Today involved a bit of playing and a bit of listening. Both to bands with immense critical acclaim. The playing was Wilco ("I Must Be High"), and the listening was Spoon. I had always heard good things about Spoon, but never actually heard anything by them. I made the mistake of mentioning this to a co-worker the other day, and then watched while she practically had a heart attack. I wound up buying "Gimmie Fiction" at her suggestion, and finally put it into the CD player tonight. I love how their music is so heavily groove oriented and acoustic at the same time. In spots it almost feels dancy in nature. Can't wait to hear more of their stuff. Not as much actual playing as I probably should've done today, but still a good day.
Today was okay. It ended up being quieter than I wanted it to be, but I got in a few things. 1. I got the music from the car hauled in and sorted out in advance of my road trip to Dubuque for a little longer than a day. I'm taking the Radiohead reissue with me for that, since I haven't gotten a chance to sit down with it yet. 2. I'm also taking an empty notebook along with me, in the hopes that I might start to get some lyric ideas down on paper while I'm gone. I watched some cool videos early this morning about the idea of writing all of the music before writing lyrics, and the way things are going that is looking like what's going on with me. 3. I wish there had been more playing today, but I'm still feeling good about where things are sitting. This next week needs to include a lot of writing.
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