"Wanting to reform the world without discovering one's true self is like trying to cover the world with leather to avoid the pain of walking on stones and thorns. It is much simpler to wear shoes."

- Ramana Maharshi.

This year has seen me get into Jeff Buckley even more than I have been in the past.

I didn't think that would be possible, considering I was already into him in a big way... but it's true.

I guess I was just really quick to praise him after I heard Grace and ( Read more... )

Look at your LJ "interests" list. If you have fewer than 50 interests ( Read more... )

1. Reply with your name and I'll respond with something random about you ( Read more... )

Billy Corgan to reunite Smashing Pumpkins

CHICAGO  -- Singer Billy Corgan said Tuesday he plans to revive The Smashing Pumpkins, his Grammy-winning band which broke up in 2000 after more than a decade of blending alternative rock with the avant-garde.

In full-page advertisements in Chicago newspapers, the bald-headed ( Read more... )

List six of your current favourite songs and tag six people to do this too:

1. Metallica - Wasting My Hate

2. Nine Inch Nails - March Of The Pigs

3. Emiliana Torrini - Sunny Road

4. The Dandy Warhols - Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth

5. Alice In Chains - I Know Something (Bout You)

6. Deftones - Knife Party

I choose YOU! Pikachu! ( Read more... )

1. Finish Cait's present in time to give it to her when I go up to Sydney for either the Queens or Billy gig.
2. Write a resume, get a reference from Bob and David (my old/current bosses) and get another job somewhere. JB Hifi would be cool, but another waiting job would be fine.
   
3. Get money from this job.
4. With this money, begin to pay back Pete ( Read more... )

Gee, another year has gone by already and here I am again, sitting at my computer, writing an entry about Jeff Buckley ( Read more... )

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