Did anyone see the Video Music Awards (VMAs)? I didn't. But I heard about Madonna kissing Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera. What's the deal people? It is not a big deal anymore for girls to be seen kissing. It is not even a big deal that it was on TV, heard of Queer as Folk? It is supposed to be shocking. I guess to some it is, but it wasn't really. Unexpected would probably be a better choice of words. Even still I don't know why it was even unexpected. Isn't it Madonna's job to be like that? I mean in the early years of her career she was shocking, but after the shock wore thin and people came behind her who were even more shocking, her job changed to being unexpected. I guess she is passing the torch on to the next generation. Isn't that what old people are supposed to do? Is that what I am expected to do when I get old[er]. There was a time when the mouth taught things and the hand disciplined. I won't say things were all good back then, but things seemed much more simple. Yes, JK in my day I, also learned by word of mouth. I guess in a new age there needs to be new ways to get information to our youth. Madonna's idea about passing things word of mouth are just a little too nouveau for me. But, hey, she's a trendsetter. Britney and Christina are trendsetters as well. Maybe, Madonna passed on some new trend-setting secrets to them both. Actually, I hope she did. I would hate think she did that all for just ratings...
"Hi, if you're reading this, then you're HomeRecording.Comp Volume II CD set is shipping on Monday, August 25, 2003."
Hey, I got this email on the 23rd of August. Boy, was I excited! I have a song featured on this volume. The song I submitted was "SEU". The album itself should be pretty interesting. "HomeRecording.Comp is an ongoing audio compilation project featuring the recordings of the members of the HomeRecording BBS. The project is open to all active members of the BBS, and there are no genre or "quality" restrictions. All profits from the CD go back to the project itself and to David Fiedler (Dragon) for the funding of the BBS. The project is managed by Boden Larson (Slackmaster2K)." I think the idea is great. You all should check out the album. Go to this link and pick yourself up a copy.
I write music. I write a lot of it. I am not going to say it's all good, but there are a few songs that aren't too bad, if I do say so myself. Sometimes, I get hit with inspiration so hard that song ideas fall out of my head faster than I can capture them. I feel unproductive some of those times; it's very frustrating. Too many ideas, I can't seem to concentrate on one long enough to see it through. Maybe I should be cloned. If there were more of me, let's say five me's. I could work on five musical projects at one time. That would be just dandy! That would give me an excuse to buy more gear. Oh, how I would love some more gear! I know for sure that musically I would be okay, but what about the rest of my life? I guess a couple more clones wouldn't hurt. One to do the cooking, one to clean, ok maybe two, with the extra me's around things could get a little messy. That makes eight cloned me plus the original me, that's nine. At first, I was thinking that would be swell. The more I think about it, I'm not so sure that would be a good idea. I tend to have a dominating personality. I like to be in charge. Nine people who think exactly alike are not going to be able to live together. Everybody would want to do things on their own time in their own way, just like me. No, I'm thinking this idea is not very good at all. It’s hard enough for me to live with just me, adding more me’s to the mix would not only crowd things tremendously, it could possibly turn violent especially around feeding and bed times. I know we all wouldn’t have to do the same thing at the same time, but the purpose for the clone would that we would creatively and independently add to my music. Of course that can’t happen if all of the me’s were trying to be the boss of the other me’s. All of the me’s would eventually pack up and leave due to the fact that I got sick of me. Or me got sick of me – or is it sick of I? Anyway, that could be dangerous to society. Nine me’s spread out all over the place trying to boss other people around. They would eventually want to do too much at once and will probably clone themselves. Since, I had already proved it could be done; my stupid self would do it again over and over. Then the world would be full of me’s. I wouldn’t even know who I am anymore. (Do I know now?) At this point I would organize a posse. It wouldn’t be a posse, it would be movement of people who weren’t me, people who were full of anti-me sentiment. I would have them collect and dispose all of the other me’s. Mayhem would ensue undoubtedly, because I would then put up resistance to the growing anti-me movement. Are you guys confused, yet? I am. I don’t think I want any clones of me. It’s hard enough for me to keep one me on task and barely on schedule.
If you have read this far you are probably wondering what the point of all this is. Well, that’s a good question. I don’t know what the point is or was. Maybe my point was to prove my mother right. I do like to hear myself talk. I don’t know. I remember where I was going with this, now. I write music. I write a lot of it. Sometimes I wish there was more than one of me to help me get all of the music out of my head. Wait, I don’t wish that anymore. (We’ve already discussed that.) I think I need to organize my time better. Or, I need to accept the fact there is only twenty-four hours in a day and there is no way I can finish everything I want in the small amount of time. Maybe some of you feel the same. One day I hope to be able to do all the stuff I like without having to stop and worry about doing stuff I don’t like. Sounds like retirement, doesn’t it. I’m too young to retire, and I still have a penchant for eating so I have to interrupt my life by going to work.
Oh yeah, for you political types, I don’t care about the “to clone or not to clone” issue. If I did it, it would be for purely selfish reasons, which in the end would not work out very well. I don’t know if it is moral or not, nor do I currently care. To be honest I haven’t even given it much thought.
Okay, this is the very first entry into my blog. I thought this might be a cool idea to basically let myself be heard. My mother would say it's to hear myself talk. Hopefully, it will allow people to see yet another side of me, or other sides of me. Ok, really, this is all part of my master plan to replace the need for me to call, write or visit anyone ever. I figure this blog could handle Christmas, birthdays, and incidentals throughout the year. Now, I know this isn't exactly the same as the long distance phone call or the occasional visit but, hey, folks, this is a new millennium, this is new technology and we will all eventually have to roll with it. Now, I hear some of you saying that if I'm now "blogging" I shouldn't expect anyone to call, write or visit me. Well, I don't. I figure it's a fair trade. I will do all the writing and all you have to do is stop by my website or blog (or both, preferably) and read. Easy. Of course, if you feel compelled to respond by all means do so. You can leave comments on the blog page or you can leave comments on the ViceSounds.com site in a couple of places. I am in no way trying to interfere with your freedom of speech. I'm hoping that people will stop by and read the blog and check out the rest of my website.
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Okay, that first paragraph was for family and friends. They know me. They know the deal. I would like to say a hearty hello to all you newcomers! I am so glad that you have stopped by to read my blog. Allow me to introduce myself, I am... Wait, you can obviously read, so, I will not insult your intelligence. This is not a personal ad so I won't get into how I like walks by the river in the afternoon and cozy nights by the fire with that special someone. I think there are websites for that sort of thing. I would like to tell you that if you check my website you will see that I am into music and words. I have friends that are into music and words. So, I wanted to have a website that was about, well, music and words. So, if you haven't done so already, check out the website listen to some music and read some words. You might like it.