As I Survey the Fruity Cross
I may not be good at finishing musical projects I start, but even what I don’t complete is still something created. The hour I spent plugging and tweaking this old hymn into Fruity Pro produced something far greater than an hour spent playing video games or pointless online banter. Not that I don’t like video games or surfing around aimlessly on the net any less than the next guy. But when all is said and done, the time I spend on creative projects is far better spent than time spent on fruitless endeavors.
Download Audio: Fruity Cross
I’m Not Sure Bach Would Approve
The file attached to the end of this post is the worst realization of a Bach song ever. Know what’s worse than that? I created it. Just let this be a warning: never mix Bach midi files, Fruity Loops, and boredom, for the results can be unbelievably cheesy. Thank god Bach’s music is in the public domain, cause otherwise Bach’s lawyers would be all over my cheesy ass.
Download Audio: Bach BWV 1043
04.2.05High Gas Prices Aren’t All Bad
Now don’t get me wrong: I don’t like paying more for a full tank of gas. But when more people start having serious conversations about alternate forms of energy, then the higher prices don’t seem as bad anymore. In fact, part of me laughs every time I see a huge SUV pull up to the pump, the one passenger gets out, and begins filling its jumbo gas tank at $2.15 a gallon. My little Ford Escort may not be as macho, but 35 mpg sure as hell beats 12 mpg for carying one person from point A to B.
But I digress. My point is, when the driver of the big gas guzzling SUV has to keep pumping loads of cash into his beloved vehicle just to scoot around town, suddenly alternate forms of energy begin growing favorably in his mind. And if the demand for more hybrids and like minded technologies goes up, then companies produce products to meet those demands. Sure, not that many people are seriously in the market for the greener technologies, and therefore the pace of development is slower than I’d like. But if the masses continue to dump massive amounts of cash just to get around, perhaps we can finally see some changes in how Americans get from point A to point B.
Don’t Even Try to Read the News
I never am sure what to believe online on April 1st, so I generally stay away from any news consumption and try to enjoy the jokery.
And if you haven’t read the comics today, compare Pearls with Get Fuzzy:
Get Fuzzy, April 1, 05
Pearls Before Swine, April 1, 05