Thanks for stopping by my new blog. I've only been here for a few days after a long run at betheboy.com and I'm still working out the kinks. However I'd like to explain a little further about why I'm doing this.
A few days ago I wrote about the reasons for starting this blog and I'd like to expand on that thought just a little more. This blog is about music and me, because if music and I were married we'd be in the middle of a trial separation. After many years together, music and I have lost that certain something and we're trying to figure out what to do next. The inspiration for this blog actually came from an unlikely source, a baseball book by Joe Posnanski called The Soul of Baseball and it recounts the year that Posnanski spent traveling with baseball legend, the late Buck O'Neil. I highly recommend the book and not just to baseball fans; it's an absolute treasure of a book. There's a scene early in the book that got me to thinking. In it, Buck O'Neil who is 94 when the book takes place, is talking to another older gentleman about baseball. The man tells Buck, that he doesn't go to games anymore because the game has changed. O'Neil replies "It hasn't changed. We've changed." This hit close to home for me and it was the first time that I thought to say to music "It's not you music, it's me."
For many years music was absolutely magical to me and I've simply lost my passion for it but it's not because music has changed. There are still people making great records and people making terrible records but I'm not listening to them because I have changed. I have gotten older. The question isn't "What's wrong with music?" the question is "What has changed about me?" and more importantly, what can I do to change it.
Have I just gotten older? Can I reverse this change? I've said it before but it bears repeating the goals of this blog are as follows:
1) Remember the things that drew me to the music I love in the first place
2) To find out how I've lost that musical lovin' feeling
3) Find a way to make my relationship with music work again
It's like winning back an ex except, music probably won't constantly tell me that they can do better than me. At least I hope not.
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
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Joe Posnanski, Buck O'Neil ... don't tell me you're a Royals fan? Those are kind of difficult to find.
Keep it up with the new blog -- great so far!
I'm not Erica, I just like Posnaski.
it's weird...I have a blog I started last year entitled Rock & Roll Ghost, too: http://rockandrollghost.blogspot.com
- Brett
Two slightly random thoughts (in the interest of letting you know I'm here):
One, I just finished doing some transcription for an oral history of East Bay punk that Jack Boulware and Silke Tudor have been working on. It's due out early next year. Here's the MySpace page (which has audio - you might want headphones):
http://www.myspace.com/punkoralhistory
And two, I must introduce you to my friend Mikl-Em (though I'm not quite sure how we'll swing that, since he lives in SF - but if we can get him down for a BBQ, I'll be sure to invite you and Nina, too). I think this every time I read you writing about music. He's got several blogs (all updated sporadically), but here's his Vox blog, on which he writes occasionally about music: http://mik-em.vox.com/
And here's another blog, which links to the several places you might find him on any given day:
http://www.miklem.com
Hey Will, I'm glad you're writing somewhere again! And I'm totally going to link you to my blod because duh, a radio station blog needs a link to a blog about GOOD music, since you know, we can't play any.
I know what you mean about the trial separation in music. I feel almost bad about how into it I used to be and how passive I am now. I've recently developed a love of finding things I love on vinyl, at least it gives me something to do. Plus I always want to listen to it and decide if I like the sound better through my mono record player. I always do.
Personally, I'm fine with not having music in my life for now. FOR NOW, that is. I can't bear the thought of not having it forever.
(This, from a fan of The Nice.)
You guys were such a great couple. Hope you work things out.
Paul - at some point in this blog the story of the time you lent me The Nice live album will come up.
A new blog is always a good idea to get some new inspiration. I'm glad you're writing again. Sometimes I worry the wayy you feel about music now is the way I feel about everything...
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