“For last year’s words belong to last year’s language. And next year’s words await another voice. And to make an end is to make a beginning.” -T.S. Eliot.
Did I like 2008? Yeah, sure, I guess. Not a great year, but not a total wasteland, and I didn’t get shot or stabbed or ran down by any husbands who had walked in on me with their wives this year, so that’s always good. Same thing weird diseases. Or being sold into sex slavery. And I didn’t get poor enough that I had to dance for money, not yet, in the past year. All very good things.
But it’s a new year! Time for reinvention and letting go of old baggage and guilt and what have you, right? I mean, that’s the theory, at least. But it’s a good one. Time for everyone to be something new.
Unless you’re just incredibly fucking amazing. If that’s the case, then why screw with a winning formula? I mean, shit, that’s what I always say. Not out loud, mind you. You know, just to the mirror and what have you.
As I was wandering about the night on New Year’s Eve, I noticed that Sci Fi channel was playing a marathon of the The Twilight Zone. Beautiful. I hadn’t seen an episode in years so I lingered a bit.
Of course all the classics were aired like “Nightmare At 20,000 Feet” with William Shatner and “Time Enough At Last” with Burgess Meredith and “Eye Of The Beholder” (which was also known as “The Private World Of Darkness”). And kudos to them for even playing the very first episode, “Where Is Everybody?” which contains no sci fi elements at all, just quality writing. I have no idea if this was one of those countdown to the best episodes things or not since I didn’t stick around that long, but I can guarantee that if it was, then the best episode was probably one of the first three I mentioned.
Anyways, that was then and this is now. New year, new words, language, and voice. Let’s all start talking dirty to each other.
The Walkmen “In The New Year” (mp3)
Times New Viking “Another Day” (mp3)
Camera Obscura “Happy New Year” (mp3)
Teenage Fanclub “Alcoholiday” (mp3)
Fuck Buttons “Bright Tomorrow” (mp3)
Audrye Sessions “New Year’s Day” (mp3)
