a post-blog
On official business, I was in one of Mori's fine "Hill" office complexes this morning. At 11:25, I wanted to return to the ground floor, only to have each of the next three arriving elevators already be full-capacity. (The Early-Early Lunch Crowd?) After literally ten minutes of waiting, we realized that you have to go upstairs seven floors and to catch an empty downstairs elevator. Hilarity failed to ensue.
Posted by marxy at April 26, 2006 6:16 PMAlas, Neomarxisme is beginning to resemble The Dullest Blog in the World.
Posted by: Momus at April 26, 2006 11:05 PMI am trying to best reflect Tokyo.
Posted by: marxy at April 26, 2006 11:27 PMNo, there are no "objective cities", just interactions between cities and souls. I think these "the train was not on time, the elevator was crowded" entries are clearly expressing an inner malaise, a dissatisfaction with the job you've taken. Quit it at once and become a full-time musician-blogger-journalist! You know you want to!
Posted by: Momus at April 26, 2006 11:51 PMMomus: as a young bloke living in London back in the 80's, did you use to think like Marxy in terms of "if the mainstream/the market doesn't accept me I'm utterly irrelevant" or "I'm doomed to poverty, hopelessness and powerlessness if I don't do my masters/follow an academic career"?
It would be interesting to know that if you don't mind sharing it with us.
Posted by: dzima at April 27, 2006 12:01 AMQuit it at once and become a full-time musician-blogger-journalist! You know you want to!
I should have quoted this statement in my original comment because it made ask the question above.
Posted by: dzima at April 27, 2006 12:03 AMThe problem with the above Momus theory is that you don't understand the malaise I felt for the last three months being a post-thesis grad student/blogger. I was basically read to chuck this whole Neomarxisme thing out the window just because it was becoming a chore. I enjoy writing and am grateful for my audience and commenters, but I'm not sure writing the same thing over and over again really maximizes my happiness. And I don't want to waste your time either (except when I intentionally want to waste your time.)
At least with a job, I am doing new things every day and getting out of the house.
"if the mainstream/the market doesn't accept me I'm utterly irrelevant
I'm not sure I've ever thought this about my own work/life, although I can see where you are extrapolating this from.
I'm doomed to poverty, hopelessness and powerlessness if I don't do my masters/follow an academic career
Oddly, I felt like I would be doomed to poverty if I continued my academic career. My Master's felt like a blissful escape into the Land of the Lotus Eaters.
Posted by: marxy at April 27, 2006 12:13 AMmarxy: its become unwritten law that people in big office buildings now ALL go to lunch at 11:30. Its because if you go at 12:00 there will be too many people so you have to leave early to find a place to eat...
momus: does it bother you that marxy got a "real job"? do you wonder what its like? are you envious?
Posted by: Chris_B at April 27, 2006 10:32 PMJust had a listen to yr podcast vol.2
who did the 'monster' track and the bizarre 'hashim / michael jackson/rockberry jam' electro mashup? and the track that follows that?
Thanks
Posted by: work3 at April 28, 2006 5:51 PM"Teenage Monster" is by Fredo and the other one is Handsome Boys Technique. Both are on Second Royal. Check out my original MXUT post for the tracklist.
Posted by: marxy at April 29, 2006 1:12 PMmomus: does it bother you that marxy got a "real job"? do you wonder what its like? are you envious?
Actually, it does. I always feel like someone's going over to the other side when this happens. And yes, I also wonder what it's like. But when people go over to the other side, they can't tell us what it's like -- it's forbidden, a bit like it's forbidden to come back from the Kingdom of the Dead and tell the living what it's really like over there.
Posted by: Momus at May 15, 2006 2:19 PM