Black Is The New Blood

The return of the Throwing Muses.

No, were not talking “Easter, 1916″ here.

My life has changed. Changed by one item that I used to consider a ridiculous fashion accessory, just like I used to do with cell-phones.

Yes, I bought an Ipod.

I am the proud owner of a beautiful 60 Gig video Ipod.

I haven’t been a regular poster for some time, becuase I’ve been spending my nights ripping my CDs to fill this baby. Sad to say, the thing is about 3/4’s full and I am about 1/4 through my CD collection.

Generally, I’m not a big fan of the shuffle mode. But when you have over ten thousand songs to choose from, an unexpected surprise is one song away. I have rediscovered my music collection.  I’m listening to things again that I haven’t heard in years, hearing them with a new ear, and falling in love all over again.

Could I have been part of a hoax?

Well, no. Just good reportage.

Amazon lists a May 2007 release date for another non-Fiction work by Vollmann, Poor People.

It’s been a crazy week and a half, but I’m back and posting again on a regular basis.

Let’s just say that, for a little while, life became too real for my tastes.

So…what’s new….I finally finished David Mitchell’s “Number 9 Dream.” Not his best, and certainly not close to approaching the heights of “Cloud Atlas.” But still quite good.

I started “Europe Central” and I am enthralled already, even though I am only 20 pages in. Certainly there will be more on this later.

I have been looking for a copy of Branagh’s “Henry V”, which is out of print to come in at work for the nearly two years I have worked there. Until today, I’ve never seen it. Two copies came in in two consecutive DVD buys today. Weird.

Over the past month, I’ve bonded with a new co-worker. She’s a friend of a former co-worker, so I guess it is no surprise, but really, it is. We have so much in common, except perhaps, musical tastes. Yet, when I drove the other day she asked me what I was playing and I said, “Wilco…Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.” She said she liked it, and I respected her even more.

Danielson is playing in town on Saturday, and I can’t go. Their new album is really, really good. Too bad I can’t see them….but Blowfly is coming soon…that could be fun.

I promise, I’ll be more foucused soon.

I don’t think I’ve posted anything in a week. Sorry…I’ve been very busy ripping CDs for my imminent Ipod purchase. I’ve been at it for days, and I’ve only hit about 10 percent of my collection.