music thoughts...

"Music is what feelings sounds like."

I don't know where I originally heard this from, but issues surrounding this quote have come up a lot in my readings the past two days.

Music makes us feel. We listen to music to enhance or alter our current feelings, moods, etc. That is the point of popular music: to portray "universal" emotions for audience members to self-identify with. We are no more looking for music that we think is "good" than we are looking for music which will make us feel how we want to feel.

But, the problem also arises that people feel differently: hence differences in taste. Our feelings our sociologically based, defined through our lives (or habitus). And, as a reflection of our feelings, our musical tates are also sociologically based. To one person, punk music may make them feel energized and alive, but to others, the same music can make someone feel angered and irritated. All genres and styles will be felt differently by different people. The need then arises to find people who feel, listen to music, similarly to us.

It could be argued that we choose our friends less by musical style, but by the base level of`a similar ability to feel.

so now you know...

Warning: the following post will open your minds to new and exciting possibilities within the realms of cryptozoology and crop circle theory.

The breakthrough...

Sasquatch made the crop circles.

It makes so much sense! Working at night under a shroud of darkness; invisible to the naked eye because of their telepathic-hypnotic abilities. But the clincher...light orbs surrounding the crop circles.



A little while ago I watched a special on crop circles on TLC. I felt compelled to watch this episode (perhaps because the Sasquatch wanted me to find the missing link and proclaim it to the world) and was struck by the appearance of light orbs at crop circle sites. I immediately thought of the light orbs as discussed by Alan Berry. The Sasquatch were there - invisible!



Flawless!

au revoir...

So long Canada!

damn that invisibility...

Perhaps the Sasquatch is closer than previously thought. Why travel all the way to the Skookumchuk rapids to see them, when their tracks are perfectly visible in downtown Gibsons!?

Here, in Molly's Lane, we see tracks leading all through the alley.





Now, these erratic steps lead me to believe that the Sasquatch could quite possibly be drunk.

Also of interest - this store was found in Victoria:



While I did not see any Sasquatch trading goods, I presume they were, once again, invisibly to mine eyes.

bears!

In Victoria (and Vancouver) scattered around the city are various bears, which are painted by local artists. For what? I don't know. Tourist trap, most likely.

So, being from a tourist town myself, I take great pleasure in being an annoying tourist when I visit other tourist towns. Which led to taking photos of all the bears and having people give me strange looks. Excellent.

While I wasn't ambitious enough to find ALL the bears, here's a smattering of them:










I like to call them the "word!" bears because they all look like they're holding up their paws to say "word up, homebear."

We also managed to find a "fudge bear":


I imagine it would be quite difficult to get fudge from inside a bear.