The Emotional and Mystical Life of an iPod and Ice Cube
I'm currently on song # 1,372 on my All the Way to Song #5,274 Project: "Hercules" by Aaron Neville.
Yesterday, I was walking down Clement Street to the bus stop on my way to work. Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" came on the iPod. With the drizzle falling and cars whizzing by, I felt the excitement of the open road that Bruce sings about in the song. It excited me when I was a fifteen year-old trapped at home and it excites me today when I'm only trapped by my own self-assembled shackles...
Ten hours later, walking up that same hill toward home with a heavy mist hanging in the darkness, John Coltrane's "Crescent" began to play on the iPod. Oh mystical, meditative Coltrane playing in the mystical mist! The balm for this unimaginative wage slave!
Meanwhile, I spun Ice Cube's 1990 solo debut, "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" the other day. It's the first "I" record in my neglected Alphabetical Listening Project. Produced by Public Enemy's Bomb Squad. I'm no Hip Hop expert, but I think the record holds up pretty well. Doesn't sound dated, for the most part. Some of the raps are better than others. An interesting piece of work that states what's goin' on right before the LA riots/rebellion. I've always loved Ice Cube's voice. I also like the fact that the female rapper Yo Yo shows up on a track or two to call Cube on his endless use of the word "Bitch." And now Ice Cube is directing Hollywood comedies...
Yesterday, I was walking down Clement Street to the bus stop on my way to work. Bruce Springsteen's "Thunder Road" came on the iPod. With the drizzle falling and cars whizzing by, I felt the excitement of the open road that Bruce sings about in the song. It excited me when I was a fifteen year-old trapped at home and it excites me today when I'm only trapped by my own self-assembled shackles...
Ten hours later, walking up that same hill toward home with a heavy mist hanging in the darkness, John Coltrane's "Crescent" began to play on the iPod. Oh mystical, meditative Coltrane playing in the mystical mist! The balm for this unimaginative wage slave!
Meanwhile, I spun Ice Cube's 1990 solo debut, "Amerikkka's Most Wanted" the other day. It's the first "I" record in my neglected Alphabetical Listening Project. Produced by Public Enemy's Bomb Squad. I'm no Hip Hop expert, but I think the record holds up pretty well. Doesn't sound dated, for the most part. Some of the raps are better than others. An interesting piece of work that states what's goin' on right before the LA riots/rebellion. I've always loved Ice Cube's voice. I also like the fact that the female rapper Yo Yo shows up on a track or two to call Cube on his endless use of the word "Bitch." And now Ice Cube is directing Hollywood comedies...
posted by ken at 2:35 PM
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