The Long Goodbye

Hi guys,
this will probably be my last post here on blogger.
I must say, it's been a hell of a six year ride here. I leave this place with great reluctance.
This blog will still be up for sentimental sake, but I will be moving to cheyenne54.tumblr.com from now. All the posts that were on blogger have also been moved there.

Goodbye old pal. It's been real.

Don't Look Back

I am not part of history. I am not a citizen of history. I am an absence. I am an invalid. I do not exist.

I was looking through some videos on the fall of the Berlin Wall, and I grew very depressed because I realised that in all my 23 years of living, I have not been part of something that impacted or changed the world. Heck, not even in my own country.

In 1789, I was not King Louis XVI.

In 1805, I was not Nelson.

In 1815, I was not Napoleon.

In 1870, I was not Bismarck.

In 1914, I was not a soldier.

In 1917, I was not Lenin.

In 1939, I was not Hitler.

In 1948, I was not Tito.

In 1989, I was not Gorbachev.

For now, I am a victim of history, the very thing I love. I cannot, I just cannot believe that I will go through my life as someone ordinary. I may die in the process, but if that's the tragedy of history, then give me tragedy. Where is my Trafalgar?

Ridin in my car

Is the male voice dead?

Recently, I've discovered that my current spate of music interest has centred around the female voice. A few months back, I did a post on the Raveonettes, The Submarines and The Kills, all of which have a female lead.







Now, let me introduce three more - Au Revoir Simone, She & Him and Emmy the Great.







And come on, these girls are not some Amanda 'play the keyboard which when you look at it is not really so important in the band so much so that they can still survive without her so maybe ultimately she's just there for the glam and rock chic factor and nothing else' Ling. Don't get me wrong, I like the girl (I went to puke from nervousness after I met her for the first time and got her to sign my electrico badge). But let's face it. She's not Stevie.

Anyway, hope you guys enjoy my recommendations.