That band thing
Wed Apr 26, 2006 17:57 (UTC -5)Back in August, my band, VRT, played its last gig. It was a tough decision to make, and I knew I’d miss having band practices on a semi-regular basis. So, Nick (guitar), Mark (drums), and I (vocals and guitar) agreed to start a new band, possibly with Mark’s sister Kim. Meanwhile, Sean (guitar) has started another band, and I don’t know what Alex (bass guitar) has been doing. While Sean’s group seems to be getting off the ground, ours doesn’t. This weekend, hopefully, we’re going to get together to determine what sort of beast will arise from the ashes of VRT. We’ve already picked a name that’s pretty cool, but we’ll probably set that back on the table as well.
Although I’d love to make music with my friends, it doesn’t seem like our new band will be much different from VRT. Specifically, I don’t know how we’ll make it anywhere if we don’t keep duct tape over the distortion buttons on our amps. Though we’d probably play some newer, heavier songs, apparently no one wants to hear a band that specializes in what you might make a stretch to call classic rock and in sleepy, cliché-filled tunes written by the lead singer.
Now’s a perfect time for a segue. Since its inception last month, I’ve been a loyal reader of the Pompano Pulse, my school’s new online equivalent of a school newspaper. This month they’ve been posting some poetry and poetry-related articles in honor of National Poetry Month (which is April, donchaknow). Since Luke and Michelle, who are writers for the Pulse, encouraged me to write an article, I did so a couple weeks ago, and it got published today. It’s called “Songs and Poetry,” and it deals with — you guessed it — the song as a form of poetry. Included are examples of my own poetic/musical output.
Is 55 M.P.H. too slow of a speed limit for a freeway? Some young persons thought so and decided to perform “an extraordinary act of civil obedience” to prove their point. See what they did to highlight the stupidity of such a low speed limit by watching A Meditation on the Speed Limit (Flash video with sound).
I found that this was a good way to spend some time thinking critically and watching my ass get kicked by a computer: it’s flashChess.
1 comment
#1 by Kevin: Thu Apr 27, 2006 12:31 (UTC -5)
I think that 55 mph law is probably a living remnant of the 55 mph law that the government placed during the 1970s to reduce the demand on oil since there was such a scarcity in the 70s (gracias Iran).