"But what album?" Mr. Jelsing asked.
"I don't know. I couldn't pick just one."
We decided it should be Nervous Sooner Changes or Strange Pray Tell.
"Those were the ones we used to check out at the library all the time. Do we have those both on LP?"
"I think so." (when you're reminded that your record collection is too big to be aware of its inventory)
The Previous Day...
We read an article about Bikini Kill's reissues in The New Yorker.
"Did you know that I got the album Pussy Whipped at the end of my sophomore year in high school, on the same day that _____ moved to Olympia?" I asked. I could feel my eyes getting big and radiant.
"That's wild."
On Solstice I drew the first card from the Triple Goddess Tarot deck. The first card is The Magician, who manifests through will.
"I manifested through will this situation in order to exercise what I was learning in feminism and riot grrrl and then destroy the situation. I made it happen, for that precise purpose."
The Next Day...
"I'm going to write my essay on Bikini Kill anyway, and just save it for when we draw Pussy Whipped, because I'm really inclined to write about that right now, about me manifesting through will that situation with _____. "
"We could just write about Pussy Whipped this week. I'm into being flexible, and it keeps coming up lately."
"We don't only have to draw from one bin...the whole fucking world is our bin!"
Oh, I so agree! Embarking on creative projects like these seems to trigger synchronicities and realizations that demand to express themselves on their own schedules. You're smart to come up with a format and then let life lead when it so demands.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I love this blog. So many people try to "objectively" review music; as if, in listening to music, you're not also participating and affected by the experience. I love learning about you in your roles as listeners and artists. It's much more complex and multi-faceted; a true experience of albums.
Other blogs that do similar things!!!
ReplyDeletehttp://oneweekoneband.tumblr.com/ (I just found this yesterday)
and
http://www.strawberryfieldswhatever.blogspot.com/
(run by two girls who have been my online friends since I was 16)