So damn, meetup costs $12 a month at the lowest rate. My desire was to start a “Lakeland Tech Creatives” meetup to find others hacking on software/hardware projects. That’s totally a waste of money if nobody here is interested but me. Given that I’ve been here a year and haven’t had much luck finding people up to this point, I think I know how it’ll turn out.
September 16, 2008
September 14, 2008
For Ears
Listen to this on one of the few weekends you’ve actually reserved for leisure: Charles Mingus’ “Epitaph”
Check the web extras for the real deal, parts 1 and 2.
Charles Mingus is a great composer, and I never knew it. I don’t remember learning much more about him than the fact that he was a bass player.
And now, some related thoughts:
Too few musicians are capable of writing good lyrics without letting the musicality of their work suffer. Music of all styles can be half-assed into poppiness; jazz included. This is not good. Catchy does not equal worthwhile. Though it might set off sparks of pleasure in your head as you listen to it, spare yourself from being duped on more time by well-crafted hooks. Those hooks are for stealing money. I’m amazed all the people with minced meat mouths still swallow them. If only originality could be measured.
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