Saturday, September 27, 2008

Wha?


I find it irksome and bothersome that I can no longer burn cds on itunes. Must technology always try to thwart my big plans? That's right, I've got big plans for some cds I wanna burn. Now I'm stuck with five failed attempts at burning and five now useless cds. I purchased the Judy Collins album, Judith, last night. I can't sleep at night anymore, but what's really bad is that when I can't sleep I download music. It's getting to be too costly. Anyway, late last night I bought Judy Collins, yada yada yada, now I'm stuck with no way of listening to it except on my computer. Technology is supposed to make things easier, and yet it seems to complicate things. I just wanted to make a copy of Judith for my car. I used to love listening to it as a child. I think my parents had the eight-track. I know we had the vinyl record of it too, and my sister Alison and I used to lip sync to it way back when we shared bunk beds. Wow, that was so long ago. Ali and I had some really fun times together growing up. I miss it. I miss playing slap jack and monopoly with her. We also had a board game where we rolled plastic pigs instead of dice. I cannot for the life of me remember what it was called. I will have to call her. I know that whatever the position the pigs landed in indicated how many points we got. There was the leaning jowler position and makin' bacon. That's all I remember. But it was fun. Great fun. Anyway, technology, huh? Whattayagonnado?




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Sunday, September 21, 2008

Let us Now Think


Lyrics to Hard Wired

by Tracy Chapman:


Your wants desires
Needs and wishes
Will be duly noted
Processed filed and cataloged
Labeled and encoded
Turned into sitcom dialog
And advertising slogan


We’ve got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You’ve been selfishly withholding


The dreams and hopes
That once were yours
Will now be collected and dispersed
So the first to come with cash to spend
Will be the first one served


We’ve got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You’ve been selfishly withholding

Make you think you like to be watched
Displayed on the auction block
Invaded in your own home
Stripped naked on the television
Humiliated in front of millions


We’ve got a box to put in your brain
Hard wired for downloading
All the secrets and the mysteries
You’ve been selfishly withholdin


We’ve got a box to put in your brain
We’ve got a box to put in your brain
We’ve got a box to put in your brain
We’ve got a box to put in your brain


Your wants desires
Needs and wishes
Will be duly noted


So, here is a great song that I think I know the meaning of, but I'm not sure. Part of me thinks it's about the power advertising has over us, but it could be more along the lines of Ray Bradbury's Farenheight 451. It may be alluding to reality t.v. and the joke it is. It may also be about Blogs and people like myself who expose way too much for a public domain. Her lyrics are pure genius. I'm so fascinated by her and artists like her who use music as a powerful tool to project a message. Isn't it awesome?

I'm going to start adding more poems, pics, lyrics, etc. with my commentary. Just because I want to. It helps me think.