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I am a Los Angeles-based twentysomething. I have a profession, and I have a secret life in music, and this blog isn't about any of that. I like Blogger because I can't read what you're thinking.

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Tuesday, September 30   >>

CSI IS FREAKING GAY

This is the third time that CSI's on location filming all over Long Beach has ruined my commute. I wouldn't mind if it were, say, a good show redirecting traffic, but knowing that David Caruso is the reason I have to wake up 45 minutes earlier to get to my obligations on time makes me fucking livid.

Yesterday's Meta Mashup Monday can be found here. I think next week's installment is going to blow everyone's mind.

It's official. I own more concert DVDs than I do feature film DVDs. A couple weeks ago I scored The Pat Metheny Group's The Way Up. After watching it for the third time around, I am in no way being hyperbolic when I say that this is the greatest concert DVD I have ever, ever, ever seen.

As a snob of production, there wasn't a single technical gaffe -- it's virtually spotless. And that's the least that could be said of this supergroup's microscopically precise musicianship. As a collective unit, this version of the Pat Metheny Group is a powerhouse of technique and the highest in musicality -- but they're all so good at their craft you can only notice they're playing, and not thinking.

The best mindset, or "zone", to be in as a musician is when you're at your instrument and everything is subconscious, natural, and executed finely on its own. Like most musicians, I'd say that this is a VERY rare state to be in because it's just so hard to create a clean mental canvas with life's daily difficulties. I cherish and remember those moments. For the Pat Metheny Group, though, it seems like they're ALWAYS in that headspace. Amazing.

It's a four-part concert connected to a single musical theme that resurfaces in all the right spots. It's also a beautiful statement about how the way we listen to music should sort of parallel the way we intake our daily experiences. The themes take time, and almost nothing is instant. This isn't a concert, it's a freaking voyage of untapped black holes and galaxies in the musical universe. And that isn't saying enough.

This is the opener.



And that's what music is all about.