Category: music

I Send a Message

I tell so much here, and at the same time, I tell nothing at all, really.  It’s important to only bleed so much on the keyboard, to not give away all my thoughts to anyone that happens on this page.

But today, I send a gigantic message and hope it gets through. Damn it, I am trying. Cut me some slack.

hotel am kastell

And here’s a song about sending a message…it’s INXS recorded in Rotterdam:

Ever a work in progress

There are days that will not be perfect, and in my book, it’s ok to acknowledge when things are sucky or less than what you want, but it’s critical to shake it off and focus on what you do want.  Give the most energy to where you want to go, not where you’ve been. 

One of the most important things to remember, and I remind myself constantly, and I remind my poor eye-rolling teenager constantly, is that we have zero control over the behavior of others.  All we can do is set our boundaries for what works for us and be the best we know how to be; we can’t change how people around us act, can’t change what they will do or say.  I am ever a work in progress on that point, forever trying to relinquish control over the universe.  It’s hard to let go of the outcomes for other people, especially if their outcomes overlap with your own.

 
This weekend, I gave up a little of my white knuckle control, and look what happened: the Bee Gees keep reappearing. It’s bizarre. And it’s delightful. Let go.

a musical interlude

In honor of seeing Alice Cooper earlier this week, here’s a little something…and a little trivia, too: this song was co-written by Bernie Taupin, perhaps best known for his lyrics written with Elton John. I’m a sucker for lyrics that paint a picture, and Taupin writes some great ones.

…Are you gonna love the man when the man gets home?

The Morning After Some Rock N Roll

Morning comes too damn soon when you’ve been out screaming your head off and throwing out your devil horn fingers in another town. The Motley Crue final tour…thoughts:
1. It was freakin’ awesome to go with one of my besties since KINDERGARTEN. Yeah, we’ve known each other since we were five years old, and we were even Brownie Scouts together, so it was super fun to go on a field trip, although super sad to end an era.
2. I love live music, love the entertainment factor of a great show. Between Alice Cooper and Motley Crue, there was fake blood, fire, bubbles, pentagrams, leather, fog and a drum kit on the ceiling. It was a show. It was an experience. If you can’t get into the whole package, can’t settle in for the ride, don’t go. Stay home. You’ll hate this. It shouldn’t sound just like the album, because if it did, what the hell would be the point??
3. I still jump up and down and scream until my voice is gone, just like I always have. I raise my ginormous coffee to never outgrowing the joy of a live show.
4. We’ve been listening to Crue since middle school, and the final tour concept is kind of mind-boggling. They’re taking their toys and going home, closing up the Crue shop. WTF? Now, other bands have said “farewell” only to come back and do it again. Crue is saying now, though, that this tour could run through 2015, with their final show in 2016?? That’s a long ass farewell tour, but they have a “cessation of touring” contract, refusing to tour again as a band once they hang this up. Crazy to think my idols are going to the house to watch “Wheel of Fortune.” The time passes; better do somethin’ good with it.