Cheers pcmr, must confess that after 2 and a half years doing this I'm seriously considering an extended vacation from the site - don't know how Spanky keeps his levels up.
I go through small periods of time where I'm disinterested...rarely lasting more than a week and usually there's extenuating circumstances (hella busy at work, traveling, etc.) but honestly, I've never lost interest or felt burned out by it. It's just really, really...fun. And in comparison to my professional obligations as a writer, it's nice having an outlet that I control (even if I do it all for free). If I were still doing radio, I probably wouldn't have as much passion (or time/energy) to stick with it but I think it's because I get so much enjoyment out of it, I haven't gone back to doing radio.
Yeah I know what you're saying and, to be honest, everytime I think I might take a break is when work is taking up most of my waking time. Next thing you know I'll come across an album I've never heard before and be taken over by a desire to share it and be back posting heavily again. A friend was quizzing me the other day about why I did it as they couldn't see the point without money but the biggest aspect is that it is genuinely fun.
this guy sounds like he has a little bit of a "comic book guy" chip on his shoulder
Right. The "giddy white men" thing is a little demeaning - not really in the racial sense as much as in the "I've been there, done that and you could never possibly understand it, little trend-hopper" air of superiority.
His ooh!-double Stones' Throw CD only came out 4-5 months ago, as it is. Fucking pretender. How many OG Kashmere LPs does he have?
A friend was quizzing me the other day about why I did it as they couldn't see the point without money but the biggest aspect is that it is genuinely fun.
Seriously - I mean, blogging is literally "labor of love." Would it be great to get some scrill for it? Hell yeah but I've done the whole "blogging for money" gig and it can be totally soul-killing. To me, Soul Sides is just an extension of the general desire to share/talk about music. Shit, I spend enough time on Soul Strut that I could be spending on more "productive" things but clearly, I get something out of it.
I did college radio for ten years and in the end, I left b/c it wasn't fun anymore but I never regretted (while it was fun) the amount of work it took to program 2-3 hours of music a week for 0 pay.
I make an hour long show a week. Here's this week:
Frankie Zhivago - I'm Yours Toni Tornado -Bochechuda Max Infinity - Love Makes a Better World (Part 1) Ann Sexton - You're Losing Me Alice Clark - Don't You Care Rhetta Hughes - Light My Fire Kathryn Moses - Music In My Heart Charlie Palmieri - No Esta En Na' Jack Costanzo - Que Dichoso Es Los Caracoles - Cumbia Sabrosa Three Sounds - (Sock It to Me) Harper Valley PTA Lou Rawls - Trouble Down Here Below Alex Konadu - W'awu Do Ho No Marcos Valle - Mentira Bob Dorough - The Beat Goes On Nina Simone - Come Ye
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Hey Rey -
What's up with the Kalalau valley in the header? I think I'm going trailrunning up in there on Thursday...
this guys sonds like he has a little bit of a "comic book guy" chip on his shoulder
Yeah I know what you're saying and, to be honest, everytime I think I might take a break is when work is taking up most of my waking time. Next thing you know I'll come across an album I've never heard before and be taken over by a desire to share it and be back posting heavily again. A friend was quizzing me the other day about why I did it as they couldn't see the point without money but the biggest aspect is that it is genuinely fun.
Right. The "giddy white men" thing is a little demeaning - not really in the racial sense as much as in the "I've been there, done that and you could never possibly understand it, little trend-hopper" air of superiority.
His ooh!-double Stones' Throw CD only came out 4-5 months ago, as it is. Fucking pretender. How many OG Kashmere LPs does he have?
Seriously - I mean, blogging is literally "labor of love." Would it be great to get some scrill for it? Hell yeah but I've done the whole "blogging for money" gig and it can be totally soul-killing. To me, Soul Sides is just an extension of the general desire to share/talk about music. Shit, I spend enough time on Soul Strut that I could be spending on more "productive" things but clearly, I get something out of it.
I did college radio for ten years and in the end, I left b/c it wasn't fun anymore but I never regretted (while it was fun) the amount of work it took to program 2-3 hours of music a week for 0 pay.
tete carre
my french music blog...
I have not been good with updates lately... busy making moves in the real world.
http://www.skulldiggery.blogspot.com
Peace...
FNM
much of the credit goes to Junior.
Captain's Crate
and yeah, in addition to it being fun, it forces me to be digitizing my favorite tracks. Now I got a crazy raer Microwave set. lol.
http://freakzcomeoutatnight.blogspot.com/
awesome, much appreciated
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I make an hour long show a week. Here's this week:
Frankie Zhivago - I'm Yours
Toni Tornado -Bochechuda
Max Infinity - Love Makes a Better World (Part 1)
Ann Sexton - You're Losing Me
Alice Clark - Don't You Care
Rhetta Hughes - Light My Fire
Kathryn Moses - Music In My Heart
Charlie Palmieri - No Esta En Na'
Jack Costanzo - Que Dichoso Es
Los Caracoles - Cumbia Sabrosa
Three Sounds - (Sock It to Me) Harper Valley PTA
Lou Rawls - Trouble Down Here Below
Alex Konadu - W'awu Do Ho No
Marcos Valle - Mentira
Bob Dorough - The Beat Goes On
Nina Simone - Come Ye
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