overcome the pain, and become the razor blade.
oh, wow. tonight was such an amazing night, and the fact that it followed such a horrible day just makes it all the more remarkable. i won't bore you with details, but by the time we actually got inside the place, i wasn't sure i really wanted to be at a show. images passed through my mind of me standing around trying to be interested in the music
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I don't know...maybe if I ever finish that novel that will do it. Maybe on that day I will just hand him a copy and say, "you inspired this book...at least a great part of it and I'd be honored if you read it"
But for that it would acutally have to be written and have to be good enough
But how do you tell someone who has such a way with words that...especially without sounding crazy and lame.
I mean "Essentially I want to be you (in an artistic sense)" that's a little creepy
I definitely agree with all that you've said in here
In some ways I am sorry I didn't go but in a lot of others I know there will be a next time and that it's good to set up limits about ridiculous lengths gone to for shows...although seeing FNY is not really the same thing as anythign else
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seeing FNY is not really the same thing as anythign else
you know, i probably wouldn't have agreed with you before friday night, but now.. it's all different. i decided yesterday (saturday) that they're in my top 5 people to see live.. along with (in no particular order): anti-flag, link eighty, desa, & dan bern. now i'm addicted and i can't wait til the next show! they're all i've been listening to all weekend. it's pretty crazy.
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I sorta hate to say i told you so (jk ofcourse)
But yes there is something unique about it. Something cathatic, some sort of feeling of ascendence. I was writing about it in my xanga the other day and said that I think it's what people are trying to get at with meditation in some ways. I don't know. It all clicked for me on two occasions especially 1) the night I listened to the music streaming from the webpage for 14 hours straight when it first went up and 2) the night Emily and I went to see them in Davis. This is another thing that I need the right description of for my novel. There is a lot of philosophy working it's way in through this.
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what's your xanga address (everybody has too many journal-y things for me to keep track of.. haha)? i agree completely with what you're saying. it is sort of a zen/escapism thing. but not escaping like it used to be with the ebas.. escaping to reality, or a fresher less muddled view of it, or something.. you probably know what i mean.
it's weird to think of how unimportant Locale was to me for a while, and then suddenly i loved them.. and now this. it's strange how everything works out.
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sigh.
see you in a week.
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eric is my brother, and i know fans like you give him such an immense amount of inspiration in everything he does. i was personally touched by the way you described fny's music, i understand what you mean, hopefully that sounds genuine. its not just because he's family, he truly amazes me as a human being and as a musician.
after reading your post i felt it was my duty to listen to their cd for the 139472347234 time, with even more open ears. the music seems so much more powerful to me, knowing that its creating and helping other people express the real emotion that you seem to articulate so well, i'm halfway jealous. haha.
so thank you, i honestly had a huge grin on my face after reading your post, and i felt it very necessary to let you know that you made my night. thank you dear.
p.s. that was a really great show. glad you enjoyed it :)
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(sorry it's taken me ages to reply, by the way.)
i'm so glad (and a little surprised, honestly) that you found my post so touching. i actually was very proud of what i had to say while i was talking to eric, but when i was writing it up at home later, it didn't feel quite as impressive. i decided to post it anyway because the night was a really great experience, but i had no idea anyone would find it so significant. maybe that's just my own hypercritical voice working against me. :\ haha.
anyway, i just wanted to say thanks. and happy belated birthday! :)
-shona
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:)
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