O' my stars, how you undo me

Three posts in a row. My goodness! These days I'm lucky if I publish three posts a month. Well, you've just got roll with it when the mood strikes. So three posts in a row.

I'm approaching the point when I'll be delving deeper into Buddhism. I've read that you can't go it alone, you need a coach, a facilitator. I've ducked the idea in the past, but as I become more mindful I see its merit. I'm so intertwined with the machinations of my ego that I can't be objective. If I intend to take my spiritual path further, and I do, I don't see a way I can go it alone. We'll see what comes up.

Haven't stopped writing and recording music, but I'm no longer that keen to share it with anyone but one or two people. I'm keeping the Ignore Emporium page up, but it will most likely collect dust. Or maybe not. Who knows what the future brings. Yeah, I put my my stuff out there and it didn't go over very well. Oh, well, it's okay to be humbled, though it's makes you feel squirmy. And I don't even know how humbled I am. Lack of interest is not going to make me feel lousy about my music or stop making it. I like what I do and that is enough.

Here's a sample from that Q&A that I did.

Is it true that you're in love with Elyse Weinberg's voice, that you  have a school boy crush on it?

Yes. Every single facet of her voice melts me to my core. I won't argue that it's technically good, but fuck technically good.

Speaking of St. Vincent, tell me one thing about her album, Strange Mercy, that you haven't told anyone about?

At first I thought it was too cold sounding, too distant. I'm listening to it right now and I think I get it. It's not cold and distant sounding anymore. We could delve into the psychology of that, but why state the obvious. Anyway, St. Vincent is fine by me.

If you get a dog, what will you name it?

Alpo.

Name an underrated TV comedy starring Craig T. Nelson and an overrated TV comedy starring someone different.

Underrated: Coach    Overrated: Arrested Development

Three things you're glad you've given up.

Smoking (not sure how long it's been, but we're approaching ten years), talk radio (pretty much just sports radio and most of the time, particularly because I no longer care that much about sports, a colossal waste of time), TV (it's been several years and whenever I see commercials now, I'm even more offended).

Describe for me this Elyse album you keep carrying on about. Do it now.

First of all, that voice...oh how I adore it. And it -

Enough about the voice. Describe the album.

Okay, if young Rod Stewart and Janis Joplin had a kid whose nanny was Laura Nyro and somehow all three of their voices merged into her and then she recorded an album that is fucking awesome, folky, psychedelic, bluesy, weird, and....oh, oh....

Enough. Try and relax.

Okay, I'm back

Share something that is vaguely interesting.

I can stay in a sauna for a long period of time.

Now say goodnight, Gracie.

Goodnight, Gracie.