Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Prolificacy & Friendship



29 is out today. On first listen I'd rank it after Cold Roses and before Jacksonville City Nights. One of my favorites: Starlite Diner. [savefile follow link]

I've gotten a bit tired of every single Ryan Adams interview or review referencing how much music he releases... but here's an actual interesting article in that vein: The Sound and the Fury. (Thanks Tracy.) This article has a Ryan Adams quote that belongs in a pantheon of some kind:

"I figure, you know, Mom makes too much meatloaf means we got leftovers. It doesn't mean that she did something wrong."


And now Jeff Tweedy gives us a test of true friendship. (Thanks Paste):
"I think Wilco is never going to accomplish this goal, but I would love for more people to listen to music as a sole activity. I think it’s a really transformative way that that art form can touch you. Aside from live music, which I think is really important to being human—to be a part of a crowd experiencing music—recorded music is like literature when you allow yourself to sit and listen. I mean, you know. That’s all you did when you were growing up; that’s all you needed to do. You found friends that could sit and be quiet and not...ruin it; those were your friends, you know? If somebody couldn’t do that, you couldn’t hang out with them. I don’t care how cool they were; they were not cool."


Or, if you prefer something more historic, here's George Washington:
"Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow growth, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation."




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