All right, let’s get massively on line, people. There’s a hot theory “debate” happening on “Instagram”, about WHERE’S THE 1 on a simple damn rap song by Ludacris, “Rollout”, which I had never heard before […]
Category: rants
The power of pure bullshit
Clearly we’re in a golden age of pure bullshit. That is evident. There is an element of society that seeks delusion, and, finding it, clings to it tenaciously. An advertiser could tell them, no, I’m […]
Charisma of roads, and the lack of
Apropos of nothing, I was suddenly moved to write this. I’ve done a lot of distance traveling by car and tour bus in these United States. It became a writing experiment— I really started with […]
What are we even doing?
Reason as motive, or reason as logic, or reason as a way of life?– George Smiley, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy by John Le Carré Listen, this pursuit, playing the drums, getting better at playing the […]
Serving the music
It’s a strange phrase, that people are fond of repeating: serving the music. Me, I like to serve the music, I’m different that way. It sounds good, very pious. And unnecessary. Most people are already […]
An aside: what the music wants
[ File this under rants. Get my new book if you enjoy this type of thing. ] Hey, everybody stop talking about “what the music wants”, “what the music requires” like it’s something outside yourself. […]
The future’n you
A quick one: We’re in one of those phases of doomerism about the future— not of liberal democracy in the face of an ascendant techno-fascist kleptocracy, or of the planet as a livable place for […]
Drummers as an inferior class
Savoring the persecution “Drummers are known to be a race on their own.” – Joe Morello “General Browning, I am a Pole, considered by some to be smart.” – First line spoken by Gene […]
A worthless waste of time, so give it to me free
Vacancy Something sure to irritate and offend you, I’m afraid: an article written by someone named Joakim Book, Music Has No Economic Value. It’s all about how music has no economic value, because Spotify devalued […]
Something strange
This person is making a lot of videos composing accompaniment for drum solo videos by some well known players, “adding music”, as he says. The first few minutes explain this was done, then there’s an […]
Genre rant
A small complaint on genre in music, that has been hanging around my drafts folder a long time. Whenever I’m slow to write any new stuff, and am desperate for content, I dump one of […]
Buy records: a screed
Go to places like this and buy things. I was half an hour early for an appointment with Tim at Cymbal & Gong— picking out a career ride cymbal for one of my students— so […]