Dear ILF. Yours Truly, Frustrated.

[devnulljp]

Fuck it. I think I'm gonna sell everything except for my Singing Tree, buy a steel resonator guitar and take myself and my pignose on a year-long busking trip around wherever.

Do it!
See you in 10 years.

No, seriously, do it. Go travelling, but go to Vietnam or India or Paraguay or somewhere, not Ottowa or Regina or Victoria ...

[tuffteef]

sounds like a good blog

[devnulljp]

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[DarkAxel]

stuff

Yep, right on.

sometimes i just feel like i should start blogging... that's when i get this word diarrhea

"Life is a prison for dreams" - it came to my mind when i was on a school trip in london and i wasn't feeling very well... i hope you figure something out, man

[Mudfuzz]

Fuck it. I think I'm gonna sell everything except for my Singing Tree, buy a steel resonator guitar and take myself and my pignose on a year-long busking trip around wherever.

Do it!
See you in 10 years.

No, seriously, do it. Go travelling, but go to Vietnam or India or Paraguay or somewhere, not Ottowa or Regina or Victoria ...

Victoria ... I did not like that place... just say'n... it is a boring place.

[theavondon]

Is it odd if my first reaction was that i dug the lone pedal choice?

Good on ya, man. Don't forget to buy a little netbook or something so you can keep in touch with us.

[oinkbanana]

montreal ain't that bad.

we should have met but you bailed on watching the Fuzz documentary...


I just switched bands and it feels good, newhope that this one might go somewhere.
I'm playing thursday at Divans Orange with Toronto's Mercy Now.... you should come!
meet some new peeps.

[elbandito]

montreal ain't that bad.

we should have met but you bailed on watching the Fuzz documentary...


I just switched bands and it feels good, newhope that this one might go somewhere.
I'm playing thursday at Divans Orange with Toronto's Mercy Now.... you should come!
meet some new peeps.

Actually I love Montreal - it's the best city in the country. I didn't mean to bail on you but some craziness went down, I was in a big car accident and I ended up living in Toronto all this time. And it is THIS place and this shitty domestic life that is killing me. I'll definitely come back to MTL sometime soon - I'm still a resident of Québec - but for now, I need to stretch my soul.

[bigchiefbc]

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You don't have to watch the whole scene to get the main point, just watch the last 15 seconds.

[nad]

Yeah I think when I hit 25 I realized that world we are SUPPOSED to participate in is a bunch of fucking bullshit. It made me more angry for a few years though, but I've come to terms with it now. I mean okay sure, I like living comfortably, but The Chosen Path is definitely not something I follow.

You know when you find people from high school years later and see they have had kids, a nice mortgage, boring jobs, an oversized SUV, and that is supposed to be the Definition of Success? I have one friend who is a relatively successful artist (read: poor as fuck) who survives on GPCs and Pabst. He's my god damn hero.

Busk away!

[stanimal]

You ever read "On the Road"...? If you go on the road, take that book or read it until it's ingrained in your soul.....

Many of us artistic types who love music and stop to look around once in a while can lead tortured lives because we see and hear and feel while everyone else just follows the tune of the all-mighty dollar.... I feel you Elban, and support whatever choice you make, whether you roam the earth to find yourself of end up staying and succumbing to domestic living.... Your soul is your own....

Steel resonator is a fantastic idea but if you do it you gotta make sure you head down and visit delta blues territory, I'll make a point of meeting you down there to jam with the devil....

[elbandito]

You ever read "On the Road"...? If you go on the road, take that book or read it until it's ingrained in your soul.....

Many of us artistic types who love music and stop to look around once in a while can lead tortured lives because we see and hear and feel while everyone else just follows the tune of the all-mighty dollar.... I feel you Elban, and support whatever choice you make, whether you roam the earth to find yourself of end up staying and succumbing to domestic living.... Your soul is your own....

Steel resonator is a fantastic idea but if you do it you gotta make sure you head down and visit delta blues territory, I'll make a point of meeting you down there to jam with the devil....

Yeah man. I've read and re-read Kerouac's "On the Road" a few times. That book never fails to get me juiced and moving. It's so full of energy... I can open any page, read it and I'm ready to go!

I WILL go down to the Delta region. And I hope that I'll see you there.

[Ryan]

Many of us artistic types who love music and stop to look around once in a while can lead tortured lives because we see and hear and feel while everyone else just follows the tune of the all-mighty dollar.... I feel you Elban, and support whatever choice you make, whether you roam the earth to find yourself of end up staying and succumbing to domestic living.... Your soul is your own....

I think this is so true and it seems like lots of us here can relate with you Elban, with feeling that way and with doing something about it that was a big change.

I spent nearly 10 years working in the oilfields of northern BC and I kept feeling more bored, hopeless, and desperate for change as time went on even though the money was great. I moved to Edmonton, went to NAIT, and got back that excitement for life and happiness with what I was doing.

Good luck to you on your search, it's out there waiting for you too!

[bubstance]

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