Well after a short lay off and lack of updates I thought a few words were in order. I hope my regular readers (yes you two) had a nice Christmas and New Year as did I.
The extended break with habit of posting up on here has caused me to wonder why I ever started in the first place ? The expression " a crisis of confidence" springs to mind and this blog wouldn't be called "Bipolar" if I wasn't prone to a touch of the bleak from time to time. That fact not withstanding I do have some thanks to give and some words about my favourite tracks of last year, but they shall have to wait till the mood improves in order to do them justice.
In the meantime here are a couple of links, which I hope are of interest:
http://nu-soulmag.com/musings/?p=12173
http://www.popmatters.com/pm/feature/152267-the-best-jazz-of-2011/
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When searching for a bit of inspiration revisit something comfortable. Way back in 1975 I saw this Band live and knew that for the rest of my listening life I'd favour this sort of music. This track was recorded live with the same line up in 1974 (thanks to WGV for the rip)
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year, I follow your updates regularly and I'm pretty sure your blog is a daily stop-off.
Hope that you find the motivaton and interest to keep posting.....
Best Regards,
Mark Jordan.
Thanks Mark for your kind words.
ReplyDeleteSometimes it's difficult for me to be motivated as I'm such a social outsider. I get myself angry because after years of posting up tracks on EMS I'm never asked to participate at Events or in Media shows (with the exception of CC who has invited me once or twice). Time and time again I see people getting applause for posting up stuff I already posted and it's hard to shrug it off. However nobody asks me to post up music on there and I should not let it effect this place and space.
There are times that I forget that I am one of many voicing their personal taste. When I'm sullen and moody I need to step back and respect those DJ's and Blogs who inspire me, rather than waste energy feeling sorry for myself.