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I have a lot to say, and I don't know how well I'll get it all out before I have to go back out into the freezing cold for my other two classes.
Beirut's new album, Lon Gisland, is amazing. I'm only on the first track yet, but I can tell it's gonna rock. Zach Condon has apparently grown quite a bit since Gulag Orkestrar (which was nothing to blush at). I'll re-visit this topic later in the post when I've actually heard more.
It's becoming clearer how challenging it is to make a living cooking. I'm doing fine, but I have relatively few expenses. Katie broke down on Friday at work when she found out she'd have to pay more for health insurance. She's a single mom with two jobs and is barely making ends meet. Wendy lives a very modest lifestyle, with weed being the only luxury she affords herself. Ben is up to his neck in debt, and is frustrated that he can't do more things that he wants to do. Missy is living paycheck-to-paycheck, but at least she has a husband who contributes. Can I do this? I was thinking about the money I'll have saved for Sweden. I thought momentarily about not taking the trip until I have double the money I'll spend so that my account isn't totally depleted when I withdraw the travel money. Still, can I in good conscience spend, say, $5.000 or more on a vacation? I don't know. But this thinking just lends itself to wanting to squirrel away every penny without using any of it to do things that are important to you.
On that note, what IS important to you? What IS life all about? What is the one thing that stands above everything else? Enjoying people? Aesthetics and sensum? Intellectual pursuits? I know that we can all value these things to one degree or another, but there has to be ONE element that is at the top of the list.
I went to a Tight Leather show last night at Lexington's own "Frowny Bear"....AKA Ben Allen's basement. There was a really good experimental band from Nashville (whose name was either Trapper Keeper or something to do with Robots) and a Bostonian punkish trio that was pretty good...for that type of music. Tight Leather did a really good job. Mark was really...on the mark (HA)...but I was really looking forward to seeing Reid kick some massive ass on drums like the last time I saw him. This time...not as noteworthy, but that's okay. I'm starting to get into the Lexington experimental sound scene. It's small, but damn good. I've never really been a part of something like this. I dig. It feels all warm and fuzzy like. I can see myself hanging in on this community for a minute. Also, I'd lublublub to get on this whole music making thing. Damn spensive computers.
Yes, this album kicks ass. They re-recorded Scenic World and it's freaking BEAUTIFUL. Makes-you-want-to-cry beautiful.
I have learned so much today.
Beirut's new album, Lon Gisland, is amazing. I'm only on the first track yet, but I can tell it's gonna rock. Zach Condon has apparently grown quite a bit since Gulag Orkestrar (which was nothing to blush at). I'll re-visit this topic later in the post when I've actually heard more.
It's becoming clearer how challenging it is to make a living cooking. I'm doing fine, but I have relatively few expenses. Katie broke down on Friday at work when she found out she'd have to pay more for health insurance. She's a single mom with two jobs and is barely making ends meet. Wendy lives a very modest lifestyle, with weed being the only luxury she affords herself. Ben is up to his neck in debt, and is frustrated that he can't do more things that he wants to do. Missy is living paycheck-to-paycheck, but at least she has a husband who contributes. Can I do this? I was thinking about the money I'll have saved for Sweden. I thought momentarily about not taking the trip until I have double the money I'll spend so that my account isn't totally depleted when I withdraw the travel money. Still, can I in good conscience spend, say, $5.000 or more on a vacation? I don't know. But this thinking just lends itself to wanting to squirrel away every penny without using any of it to do things that are important to you.
On that note, what IS important to you? What IS life all about? What is the one thing that stands above everything else? Enjoying people? Aesthetics and sensum? Intellectual pursuits? I know that we can all value these things to one degree or another, but there has to be ONE element that is at the top of the list.
I went to a Tight Leather show last night at Lexington's own "Frowny Bear"....AKA Ben Allen's basement. There was a really good experimental band from Nashville (whose name was either Trapper Keeper or something to do with Robots) and a Bostonian punkish trio that was pretty good...for that type of music. Tight Leather did a really good job. Mark was really...on the mark (HA)...but I was really looking forward to seeing Reid kick some massive ass on drums like the last time I saw him. This time...not as noteworthy, but that's okay. I'm starting to get into the Lexington experimental sound scene. It's small, but damn good. I've never really been a part of something like this. I dig. It feels all warm and fuzzy like. I can see myself hanging in on this community for a minute. Also, I'd lublublub to get on this whole music making thing. Damn spensive computers.
Yes, this album kicks ass. They re-recorded Scenic World and it's freaking BEAUTIFUL. Makes-you-want-to-cry beautiful.
I have learned so much today.