A job checking student ID's, David Bowie, Brian Eno. Oh my!
I am applying for a job tommorrow. I essentially have to be a doorman to keep people out who aren't supposed to be in. So mainly checking student ID's and the like. Luckily since I don't have classes on Fridays I can do the shifts without worrying about losing sleep. It isn't a very glamorous job but since the government denied me a student loan (assholes) I need SOME work here. I hope I get the job, I really really hope I get the job.
Okay, while I am on the topic of money, i'd like to say that I have been really good with it, most of the time. I've avoided buying clothes or music when they set up all those little booths around the campus and I have even been making most of my own food as opposed to always going to commons and buying it. So, anyways I was going to the gym and at one of the booths I pass my eye catches something that my brain didn't fully register, so I looked back again and there was a collection of Brian Eno albums all over the place. I only bought "Before and After Science" and "Music for films" but boy did it ever feel good. It still feels good. I actually own Brian Eno's music now. It makes me happy.
Wow, I cannot believe that it has been exactly thirty years since David Bowie began principle recording for his magnum opus "Low" (It was then called "New Music, Night and Day") at Chateau d'Herouville in France before heading to Berlin where he really beefed up the album. I mean, wow, what an achievement in modern music. Without exaggerating I can honestly say that this album is as important to pop music as Blonde on Blonde, Revolver, or Trans-Europe Express. Yes, I think you could call "Low" a seminal album of the last fifty years.
I truly hope that David Bowie re-releases this album with additional content such as demos and B-sides like he has with other albums when they turn thirty. But I really wonder if it will be. I mean 'Low' will never be as popular as Ziggy Stardust and the artistic theme is very personal and introspective so I am kind of doubtful that there will be a special addition. But damn, what a great album. If you haven't heard it I suggest you do, it is truly in a league of its own.
Okay, while I am on the topic of money, i'd like to say that I have been really good with it, most of the time. I've avoided buying clothes or music when they set up all those little booths around the campus and I have even been making most of my own food as opposed to always going to commons and buying it. So, anyways I was going to the gym and at one of the booths I pass my eye catches something that my brain didn't fully register, so I looked back again and there was a collection of Brian Eno albums all over the place. I only bought "Before and After Science" and "Music for films" but boy did it ever feel good. It still feels good. I actually own Brian Eno's music now. It makes me happy.
Wow, I cannot believe that it has been exactly thirty years since David Bowie began principle recording for his magnum opus "Low" (It was then called "New Music, Night and Day") at Chateau d'Herouville in France before heading to Berlin where he really beefed up the album. I mean, wow, what an achievement in modern music. Without exaggerating I can honestly say that this album is as important to pop music as Blonde on Blonde, Revolver, or Trans-Europe Express. Yes, I think you could call "Low" a seminal album of the last fifty years.
I truly hope that David Bowie re-releases this album with additional content such as demos and B-sides like he has with other albums when they turn thirty. But I really wonder if it will be. I mean 'Low' will never be as popular as Ziggy Stardust and the artistic theme is very personal and introspective so I am kind of doubtful that there will be a special addition. But damn, what a great album. If you haven't heard it I suggest you do, it is truly in a league of its own.