i also didn't know that maybe coltrane and hindemith influenced each other
on saturday time warner came over and disconnected my cable box. after they left i called the good ole lower east side (goles) thrift shop, found out they take donated TVs, clambered mine into a pearl paint shopping bag and hauled it over. then i walked back up the stairs, disconnected my VCR, and set it on top of a trash can. by the time i went to the gym an hour later it was gone, just like i knew it would.
this weekend i also finally finished chasin' the trane. all about coltrane's life and work. i learned a lot from reading it, and it feels good to listen to the recordings and look at the photos and understand what these people were doing together. and i fuckin love alice coltrane. i want to be her before she met john and then meet my john. and there were weird things in the book that i didn't think anyone else related to before i read them on the page, like wanting to hold out chords in really fast passages because you wanted to hear them for a long time, or wanting to play layers of discordant rhythms all by yourself, or wanting to be the music you're hearing. i also didn't know that maybe coltrane and hindemith influenced each other. two of my favorite composers. why didn't i clue in to that before?
over the last few months i've tried to simplify, eliminate bad (or, more accurately, unproductive) things from my life. some of this is spurred by necessity (less money, less time), some by good intentions. but i'm scared to take the next step because it probably would be me quitting my unproductive job.
i did buy a digital camera at last. should be arriving in a day or two. what's $25 in shipping when you demand instant (1-day) gratification? so maybe you'll see more pictures or something. something.
posted March 03, 2003 in delivery, music, print