frozen octopus

Went to get a weird soreness/bump on my hip after rehearsal checked out yesterday. Off to get an MRI scan today. I think the reason it feels intense is all the build-up to the scan. I had to meet with a person that explained to me how loud and claustrophobic the machine is and had to sign off on it.

It kind of reminded me of old horror movies in the 1950s where they had you sign a release before you entered the movie to heighten the effect of the film.

Fingers crossed it is nothing.

Today's drum pattern reminded me that I should resist the dominant hand or foot. My body/mind wants to start with the dominant probably because it is easiest to get going. I should lead with the opposite of what my mind is telling me to go with. It is a little messier and chaotic but I usually find a pattern or fill that surprises me more than usual.

I went to a punk show last weekend. During a song, a cymbal stand collapsed. Someone ran on stage and fixed it, and no one blinked an eye. The person got a few glass raises in their direction.

Each type of music has its things that make the genre a genre. Someone from the audience going on stage to fix the drum kit is one of punk’s things.

The albums that I can remember what they sound like by just reading the title from last week. I really need to go back and relisten to that Jon Appleton album. It was interesting listening to all the snippets of sound back then.

• Jon Appleton Appleton Syntonic Menagerie #electronic
• Jo Ann Campbell I'm Nobody's Baby #rock
• Bennie Maupin The Jewel In the Lotus #jazz
• Booker Little Booker Little 4 & Max Roach #jazz

Other big news is I am thinking about changing the font for the blog. I really want to get the font sizes dialed in and I want it to feel more like a book. Research time.

I have a long list of albums I am slowly getting through. They come from all over the place. People tell me suggestions, find suggestions in blog posts, find lists of albums, hear things when I am out and about using Shazam, etc.

I love the list, but sometimes current me and past me get out of phase with what I want to hear. There is stuff from a couple of years ago that is kind of head-scratching to me right now. It's got me ruminating on how to handle the list.

Currently, it's being sorted from oldest to newest. While that is clearing out the albums I added from earlier, there is a lot of "huh" happening. If I reverse the sort to recently added to oldest, then stuff is going to be buried under the sediment of newly added albums. A brainstorm is in order.

Brainstorm

• One new, one old: evenly chips away at both ends of the list
• One new, two old: a little bit of me now and clears out the past quicker
• Two new, one old: a lot of now but slowly moves the old end of the list along
• MWF: listen to recently added on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
• M = old: have one day be the oldest albums
• Sun = recent Moon = old: this one is kind of tidal
• Decade = start with current decade and go backwards with each album

Half of me thinks either "two recent one old" or "MWF" would be fun. The second one is probably less thinking in the long run. The main point of all of this is having fun listening to music your own way.

Last weeks music I can remember by reading the name

• Pere Ubu Dub Housing #punk
• Mal Waldron Mal 2    #jazz