Well, what a long strange trip it’s been since that show. We’re now into Canada Music Week, if you can believe it, but isn’t every week CMW? There’s been too much hectic work for it to be CMW for me….This week makes me reminiscent of the days when I’d go to crazy lengths for music nerdery. Two years ago I weaseled a sweet comp’ed badge through my internship & had a blast at the interviews & workshops (Joan Jett!). Today, I’m not so keen on roundtables, etc & see why most attendees chill in the hotel bar the whole time. Regardless, we’re lucky to have a ton of great acts pass through our city, so hopefully I can decrease my geek time and enjoy some of it (especially the much Jon-hyped Shout Out Out Out from Edmonton…the city of real-live two-tier healthcare…that’d make for some fun banter, eh?).
I have become pretty sadly obsessed with working ahead on my research project…very lame. In other keener news, I polished off two books this week – from opposite ends of the interest-spectrum – Wouldn’t it be nice is about the making of the Pet Sounds album & Runaway is the latest Alice Munro short story set. Loved the Munro book, as usual, and I’m glad that I read it in dribs & drabs instead of plowing through her works, as usual, & forgetting it a week later. The Pet Sounds book, was just meh – too technical and not the greatest interviews culled…
I got back on the horse for my Japanese studies after having an inspiring super-long talk with Hiro this weekend. He’s got me pumped to see Tokyo (oddly enough this was a topic of discussion at a swank sponsor lunch just two days before his call) and assures me that I’m smart enough to master conversational Japanese with romanji – not going to worry about memorizing 5,000 characters until I can fire off some good dialogue.
Back to CMW talk - since MSTRKRFT snagged the primo cover of NOW magazine this week, I am instantly dissuaded from trying to get into Lee’s on Saturday night….Diableros/ElliotBrood/Jon Rae @ the Horseshoe seems like the best bet…& earlier that day, Isobel Campbell (I promise to stop writing B&S-related news next week) is doing a free in-store @ Soundscapes. Dunno if I can make the Shout Out Out Out/Holy Fuck gig tonight due to work-obligations….argh.
Anyway, things are heating up-ish at work. The times are good & the work is interesting, but on one minor grievance…I’m not a huge fan of many-bosses. I guess I do leave my I’s undotted & T’s uncrossed…but, meh, choosing my battles has served me pretty well thus far, so I’m not gonna get all wound up about things….yet…ask me about my stories in person…..dum.dum.dum…..
Peace
meegs
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