Goddamn Blogger Trying To Ruin My Plans

Blogger was offline, at least for me, for the past 6 hours or so, so the post I had planned on making was delayed. Arg.


Karaoke:

Having a hard time trying to choose a karaoke song to do this week. I think Hot in Herre by Nelly is gonna win out, but as for a second song...I really can't decide. Maybe Stand Up by Ludacris or 99 Problems by Jay-Z. Could also go back to Jesus Walks...it's been a month or so, maybe more.


Current Listening:

I've been using pandora a lot lately, mostly because there are sneaky ways of downloading the songs you are listening to. It's pretty good for discovering new music in genres I'm not familiar with. Tomorrow I will post what I hope will be a regular feature: Karaoke roundup as well as pick an album I've been listening to alot lately. Friday will involve mp3 downloads, and I have a largish post in mind about Harsh Noise (since Nick's playinga a noise show at the Pic that night it seemed appropriate).

Starting Anew

My old blog has a lot of baggage, and has kind of died off. I would like to start fresh with something new. I need an outlet to kickstart my writing in the mornings before I get to work on my thesis (also perhaps a way to keep me from constantly just passively enjoying the internet and take an active part in making it a little better, ha.)

My goal here has many facets. One is to further figure out and report my views on music in general, both in terms of reviewing material I'm confronted with in my travels, and in a more philosophical context, addressing questions of musical norms, ontology (yikes!), and some of the social factors that a music fan confronts on the regular. I want to figure out why I listen to the music I do, why others do or don't, and to have an excuse to listen to the vast amount of music I've uhm...obtained in the last little while. I'm considering some regular weekly features, as well as some regular downloads and such to keep people interested.

I will probably digress sometimes with other facets of pop-culture, and given my hockey-fandom, some thoughts on the current state of affairs in the NHL world. I will try to avoid delving into personal stuff, despite what I know is an immense curiousity that people have about my life (haha!) because...well that's what live journals are for.

I'll work on the template a bit in the near future, and post up the first real post tomorrow.