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Why a music blog? Have you ever noticed how many people relate over music? The music we listen to is a window into our moods, our souls. Always temporal, evolving. One day it's the beat, the rhythm, the melody. Another day it's the lyrics. With it's ability to carry us away into another time and place, a cherished memory or a fantasy escape, music helps us transcend or endure the mundane. Music helps us make sense of painful experiences or confusing emotions, or safely, cathartically re-experience those feelings. And it has the transformative power to alter our mood for the better or worse. The kind of music we enjoy is a very personal thing, a matter of taste that cannot be imposed by another, but grows instead out of our own histories and sensibilities. And yet what pleasure to find others who like what you like -- you can share aural space with them without getting a headache or losing your mind. You can lead each other to discover new artists and genres. If you take the time to read all or the occasional entry, I hope you find a treat in this log of tunes.
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Sunday, November 21, 2004
It's been mellow music month -- I've been cycling James Taylor, Keb Mo, B.B. King & Eric Clapton, Clint Black, and Harry Connick Jr. How pleasant is that? Very easy to listen to. Then I switched to the latest Torcuato Mariano, a Brazilian jazz guitarist. Yes, things are very mellow here. But things are edgier in the Princessmobile where I've been listening to Ani Difranco's new album, Educated Guess, a gift from Gene who came to visit. She is a righteous babe indeed, and it's good to listen to this stuff:
i love my country by which i mean i am indebted joyfully to all the people throughout it's history who have fought the government to make right .... Meanwhile it's become difficult to listen to most country music because it may be stereotyping, but I just think of all the small minded people who voted for Bush, who voted to ban gay marriage, who voted from their hate, not their hearts. But I can still listen to Cash and Kristofferson. |
