Holidaquiris...

Never one to sit and rest, my mind is ticking over once again.

My poison of choice has been music lately, after hearing the occasionally sublime new release from RJD2: The Third Hand. The instrumental hip-hop master has come a long way from his Deadringer days, and now even SINGS on his newest cd.

But I tell you, the last half of the cd is well worth it. Must find a way to get some tracks online without resorting to the usual illegal means.

So after listening to that and other great ambient-type tracks [am relaxing, need the proper soundtrack to relax to of course] I was ambitiously plugging away on my keyboard.

Drums sounds good, but I keep getting hung up on the little thing called melody. Not that I need it, but I've been just phasing in and out playing piano and wierd synth tracks that sound great to me playing live, but would really make a terrible song.

I suppose it's a form of meditation for me, which is great. I have had much to meditate on. My coming down with a sars-like virus which has rendered me cough-ridden. It has been threatening for a while, but I so far have yet to kick the awful habit.

Timing is a real biatch isn't it? Couldn't have come at a worse time, with holidaying coming up [and who here likes sick holidays?] among other things.

Ah, I'm a trooper, and I don't let it bother me. It really isn't that bad, it just annoys me while I'm at work really... I suppose it's just a sign I need to start looking after myself and to stop wandering around naked.

Yes, nightmarish vision that it is, I AM kidding. [or am I??? :-D ]

But now focus must reign. I have time spare and plan to film something this week. But what?

In my canvassing for ideas, I have decided that maybe a pseudo travel mockumentary would be good as one option. That way I can talk about how much I love the coast, and include ninja monsters in there somehow too.

Or I may make a semi-serious semi-not-so-serious horror film about isolation in the bush.

Either way it's just messing around with the camera and not going to be any good at all. But when have my films BEEN good really?

So yeah, maybe giggles will make a guest appearence [for those who remember that nightmare-creature] and we may make something genius.

But all in all I'm probably going to be too drunk and too lazy to do that last part.

Not that I'm a drunk of course, but how often do you get to slack off with your friends down the coast for five days? Opportunities like this MUST be taken...



Oh and to finish here is a link to one of my favourite tracks on The Third Hand which I did find.

It's so good yet so odd at the same time. Very much ticks the plus box for me, since it means that even my awful singing voice can one day be professionally recorded...



http://www.stereogum.com/mp3/RJD2%20-%20Beyond%20The%20Beyond.mp3


Enjoy!