May 29, 2004
i'm seruiosly comtemplating ditching the hit counter...hit counters, site meters and such...they are the achilles heel of blogging...why do i care how many peole are clicking me...i'm goin to write anyway...i've been writng in one form or another for 18 years...blogging is just one more way of doing it...i never gave a damn if anyoner read my shit previously, why is is so almighty important today?...it's a measurement of trafic...not quality...nor sincerity...that's it...i'm convinced...the counters die today...kill yours too...your blog just might get better
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May 24, 2004
another fine colorado evening...contemplatiing music...specifically..jazz...that woord means a loyt of different things...to some it's light innocuous music that plays in the background of your life...for others its showtunes...and covers of pop songs...it is tyhose things...yet i thionk jazz is at it's bewst when it does tywo things...going back and moving forward...jazz began as dance music...it was whhat peole listened to when they got they groove on...tooday there are some jazz musicxians who still understandf that...especially on the latin flavor...and in that interesting place where hiphopmeetsjazzmeetselectronic...going back...the other thing tht jazz does really well is get intelectual on it...challenging and changing conventional musical thinking...ts monk knew...in the fifties people though he was playing space music...now they sell cars with it...moving forward...
Johnny Cash Loves You!
May 23, 2004
this morning's lesson from the school of duh...strong and determined beats lazy and afraid...everytime.
Johnny Cash Loves You!
May 17, 2004
May 11, 2004
random notes from the Getting Published panel at the ol alma mater...why am i here...one self help writer...a 2 time novelist choking on his third...a shorts writer with one book on the shelves and onother in the printer...would you have a drink with any of these people...lay yourself at the feet of the muse...saliient points...do the work...evryday...nothing else...revise, revise, revise...networking wins...shop agents...put your work in front of people who are looking for something to sell...find honest readers...there's no money in writing...um, no shit...all these poeple are here as advertisments for the programs they teach at...consequently...all recommend workshopping and masters level programs...drink anyone???
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