I have better things to do, I know. But here I am, figuring out how to put music files on my blog. It's been so long since I've played my guitar the calluses are gone and my fingers are clay, but I couldn't resist trying out Garageband, which lets me record to my laptop and then apply effects. The ditty below combines "heavy blues" and "screeching guitar," which has a sort of a Big Brother and the Holding Company feel to it. Then I found this imeem.com site, which could be habit forming. I call it Acid Blues.
So, this weeks poll. Having heard Acid Blues, should I or should I not quit my day job? As always, the poll is at top right.
The results are in. Nine out of ten believe I should "Keep My Day Job!" OK. I believe you. To the minority who thinks I should strike out for acid-inspired stardom, I say, "Thanks, but maybe not right now."
“Being is becoming,” and if we’re not “becoming,” we’re probably not doing much “being” either. This blog was started in a half-assed attempt at self-excavation. I have at least two unusual personality traits. The first is that I’m abnormally comfortable with ambiguity. I can happily muck about in the gray areas for years on end. This is probably why I love Seattle. The other is that I have a completely unrealistic belief in my own agency, which I tend to act upon. This blog has changed my life in more ways than I ever imagined. As my job as ED of a activist newspaper sold by homeless people, my vision for organizing, my thinking as a teacher, my history as a working-poor loser turned middle-class “advocate,” and my life as a parent swirled about me, this blog has been a path toward the center. We live in dangerous times, and the seductions to an easy, half-lived life of anesthetized materialism are all around. I have come to understand that my work is to be a revolutionary, both out in the world and within myself, turning over what is old, rotten, stale, and repressive, and building for a future where we can all find happiness and have the things we truly need.
The results are in. Nine out of ten believe I should "Keep My Day Job!" OK. I believe you. To the minority who thinks I should strike out for acid-inspired stardom, I say, "Thanks, but maybe not right now."
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