The Eye Kills the Camera

Just noticing on the way home how beautiful the view was-- the view of dark clouds coming in over the West Hills, the maniacal splatter of rain on the windscreen, the dim lights of South Waterfront 'high rises' through the mist.

I wish there was a way to take a picture.

the GIFT that arrived today : OOOM + MAdM = ♥

OOOM 

I'm completely blown away time and time again by the power of music. Somehow, I find myself still caught off-guard at how quickly and deftly a song can punch its fist into my chest and then either gently massage the heart inside or send said heart careening into cardiac arrest...

The cardiac arrest of awesome...

After six years of waiting and wanting... Melissa Auf der Maur is on the horizon. I've been half-assedly keeping track of her these last six years-- half-assedly because its hard to track someone who is off the grid. Yet, every autumn in Portland, a day comes where summer is unquestionably over... The sun packs up and heads to another hemisphere; clouds blanket the entire valley; rain soaks you to the bone in a way that tells you that you're not gonna dry off for a few months. Every year on that day, I break out Auf der Maur, Melissa's debut record from 2004 (?) and it is the record whose arms I wrap myself in to make it to Spring. It is unstoppable. It is like nothing else ever. A sound of its own invention.

I was a fan of MAdM during her stints in Hole & Smashing Pumpkins-- her sheer badassedness, I think, is evident to every man, woman, or child who sees her... at the time I could never have predicted what she was capable of, but... time and time again, her music punches its fist (heavy metal rings and all) into my chest and careful, gentle fingers squeeze my little muscle in time with the bass. I see the stars and I smell the woods and I feel like...

... OOOM ...

OOOM {Out of Our Minds} will be released sometime in 2010 -- head over to MAdM's official website to grab the title track for free, while supplies last... before you listen-- buckle your seat belt, put on your viking helmet, and turn it the fuck up!

RECEIVING.

Receptivity.

Just a quick note to myself that I am hearing AND listening.