mu.sic

there is so much i don't know. its easy to be familiar with popular culture these days, but what about those things under the radar, those things that are the work and pride of obscure people?

when i used to work at P1, i worked with a gentleman who now goes by the name GB. he did not stay long--maybe a month or so--but it was long enough for me to find out that he is some kind of celebrity. he was on the front page of the OC Weekly (a periodical that i unfortunately despise) and he had a CD coming out sometime in October. then he disappeared and i never heard from him again.

then today i stumbled upon a website: sound in color. and i was introduced to a whole new world of music that i had never known before. because my sister likes some levels of obscure music, i've listened to some names that would be unfamiliar to people on the street--one of the artists i particularly liked is named jaguar, although i'm not sure what her album was called. she mentions hand-me-down shoes in one of her songs. but the artists listed on these websites (GB included since he is the label's new star) are beyond any "obscure" artists i've ever heard of, and yet when i googled some of the musicians on that site, i found sites dedicated to such music. one website called "amplified" has an interesting motto: music undiluted or something like that. what's wrong with liking mainstream music?

well, if someone asked me what's wrong with liking mainstream reads, i'd have something to say about that. to each their own.

finding things like that just remind me that there is so much i don't know. about lots of things. it keeps me humble, but it also gives me an unsettled feeling...like there are people out there i might not ever meet because of the barriers between us. things that we don't know, things that we don't have in common. humans are held in such high regard, but when it comes down to it, there is so much we can't do. we can't know everything there is to know, we can't meet everyone there is to meet on this good earth. these days, you can travel the world in less than a year and some people take this for granted, thinking they've seen it all just because they've traveled the globe. but that isn't it at all. it takes a lot to know something, it sometimes takes even more to acknowledge something. seeing isn't enough.

bah. there was so much more i wanted to say, but i went on that tangent and now i can't remember what it was i wanted to add. lucky you.

i'll probably remember in the middle of the night, or when it's least convenient. memo to me: keep pen and paper handy...

cheers and happy fourth of july!