The Sound of Astral Music

“I'm here for you Hotari. We all are. When you're ready to come back to us, we will be waiting with open arms.” - An Immense Nerd

So painting went much quicker than I expected. Had to get up at 7 a.m. on a Saturday. Didn’t know that was apart of the deal, but who can refuse the request of their 84 year old grandfather? I certainly can’t, and I don’t want to meet the man who could. All said and done it only took 3 hours. Moving along…

Apparently America has yet to fully monopolize shallow thinking as is evident in the world wide news sensation known as Susan Boyle. Is she a def, mute, cripple with rickets who went on to single handedly score the winning run at the World Series? No, she’s simply an unattractive woman with a decent voice. A couple of fake reaction shots from the judges, a few million Youtube hits, and she’s being heralded as some kind of inspiration. Why? Was there some unwritten law that only attractive people can have talent? It’s all incredibly bigoted and ridiculous.


Staying on the subject of music I didn’t get any real recording done. Mostly ended up drinking Bloody Cesars with a buddy of mine, and laughing it up. Not the most productive Saturday night, but not the worst way to spend it either. After all I did paint a roof. I also continue to struggle with my choices for the cover album we want to work on. It’ll be split into five choices for each person. Sean already has his five, but I’ve been struggling to think of just three.

He also has the very ambitious idea of covering “All Along The Watchtower”, but incorporating elements from the Bob Dylan, Hendrix, and Battlestar Galactica versions in one song. Personally I’m tempted to stay out of that completely just to see how he does it. Is he taking on too much? We’ll see. It could be the greatest triumph in bedroom recorded rock music history, or it could spell disaster. Doom even!


Still if any one has any suggestions I would be more than happy to entertain them. So far I’m thinking about doing “My Life Would Suck Without You” by Kelly Clarkson (though given neither of us can sing I’m not sure how we’re going to pull that one off), and “Innocent When You Dream” by Tom Waits. Beyond that I was thinking about covering “I Will Bleed For You” by Prussian Blue. For those of you who know who Prussian Blue are I swear it’s not what you think. Cross my heart!

Limitless options, and so few actual ideas. Maybe it’s difficult for me because I’ve rarely ever wanted to play other people’s music. Sure when I first started playing guitar and then bass, but not even so much then. I wanted to, and still want to create my own music. Pretty much every one I know seems to be able to whip out a few tunes by their favorite artists, but that’s not for me. This could be why I’m so bad at playing by ear.


On a lighter note I watched “Funny Girl” a week ago, and I now count it as one of my favorite all time films. I wish I could live in whatever strange dimension musicals take place. Imagine a world where you’re minding your own business, suddenly a strong emotion takes you, and without thought or effort you’re in the middle of choreographed song and dance number. What I wonder is, if such a universe does exist, do people ever break into a musical number only to stumble into the middle of a competing song? Would a brawl ensue? For that matter do people who can’t sing still get their own numbers? Let’s see what Astarius thinks.