I give up. I’m officially in my January slump, where all creativity has gone out the window. I’m not alone, as I mentioned this at work yesterday and others agreed that there is definitely a creativity slump going around.
But this year’s a touch worse.
I was going through my iPod the other day in search of music to listen to. I settled on Dave Matthews Band. Again. While listening to my modern music (as opposed to my Rat Pack and Etta James) I realized that my “modern” music is 14 years old. The music from my “modern” swing band (Big Bad Voodoo Daddy) is over 10 years old. I need new music.
I haven’t beaded in over a month, due to a design that’s haunting my head that I can’t get to work in real life. I need to sit down and put something, ANYTHING on a string.
The last book I read was Eat, Pray, Love. I need to get something new to read, other than WM’s various history/religion nonfiction books.
Are you slumping too? What do you do?
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January 24th, 2008 at 9:00 am
I’ll think about music for you. Do you have Amy Winehouse’s album? Yes she’s a crack-whore, but if you like 60’s R&B… the album is quite honestly AmAZING.
January 24th, 2008 at 4:14 pm
…and what’s wrong with my history/religion nonfiction books? :p
January 24th, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Maybe you should come to Woodbury and see a wonderfully funny play that I directed. It opens tomorrow and runs thru next weekend. At least it you can laugh thru your slump. Let me know if you want some info about this.
January 25th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
This is part of the reason I took a week off from blogging. I was just…I dunno…out of it.
Usually at times like these I start listening to my “guilty pleasures” but I just needed something different. And with XM radio and over 4,000 songs on my iPod, I’ve been listening to Leo Laporte’s podcasts as of late. But I did download Limbeck’s last album–I used to work with lead singer/writer Robb–and it’s a great indie-rock change from everything else I have.
I’ve been XBOXing at night since, like you, my brain seems a little tired. Nothing like some mindless entertainment to keep me occupied
January 26th, 2008 at 9:21 am
Check out the latest installment of LA Scene. I think there is that new breakthru band that might be around for a long time. I just awarded it my “Album of the Year” (shameful plug)
January 28th, 2008 at 4:37 pm
I heard that “Last of her Kind” by Sigrid Nunez was a really great book.
Have you read “The Time Traveler’s Wife,” (by Niffenegger… Audrey I think?)… it was *amazing*.
“Middlesex,” Jeffrey Eugenides.
“Secret Life of Bees,” Sue Monk Kidd.
“Jesus Land” by Julia Scheeres (this one was *really really* good
*laughing* at Dr. Dave’s “crack whore” comment re: Amy Whinehouse. He has some good music suggestions. I don’t know how many bands I’ve added to my playlist because of him. Pick his brain for music.
My new accidental discovery band is “The One AM Radio.” I stumbled upon their song “Mercury” & I swear… I found myself listening to it over & over again all day… kind of “pop” & yet strangely haunting.
pandora.com is a great site to use as a tool for discovering new music.