yeah, hey

Inspired by Daily Kos and the countless music blogs I routinely pillage for free music, I've decided to give back to the internet some of the time I've spent idly poring over the whimsical html of people I'll never know. I think my ticket to this scene was the music aggregators that show the most downloaded tracks/artists, and lead to blog posts with free mp3s. Really I was just looking for new music I might enjoy that was unavailable anywhere else.

In hindsight I can't believe how the majority of the people I know rely on word of mouth, chance radio station spins or MTV lineups to hear new music or any other viral cultural meme that springs up. To know that there is a living, pulsing chaos of people out on the internet just bringing cool stuff to other people's attention really fascinates me. Everything bubbles up from the bottom, getting swirled around until it catches a wave to the mainstream. Feels pretty good down here on the front lines though.

Blogging as a medium is still uncomfortable for me, the motions feel awkward. I guess it's because I'm used to communication having an intended target, and being able to write with that person in mind. Otherwise whatever I'm trying to say feels too amorphous to formulate in my head and set down. This is gonna be a little rough. But so is trying to work out after a year + off the weights, and rather than put off all these re-starts, I'll begin pushing through them now with this inaugural blog post.