Update
1. Finished Joni Mitchell book draft. Sent to publisher.
2. Seattle Sound magazine July issue published a few of my New Orleans photos along with an essay by me about my trip and related meanderings about music, community, and the like.
3. HD recorded "live" b-sides today for Barsuk single release of "Little Round Mirrors" in September.
4. Release of Kill Rock Stars edition of Little By Little... nine days and counting.
5. HD tour dates in August (SF, LAx2, SD) and September-October (Minneapolis-DC) confirmed or close to confirmed.
6. Nelson Sings Nilsson basic tracks done, vocals+orchestration nearing completion. Sounds better than I'd ever hoped.
7. Job is improving.
8. Additional recording project with excellent friends (shh...) on schedule for end of July.
9. Renewed energy for KEXP and super secret other broadcasting project.
10. And yet... still incredibly sad all the time. On the street, in the car, at home. Sad sad sad. Can't shake it. Not really trying. Sad is the only thing I know how to be, other than busy. So let's just focus on the busy, shall we? Bzzzz.
2. Seattle Sound magazine July issue published a few of my New Orleans photos along with an essay by me about my trip and related meanderings about music, community, and the like.
3. HD recorded "live" b-sides today for Barsuk single release of "Little Round Mirrors" in September.
4. Release of Kill Rock Stars edition of Little By Little... nine days and counting.
5. HD tour dates in August (SF, LAx2, SD) and September-October (Minneapolis-DC) confirmed or close to confirmed.
6. Nelson Sings Nilsson basic tracks done, vocals+orchestration nearing completion. Sounds better than I'd ever hoped.
7. Job is improving.
8. Additional recording project with excellent friends (shh...) on schedule for end of July.
9. Renewed energy for KEXP and super secret other broadcasting project.
10. And yet... still incredibly sad all the time. On the street, in the car, at home. Sad sad sad. Can't shake it. Not really trying. Sad is the only thing I know how to be, other than busy. So let's just focus on the busy, shall we? Bzzzz.
posted by Sean Nelson at 11:38 PM
9 Comments:
nice to see your staying busy...which does make it easier to be sad....but still sad..is bad..when it's all the time.
off topic...have u checked out the new thom yorke album...i've listened...and digested...and it felt goooooood.
#s 1-9 : Hooray!
#10 : Not hooray! Don't be glum, chum, lest I have to make another picture of you riding some mythical beast. You're too swell to be sad.
Most of this is fantastic news!
It might be a wasted effort, but if only for a moment this might cheer you up:
http://www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=CBACB106414397A0
Nay I say-bathe in it, wallow in it, wrap yourself in it like it's your blankey. All is glorified and enchantment wanes. Appropriate reaction is something upon which most frown. "Turn that frown upside down!" Or how about not?
I feel a need to write such things, yet feel writing such things is wrong. I will castigate myself the remainder of the day. I should be uplifting somehow...
Buck up, little camper! Sending you an e-hug!
I wonder what one must feel upon submitting a draft to a publisher. Hope? Self-doubt? Angst? Relief? Hungry?
Looking forward to Neumo's. Eighteen days and counting.
Good flaming lizard jumpers or something. As a raving fan of your work,this is all kinds of exciting.
And hey, cheer up. Lots of people you don't know love you and everything you do.
Seeing that the context of the first couple of statements in Your post couldn't drain the sorrow in the end, I suggest kicking a plastic flamingo in the shin. You would be amazed what kind of things and strange merry moods that activity can cause.
i'm glad you're tripping to the mid atlantic. we could use a good show or two.
i love super secrets.
Sad can be the black dog companion of near-incessant creation.
Was disaapointed not to see you onstage with The Long Winters at the CD release party at Neumo's, even though they rocked and I love them. Had to Web-search to find out WTF - obviously I've been inattentive.
Amazing that you keep all these projects going with such a force. What's the secret, eh? You can tell me.
Godspeed.
-S.H.
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