Musical inspiration

Everything was almost settled. Almost. Because there was just one little thing I needed to do. Thankfully - after an entire day - that's done now. Of course I'm talking about music. I mean, who can go to Omaha without having warmed up with some old Bright Eyes. I would suggest Lifted, or Fevers and Mirrors. Or The Faint who has always been part of the Omaha label, Saddle Creek, who is an almost religious experience for indie music fans such as myself. And I'm sure people in the know-how would agree that New York just wouldn't be the same without a little bit of Sonic Youth or Lydia Lunch. They made the alternative music scene that is part of the musical diversity that has become a New York-sound. And would you really want to enter Texas without hearing The Bluest Eyes in Texas or San Francisco without hearing... San Francisco? And come on, you might think that grunge is just so nineties, but Seattle wouldn't be the same without a little bit of Nirvana and totally underrated Mudhoney. Finally, America wouldn't be the same without a little bit of Songs for the Deaf by Queens of the Stone Age or anything Lucero or Blind Willie McTell. That's just the sound of America right there. If you don't count America by Simon and Garfunkel of course.

So I had a pretty busy day fixing my lovely music, so I can go for it in style. So when I sit in the Greyhound bus I can surround myself with some of the reasons that I have adored America for so long. So that day went by pretty quickly if I must say so, and in the meantime I even got to make a couple of CD's for my German friend, Anne, who really needs to listen to some new music.

Speaking of friends, I met up with my friend, Victoria, today who once lived in Portland, Oregon, and offers an inspirational source of conversation that has only made me want to get there a little more. So, wow, in a couple of days I'll be on a plane and watch September Issue or read my Margaret Atwood book or sleep or listen to that Graham Coxon album I can't seem to get enough of (it's British, I know, but i can't help it). Or maybe I'll just think about the future six months and how they will change me. I already feel a little changed as we speak.

Nadia