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.