About Dido…and coming attractions.

I probably should have mentioned that I really liked what Sarah did with Dido’s lament, otherwise I’d not have been into posting it online. I’ll most likely add it to our website soon.

Speaking of, here’s some plans we have for the next few months:

• I have a series of writing that I’d like to do on aesthetics, the goth subculture, and how music and art relate to Natural Selection.
• We have a very forlorn Last FM account and a even more forlorn Vampire Freaks account. We’re not sure about the rabid cult participation that seems a part of VF; we don’t like to argue online.  But we’re wanting to work on it.
• We want to book more shows…we were pretty excited after the rehearsal last night.
• There’s some odds and ends I need to add to the website.

Mostly, though, I think we all knew all that save the essay part. I ‘m working on keeping my entries concise (I tend to ramble, and my entries sometimes go well over 450 words), so I’ve decided on a multi-part series discussion on common thread sI’ve noticed about what I tend to be attracted to or not…for example, I’ve always found it difficult to explain my unabashed affection for Rush and my neutral to dislike feelings about Yes…I’m  rarely satisfied with the obvious, so none of this “opinions vary” cop out crap.

Many times in life, I’m inspired to look for commonalities, especially in the case of peak performers. Usually, the need to be special or unique gets in the way of a simple truth: I see people, traits, and practices, especially in peak performers, that are variations on a simple and common theme.

This theme is rarely marathon and intense practice sessions. if it were, anyone could be successful at anything, simply by being patient. But before I diverge too much, the common thread I’ve noticed lately is about the aesthetics I prefer…this is what would make me “goth”, in anything.

I don’t think generalizing and labelling are bad things, but I think we risk taking them too seriously and not realizing the boundaries, if there are any (hint: no), are flexible.

More soon, but feel free to weigh in on my premise.