A poem:
Here I sit, trying to shit,
And pass this gargantuan log.
After 4 weeks of waiting,
Sometimes masturbating,
All that came out was this blog.
On a more serious note,
The power of music is immeasurable. It is true freedom, it is true expression. Nothing else can influence your emotions quite like it. To truly listen to music is an experience. To truly feel it is up to you.
People are losing sight of the purpose of music (Hint: it isn’t Nicki Minaj’s titties). Through this blog we are defending what is obvious to us: music makes the world spin ‘round. Like a record, baby, right ‘round, ‘round, ‘round. Really though, think of the world without music. You wanna live inside No Country For Old Men? You wanna get your brain hole-punched by Anton Chigurh? Of course you don’t. So throw that Justin Bieber CD down the garbage disposal and flush your Seventeen magazine down the toilet because this is a goddamn wake-up call, America. The way things are going now, all good music will be irrelevant within 20 years. People are listening to the same 10 songs on the radio and not asking any questions. There was once a time where good music was APPRECIATED. People listened to music together and a connection was made. Today you can’t even listen to the radio without being interrupted by some wacky morning DJ who says democracy’s a joke. People had it right 40 and 50 years ago. When did all of that die out? And for shit’s sake, why? In the words of a wise Geek Squad employee, Thom, “I wish it was the sixties, I wish we could be happy, I wish, I wish, I wish that something would happen”. Have we really all got the Bends? C’mon folks, you’re better than this. My dream for this blog, which I think we can all agree on, is that it sparks a movement among traditional listeners. We need to bring back pure, good music. It’ll take a lot, but it starts with us.
Viva la revoluciòn!
In the meantime, I strongly suggest you experience Dark Side of the Moon by Pink Floyd. It is my favorite album of all time and was very groundbreaking as a concept album upon its release in 1973. My favorite way to listen is to slap on my noise-cancelling headphones and just fucking experience the whole thing in one sitting. If you really get into it, your mind will float free and you’ll feel the music moving through you. Very powerful shit.
I love this blog and I love you all.
Stay real,
Charlie Kelly
Ghostwritten by Stephen Hawking
