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| current | archives | profile | notes | gbook | host Reading: Killing Yourself to Live - Chuck Klosterman mmm... donut... Dymocks is going well. I can work an 8.5 hour shift there and not leave feeling as mentally and physically exhausted as I did at Dusk. I still despise the computer system though, I can't wait till they kick its archaic arse to the curb. This essay is irritatingly banal and pointless. The question: Why do some events become "news" that people have a right to know about, and what makes journalists the top people to do the job of reporting these events? The task: Answer this question while analysing ten news stories, commenting on public interest, public responsibility and journalistic performance while also referring to other sources. All within the extremely tiny word limit of 1500. If I treated each article equally, that's only 150 words each. I love it when I fall in love with a song again. That at some previous point I loved that song and listened to it constantly, but then it somehow slipped to the back of my subconscious. Then months, years, later I am like "oh my GOD this song is so fantastic!!!" This is currently happening with Kill All Your Friends. I hope it will be one of those rare B-sides that get a second life on a new album. It's too good to merely be a b-side. But, then in typical music-obsesser fashion, I don't want it on an album because more people will know about it. I want it to be mine. This is the same principle with Hey There Delilah - Plain White T's and Lazy Eye - Silversun Pickups. There is something awesome about having a song that you wholeheartedly love that's buried in an album. And it's frustrating when that song becomes a single, I just want to shout "STOP LISTENING TO MY SONG DAMMIT!!! YOU ONLY LIKE IT COS IT'S ON THE RADIO!!!" Disenchanted is another example. I love that song so much I never want it to be a single. Have you ever been alone in a crowded room - 2007-09-27
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