I've been back in Denmark for a week and have finally hacked away enough of the backlog at work that I can attend to some writing of my own. The conference in the Netherlands last week was great, hanging out with a pack of hardcore investigative journalists in Amsterdam, of all places. My biggest problem was trying to keep up with these guys, and most nights I was in bed before midnight, what a disgrace.
It was really good to hear all the stories--it gave me a deeper view not just into how to be a tougher journalist, but into how the world really works... all the stories that don't get written, all the things we know but can't talk about. If even half the things I heard were true, the world is a more interesting, but also darker and more dangerous place than I'd thought (and my imagination is pretty dark).
I'm getting desperate for new music, and have been trolling through some music podcasts to find new stuff. One gem I've found is Dave's Lounge. You can subscribe to it at that link, or just subscribe through iTunes, which is probably easier. It's a half hour or so of mellow blue room-ish downtempo, released every few days.
It really makes me miss the old "Art Damage" show I used to host on WMNF in Tampa like ten years ago. I'd start out with industrial around 2am when everyone was getting out of the clubs, then slowly soothe them to sleep by fading through 4AD-style shoegazer down into Eno, Sylvian and Laswell-style ambient and dub, finishing at 6am, blind with fatigue. Those were the days.
Posted by case at October 9, 2005 09:41 PM