Easy Music for Difficult Ears

This has been a very quite weekend thanks to my close friend, Fosters (see right). I did the whole college ball thing at last – suits, ties and all – something that I’ve avoided like the plague in the past, but I figure I’ll not have the opportunity to do it ever again.
It was an interesting experience, but the point of getting hopelessly smashed was once again lost on me – however I decided to indulge myself and by 2 O’Clock Sunday morning, I was somewhat… inebriated. There was the usual bout of group hugging and proclamations of how much we’ll one another (etc…) which for the most part is bullshit. While all very nice people, I have a distinctly poor record when it comes to keeping in contact with people as it is just not something that I can bring myself to do. I do enjoy my clean breaks immensely and I sense another one coming up rather soon.

After a night like Saturday, there’s nothing quite like a throbbing hangover mixed in with oppressive heat and wheezing engines. Yes, the only time in the last 15 years that I’ve missed a Grand Prix was when I was in hospital unconscious (Spanish Grand Prix, May 1997 – I still haven’t seen it) and no way in hell was I going to let some shitty little hangover get in the way of this one. Ohhh, but the engines… the engines…….
Come lap 30 I was face down in couch groaning, but still paying attention to what was going down and I must say it was quite enjoyable.

Following on from that, I cooked the perfect Sunday hangover cure – there’s nowt like a perfectly cooked roast to settle the belly and calm the ails topped off by a river of tea – fantastic!! Oh and before I forget – yes, it is true that Georgina Moffat is incredibly sexy, but I really hope she doesn’t get a Doctor Who spin-off. She’s a good little actress, but “chirpy” up for it characters are boring fuckers.

Current listening:
Violent Femmes “Violent Femmes”

Grand,
Leigh

I finally handed in my dissertation on Wednesday morning – the culmination of ten months work finally out of the way. The project was a study on the loudness wars, its causes and effects and was called “Easy Music for Difficult Ears” (naturally). I will more than like post it up here at some point and I will be updating it in a few months time to accommodate late interviews and add-ons.

The project is 51 (A4) pages long and the most difficult piece of work I have ever had to write. As well as updates, I will also be starting another project in June titled the “Anthology of Music and Technology” – this work will be based upon the history of electronic technology in music from nineteenth century designs right up to the modern day before focusing on the way people listen to music. The next section will be based on the ramifications of how people hear music nowadays and the context in which it exists and the final section will be dedicated to the future of recorded music, communication technology and how this could potentially affect the way music is consumed.

It will most probably be a long process, but I feel it will be worth it and once again I think it will add to the body of knowledge with regards to audio culture and society at large.

Current listening:
The Fall “45’s, 84-89 A-Sides”

Grand job,
Leigh