So…very…cold… You have selected ‘Unnamed’ Where am I working today? So…very…bad…
I'm pretty sure it's "Lothario". I'm particularly fond of "Watch me become a machine" and "Wasting on you" from the new songs - it's looking like a very strong album overall. "Winter's Savage Fall" and "All I want" are just achingly good.
By Andrew Shellshear, at
9:01 PM
Hmm, I've never really warmed to "Watch me become a machine". Now that you mention, I suspect the reason for my dislike is the harsh honesty at its emotional core. Necessary as it may be for Ev to express it, it's pretty hard to connect with that kind of pain.
Thursday, July 08, 2004
The last few days, the writing has started coming back together, with an average of around 750 words per session. But it’s coming at a cost. I’m writing pretty late and waking up at six. And every since we took the heater over to the other house, the study has been cold. Last night I think I got through my word count faster than ever before, just because I was so desperate to get out of that damned freezer.
Of course, that didn’t stop me from playing computer games for an hour after I finished…
Ev’s latest CD arrived in the mail yesterday. Not sure what it’s called – Ev’s handwriting is second only to my Nan’s for being genuinely indecipherable – but based on some squinting at the label from several angles, I’m calling it ‘Lothario’ or ‘Catharsis’ (although if it’s the latter, it was misspelled). I’ve only given it one listen through so far, but it’s certainly got some very strong material on it. ‘Winter’s Savage Fall’ and ‘Banish Me’ are fabulous songs that have already made their way onto the iPod…in my mind (sorry, pop culture reference that I can’t link to unless I get an Onion Premium account, which I am too cheap to do). I think he may have skewed the best material to the second half of the album, though. I’ll have to listen to it some more.
Just got back from a discussion with the Branch Head, in which he clarified that there is a great deal of uncertainty about what’s going to happen to my job. Which I knew, but it’s always nice to have someone in authority acknowledge that nobody knows what the hell is going on. He did assure me that I needn’t fear for my job and that if everything falls over with the project then I could go and work with our auditors.
Uh, huh. Thanks.
Actually, he really was doing the right thing by me, but unless the IT section completely bungle this handover period, I’m guessing that I will stay with the project. That’s certainly my preference. Audit? Brrrr.
Queensland forfeited the State of Origin last night by forgetting to cheat and neglecting to tackle, but at least I had a yummy dinner with Fiona and Linda and some beers. That just about made up for the acute embarrassment of watching a professional sports event that even I could have made a positive impact on…
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My only problem with the album is that it's really laying bare some of Ev's feelings about what's happened to him, and it's a painful to listen to some of the songs with that in mind. On the other hand, I could be ascribing too much authorial intent to the lyrics.
Luckily the songs themselves sound beautiful. ("Catharsis" would actually be a good name for the album, come to think of it).
