Ink Mathematics

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I have always liked Buddy Holly and whenever I listen to any of his songs I get the sort of warm feelings that come along with remembering something from the past fondly, such as childhood. My father has always been a Holly fan and when the CD player broke in my parents mini-van, which I now call my own, I searched frantically for cassette tapes but only came up with one, Buddy Holly’s Greatest Hits. Now, this was back in July and I have been listening to this same 35 minute cassette since then. I don’t know how it works, but I never get tired of Holly’s songs, they stick to me and color my day. Well, my gut desire is to share my joy with you and it turns out I have a ten disc buddy holly collection that has every known recording ever done by the man, so I am prepared. I went through that massive collection today and chose a whole bunch of his songs that really do it for me, you know, strike home. Oh, and my manor-mate, Josh (www.joshshaffner.com), has also become thoroughly obsessed with Buddy H and has been strictly listening to the man for the last two weeks or so. Nearly every Buddy Holly song concerns love, but that is ok, what else do you think about when you are in your 20’s, living during the 1950’s, and from Lubbock, Texas? And now that I think about, what else do you think about when you are in your 20’s, living in a opulent palace in middle of a forest, and from Missoula, Montana? Anyway, Holly is in the air and check out Josh’s site…he makes art and he is good at it, bleev me.

I don’t know about you, but if I could go back in time and save one of the many incredible musicians to have died before their time it would be Buddy Holly, he was only 23 years old. Buddy was cheated, many of the others were responsible for their own demise. Who would you save?

So, I have been running through the woods (sans trail) lately and the other day, when I was zoned-out mid-stride with Holly on the headphones, I glimpsed an orange blob rising out of the bushes to the right of me in a heavily forested area. The blob, it turns out, was a human being with an orange hunting vest on and a big game rifle in hand. This guy, who approached me and shot the shit for a second, seemed to be from Sweden or some such place and had been hunting in the area for a few days. I explained to him that my house was literally 500 hundred yards away (bullets can travel up to 3 miles) and he shouldn’t be shooting in the area, but I don’t think my words had much, if any effect on his behavior and I am sure he is up there in the woods this moment waiting for some innocent doe to come foraging through. The house I live in is full of windows, so if I don’t update this blog for a few weeks you can rest assured that a stray bullet shattered the glass which surrounds me and pierced my poor tortured heart.

Oh, and I went and saw The Darjeeling Limited a few weeks ago and enjoyed it thoroughly, although at this particular moment I believe I like the majority of Wes Anderson’s other films (Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, and The Life Aquatic) a whole lot more. Anyway, preceding The Darjeeling Limited a short film named, “Hotel Chevalier”, was shown. I loved this film, and although only 13 minutes long it seemed to stay with me days and days after viewing it. If you haven’t seen Hotel Chevalier, or The Darjeeling Limited, then you owe it to yourself to head down to the theater and see a few films that are better than 99% of the garbage that will come out this year.

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Tracklisting (all Buddy Holly and all from The Complete Buddy Holly Collection…Also, many of these are outtakes or different versions)

Buddy Holly Winter Dance Party

Heartbeat

Learning the Game

Maybe Baby

Peggy Sue (alternate)

Well…. All right

Buddy’s Guitar

Love is Strange

Everyday

Wishing

Take your Time

Crying, Waiting, Hoping

I’m Changing All Those Changes

Tell Me How

Not Fade Away

Newscast About Plane Crash

You’re the One

You are My one Desire

The Paul Cohen Phone Call