Coupla cool quotes from the ’sphere
KeithHandy posted in Your Soul on August 13th, 2007
I happened to see two quotes that I really liked today in my daily readings. I’ll just paste them here out of context and link back to the full posts, which were not as important to me as the bits I’m quoting.
The first one would be nice to refer back to the next time I have a run-in with a drive-by fight-picker on youtube (or any other socially interactive web service where you don’t have to pass an IQ or personality test to participate). It’s from Gapingvoid’s Hugh MacLeod, primarily about the decline in blogging, but applicable beyond that:
4. Believe it or not, some of us have better things to do than to be continually justifying ourselves to a crowd of passive-aggressive, self-loathing, loser fucktards. Thankfully these folk are a minority, but their one skill-set in life seems to be in the less-than-noble art of “using up too much oxygen”. Which makes “Engaging in The Conversation” a lot less appealing for the others. Life is short.
The second one was from Peter Kirn’s Create Digital Music, regarding a video demonstration of a rather unaffordable modular rig:
I certainly can’t afford this setup myself, but then that’s not the point. Once you see an exciting performance, you’ll find a way to do something of your own on what you can afford; that’s part of the grand tradition of music.
That should help to remind you folks (and me folk) that it’s okay to drool over the ’spensive toys, as long as you then proceed to go ahead and just do it with the toys you got.
August 14th, 2007 at 9:23 am
The little poorfolk in all of us kindly thank both you, Keith, and Mr.Kirn for this pertinent, despair-proof reminder. i’m practically but cigarlessly (trying to quit anyway) inspired to rescue my partially-nibbled MelbaToast ChickenWire1000 unit from the clutches of my what-the-hell-was-i-thinking drawer, then perhaps go shop around for a good deal on a horse that i could attempt to get back on without hurting myself. It’s still early on a weekday. Trusty Steeds ‘R’ Us should still be open.
Re: MacLeod’s Rant #4 on ill-williness. Here’s a few more words of wisdom from some of the world of music’s brightest alphabetsmiths:
If you don’t like my fire
Then don’t come around
‘Cause i’m gonna burn one down
-B.Harper-
It doesn’t matter what you wear
Just as long as you are there.
-M.Stevenson/M.Gaye-
If you try the best you can
If you try the best you can
The best you can is good enough
-T.Yorke-
Dig?
August 14th, 2007 at 10:40 am
I think your comment was longer than my post. :)