Between the ages of 19 and 21 I lived my life to the sounds of Joy Division. It was my my introspective, post-punk, post-rehab, post-sanity(?) soundtrack. As far as Joy Division goes, I was behind the times. I had already lived a full skater/punk life through the likes of Black Flag, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Social Distortion, Agent Orange, Naked Raygun, etc, etc. Traveling backwards in time to Joy Division was a way of slowing down and reevaluating what I already knew to be a fucked up life. I liked what I heard and the words that Ian Curtis wrote. The first songs I learned to play on my Peavey T-40 Bass were covers of songs from Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures album. My musical career was short and sloppy and folded to Goldman's Pawn Shop in exchange for a quick fix, but the music never left my head.
Tonight i watched Control for the first time. It grabbed my emotionally-crippled-from-birth-side-of-life and forced me back to a time that I thought I'd forgotten. I thought this blog might lean towards "the random, wonderful things", but, yeah, no.
If you haven't watched Conrol, do. If you grew up with any kind of punk influence you'll appreciate the film. If you didn't, you need to see it anyway. Me? I don't know what just happened. Ian Curtis is an asshole, New Order sucked, and I feel happy and angry and sad at the same time, again.
Man on Wire was released in August of 2008. I missed it when it showed at Baxter Ave. Filmworks, but it must have been stunning on the big screen. It was one of those movies that I kept swearing to see in the theater. I even marked the calender when I found out it would be playing in Louisville, but, you know... Anyway, I finally rented it a few weeks ago from Wild and Wolly Video and I still can't get it out of my head. At one point, I thought this guy was just another egotistical, jack-ass, thespian, but goddammit, he did it. He really did it. It's an awesome story and a fantastic production, one of the best documentaries that I've seen. I hope you have an opportunity to watch it. I can't wait to see it again.
Back in 2009, I was feverishly pounding out a short story on a laptop when my then five year old daughter said, "Daddy, it sounds like elephants stomping on eggshells."
I began writing fiction in college. We had computers, but I liked using antique typewriters. There was something inspiring about firing away at the keys and the cracks that pierced the quiet nights. The life of a laptop writer is a muted existence. The tic tac of plastic doesn't have flair. I often found myself hammering down, sometimes out of habit, sometimes just to hear a sound.
Fortunately for my fragile keys, I'm far too busy to write - or so I keep telling myself - and I'm far too distracted by whatever interest I've found for the moment. I thought this blog might be a way to ignite some creative fires, but it didn't. I abandoned it in February 2009.
In September 2011, I decided to resurrect the elephant. In the year and a half that lapsed, I left my job at the New Albanian Brewing Company, revived the historic Falls City Beer brand, left it behind to start LouisvilleBeer.com, and became the proud owner of a 1967 Ford Econoline van and a 1971 Honda CB350. So, like I said, I'm far too busy to write.
Elephants Stomping On Eggshells is simply a collection of the random, wonderful, brilliant, and unpredictable things I stumble onto as I stagger through life.
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