It's So Nice To Have A Band

Living In Portland, Which Is A Predominantly White City, The Privilege And The Luxury To Be Able To Obsess Over A Certain Kind Of Minutia, That I Think, If You Did Not Have That Privilege, Would Never Be Bothersome. When People Are Worried About Whether "local" Means 100 Miles, Or 50 Miles, Or 10 Miles From A Grocery Store, I Just Think, "wow. What A Privilege It Is To Have That As A Major Concern In Your Life." As Opposed To, "can We Afford Food Tonight?" Sometimes I'm Just Shocked At What Becomes Concerning In These Kind Of Communities.

I Think We As People Struggle For What Is Meaningful In Our Lives, And I Think That Modern, Contemporary Life Is As Easy As It's Ever Been, For Many, Many People, And The Amount Of Physical Exertion, For Most People, Is Less Than It's Ever Been. I Think That There Is Something About The Ritual Of Making Things More Difficult That People Find Meaning In.

I'll Admit That I'm Not Quite Certain How To Sum Up An Entire Year In Music Anymore; Not When Music Has Become So Temporal, So Specific And Personal, As If We Each Have Our Own Weather System And What We Listen To Is Our Individual Forecast.

I Think Short-term Goals Are Important. Trying To Set A Missive For Yourself For The Entire Year Can Be Daunting, And It Can Feel Too Easy To Fail Or Fall Short Of That.

I Have To Erase My Google Search Histories, Because They Always Lead To An Obituary.