A momentous day in the blogoshere is almost certainly not upon us. That I have used the word 'blogosphere' in my first posting certainly bodes not well for what lies ahead.
The 'why' of this blog is even less clear than some of the writing.
Is it as an outlet for my take on the world - I was about to use the word 'creativity' but felt a tiny bit nauseous - and as a side note, who would have thunk nauseous was spelt like that? Certainly not I. Is it a diary? Is it a digital record of the musings of a brilliant mind that one day will be collated together and the whole world shall see that the man who came up with a cure for cancer was in fact, somewhat distracted by almost everything around him?
Oh, probably not.
In the words of British climber George Mallory when asked in 1924 why he wanted to climb Everest, his answer was famously "because it's there". Now, without wanting to make this whole thing into an Alan Patridge-ism, but at the same time feeling powerless to resist, I think the reason for doing this blog are similar.
It's my everest.
Oh dear. Only people that know me will read that last sentence with the intended ironic inflection. Anyone else would think me a bit of a twat. A cunt really, but I was hoping to not swear unless it was absolutely necessary.
Right, one of my new year's resolutions was to buy more music. I think I was even more specific than that and went as far as to say to actually go into record shops, talk to people and then buy music. I've not being doing fantastically well at achieving this goal so far, but at least have managed to buy Radiohead's In Rainbows, which I know has been out for well over a year and was actually given away free as some sort of comment on copyright and digital piracy and, oh I've got absolutely no idea what it's a comment on so I'm going to shut up now.
However, the point being. It's really rather a fine record, and I don't think I would have enjoyed it even half as much had I nicked it. More to the point I probably wouldn't have spend any time or effort listening to it and enjoying it, so I'm glad that's happened.
Is anyone else starting to think that this blog has been mistitled. I'm thinking and feeling that Ramble Ramble would have been a far finer name for it than Matt Matt. But I don't really want to attract that rambling crowd. All quilted barbours and leaving their muddy boots at the pub doorway. I'm not sure they'd appreciate my musings on the intricacies of the pleasure gained from buying music or otherwise.
So, Matt Matt it remains.
Goodbye for now. Fare thee well.
PS: I don't know why I find Hot Chip annoying, I don't even know that much about them, maybe it's just I have a nagging doubt that I might bump into someone at a party who knew them who would say "I know Hot Chip" over and over and over again. Anyway, those are my problems, not yours. I'm not too proud to say despite any competely unfounded misgivings I might have about them, they do turn out some very fine music. This, I think, is rully rully, rully good.
prettymuchamazing.com/mp3/hot-chip-transmission-joy-division-cover/
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