I love it when modest mouse comes up on shuffle.
Anyhoo, I'm still explorin' the new setup, writing on a laptop from my room is actually much more conducive to the whole "creative flow".
Airborne toxic event playing now.
Its funny, I can map out entire conversations I've had or should have that perfectly follow my music. I think that if you really looked at it, everyone's music follows their life, more or less.
Its a kind of posthumous road map to the places we've been, or where we wish we'd been.
Alot of mine describes the person I'd like to become, or who I used to be.
I wonder what Obama has on his iPod?
Or if there's someone out there listening to the exact same thing I am (Rebellion/ lies by Arcade Fire).
I think there should be an organization that had people send in their music players and switch them with people for a week. It would open people's eyes to a whole new world. Some would be anonymous, others would be like a musical pen pal.
I'm going to start making tapes for people. (note to self: people don't make tapes anymore)
hmm... Top Five songs to play during a train wreck:
- Hallelujah -Lenard Cohen
- Eruption -Van Halen
- What a wonderful world -As performed by Louis Armstrong
- Blinded in chains -Avenged Sevenfold
- Helter Skelter -The Beatles