Anticipation

I’ve been busy. For as long as I can remember now. There was a point in my not-so-distant past when I wasn’t so busy, but I’ll be damned if I can remember what that feels like. Lately though, I’ve been a different kind of busy…I’m enjoying the nonstop rush of tasks, meetings, projects, emails, IMs, etc. for the first time in a long, long while. If I were feeling cynical, I might chalk it up to the giddy infatuation of starting something new, but I don’t think that’s it. I hope not, anyway.

I’ve been listening to a lot of music lately as well, and it’s been taking me back into different periods of my life. I don’t know how it is with you, but my life definitely has a soundtrack, songs and albums that remind me of people, places, and experiences. The soundtrack for the past few weeks includes Daft Punk, Bloc Party, The Pixies, Joy Division, The Life Aquatic soundtrack, The Arcade Fire, Scissor Sisters, Death Cab for Cutie, and a couple of mixes given to me by friends.

This is going to sound crazy to you, but both Joy Division and The Pixies are recent “discoveries” of mine. I’d heard of both before, but had never really listened to any of the music (I missed most of the 80s musically). I found Joy Division through the excellent 24 Hour Party People and first time I really heard anything by The Pixies was at one of their recent reunion tour concerts. What’s amazing about both groups is how fresh their music sounds to me as a new listener, especially Joy Division. I imagine some of it is the lack of genuinely new sounds in rock these days, but these two groups both have well-deserved reputions as innovators and produced music that was ahead of its time. Glad I’m finally getting around to enjoying it. :)

Oh, and stay tuned for an announcement tomorrow (hopefully).