It's not like I didn't exist
I promised myself that I would never turn this into a spewing forum of emotional bullshit, and I'm going to do my best to hold myself to it.
The weirdest things are making everything make sense.
Like listening to Jandek for 4 straight hours a night for 3 consecutive nights (courtesy the Harvard radio station webcast).
When you are in that deep, even Jandek begins to make sense. And if Jandek can make sense, anything can.
-the Wonderful and Goofy McClory liked my article on taking the El from Howard to 95th and back.
-Back To The Stone Age: we are having another reunion. This one is going to be the biggest band I have ever conjured up in the dark recesses of my mind. And our first show since August. Its at the Mutiny on Feb 1, so come: its free.
-Saw Al Franken speak tonight. Harold Ramis was there, and I met him. Both seemed ridiculously personable and friendly; which is always great.
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Back to Jandek, since I can't seem to get him out of my mind.
Kurt Cobain once (semi-)famously said that Jandek isn't pretentious, people who listen to Jandek are.
And the thing is, I would have agreed with him only a few months ago.
But diving in head first, without turning back can completely change your perspective on something like this. Its not just the enigma and mythology associated with him that draws me in (though it certainly helps.)
Its gotten to the point where I willfully and knowingly listen to Jandek because it gets inside me. In its odd way; its the most painfully engrossing thing I've ever heard.
The weirdest things are making everything make sense.
Like listening to Jandek for 4 straight hours a night for 3 consecutive nights (courtesy the Harvard radio station webcast).
When you are in that deep, even Jandek begins to make sense. And if Jandek can make sense, anything can.
-the Wonderful and Goofy McClory liked my article on taking the El from Howard to 95th and back.
-Back To The Stone Age: we are having another reunion. This one is going to be the biggest band I have ever conjured up in the dark recesses of my mind. And our first show since August. Its at the Mutiny on Feb 1, so come: its free.
-Saw Al Franken speak tonight. Harold Ramis was there, and I met him. Both seemed ridiculously personable and friendly; which is always great.
----
Back to Jandek, since I can't seem to get him out of my mind.
Kurt Cobain once (semi-)famously said that Jandek isn't pretentious, people who listen to Jandek are.
And the thing is, I would have agreed with him only a few months ago.
But diving in head first, without turning back can completely change your perspective on something like this. Its not just the enigma and mythology associated with him that draws me in (though it certainly helps.)
Its gotten to the point where I willfully and knowingly listen to Jandek because it gets inside me. In its odd way; its the most painfully engrossing thing I've ever heard.