Sunday, December 26, 2010

what to listen to tonight

Well, Christmas is over. All of the hard work and anticipation led up to a very brief whirlwind of wrapping paper, crying and drunk relatives, and now it's the day after and there is a blizzard. I have a fire in the fireplace, Monk and Coltrane at Carnegie Hall on the turntable and bourbon on the rocks in my glass. I think that all in all, the holiday was a great success but I'm relieved that it's over and done with, now it's on to new years, and the ringing in of 2011 which can only be better than 2010. I'll toast in the new year dreaming of what music will be exciting me at this time next year.

ipad

I have been so concerned about the fact that I couldn't just post to my blog from my ipad. not that it was that big of a deal getting on the computer to do anything, but it was frustrating that the convenience of the ipad was not translating to things like my blog. However, today i got a keyboard dock for the ipad, which I love and am so happy about, so I looked into a way to be able to post from my ipad. i will let you know what i think of this app.

Monday, December 13, 2010

When I first listen to a band I don't think to myself "where are they going from here?". When I first listen to a band, I think about what they are doing now. Actually, I don't think that. I listen to a band for the first time to see if it moves me. If I respond to it in any way. In this age of instant gratification, and the abitility to pick and choose what you like, I still have to buy entire albums instead of single songs. I need to know what the band is trying to do, like the whole is worth more than it's parts. With the 30 year anniversary of the passing of John Lennon I started thinking of what it is that draws me to certain music/bands/artists, and I think that it has more to do with the ability to evolve than it is what they are doing at the moment. For example, I really like 311. But the fact of the matter is, it's all the same. When you look at bands like The Rolling Stones, The Who and The Kinks you can see and hear the progression of thier vision. In thier prime they were innovative and pushed the boundaries. They created the genre and then reinvented it. I don't want to listen to a band that does the same thing over and over and over again. What's the point. We need more John Lennon's and Ray Davies' in this world. Jack White is on par, but time will have to tell.