mp3 blog induced flashbacks to a former life
August 8th, 2007
music
This Internet thing never ceases to amaze me.
Here I am, minding my own business, when someone I don’t know posts a really thoughtful tribute to my old band, posting album artwork and mp3’s of long out of print records (you know, the vinyl kind?) from what seems a lifetime ago.
Lesson One : Never underestimate the power of music to connect and transform. Here we are 15+ years after the fact, and someone was moved enough to put this effort to introduce the world to music that existed in such small circles, but clearly had an impact.
Lesson Two : The Internet remembers.
I’m really proud of the long, hard, and loud hours my band-mates and I practicing in dank basements, and toiling in occasionally attended gigs across the country. Oh yeah… and the debt. But even if no one bothered to remember this music, I’d do it over in a heartbeat.
That someone cared to remember, I’m flattered.
Another mp3 blog gave a shout out to Giants Chair, an incredible trio from Kansas City for whom I had the great honor to release records for under the guise Caulfield Records.
And amazingly, another part of team Caulfield, Christie Front Drive, is reuniting for one night in Denver.
Which reminds me… I need to buy a plane ticket to Denver.
