Change!

Finally I found a use for the word. I had dismissed My Morning Jacket because I heard a cheesy song on indie 103.1 and the DJs were suspiciously in love with the band. How foolish! If I paid attention to that station before its desperate publicity stunt of a stand against the macheenay wash I wouldn't like a lot of great bands whose popularity I encourage and support. Anyway, in my KICK ASS bass lesson today with my old teacher Lonnie Marshall with whom I've started up again, we learned the Express Yourself bassline. The song, originally by Charles Wright and the Watts 103rd St. Rhythm Band but gangsterly sampled by N.W.A., is HOT and the bassline a joy to play. When I was youtubing the track I came across a live cover of it by My Morning Jacket and it made me actually check the band out and reconsider my hasty writing-off. I think I like, them, I'm not sure, but the point is simple. Don't be an asshole! Change your mind from time to time. The longer more nuanced version of this about Barack Obama has yet to be written. Suffice to say, I love the guy after being VERRRRY skeptical at the outset of the primaries. Which is sort of like assuming Lil' Wayne sucks after seeing who goes to his shows.

Now if I could only find a use for "hope."

PS holy shit! i wrote this before watching the NWA Express yourself video (below). Fuuuuck I love those motherfuckers. No punches pulled. Truth. And fuck you if you don't like it.