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My evil i-Pod had just died 3 weeks post warranty so in protest I went back to cd’s. I made a new car cd for listening on surfari down to South Jersey. “Yellow Pills” was the obvious opener. After that came “I Bet You Look Good On The Dancefloor” by the Arctic Monkeys. 22 tracks later I was finished and needed a title. I scribbled “now that’s what I call bullshit” around the hole in the middle, referencing a series of popular top 40 cd’s. I liked it so much that I made another one the next week. I called it “now that’s what I call bullshit 2″. I made one every week for the next 16 weeks. Then I got hit by a car on my bike, which is a whole other story. Anyway, it interrupted my flow. When I resumed production I made them slightly less often, but now there are almost 50. Today I named the blog now that’s what I call bullshit where music worth listening to hangs out.
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October 25, 2009 2:44 am
ok … i am settling in to this blog now where are paintings? i am digging the words and i don’t like to read in general… i have to be hooked fast i prefer to be read to before i go to sleep … like a little boy… i guess my hard knocks has made me a little senile … that’s why my favorite author is jonathan ames… very simple but if you read between the lines there is a great complex infrastructure … i too love chicago art ensemble … i heard a great quote in some weird movie which was jazz is about breaking rules… you learn and master the art and then unlearn everything you know … painting has always been like that for me
October 30, 2009 2:59 pm
WOW…awesome blog!..will check in frequently
June 4, 2010 4:01 pm
Alan, tracked you down through Dean Van Eimeren. How the hell are you and why NJ? Some of Jerry Nicholson’s old students are planning a get together to honor him maybe late summer/early fall. Drop me an email, phone number so we can catch-up
Phil Buck