before you pray for Japan, text REDCROSS to 90999 to donate $10 to Japan relief efforts. it’s ridiculously easy and the rest of the world needs to come together to help. any respectable person who can afford to text can afford to give $10. please do it at least once. please spread the word. mass texts, facebook, twitter; we have these to communicate with people and now is the best time to do it. donate now!!
03.10.11
i think about music almost all day. whether replaying a particularly moving performance in my head, or playing a random on my internal radio, or actually listening to my ipod. all day. most of the time im only paying attention to my reaction: like/dislike, talented/not talented, catchy/annoying… its how i decide what i want to go look for and download and put on my ipod. its what i decide to drive to or workout to or cry to or sing along with. i live by my playlists because they constantly manifest my ever-changing music phases. within the last three weeks i transitioned from a foreign music phase (ornella vanoni, celia cruz, selena) to a techno/house phase (afrojack, yolanda be cool). i listen to music because of the way it makes me feel.
every once in a while i’ll come across a song that provides (what i feel is) a supernatural experience. my entire being is shaken. my reaction, in this case, goes beyond just the usual. yes i think about how much i like it, how talented the performer(s) is/are, but i dont stop there. when i come across a song that truly moves me, im brought back down to earth…im not only profoundly thankful i could hear this song in the first place; im thankful for having the ability to find it, the ability to download it, the medium to listen to it whenever i want (ipod), and the simple physical ability to hear what is coming out of those earphones/speakers. most often, i take these things for granted. i dont always remember that these are not just songs. these are experiences.
i have two favorite songs. absolute favorites. the only way i can describe them is that they give me the very best feeling. when i hear them i am knocked off my feet. my breath is literally taken away. i am completely and mercilessly humbled. i listen to these two songs and i am dumbfounded at the fact that these priceless tracks only cost me $1.29 each…a little over a dollar for a recorded experience. unbelievable. how blessed am i, to be able to induce my very best feeling at any point i choose. how blessed.
