Genius Results

I got the record collection in the divorce, more or less. Between the thousands of records, thousands of CD's and hundreds of downloaded albums stuffing my house I realize I have an easy-to-feel-overwhelmed-by compendium of music. This morning on my way to the coffee house to work on my book (which has led me to the distraction of adding a blog post) Love and Rockets "No New Tale to Tell" came up at random. I love random. On an Ipod with upwards of 10,000 songs listening at random is constantly fruitful and surprising. So, I listened to it again on my computer at the coffee house - it has a thumping staccato something in that song that is instensely attractive to me - and I pushed "Genuis Results" based on that song and wouldn't you know, shit came up. Shit that fits my morning vibe like a tailored Jacket.

I think I own Earth, Sun, Moon on vinyl but I don't know. I'll come across it soon as I sift through the vinyl which, after the fractioning of my life by divorce, is the most substantial remainder. Anyway, I think it is an easy acquisition if I don't have it because it is from the eighties when they still made a lot of vinyl. I might have to look around a bit for a copy that wasn't destroyed by a teenagers shitty needle but I like having a short list. I learned these sorts of things the last couple of years of marriage.

I see I have to look forward to this morning: The Church, Psychedelic Furs, Echo and the Bunnymen, The Cure, Oingo Boingo, The Replacements, Devo, Sugarcubes, Sinead O'Connor, R.E.M., Talking Heads, INXS, The Breeders and ETC.

Thank YOU genius.

Also, chewing on Fiona Apple's new album. Meant to get it right after it came out, but I'm broke and unemployed and downloaded it two days ago after accepting a free offer.

Ciao.