Going Unchallenged
Friday, July 18, 2008
Contemplating the notion that you may be (may be, I emphasize, because you can't reveal every fucking mystery in a blog) in love with someone who may love you is tiresome, from the perspective of keeping things alive. So the question becomes, what then? Write a little, sure, though it's difficult during this heatwave. Write for money, yes, for now, fortunately. Exercise, reduce, take walks and then shower. Check. Not really interested in catching up with movies -- I've had my Netflix copy of Knife in the Water waiting for me for a month, wrapped in its unevocative white envelope. So I play Audiosurf. It's basically a music visualizer that transforms whatever track you have on your hard drive into an actual, literal track upon which you drive. The beats become obstacles you either avoid or careen into to accumulate points. I'm not very good at it, but my high scores for Fleetwood Mac's "Walk A Thin Line," Burning Witch's "Warning Signs" and Steely Dan's "Razor Boy" have gone unchallenged as yet. It's the ultimate in anti-rockism, a pure adulteration of what music is supposed to mean. It actually gives the art form a "point," which is what every charlatan wants, right? I love it.
posted by Greg Purcell @ 2:07 PM,
