The Key to writing a book is staying in the room and pushing words onto the paper just past the point where you think you really have something good on the page, something you think you can take a break from. Curious readers can learn this from Ron Calson’s book “Ron Carlson Writes a Story”
Also new today is a segment we’d like to start calling Moments of Deck’s Moments with B. B is a good friend of mine who is able to mine the internet like West Virginia strip mines its mountains. He is able to dig up more worthwhile shit than most people would be able to find in their front yards (left behind by their dogs, of course).
This was a piece that he found today hidden under a rock. I’d say we should keep it there, but then within minutes B also showed me the this, which makes me think that maybe there is something to this whole Christianity thing after all.
Also new today is a segment called Moment’s Artsy of Fartsy Deck. With this portion of the show we would like to demonstrate the art of creating a mix or mixtape, especially one that would make these people happy.
song – artist
Kalpol Introl – Autechre
Mr. Violin and Dancing Bear – Page France
Desiree – Caribou
How Long, Diana? – Ezra Furman & The Harpoons
4 Minute Warning – Radiohead
Sukie in the Graveyard – Belle & Sebastion
Soliltaire – The Notwist
Comfy in Nautica – Panda Bear
The Girl From Back Then – The Kings of Convenience
Jestream – Thom Yorke
Sad, Sad Song – M. Ward
Gone Away – My Brightest Diamond
Spelunking – Laura Veirs
that’s it. We were really hopping for something more interesting near the end. We’ve heard some newer tracks from these artists, but it seems as though these newer recordings have not yet become accessible for a mix. So anyway, John Cusack is probably pretty disappointed but I mean there’s some really interesting stuff to work with there.
Sometime soon we might also try and do a music review in this segment. Word on the street is that this album is out and pretty lackluster.
Almost forgot the original purpose of this post was to complain about how Apple is apparently trying to push this:
That’s right, cardboard/cardstock (preferrably a thick piece according to the source) is the recommended solution to a screen that normally looks like this: Unbelievable
So now I’ve payed what would today be like $2,500 (adjusted for in/deflation, approx) for a machine that looks like Thom Yorke created a computer virus.
And finally, there is this great little diddy in this month’s issue of Rolling Stone. Good work there folks. Keep it up.
