed the order) Then I think about the order I just placed with Sublime Frequences and I drool over the Asia/Middle Eastern recordings on the Folkways web site.

I seem to be slipping back into collection mode again. Last time it was trading shows. Until I ODed on it, shortly after walking out of a house with 80+ dead tapes (I don't think I ever did listen to all those shows). The collection is more varied this time. I can move into free folk for awhile, then Japanese indie, then classical Iranian or Indonesian folk, then off into somewhere else when I feel the need.

All I need is the obsessive need for trivia and my life will be complete.

Some geeks are Trekers, or sci-fi geeks, or anime geeks, etc. And I can appreciate those pastimes. For me though, it's always been the search for new music. Things I haven't heard before. Always the need to go forward and find new things. If I'm not diving into some new genre of music, I'm literally depressed. My life starts to fall apart. I NEED new sounds to make my life complete. It is necessary. There is no alternative.

Just thought you'd like to know.

Stories

When I was a kid, I was the day dreaming type. My head always off in a world more interesting then the one around me. I never did completly lose this habit. I still, to this day, day dream about ways my life may still turn out.

A couple of times I've thought to myself that may be if I could figure out how to channel these day dreams, I could write a story or something. That may be someone else may find something that I created interesting.

Attempts to write though have proven pointless. I could just never get down on paper the things that went through my head.

Recently, I've noticed the my day dreams tend to take the form of emails and blog posts more and more. Like I'm writing reports of what is happening. In the last week or two, I've started thinking about transcribing these "reports." Using the blog format as a canvas for a story that just meanders along. Tonight, I finally started the project.

A new blog, called Stories.

The writing portion of the first entry went pretty easy. But, the over all story still seems a bit forced. I'm not sure if it will eventually take. For day dreams to take, I have to be able to fully integrate myself into the story. I'm not sure if I've got an in at this point, though I'm encouraged by the start. I'll just have to see where it goes from here.

Just thought some might like to know. The comments section for that blog is closed. Partly to keep out spammers, partly because I just don't think the project lends it self well to comments. May be I'll change my mind. For now though, you can leave your comments with this blog entry.