A time, A place , A person or A face...

I have been thinking a lot about music lately. Why is this significant you ask? From the common thread through this blog it seems like you think about it a lot(maybe too much) you say? Both those comments are true I have no beef with that at all with that line of thinking....Doesn't change that I have been thinking about it...

Music in my life is kind of like the "Force"....No it doesn't help me fight evil galactic armies with just my Lightsaber and my wits...That would be silly...No it just merely is involved in everything I do. I drive to work and the CD player is on...I drive to Victoria a lot and I always have to pick cds that I want in the car I can't just listen to the wallet full of burnt and mix cd's already in there, no I have pick cds for that particular road trip, I get up and get ready for work and the media player goes on, even as I sit here and write this little spewing of thoughts I have music playing(The Velvet Underground"Loaded" if your curious) in the back ground.

But this is one of the great thing about music. Of the major forms of pop-culture music can affect your life more than anything. You can take it anywhere and memories or events are more tied to music than anything else. Now don't get me wrong I love movies and books but music it so very tied to memories. I can watch "The Usual Suspects" a thousand times but not remember the first time I saw it or who I was with. However ask me the first time I heard "Record Body Count" by the Rheostatics and I can tell you that it was on a mix tape made for me by my friend Dalton and it came right after "Maggie's Farm" by Bob Dylan and right before"In between the two of us" by the Skydiggers. Or that the first Phish Song I heard was "Bouncin around the room" from the album "A live One".

Music has that great quality to take to back to a time or place. To this day when ever I hear the "Road apples" cd by The Tragically hip it makes me think of the house I used to live in with the Emperor of Port Alberni and Dawn, great parties good times. Music is an indelible link to our past. Past parties, friends and relationships forever linked to the songs, cds, albums and mixtapes of our individual pasts.

Music also needs to be shared, we all like to share memories with those around us and things like music should be no different. One of the best things a person can say to me is "Can you make me a cd?"..This is something that is fun to me, to share new music with someone that has never heard of the bands or styles of music that I listen to. It's like a challenge(especially with the music I listen to) to try and expose others to what you find cool.

And this is where things get interactive in a way. We all have music that we adore and will promote and that we think people should be listening to. A couple of years ago, when the only cool guy on MuchMusic was still there, George Strombulopolis, he had this segment on the New Music where he said we should all make mix cds and pass them to strangers in the street, leave them on the bus for others to pick up and find. I liked this idea but never really did it. In this day and age of ipods, playlists and mP3 players i don't think we make as many cds as we used to. So I challenge you make a cd for someone...expose people to something new...if you wanna make one for a friend make it songs that you identify with..if its for your boyfriend or girlfriend make something just for them.. I don't really care who you make it for, make it for your crush and put a little "secret admirer" on it i don't give a shit the point here is to share music people.So go forth and download, rip, burn do what ever you need to do just share..Even leave a playlist here that you think I should listen to.... in the spirit of my own blog entry I will share my current playlist playing as I write this:

1.Oh Sweet Nuthin- The Velvet Underground
2.What'd I say(parts 1 & 2)- Ray Charles
3. One - Metallica
4. no Sleep -Sam Roberts
5.For all the cows- The Foo Fighters
6.Hopeless- The Trews
7.Heroes and Villans- Brian Wilson
8.Milk- Kings Of Leon
9.Don't let it bring you down-Neil Young
10.Escape is at hand for the travelling man- The Tragically Hip
11.Warm Love- Van Morrison
12.Friend of the Devil- The Grateful dead
13.Weekapaug groove- Phish
14.46 days- Phish
15.M.I.A.- The Foo Fighters
16.One more cup of Coffee- Bob Dylan
17.Stage Fright - The Band
18.Round the wheel- The String Cheese incident
19.Happy- The Rolling Stones
20.For No One- The Beatles.