I haven't been keeping up to date on the news, on what's happening in the world, at least not like I used to. I don't listen to much music that was made after the year 2000, unless it's my friends, and let's be honest, I don't listen to much of that either (no offense). I've been in a hundred places in the last year or two, and it gets old, trying to find a decent bar or chinese food or a bookstore, you know? Once you find it, you're gone, and you're driving down SR-52 and you start making turns and you realize that you think you know where you're going, but what you really thought was that you were on a different SR-52, and you're not headed toward TJ Maxx to finally buy some clean socks, you're actually not anywhere near where you meant to go, and of course the cell phone service is terrible. In that way, I guess, it's like home.
I got bummed when I thought I lost my copy of that new Nina Simone CD, then I was happy that someone had it, then I got it back and left it in my car like a dumbass and it got broken in half. How did that happen? No one ever sits in the back seat anyway. Oh well. This song, however, has been popping up on my random play a little too often to be just random, if you know what I'm saying. Not that I don't love my job, because I do. Usually.
Nina Simone - Work Song
I was listening to something, I dunno, Lupe Fiasco probably. I think. And he's great and all, but damn, he raps too much. Take a breath, kid, you know? Seems to be a common problem these days. And now that Dilla's gone, who will be around who knows when to shut up?
J Dilla - Light My Fire
I didn't like fIREHOSE, I think Mike Watt solo is criminally, offensively bad, and I think San Pedro's kind of a hellhole. But, this is one of the best songs on one of the best records of all time. What went so horribly wrong? I wrote a paper in English class about this song once, in high school. That may have been the only paper I wrote in high school, come to think of it. And it brings up my argument that everyone who recorded at least three albums for SST Records before 1988 should have a federally funded pension, so they don't have to make horrible "concept" albums to pay the rent when they're pushing 50. They could just retire in peace, to the old punk rockers' home. Actually, I guess my argument is that everyone should have a pension, but that would include Mike Watt. And anyone who was in Black Flag, god rest their musically-compromised-at-some-point-in-the-late-80's souls. I wonder if D. Boon had any kids, I guess they would get his pension...
Minutemen - History Lesson, Part II
And hey, guess what? The Tigers still have the best record in baseball. And the Red Wings suffered a horribly embarrassing exit from the playoffs. It's been a good spring in my personal Detroit sports world. Just don't ask about the Pistons, OK?
