OH HI! I’ve been on vacation for a few, and am working up a few posts for you all, but while you’re waiting, I figure you should read this.

Irrelevant Topics - Beck Hansen talks to Tom Waits

“Irrelevant Topics in a new section featuring conversations between musicians, artists, writers, etc. on various subjects, without promotional pretext or editorial direction. For the first in this series of conversations, the legendary musician and performer, Tom Waits agreed lend an hour of his time to talk about anything and nothing in particular. Here is Pt. 1 of that conversation.”

And one of my favorite monologues from the piece:

BH: I was thinking about influences and people who jump on a train or a trend, follow something. I was reading about the Greek playwright, Euripides, and a few others. He had written 105 plays and two of the plays survived from antiquity. I was thinking, “Can you imagine writing 105 plays, and you had to write 105 for one or two of them to survive?” I was thinking maybe in a way that the people who were influenced by the lost plays are the ones who are going to help them survive in some way. It’s not really about what you’re doing originally, it’s about the transmitting of the thing to the next person. It mutates along the way and turns into other things.

(In a way, isn’t that what we blog about – the insurgence of trends, and how we all adapt them into our own style?)

It’s an excellent read from two very insightful individuals on music, a slice of history, and the quickness of trends and pop culture.

Enjoy!

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