I've got a bunch of music on the computer. I really havent done much with it for a while, but lately I've been bitten by the bug again. I've been creating new playlists in Winamp, and letting them play for hours on shuffle.

Here's the most recent playlist. - just in case you've been wondering what I've been listening to.

I realized that I havent updated much of ANYTHING on here in a while. So, I'm deleting old links, adding new ones. One of my favorites recently is Brewbakers on Main Street right here in Middletown. They have the best damn sandwiches.....

Also, seeing as I havent been updating much, I'm doing some posts WAAAAY after the fact. Check back a few entries so you dont miss anything.

It really hit me today- Summer is here! And to think that next weekend is July 4th. I cant believe how fast this year is flying by. I've allready passed my one-year anniversary at Starbucks.

Thinking of time passing so freaking quickly.... My 20th High School is coming up this year. Man, is time flying. What am I doing with my life? Aside from bringing up a beautiful child, what have I accomplished?? Have I fufilled my purpose in life? Or am I destined to some greater purpose.

When I started this blog, I thought I was on the verge of some sort of major spiritual turnaround in my life. What happened to that? Where'd my muse go?? I need some sort of new inspiration to get me really crancked up again.

Oh, well....they say that inspiration to do things comes at weird times. I just felt the need to get on the computer and write in my blog.....at 12:20 am. I really should be sleeping....

Mike and I went to see Robert Fripp at Toad's Place last night. Fripp is the guitarist for the Prog-Rock band King Crimson, and an amazing one at that.... He also experiments with electronic music and treatments of sound. Back in the '70's, he was a pioneer in electronic music and effects, inventing what he called "Frippertronics." He also collaborated with many other musicians, as a performer and producer. One of those collaborations with Brian Eno, "No Pussyfooting" is still one of my favorites.

Back then, all the effects and layering of sounds he did by utilizing tape loops. Of course, the tape has been replaced my digital samplers and whatnot.. He's calling is current solo tour "G3: Soundscapes- Words and Music." So, I was expecting some of his layered playing techniques and Spoken Word--cause that's what Toad's billed it as.

Fripp did play his layered-guitar technique....it mainly sounded like a keyboard. It was new-agey sounding material, and it was ok. But Fripp didn't kick it up a notch past that, and I had really wanted to see him "rip it up." That was a bit disappointing. At one point during the performance, a voice from the back of the house shouted "Play something, Fripp!"

The highlight of the evening was the "spoken word" portion of the night, which was really a question and answer session with the audience. He had a few ground rules- mainly "don't ask about what equipment i'm using" and "I get to ask you a question." He really showed his humor (I had heard he was pretty aloof) and shared some stories from his years as a musician.

Ironic note to the evening. The last time that I was at Toad's, it was to see Fripp's bandmate in King Crimson, Tony Levin!!!

NPR's Talk of the Nation this afternoon aired an interview with Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth on the mix tape. Now the mix tape (now replaced by the "mix CD" or "podcast" or whatever...) is a subject close to home. I have made dozens of them over the years. The Talk of the Nation web page even had a link to "Tiny Mixtapes.com"...a site that has been a link here for, like, forever.....

Link to NPR's Talk of the Nation Interview

Link to TinyMixtapes.Com