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If you’re a regular reader, you’ll realize that the standard theme of the page has changed. I’m in the midst of reworking some of the funtionality. Like the comments part. The current theme didn’t work with the code I’m adding. Thus the look will update to something else soon. In the meantime, I’ve added the ability for the comments to be added without having to reload the page and disrupt your listening. (I’m working on getting that for the first person that comments too). So bear with me.
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So I had a bunch of stuff that was supposed to come through. Thus I decided to spend some time waiting idly by playing poker. My buddy Mike picked me up from where I dropped off my car. And we went to Hollywood Park to play poker. I thought that creating music was exhausting, but it’s easily rivaled by the concentration it takes to play good poker. I walked away a winner, but not as much as it should have been. Unfortunately you can not stop some people from making mistakes and getting highly lucky. I mean what are people thinking when they’re making a decision for their all their money and only have like 1 to 3 outs in the deck that can give them a winning hand?
I didn’t get my lappy back yet, though I did get a phone call saying that it was done. That’s a good deal, but due to not having my car I couldn’t go get it. Something else that was supposed to come in, has once again been delayed. I’m told that this will likely come in on Wednesday. However, I’m starting to have doubts, and it doesn’t make me happy.
I’ll be happy if I get my car back today. I’m actually looking forward to seeing the ear doc on Monday. I’m getting tired of having a slight hearing issue and I’m hoping that the solution is something really simple. Like it’s just stuffed up and maybe I have slight sinus infection or something. Where he can just swab it out and maybe I can get an anti-biotic if there an infection. It’s really odd being disoriented due to muffled hearing in one ear. Maybe I’m just acutely aware of it because I’m a musician. I don’t know.
Getting to the song. The style reminds me of the movie La Bamba. Of course I realize that it’s a general thing. I remember once talking about Bob Dylan with my dad. I tend to think my dad wanted to be John Lennon and/or Bob Dylan. Instead he became one of the best illustrators in history. I get the impression though that he wanted to be musical, or that he really holds musicians in high regard, especially those two. Because I didn’t grow up with anything other than hearing their records, obviously because their heyday was long before me. I can only go by what you read, or what my dad likes to discuss.
In the case of Bob Dylan. My dad once got angry with me when I felt he (Bob) was no longer relevant. Of course I was making the statement based upon my view of things at the time. To me it was about a different kind of music. We weren’t in a war, and trends change. I was also being unappreciative of history. Which is often common with Americans, or people under 20. As we all know, you know everything when you’re 20.
Well, I’ve since changed my mind on that. I understand full well how Bob Dylan spoke for a generation of people. Not to mention he’s a survivor. But I think it has more to do with his content and not his technique. He’s certainly amazing when you look at the depth of his catalog. I have also read about him taking stands that ended up pissing off lots of his fans. It’s bold to pull such maneuvers. It’s even more amazing when you survive them. His own son was unble to really follow in his footsteps. But in reality that would be harder than hard. There’s no way I would consider following my dad into art. He’s too fucking good. I’d always be second fiddle and I wouldn’t be able to tolerate that.
Stay tuned cause I’ll let you know when my deal goes down.
(** Disclaimer: If Bob Dylan’s label doesn’t like my deal, I’ll have to back the video off the page. The post will remain to show my respect for people that make things happen. **)