Note to KKEGEL this morning:
did I tell you about the most delicious bread in the
whole wide world? vermont bread company's multigrain.
so good. not too sweet, not too nutty/grainy. amazing
with tuna. ah! [speed racer ] is hip to the
bread company too. she likes soft wheat.
in other news, I couldn't really feel the left side of
my arm yesterday. pins and needles. I could feel it all the way
to the tip of my pinkie. I took a walk last night in
order to spend one last night alone with my arm in the
event that I would lose it forever.
it feels a little less ginger ale now.
going to [sax ]'s tonight. went to blockbuster last
night. guess what I found...
MAYOR OF SUNSET STRIP!!!
rented that plus MONDO TRASHO (john waters) and THE MOTHER
(old lady screws a younger mustashioed man.
written by hanif kureshi--- my beautiful laundrette
and buddha of suburbia)
Finding free stuff on my desk since yesterday. Are these gifts? Or insults?
MONDAY: two opened half eaten boxes of chocolates. the fancy French kind with colorful designs on each candy.
TUESDAY: Shaun of the Dead on DVD
Saw two Jazz shows last Tuesday and Saturday nights: Billy Hart and Andrew Hill respectively. Then Friday at Sahara East, (east village) I asked Sax why all the young jazz cats of nyc are white dudes.
Sax: Fuck if I know...
Colette: Is it because of money? Resources? Is Jazz now a middle class artform?
Sax: All art is middle class(he's so smart)... Red Alert (DJ) wasn't poor growing up. John Coltraine never stuggled for money. His mother send him $25 every week... He wrote her thank you notes.
ANYONE READ THE SPECIAL IN THE NY TIMES ABOUT CLASS ISSUES?
Sax has a point. One needs money to be an artist in order to support their dream. But, Jay-Z is a product of the Marcy Projects in BK. Juvenile is a product of the Magnolia Projects in New Orleans... But these are only rappers. Have young Black people (people of color) moved on from Jazz/Blues because its a dying art or is it from a lack of resources and exposure? Do class issues relate to the importance of "bling"?
I grew up listening to David Bowie and Pavement. Sax thinks that the first Black Sheep record is incredible. No! I think that he hasn't been exposed to the good East Coast rap shit.
Well fuck if I know, I can't stop eating the delicious bread that I bought on Sunday. And, red bean buns from Chinatown! My food obsession has officially gone global! Going back to yoga tomorrow so as the rest my aching arm.
And I need more condoms.
Tuesday, May 24, 2005
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oh! started reading Choke by Chuck Palahniuk. funny. Palahniuk looks like such a jovial, chill kind of guy in the back cover pic. Kind of ruins the seedyness of the book for me.
other books to read:
-Fingersmith
-Fountainhead (which KKEGEL promised me for my birthday June 27th!!!)
music lessons cost money, but teaching yourself to be a rapper is free.
that's part of why you see less black jazz musicians.
also, jazz is dying (unfortunately).
its true. sax used to go to jazz summer camp as a kid. that's why he's dorky God Bless him but I love him so much.
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