If presented with the choice between losing your sight or your hearing, most people I have spoken to would choose the latter. I cannot disagree. That doesn't mean I'd like to lose my hearing either.
Music is my favourite toy. Without it I am like a child put in the corner. Very naar and I think the world is against me.
At the moment I have a problem with my ears. I have an infection that won't go away, and hearing is becoming harder. The reality dawned on me that my hearing (and my health) is so much more precious than what I give it credit for. I don't want to imagine not being able to listen.
Listen. We don't do that enough as a nation. I don't do enough of that. I am so busy talking my ears only hear my voice. Maybe they needed a break:)
My silence is silver because my sound is gold. The sound of my favourite song, my boyfriend's guitar, the wind I profess to detest, and if I may say so myself, my own voice. I have a lot left to learn and say.
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Monday, January 29, 2007
A Swan Song
I am not sure if I have mentioned my infatuation with a South African band called Fokofpolisiekar before. If not, then I have a lot to tell.
However, now is not the time to do a timeline and a history lesson.
What is important is the latest developments in the band's career.
"Swanesang" by Fokofpolisiekar came out in August 2006. This title scared me a little, not many others seemed to notice the innuendo. Shows continued and the album has been a fantastic success. Today a press release was issued divulging details of the band members' individual plans for the next few months. Individual plans? Heart palpitations arrived. To calm all the nerves it was reiterated by the spokesperson for FPK's record label that the band was NOT BREAKING UP. They were all just taking a few months to pursue their personal interests.
The lyricist and one of the finest writers to grace the pages of South African newspapers is taking a creative writing course. Like he needs it. However, the picture just seems to fit perfectly into the mural of FPK. Some other band members are going back to university, and others are pursuing solo careers for a while.
FPK's fandom has rocketed and all with good reason. It's not about quality, creativity or popularity. FPK's music is like mayonnaise. It's more than the sum of its parts. It is how it's all put together. But, a mayonnaise needs quality ingredients. And if you are still following my extended simile, the band needs good musicians.
That's why I am excited for the band member's solo projects because if they take care of their individual creative souls, imagine the product when they come back together. I am so confident that when FPK's next album comes out (no matter how long it might be from now) we will all be shot out of the water with amazement.
I have so much gratitude for FPK music. It has inspired me, incensed me, torn me up inside and put me back together again. I'll be clutching my CD's, wearing my Tshirts 'till they are grey, and singing my heart out until we here from them again.
"May you all have a fantastic journey. Hou die Stippel lyn dop op die N1 (ons wil nie van nog 'n ongeluk hoor nie asseblief) en onthou die berge altyd."
Forever fanatic
Sam
However, now is not the time to do a timeline and a history lesson.
What is important is the latest developments in the band's career.
"Swanesang" by Fokofpolisiekar came out in August 2006. This title scared me a little, not many others seemed to notice the innuendo. Shows continued and the album has been a fantastic success. Today a press release was issued divulging details of the band members' individual plans for the next few months. Individual plans? Heart palpitations arrived. To calm all the nerves it was reiterated by the spokesperson for FPK's record label that the band was NOT BREAKING UP. They were all just taking a few months to pursue their personal interests.
The lyricist and one of the finest writers to grace the pages of South African newspapers is taking a creative writing course. Like he needs it. However, the picture just seems to fit perfectly into the mural of FPK. Some other band members are going back to university, and others are pursuing solo careers for a while.
FPK's fandom has rocketed and all with good reason. It's not about quality, creativity or popularity. FPK's music is like mayonnaise. It's more than the sum of its parts. It is how it's all put together. But, a mayonnaise needs quality ingredients. And if you are still following my extended simile, the band needs good musicians.
That's why I am excited for the band member's solo projects because if they take care of their individual creative souls, imagine the product when they come back together. I am so confident that when FPK's next album comes out (no matter how long it might be from now) we will all be shot out of the water with amazement.
I have so much gratitude for FPK music. It has inspired me, incensed me, torn me up inside and put me back together again. I'll be clutching my CD's, wearing my Tshirts 'till they are grey, and singing my heart out until we here from them again.
"May you all have a fantastic journey. Hou die Stippel lyn dop op die N1 (ons wil nie van nog 'n ongeluk hoor nie asseblief) en onthou die berge altyd."
Forever fanatic
Sam
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