I want to be beautiful.  I want.  To.  Make things beautiful.  I.  want ( Read more... )

So, music can be defined as organized sound.  Plain and simple, no bravura, just sound that is also organized.  It's not so different form sound really.  It is sound.  The word "organized" only serves to differentiate music from noise.  So, what type of organization makes sound into music?  This definition has historically included pleasing natural ( Read more... )

Next time I give a lecture/presentation and I mention E. O. Wilson, or anyone who has any connection to him whatsoever, I will say this ( Read more... )

Okok, so my drummer can beatbox.  Makes sense.  I mean, I can whistle good because I play a wind instrument.  He can beatbox good because he plays drums.  Reason is amazing ( Read more... )

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Scenario One:

I want to invent a post-modernist anecdote full of tragic existential beauty, just so I can end it with the phrase, "and Leonard Cohen can suck my balls!!!"

Scenario Two:

Four friends:  1).Me, 2). a good friend who is privy to the conversation, 3.) one male who was born on Mother's Day, and 4). a friend to whom I am introducing #3  to.

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Really.  I don't believe that I will ( Read more... )

But when those fears prove to be founded in life more substantial than paranoia... I handle it surprisingly well ( Read more... )

"With a palm full of stars ( Read more... )

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