new things

my first cd ever - circa 1993

don't you love the uncertainty of new things? and i mean things - objects, stuff, created by mankind, usually bought, sometimes expensive. i recently received a laptop for my work, and did all the plugging in, x-ing out of dialog boxes, etc. - there's something alien about the object, but i'm intrigued. i also received (among other things) an emory board as a gift today. there's a different kind of technology. i think 'before there's history there's possibility', and the object becomes a vehicle for exploration and creation, whatever it is, in its own way. liminal gift giving, the kind rich with potential, the opposite of presumed knowing of the recipient.

about the cd - dinosaur - this was a great album, loud and dirty, unpolished, i stepped out a bit to pick up this one, having detested so-called grunge. i didn't know this album was before all that, and has great titles like 'forget the swan' (oh, o.k.), 'severed lips', and 'repulsion' - 'everyone's idea of fun... repulsion'. saddest story, usually true - early work is best.