The side of life that makes it worth while is the side to it all that leads you to believe something bigger exists. It's never coincidental, moreso, it's destined to be. I am now 22 years old, yet, I don't feel a day over 12. I have always had a youthful heart in this growing body. So, now that I am 22, I feel the need, more than ever, to get my shit together and make something of myself no matter what it takes. It's a step worth taking and a step everyone before me has taken. So, why am I scared? I don't know, and I probably never will. I just gotta get over it.
Either way, I took a road trip to Corpus Christi, and on the way, I got in touch with some music that I had completely forgotten about and music that meant a great deal to me on every level of humanity. First CD: Buddy Holly and the Crickets. If my historian memory serves me correctly, this was Buddy Holly's first album with the band The Crickets before he came out with a solo album before his untimely death. God rest his soul. His brand of rock n' roll is a brand that can never be tarnished, nor a brand that can be replicated. The harmonies on this album are also amazing and they just don't make music like this anymore. I think everyone and their mother should own this album. It's a timeless piece of magic that hardly goes recognized anymore. Songs to check out: Not Fade Away, You've Got Love, It's Too Late, and Rock Me My Baby.
Another album that resurfaced on my radar was Lauryn Hill's The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. Now, this album could be heard echoing through the hallways of various elementary schools I had the pleasure of going to. It's also a quintessential album in the hip-hop and r & b circuits. I'm sure everyone rocked out to Doo Wop (That Thing) while driving down the streets and having a smoke, or while chillin' at the local hang-out and reminiscing about the good old days. If you haven't heard of this album, where were you born? Honestly...
Well, that's all I have for now. Peace, Prosperity and many many good wishes.
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Sunday, September 13, 2009
New Beginnings, Old Reforms
Well, the semester has started off with a bang. I had to drop one class because I didn't take the prerequisite and there was no way I was going to learn an entire class in a short amount of time in order to understand what the current class was teaching. Sorry Primates, maybe I'll learn about you in another semester, just not this one.
Musically, I have been somewhat lazy, but my musical tastes have been revived with the MOJO CD Compilation: The Ultimate Guide to Music. It's basically an encyclopedia of albums that MOJO Magazine found groundbreaking in their time. The book goes in chronological order from the late 1940's where Frank Sinatra started the whole LP thing, to the late 1990's. It's a pretty good compilation. I already have a brand new list of CD's that I need to buy. Damn, I'm gonna go so broke.
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Beck, Devendra Banhart and MC5. I have to get their MC5's Kick Out The Jams. It's so good! The rawness of their live performance just strikes a nerve so bad that you either want to start a revolution or dance your ass off, whichever suits you better. Since I have been smoking a lot of pot lately, it helps that I have some good tunes to get me through the days. I recently ordered Patti Smith's "Horses" and The Sex Pistols' "Nevermind The Bollocks: Here's The Sex Pistols" from Amazon. They should be getting here in a few days. Not to mention the extensive list of CD's that I put on my refrigerator, in the hopes that my roommates will flood me with albums for my birthday, which is only three days away.
But on a good note, I feel like a good change is coming. Not sure what, or when. But it's coming. Indefinitely. But that's all I got for now. Will be back with more musical updates and whatnots.
-Mark
Musically, I have been somewhat lazy, but my musical tastes have been revived with the MOJO CD Compilation: The Ultimate Guide to Music. It's basically an encyclopedia of albums that MOJO Magazine found groundbreaking in their time. The book goes in chronological order from the late 1940's where Frank Sinatra started the whole LP thing, to the late 1990's. It's a pretty good compilation. I already have a brand new list of CD's that I need to buy. Damn, I'm gonna go so broke.
Lately, I've been listening to a lot of Beck, Devendra Banhart and MC5. I have to get their MC5's Kick Out The Jams. It's so good! The rawness of their live performance just strikes a nerve so bad that you either want to start a revolution or dance your ass off, whichever suits you better. Since I have been smoking a lot of pot lately, it helps that I have some good tunes to get me through the days. I recently ordered Patti Smith's "Horses" and The Sex Pistols' "Nevermind The Bollocks: Here's The Sex Pistols" from Amazon. They should be getting here in a few days. Not to mention the extensive list of CD's that I put on my refrigerator, in the hopes that my roommates will flood me with albums for my birthday, which is only three days away.
But on a good note, I feel like a good change is coming. Not sure what, or when. But it's coming. Indefinitely. But that's all I got for now. Will be back with more musical updates and whatnots.
-Mark
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