Saturday, January 07, 2006
Ambitions
For the remainder of the break:
1. Wake up before 2 pm.
2. Finish two songs
3. Record them
4. Record everything else that cuts the mustard
5. Eat less salt
For the remainder of the year:
1. Not suck in school
2. Make $
3. Save $
4. Write more songs
5. Record more songs
For the remainder of my life:
1. Make an album with my lover (whomever that may be) of songs that are little love letters to each other. They'll all be short and gooey and would fit on a post-it note even with moderately-sized hand-writing. Doesn't that sound nice?
2. Learn to play piano
3. Learn to write well
4. Go on tour across the US to support an album. Perhaps while being a truck driver, I could arrange and stop and play shows here and there. I'd have to tear ass all over to get my shipments on time, but it could work. Or I could RV it up with future lover and a couple close friends, and do the tour that way. Either way, I want to do it. I hope I can do it. I want to see all those towns - Tupelo, Boise, Butte, Cheyenne - and see all the country in between them.
5. I suppose ambitions 1 and 4 here require a record deal...so I'll put that at five. Five is a good place. Shows that I'm not too urgent to sell out to The Man, but that I consider it necessary to feed my family.
Currently listening to:
¶ 1:38 AM 
1. Wake up before 2 pm.
2. Finish two songs
3. Record them
4. Record everything else that cuts the mustard
5. Eat less salt
For the remainder of the year:
1. Not suck in school
2. Make $
3. Save $
4. Write more songs
5. Record more songs
For the remainder of my life:
1. Make an album with my lover (whomever that may be) of songs that are little love letters to each other. They'll all be short and gooey and would fit on a post-it note even with moderately-sized hand-writing. Doesn't that sound nice?
2. Learn to play piano
3. Learn to write well
4. Go on tour across the US to support an album. Perhaps while being a truck driver, I could arrange and stop and play shows here and there. I'd have to tear ass all over to get my shipments on time, but it could work. Or I could RV it up with future lover and a couple close friends, and do the tour that way. Either way, I want to do it. I hope I can do it. I want to see all those towns - Tupelo, Boise, Butte, Cheyenne - and see all the country in between them.
5. I suppose ambitions 1 and 4 here require a record deal...so I'll put that at five. Five is a good place. Shows that I'm not too urgent to sell out to The Man, but that I consider it necessary to feed my family.
Currently listening to:
¶ 1:38 AM
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You don't have a family w/ a lover. And if you do, your children are love children. And everyone knows you dont' have to actually support your love children. I.e., don't sell out to support a few kids who are only half yours.
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: 8:31 PM
: 8:31 PM
Putting food on the table for my family...that's sort of a line I dropped from Ice Cube, only with fewer expletives. And contrary to your coddled, white-collar, middle class beliefs, you CAN have a family with a lover. It happens all the time. Besides, I'll always have my family back in home. Who's gon' feed them and help out with they bills? What's gon' happen when my daddy has a strizzoke in his brizzain and he can't go to work? Answer that one for me, joker.
And I agree with you Jack, wholeheartedly. It brings me joy.
And I agree with you Jack, wholeheartedly. It brings me joy.
Christ Ryan, no...just no. You...strizzoke...brizzain....just no. Maybe next time.
Or wait, come to think of it, never do that again.
And I think Naomi does have a point...name me one good musical artist who had a lover and children that he actualy supported while he was getting huge. Maybe after you've tolided in obscurity and are already a superstar, but while you're still in your indie stage you have to booze it up, shoot it up (heroin. It's the rock star drug.), and sleep with as many women as possible and not think about any "family" or dumb shit like that. It cramps your style and you lose your badass indie cred. Sorry.
Or wait, come to think of it, never do that again.
And I think Naomi does have a point...name me one good musical artist who had a lover and children that he actualy supported while he was getting huge. Maybe after you've tolided in obscurity and are already a superstar, but while you're still in your indie stage you have to booze it up, shoot it up (heroin. It's the rock star drug.), and sleep with as many women as possible and not think about any "family" or dumb shit like that. It cramps your style and you lose your badass indie cred. Sorry.
Do you really think I have to change my post to satisfy you peasants? Write this down:
No.
Also. Jack, if you're disappointed with the Strokes' current malaise, check out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
No.
Also. Jack, if you're disappointed with the Strokes' current malaise, check out Clap Your Hands Say Yeah!
Please, Ryan. I torrented CYHSY waaay back in the day (like, a month ago). At least give me some sort of credit for being the resident indie snob of the group.
And besides, the Strokes album isn't that bad. It's kinda growing on me (even though there are three unlistenable songs and Julian can't qrite lyrics for shit.)
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And besides, the Strokes album isn't that bad. It's kinda growing on me (even though there are three unlistenable songs and Julian can't qrite lyrics for shit.)
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