A few of my favorite things, revisited.

Lyrics by Joanna Newsom
Lighting by Adam Wallacavage
Look by Alexander McQueen
Lounging at Crate & Barrel

The Day The Music DIY'd

The CD burner on my computer doesn't work any more. I have 3 or 4 mixes I have in the works that are un-burnable. I have not wanted to transition to the digital mix area of ziping and ftp-ing things to friends rather than hand wrapping and packaging up a circle into a rectangle.

I will probably fix the CD drive, but at the moment it is almost as if the music has died. DIY album covers seem so distant and time consuming.

I hope this nightmare ends soon.

Pre-Review: Blue Like Jazz

I have only just begun to read this book, and already I am captivated, mystified by how the author illuminates sensations and notions from his youth up to his current perspectives. Don't get me wrong, He's no James Joyce, but this may be the best writing I have experienced from the contemporary Christian realm in, maybe, ever.

So far my favorite quotes:

"I started wondering if we could actually change the world. I mean, of course we could -- we could change our buying habits, elect socially conscious representatives and that sort of thing, but I honestly don't believe we will be solving the greater human conflict with out efforts. The problem is not a certain type of legislation or even a certain politician, the problem is the same that it has always been. I am the problem."

"I think every well-adjusted human being has dealt squarely with his or her own depravity. I realize this sounds very Christian, very fundamentalist and browbeating, but I want to tell you that this part of what the Christians are saying is true. I think Jesus feels strongly about communicating the idea of our brokenness, and I think it is worth reflection."