Tonight's selection: "Live Rust"

[Fenris]

I spent the whole day at the library, reading a book on the fur trade and its impact on the American west. I didn't have to. In fact, my class ended at 11, so technically I didn't have to do anything for the rest of the day. I honestly looked up that book and started to read it. I need to review two books for my Western American history class. I found "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee" by Dee Brown and this book written about the fur trade, whose name and author escapes me. It isn't important, though. I don't think I'll review it. For one thing, it was written in 1928 and the language the author uses to describe the natives is, to say the least, offensive. I don't know if referring to Indians as "red" is respectful, even though I hate PC language as much as the next guy. But it isn't just that; the guy obviously thinks of the Indians as merely savages, which is an awfully biased and stereotypical analysis. He also makes a distinction between Indian "savage" society and "civilized" European society. That's just being ignorant.

Why was I reading this? Because I didn't want to go back to my dorm. They moved me to a new room two weeks into the semester with a stranger who I have nothing in common with. To make matters worse, my social anxiety kicked in again. I'd been repressing my anxiety for a few weeks. I started crying last night. I couldn't take it. God I hate being dicked around by college admin.

After the library, I ate, around 4, and called my brother and dad. Then I went to the local indie record store and bought Neil Young's "LIVE RUST" on CD. I own this record on vinyl, and it's been played to death, but I don't have a turntable up here. So the CD was used. And it was cheap.

Plus I picked up Nick Drake's "Bryter Layter" for $9.

Then I came back to the dorm. No one's here. My roomate didn't come back last night. I figure he got some action and slept over at his lady's house. Cool. Good for him.

Oh, DU, a day without you is like a day without sunshine.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

1. Hit Hurricane once for you and then hit REPEAT for me

That is one of my favorite live discs!

[Fenris]

2. Can do, NSMA

And I'll throw in a double shot of "Loner" for you too.

[bushwakker]

3. powderfinger

Look out Mama....

Hey Dude check out an album by a band called Sun Kil Moon. The disc is call Ghosts of the Great Highway. If you love Neil Young you will love this disc. In fact I'm so high on this disc that I'd burn it and send it to ya if you want. Really, really, really good.

[Fenris]

4. Love him? Fuck, I was named after him!

N-E-I-L. My parents...it was either Neil or Dylan.

[bushwakker]

5. Go get that disc

you will not be disappointed.

[Fenris]

6. Cool

Will do.