Monthly Archives: August 2004

Director

One job I think I could do for the rest of my life is music edit­ing for movies. I would­n’t com­pose my own stuff (because I have no rhythm), but I’d find the right songs for the sound­tracks. I like the idea of being an exten­sion of the direc­tor, hav­ing him or her express them­selves through me, pre­sent­ing a scene in a par­tic­u­lar way. And I think I’d be good at it, which isn’t some­thing I say about a lot of things.

Cutsman

I’ve nev­er heard a song that’s any­thing like Cutsman by HORSE The Band, some­thing I can’t say for a lot of tracks out there now. It’s refresh­ing­ly orig­i­nal, and they make me think of a cross between The Epoxies, and Fear Factory. At times it’s paced and sullen, oth­ers it’s tear­ing the face off the sky. Yet there are melod­ic sec­tions, aggres­sive sec­tions, retro sec­tions, raw sec­tions. One of the most inter­est­ing songs I’ve heard in a while.

A Trip To Aaron's

Thumbnail: Counter cats

Thumbnail: Stair cats

The week­end was hec­tic. Went home with Aaron to vis­it his par­ents. I spent two days at his house, along with Karen and Chris, and six cats. The cats have their own hier­ar­chy, with the broth­er (same lit­ter) of the old­est cat being the alpha male (Aaron believes that there was a chal­lenge because the old­est cat used to be the alpha male). When the alpha male decides to eat, the oth­er cats will part and let him eat first. Otherwise, the cats pair them­selves off for sleep­ing and explor­ing.

I also went to Jono’s wed­ding, which was nice and sim­ple. Jonathan’s vow was…sublime. It was an amaz­ing­ly well writ­ten piece, full of a thought­ful intel­li­gence, and his crack­ing voice could bare­ly con­tain his over­flow­ing hap­pi­ness as he read it. Unfortunately, I could­n’t stay for the recep­tion, but the most impor­tant thing for me was being at the cer­e­mo­ny.

Every oth­er moment was spent with Loo.