Tardy

At some point in the past I referenced starting pre-production on a new album. Humph! So where does said record stand? It doesn’t. Yet. The ideas are still floating around my brain. So many ideas, so many concepts, so many goals, so many sources of pleasure to conquer.

So little time.

I think of this yet again while listening to the recently (US) release of TV on the Radio’s “Return to Cookie Mountain” track, “Dirtywhirl [in part]:”

dirty little whirl wind
commander, controller
I've found you
dirty little whirl wind
I am pinned by the heat of your swirl
dirty little whirl wind
decender, destroyer, i've found you
you dirty little whirl wind
tangled up in the flesh of a girl

all I ever wanted to be was destroyed at sea
the hurricane rescued me
savage calamity

The unisions, the rhythmic lyrics, the sleigh bells (I’ve always been a sucker for the sleigh bells in pop songs). That insane voice and the even more kooky mixing. And, what, I’m going to make a new album?

Jay-Z’s releasing an album called “Kingdom Come” in October. And, what, I’m going to make a new album?

Matthew Friedlander has released 5 records in the past three years. And, what, I’m going to make a new album?

Everyone from The Roots to Bob Dylan is making records. And, what I’m going to make a new album?

The B’s jammin’ to “Free Ride,” “Free Radicals,” and “Twin Cinema.” And, what, I’m going to make a new album?

And that one song from the Yeah-Yeah-Yeahs with the drums and the guitars and shit. And, what I'm going to make a new album?

Well, yeah. Hell yeah I’m going to make a new record. What did you think?

I’m just not there yet. Jesus! Be patient.