The Only Survivor Was Miraculously Unharmed

I still buy albums, you know. There's something soothing and intensely addictive about owning albums. Of feeling the liner notes, and looking at the art. Of actually listening to an entire album from end to end, instead of just picking a song here, a song there...or letting the random inclinations of iTunes to pick for me. Don't get me wrong, I also exploit the many advantages of digital music. I have much of my library on the computer. I own an Ipod, albeit a tiny Shuffle. But I still like owning the albums themselves. I hope there never comes a day when people stop buying music. Sure, there's reason to dislike major labels. But looking at the success of Radiohead and NIN's DIY approach, I'm sure there's a future in it. Furthermore, both of those bands proved that people will most definitely pay for music, when the product is worth it. I also read that Vinyl sales this year were approximately 90% HIGHER than last year. Holy shit. Maybe I should get into that.

In other news, I finally got my amp back. Never again will I enlist the services of Long and McQuade. Over two months is an absolutely appalling amount of time for any repair. Completely unacceptable.

I've given the shots of Terrorhorse I took to Matt, my friend and guitarist in the band. So this will be my first "published" work. Assuming they do post the pictures, which I'm pretty sure they will. Still haven't taken any pictures of my other friends' band. The ball is entirely in their court, I'm offering my services for FREE..but they still haven't taken advantage of it. Their loss.
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I'll Be Waiting, At The End Of The Line

Ok, Ok, I know I haven't been updating this ol' blog of mine very much these days. In fact, there was not a single update for the entire month of December. I did start writing an entry one day, but I gave it up for some reason.

There just didn't seem to be much to say.

I've had a fairly busy Christmas this year, with a number of friends and my beloved sister returning from their now distant homes and commitments. Also the usual Christmas dinners and parties and throw New Years in there for good measure too. So I'm taking it easy for awhile because that shit exhausts me.

I've been spending a lot of time with my lady friend, she's pretty rad. Soon she goes back to school though, so maybe I'll be on the computer more, once again.

Me and my homies have started playing on a once-a-week basis in my house, trying to recapture the magic of our music. I'll say this, I need to start practicing more again. My guitar skills have certainly atrophied to a disgraceful amateur-ish level. My songwriting abilities remain intact.

In other news, Aaron and I have started the massive task of creating a movie out of the footage from our trip this past year. We finished Day One the other day, expect that silly crap to be posted in my trip blog, as a compliment to the written journal which already exists there. iMovie is fun.

Today's Musical Recommendation: Bon Iver