In the second-hand record shop where I work, everyone takes it in turns to play music. And when there’s someone new, it quite often takes them a good ten or fifteen minutes to pick their first go. You occasionally walk in on them staring intently at the Cd file, deep in thought... ‘Is “White Blood Cells” too obvious? Is “Metal Machine Music” trying too hard?’ And so on.
And right now I’m remembering how that feels.
So, anyway: Hello. Nice to meet you all. Will maybe add more later, if the indecisiveness and obsessive self-editing subside (although, in truth, I’ve been waiting fifteen or so years for that to happen, so I’m not exactly holding my breath...) |
