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K: i think the molecules in our brains trigger something that does something to something (not his exact words, they were something way more complicating)

ME: oh yeah, is that true?

K: no, its just my opinion

so i am basing my blog off of my opinion or view of how the world is through my eyes. so don't get offended. if you are, write me a letter. 

i don't know what's up with me right now. i've been reading my school books about recording engineering and sound waves, which is stuff that's supposed to be boring but it's actually interesting. i want to call stephanie but its so damn late and her first day of school is tomorrow. so i keep reading. if there was one word to describe how i feel right now it would be empty. because i would lie down and think of sleep, but my mind isn't sleepy and my body isn't tired. a thought came to my mind and it came from a quote that i have heard circulate millions of times through different artists around the world: "sleep is creativity gone to waste." usually i dont give a shit about that thing and say i'm lazy and sleep but i don't know what's going on. but as i think, i just think of nothing, nothing's coming up.

i blame pop music.

i've been listening to pop music due to, what i'm guessing, pop culture. it's hard to be creative when i'm always hearing some girl talk about kissing another girl or some other crap that has nothing to do with reality. i'm not disrespecting the artists it's the way that music is these days, based around the fact that people will do anything to fit in. being spontaneous or different is now a way to fit in and conform. and being normal is being lame or different. but what is normal when even that is a trend? how can anyone be above all of this and still be accepted by everyone? i guess this is life in this entire generation Y society of technicolor sneakers and people dressing like its the 80s. i hate how indie music lost its core of being indie. we need a new 90s where music gives a big ass FUCK YOU to the mass produced, or overproduced, over genre crap that is out. 

i'm taking a songwriting class. which i never expected to be so difficult just from listening to my teacher speaking about music today. i've neglected lyrics and have always focused on making compositions with instruments. but lyrics bring everything together, the pure emotion and feeling that the artist wants to put out into the world. my teacher went on telling us that it's a lot easier if we hone our musical style into just one. ONE?!??! how can i do that? i like the blues and how they "tell it like it is." rock with it's "i'll tell you like it is in one verse but in another verse tell you something completely different but somehow it will miraculously come into context with everything else." pop: "i got my feelings hurt so i want to tell you what happened." i do appreciate artists like rivers cuomo, jack white, thom yorke because, for me, they put their lyrics into words that i can relate to, as cheesy as that sounds. so i want to write to the stuff i play because everything i play is what i feel but what i can't do is put that into a sentence. art is hard. 

i still like to take photos. i would post more if i had a pro account on flickr. but i don't. so facebook or myspace are my only alternatives. i took a night class at el camino college on portrait photography that changed my entire retrospective on photography and i decided to take the route in taking pictures of people rather than taking pictures of doorknobs and dingleberries. if i take a photo of a wall, in a couple of years it will be a photo of a wall. but a person's photograph is more personal. plus taking random photos is a waste of film. i think corporations are getting into our minds with the lomo photo whatevers since a lot of shots get wasted, but people keep buying. but i must admit, holgas take interesting photos when used correctly and with caution.

i'm happy where i am right now. i took a few days off of work since they interfered with my school. in a way its a good thing since i get to focus on what i need to do, but i lose a lot of money. haha. i guess its a trade off that had to be done in order for me to move on. it's a great job, i have some great students sometimes. my parents, especially my dad, were upset that i couldn't do accounting and keep up at CSULB. but they keep supporting me on what i do even though it kills them. my girlfriend supports me too even though it kills her that i don't work that much and i can't spend enough time with her as i would at work since we work together. but she's a trooper and hangs in there, i try to spend as much time as i can with her while obeying my parent's house rules. we've been fighting a lot and i have to admit its mostly my fault since i'm mostly absent minded and stubborn. i love her for sticking with me even when i can't even get a grip on myself. especially me, i smell bad even after showers. haha. 

i bike to school now, with stephanie's bike. its a girls bike, not a girls bike. it doesn't have tassels or ribbons or hello kitty on the side. its just shaped differently. anyways {before this conversation with myself gets out of hand} i bike to school, i found as a remedy for high gas prices, but it has also given me more time to think and be outside since my classes are 3 hrs each and most days i have 3 classes, so stretching my legs and biking is the next best thing to driving, which requires me to walk 3 blocks from the parking lot. 

well im out. 

for now.....................

Got the Labor Day weekend coming up, and my weekend is not going to be restful. I have to tear out a section of drywall in the basement, replace a drain pipe and clean up the mess surrounding it. Ick. Then replace the drywall. Icky Thump, to steal a line from the White Stripes.

I managed to con my buddy Bob into joining the festivities. I will bribe him with beer and food, maybe even a martini or three. Whatever it takes.

Née Joscelyn Stoker, Joss Stone voit le jour le 11 avril 1987 dans la ville de Dover, en Angleterre. La petite fille grandit dans le petit village d’Ashill, dans le Devon.
En 2001, elle remporte une audition locale afin de participer à l’émission télévisée de la BBC « Star For A Night ». Elle y interprète On the Radio de Donna Summer et cette prestation lui donne l’occasion de se lancer véritablement dans la musique. Elle embauche une équipe de professionnels et parvient ainsi à attirer l’attention des producteurs de la société londonienne Boiler House Boys. Conquis, ceux-ci communiquent leur enthousiasme à Steve Greenberg, président de S-Curve Records qui invite la chanteuse à New York pour lui faire passer une audition. A la sortie de l’épreuve, l’homme d’affaire lui offre un contrat.
Réalisé au studio Hit Factory de Miami, l’album se développe au fur et à mesure de l’enregistrement qui voit Stone s’attaquer à plusieurs classiques de la soul et de la pop. Deux chansons additionnelles sont enregistrées à New York alors qu’une reprise de Fell in Love With A Girl des White Stripes, rebaptisée pour l’occasion Fell in Love With A Boy, est mise en boîte à Philadelphie avec the Roots. Lancé en septembre 2003, The Soul Sessions obtient d’excellentes critiques, tant aux États-Unis qu’en Europe. Avec sa voix sensuelle et chaude, la jeune Joss surprend. Son timbre et son registre semblent en décalage avec son allure de lolita. Elle enfonce encore le clou en 2004 avec Mind, Body & Soul, puis en 2007 avec Introducing Joss Stone.

Joss Stone Official Site 

A special colour-themed podcast this week, with all tracks containing the words black or blue......

Tracklisting

Supermassive Black Hole by Muse

Black and White Radio by British India

Blue Orchid by The White Stripes

Many Shades of Black by The Raconteurs

Black Tongue by Yeah Yeah Yeahs

The Blues Are Still Blue by Belle & Sebastian

Black Shoes by The Films

Blue Note by The Harrisons

Blue Balloon by Ween

Black Cadillacs by Modest Mouse

Blues From A Gun by Jesus and Mary Chain

Black-Eyed by Placebo

Non Photo Blue by Pinback

Blacking Out The Friction by Death Cab For Cutie

Blue Monday by Nouvelle Vague

Mermaid Blues by Tom McRae

Window Blues by Lykke Li

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Enjoy :)