ok, so i really don't have anything to write about anymore.
anyway... i just spent half a day trying to get my stupid saab started. turns out the battery just needed to be disconnected and reconnected. now its running. to celebrate, i put in my cassette copy of lusicous jackson's debut ep, in search of manny. their video for daughters of the chaos is below. what a quirky, incredibly indie ep that was. ever since purchasing my saab, i've been revisiting the glorious, low-efficiency world of cassette tapes.
for the majority of the past 10 months, when i've decided to dive into my high school bin of cassettes, its been rush albums, home made tapes, or the cars album, candi-o. i also spent some time listening to the first missing persons album, a few yes albums from the 80's, some prince, van halen's women & children first and some assorted classic rock.
a few days ago, i reached into the bin and grabbed a new handful of tapes. included in these: louder than love by soundgarden, some more classic rock, prince's purple rain and faith no more's breakthrough masterpiece, the real thing.
listening to the real thing again is blowing my mind. the lyrics, performance, attitude, production are all still fresh 21 years after this album was released. from out of nowhere, the real thing, zombie eaters... so many incredible tracks. i think i'm going to continue to focus on listening to a lot of these albums that i'd almost entirely forgotten. it's been quite entertaining. its also illuminating the fact that the album, especially in terms of pre-random access listening, is dead. it's good to be reminded to sit still and pay attention. also i feel old sometimes, because i was halfway through high school 20 years ago, i'd still take growing up then, instead of now.
history is dead. let's get on with it.