Groovin'

I find that music today with quite a few exceptions (generalizing music is a horrid idea) is lacking. I grew up in a very open and exploratory family in terms of artistic values and tastes. Of course, many people in the western side of the United States are like this.

Case and point:


Being the open and groovy people we are I think that certain things can be jived with a little easier. "What is your point?" I can hear you screaming; it is this, a lacking of quality blues and jazz can be seen at the very least in my area of the country!

Egads, red Michigan...


To be fair I am being erroneous and quite rude to the good folks in this State that do what they can to influence real artistic music. As a matter of fact, the Grand Rapids Jazz Orchestra is quite close to my immediate area and plays quite often at my favorite brewery of all places. I really do implore you to check them out: www.grjo.com

So again I can almost hear you screaming with your arms in the air "Then what are you going on about?!" This, is what I am going on about (and as a bonus, she looks just like Manson, which is actually a crack against Gaga as Manson is actually is good):


Anyway, the point of what I am actually going on about is some of the real groovy jiving cool cats that are out there that I wish there were more of such as The Black Keys. Check them out on YouTube if you have no idea who they are. They are a blues/rock band that, well, simply put do rock. A link is provided: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdc1w8ypfVE

Sure other artists work hard and they might make some pretty peppy garbage but the value behind it and the way it really makes you feel inside is so different than the example above by The Black Keys. Did you ever have an emotional connection or response to "Hit Me Baby One More Time" or "Who Let The Dogs Out?" My guesses are no but have you ever heard the pain of some heavy lyrics and the wailing of a sorrowful jazz-guitar rift and just HAD to play the song again or really close your eyes and just groove?

That, my dear chums, is what I am on about. The soul, the spirit, the life of the music. "All he needs is love so he won't break" has much more of a consequential feeling than "My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard" whatever the hell that even means.

Then again, I'm probably wrong and music is subjective to the listener. Although, if I am wrong than be that as it may but I really beg for you to attend two festivals and tell me which had a more artistic and soulful impact: a jazz or blues festival or... well... I don't think there is a "bad taste" fest but you can probably get the picture by going to just one of their concerts to decide.

Thoughts and Musings

Serene Bat: 5-7-5 Haiku
Rain drops fall lazily fat
Stone street echoes silence;
Aware bat looks on.

Eternal Rock: Eternal Woe: 5-7-5 Haiku
Sad rock near river
Slow time fast water embrace;
He wonders whats wrong.

Pondering Questions of Confusing Origin
I wonder how the world would be if everyone did what they wanted? A disaster or paradise?
What happens if I slept normal? A disaster or paradise (lol)?
Purple colored pencils look blue to me and I make mistakes.
What happened to real music? Jazz, blues, orchestra?

Chaos and Unity

I believe in a form of free anarchist and chaotic existence. I don't mean politics I mean life in general. Many believe in creationism, an afterlife, or some sort of neither and both at the same time. I find it much more fun and much more pleasurable to believe in chaos. Keep in mind that a very large portion of my belief is to not ask "why" because it ruins it; it ruins the fun (what else is life worth, after all?)

So there are particles, atoms, atomic bonds, matter, chains of matter, amino acids, cells, organs, beings, rules to physics, rules of gravity of space of heat of etc and of so on and so on. Avoiding the question why makes this very fun; lets just go with the answer of "Why not?!" I can bash my head against the wall all night long going into depth about any of these and looking into why and in the end I will just have a big bruise on my head. The idea that something has to exist for a reason is the idea of someone trying to ruin the essence and enjoyment of life.

Another answer to some of the why or why for questions I hear is just "because it does." Why for are there laws of motion/thermodynamics/boredom because there is and because it works. What do I gain from searching for why fors and how comes? I'll end up with a headache from drinking myself due to my depression. I find it best to really judge how discoveries affect the self and happiness. Am I happier knowing that an cow jumping off on a roof will splat on the ground? Does it matter to me to know that solar radiation refracts off our atmosphere and positively charges the ionosphere? As a scholar; yes, but as an individual and my happiness and beliefs, no.

I guess the biggest argument I come across when I discuss this is that I am ignoring the truth and turning a blind eye to fact; well, nothing is factual and nothing is real and nothing is true. This is the one thing I would try to convey to anybody. To put it bluntly; this happen for a reason and billions have searched for the answer; perhaps some have found the answer. Is it crucial to search for the answer and know or should it be more important to find an answer and just grok acceptance and peace?

So what am I getting at? I've said a hell of a lot of nothing. Things rotate around each other, people exist, thoughts happen, reality is what it is yet its nothing at all. Tomorrow a comet moving at hundreds and thousands of miles per hour will crash into our planet and annihilate all life and what then? Did you do everything you wanted to and really live for the now or was it all in fear of what is to come? Don't fear, anticipate, prepare, but don't let it rule you. Chaos is the answer; chaos is the salvation. Let the wind blow your hair, may the tides push you as they may. Just do for the sake of doing not for the sake of altruism, religion, society, family, or anything; do what moves you, do what shapes you or shape what you do; whatever, just do. Be free truly free...