February 12ths

2/12/1997

The music scene is anarchic. There are rules but they change erratically. The rules are more tribal rather than democratic. Playing with new or borrowed rules can be interesting, but I'm not so sure that it's always successful. In music, the changing of the rules has changed the face of music forever. I don't know if "paganism", dilettantism and anarchy are successful in making good art. But I think a change in how we learn (or are taught to learn) is a good thing. It will change music education in the way that it changed music. It will have an "anyone can do it" feel to it. Remember it was this philosophy that created "alternative", techno, industrial, etc.

[2/12/2025: This “anarchy” in culture, then seen as innocuous–almost a fashion, has led to fascism and the end of democracy in the US, with “rules changing erratically”.]

2/12/1998

Interesting: Speed skater in the Olympics said that to prepare he visualized his performances in his head and once he was at the performance he visualized himself at home in a relaxed mood practicing for the Olympics.

2/12/2012

Album idea: "Alternate West", all songs that use an alternate tuning of some kind. Use only guitars and basses, with the bass treated more as guitar, run through guitar effects. No drums. Use some of strategies as well. Make it sound like William Eggleston...

[2/12/2025: Sort of like the Tube Voyeur video, which used an Eggleston photo as the "film" for the music.]

2/12/2047

Boston trip set for April 30. This was an interesting coincidence. This means I will not be in town for Neone's first re-birthday party.

What's a re-birthday party?