so. i’m pretty bored so i’m going to pull a classic rosa and probably ramble for a while. i got back from outside lands late last night. it was a really good weekend. i dont know what it is. statistically, it’s a good festival, but not a great one. it’s not a camping festival, which means it’s a lot more difficult to sort out, and the bands are good, but not like holy fuck so many good bands i’m about to shit my pants. it’s not bonnaroo or coachella. but fuck i love that festival. it’s just a great atmosphere. golden gate park. so much history. i used to love the sixties so much. i mean i guess i still do, but that’s not what i mean. i was an ignorant freshman and i just couldn’t get enough about what was going on then. the doors, jefferson airplane, and bob dylan. pretty much all i listened to for a year straight. jefferson airplane was why i tried acid. i dont regret it. yeah i was young, probably too young, and something could have gone wrong, but nothing did. i’m listening to bob dylan now. this isn’t shocking, if you know me. god, i really do love him. i know it’s overkill saying it, since pretty much anyone says they love bob dylan, but damn. there are so many good bands out there, but he has made so much fucking amazing music. so many of his songs just have an unbelievable amount of heart in them. songs you can listen to and close your eyes and just summon a certain, indescribable emotion out of thin air. you know exactly what he wants to convey. not a lot of musicians have that power. glenn asks me why i dont like phish. that’s why. yeah, they’re talented musicians. but that’s not really what music is about. you shouldn’t have to be knowledgable about it to enjoy it. a song should be able to make you feel something. i’m not saying it’s bad to listen to a jam band and be like damn this is good. i’m just saying that they can’t have the power of feeling. it’s not even lyrically. explosions in the sky captures emotion better than most bands out there, never using a single word. it’s just a beautiful talent, the ability to get through to the heart with a song. i don’t know how much i can say about that, but i know it’s not enough. if you’re reading this and you only know a few bob dylan songs (the times they are a changin, like a rolling stone, etc.)(disclaimer: these songs are really good. i’m not h8in) i guess just ask me and i’ll give you some.
there’s a lot more on my mind right now. a lot of it is really personal. i’m going to end this post now, then write about that stuff, and see if i post it.
peace out tumblbitches
