Visit me at themick.tumblr.com. doing a music/photo blog thing. that is when i rescue my music from the clutches of the bastard hard drive that tried to eat it. Until then you can see photos of me getting flicked off….
I’ve fixed my last headphone, answer my last phone with Ultrasone this is…., issued my last return authorization and posted my last headphone related post. I’ve cleaned out my desk and sent my goodbye email. I even took my dirty dishes back where they go. This sucks it really,really unimaginably sucks. It feels like I’m saying goodbye to a family member. And three sisters. I’m gonna miss this crappy shed that leaks when it rains. Dear life….please improve soon.
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I went down home for the funeral of my godmother, Genevieve (Jane) Pitruzzello yesterday and had the funeral mass for her today at her church in Athens, Al. I didn’t really effect me when my mom called Friday to let me know she had died. I always imagine how I’ll feel when people die, but it takes you by surprise i guess. She had been fighting various health problems for the last two years and sadly I hadn’t seen her in about that long. I only saw my godmother and godfather on Easter and Christmas and special occasions. But they always made my brother and I Easter baskets, long after it was appropriate. And they always treated my family like we were part of theirs. She was 79 and had been married to Frank Pitruzello for 63 years, or so I’m led to believe. I remember her for having an amazing smile, genuine laugh and a welcoming spirit, not matter what. She was always laughing and telling bad jokes. And she always wore a flower in her hair, even in the icu. So if you’re the praying type, pray for the Pitruzello family, Frank her husband and their four sons and many grandchildren and great-grand children. Sorry for the maudlin post. They’re some of my favorite people.
So I figured it was about time for another mix, this one for the lead into summer. This is just some of the stuff I’ve been listening to lately. I couldn’t put everything up since muxtape only lets you put so many songs up. So I put the highlights up there and you’ll just have to go search for the rest yourself.
*Updated, I screwed up the link at the bottom to the muxtape. Its fixed now. And for whatever reason it won’t let me put everything in the right order and I’m done trying.
1. Forbidden Love- UFO- Gotta love some mindless throbbing techno.
2. Creator-Santogold Vs. Switch And Freq Nasty- Very catchy, I promise I had a copy before it ever was used in a beer commercial.
3. How Glad I Am-The Greyboy Allstars featuring the Living Sisters- Old school groovin, how can you not like this. If you don’t you suck.
4. I Like It, I Love It- Lyrics Born
5. Rio De Janeiro- Ugly Duckling- These guys are one of my favorites. It’s just fun.
6. The Harbor is Yours- Aesop Rock- A rap about pirates?! Excellent (say it like ted)
7. Right Hand on My Heart- The Whigs- Great rock song. Great video here.
8. Knock Em Out- Lily Allen- Snuck a pop song in here. Great piano track in the background.
9. Los Angeles- Counting Crows- Sage advice from masters of the craft. Who wants Mexican?
10. Born Under a Bad Sign- Albert King- Blues is good.
11. Bad Liver and a Broken Heart-Hayes Carll- I’m not usually a country fan, but this is a great song.
12. Hideaway- The Weepies- Thank you paste sampler.
13. Scared at Night- Kathleen Edwards- This song makes me sad but its still good.
14. Time to Move On- Tom Petty- It is.
15. Postcards from Hell- The Wood Brothers- This is one of my favorite new albums. Wood of Medeski Martin and Wood and his brother.
16. Get you out Alive- Fair- Not sure, I just like it.
17. Mistaken For Strangers-The National- For some reason this bands just embodies hot summer nights to me. Its good driving music.
18. Going Back to Rehab- Sage Francis- This is fast become on of my favorite songs. Great music and imagery and lyrics.
I just had a really great interview at a company that would be great to work for. I’m really stoked about the possibility of being involved in what they’re doing. There would be lots of opportunity to innovate, find new ways to do things push new technologies forward into the music industry. Its also really gratifying to get recognition for doing a great job at my former job against tall odds. So I’m feeling pretty good right now and the day is only going to get better from here on. More updates as events warrant…..
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Why do we spend our lives waiting to be happy instead of being happy. Whats the point. We spend our lives waiting for that singular moment of revelation from tv and movies and songs where we figure it all out. And we know ourselves and our purpose. Where we get some omniscient permission to be that person we always secretly hoped we would be., but were afraid of cause they would kick our asses if we ever met. It never comes though, or maybe it does after 50 years. It’s like spending all night in a field waiting for the sun to rise and never looking up at the stars. As a kid at mass they always said “body of Christ, bring us everlasting life”, I’m not convinced thats what was intended. I don’t think God wanted us to be concerned with where we land, but how to flap our arms on the way down so they’ll turn into wings at the right time. We measure our lives in milestones reached, notifications received and holidays survived without incident. We chase after status updates and pursue careers we never got a real chance to decide if we wanted in the first place. But it make us feel better about turning the lights off at night. If we stopped moving completely, our brains might actually pop out of our heads from the force of the hit. And then maybe there’d be room enough for the soul. I don’t know what this is, so don’t ask me. If anyone even reads this.
*I probably should be reading donald miller at one in the morning.
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So here’s my political/social standing. I new it would rat out my socialist tendencies. I got pretty good an anarchistic tendencies too which is a little surprising, although not too much. You can take the same test here if you want.
The forces of mediocrity cometh…
Taken from Seth Godin’s blog this morning, this one really hit home. This is the exact situation my company is going through at the moment. We did too well and someone (who things they’re) bigger, stronger and smarter than us, wants to take credit for it and take over the business. No matter that four people took a product from nothing to being the best selling product at a certain price point in the USA in just four years. No matter that we invested our time, sweat, tears and lives in this thing. It’s all about the bottom line. Not about the people. Not about the work done or the storms fought or the hills climbed. It’s so frustrating that people think like this. That we try to grab something for nothing if we can. That if we have to lie and cheat to take the easy road we will to get ahead. That we live in a society where that’s maybe not okay, but its excusable. Cause we’ve all done it at one point or another. So everybody just calls it the cost of doing business and looks the other way. Or looks for a way to get some of that sweet sweet cash themselves. I read somewhere a long time ago that you shouldn’t be modest about your talents. Don’t pretend you’re not as good as you are at something because when you do well it gives other people license to shine. To do what they do well. I’m beginning to think thats about as good an idea as communism. It works on paper but not in real life. I’m not saying we should all be mediocre, but be realistic about it. If you do too well, like the post said someone is going to try to take part of it. If you push to hard into new areas, someone is going to push back. It’s just disheartening to be going through it. Vent Vent Vent.
So, I moved yesterday. Back downtownish, east nashville. Moving from Bellevue though I don’t think it matters, we can just settle on downtown. So i’m hoping and trying to make this a chance to return to older better habits, one of those being bloging on a regular basis. Also being more outgoing and not so much of a “grumpy bastard”. So yeah, here I sit at Fido on Sunday morning drinking coffee, listening to the Shins and writing in public. I’m gonna be that guy for a little bit. At least until the novelty of being back in the thick of the city wears off. The new house is good, the neighborhood I think will be good but it’s gonna take a little getting used to. Especially coming straight outta the burbs. Being here raises all sorts of questions about people that just got brushed under the rug out in the suburbs. I think when everything is so homogenous, parts of you just go to sleep. Like the parts that questions and push. So we’ll see how this works out. My cat is firmly entrenched under the couch and refuses to come out without someone in the room with him. Neither he or I is convinced this is home yet…. I just can’t fit under the couch.
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Check this out. An article about my cousin Rory in the New York Times.
