hibernated nazi

I found a box at the salvation army today with vintage funk and soul records from 1970-1978 or so. Al Green's Let's Stay Together, Marvin Gaye's Let's Get it On, James Brown's Sex Machine, both of the Ohio Players albums with the sexy covers, the 12" version of Do It 'Till Your Satisfied, Sylvester's first album, Innervisions, Curtis Mayfield's Superfly, Mothership Connection, and maybe a dozen or so other records that had clearly been owned by the same couple, as they had signed them all, sometimes individually.

I think I am going to a party tonight for the first time in like eight decades.

Apparently there is going to be vinyl related dancing as acts two and three of the night. I wonder if I could hook my record player into my car stereo, competitive sound stage for two sevens clash. Music which speaks life as combat just sounds better when shot out of a noize tank.

I forgot what it feels like to be hot. Cold weather at least presents no challenges when it comes to fluid retention. I have no problem with the idea of eating laboratory manufactured meat culture. They would keep the temperature on that shit steady.

Mp3 uploading is hard so I'm mp3ing at people mostly in muxtape form. I changed the track list this morning to have less Jamaican music. Now there is no Jamaican music. But I will be enjoying my records and the company of others in a social setting on this particular evening.

http://michaelparadis.muxtape.com


And this Ilxor poster understands me.

"I don't like to ring people up or email them etc because generally I feel like... if they wanted to know me, then they'd get in touch, which seems clearly hypocritical, but I rationalise it as being fair because they're cooler than me or more social or whatever, so if they phoned me then obviously they'd be doing me a favour, but if I phoned them I'd be a boring imposition butting into their day and making demands of them.

Also, I like seeing people, but I am very bad at committing to plans. I get nervous, oh no, WHAT IF. What if what? I don't know. "What if I need to be somewhere else, or I can't find transport?", but I fear also "what if I'm kind of tired that day and would prefer to sit around doing fuck all and then regret doing fuck all yet again?", probably.

Plus I feel like if I'm going to get in touch then I should have NEWS or EXCITING IDEAS FOR ACTIVITIES or at least be charming and hilarious and entertaining, and I never have the first two and can't live up to the last part, so I think "eh, I'd like to, but I'm tired now and don't have anything to say, but maybe tomorrow I will be sparklingly witty and able to think of some fun and non-awkward hanging-out proposition other than 'hey, we should meet up some time... but i don't know where or when or what we could do except stare nervously at each other a bit, so... whatever'."

SORRY EVERYBODY!