2022-09-04.txt (1816B) [raw]
1 Week of 2022-09-04: Belmont by Snarky Puppy 2 ------------------------------------------- 3 4 Snarky Puppy is incredible. I'll never forget 5 first hearing about them in college. It was the 6 first few days of my freshman year, a magical time 7 when no one knows anyone so everyone is super 8 friendly. Strangers start up conversations, because 9 why not? 10 11 I was sitting in the student union (I think outside 12 the poster sale where we all bought cliche movie 13 posters to add some color to the drab dorm walls?) 14 and this guy starts up a conversation about music. 15 He's a drummer, and I'm a drummer. "Who's your 16 favorite drummer?" he asks. I can't remember who 17 I said. But he was ready with his answer: the 18 drummer from Snarky Puppy (I can't remember which 19 one). He _insisted_ I check out Lingus, and I'm so 20 glad I did--what an incredible song. 21 22 Anyways, that was 2014, and now it's 2022 and they're 23 still at it. They've been dropping songs for the 24 past few months to promote their upcoming album and 25 on Thursday 9/8 they dropped "Belmont". 26 27 It's not my favorite ("Bet" takes the cake), but it's 28 the song of the week because I have this distinct 29 memory of being in Acadia with Jennie and my parents 30 for a hiking half-vacation (I worked evenings and 31 afternoons) and just kinda being bummed out about 32 the state of my job (a few friends leaving). I had 33 had an interview with an Open Source company a few days 34 earlier that I was really interested in, but I had had to 35 decide to decline to continue that morning because 36 the pay cut was too severe. 37 38 So there I am in the kitchen, packing my hiking bag 39 and feeling a bit down that I had to turn down the 40 maintainer role, and I saw there was a new Snarky 41 Puppy release--to my surprise, it kinda fit the mood. 42 43 Sad at first, but there's hope in there. All things 44 melancholic resolve eventually.