the album.

i miss them.

not only do i miss the large, vivid artwork, i miss the process of putting on an album on the first track, doin' your thang and loving damn near everything until it ceases in spinning. it seems that we're getting back to the days of the single.... yet artists still rushing up a full albums worth of material to meet some deadline set by the business to make goal for the quarter.... possibly not allowing the artist do the damn thing their way, at their speed, with the quality that they're happy with. so you get some good tracks with a lot of filler before, after and in between. maybe its that some people only have one or two great tunes... and thats cool. the past is full of some classic one-hit-wonders. but it seems like theres not much depth to what we've got out right now. a song here or there... a follow up that might rock.... but not much to identify this time with music.

this brings me to the new metallica album coming out. i've heard the live version of cyanide and the day that never comes was released yesterday. everyone knows i'm a metallica lifer, and i'll find the good in most of the tracks they lay down. they're working with rick on this one and i'm psyched to see how it is. yesterday i had a frightening observation, that i think i'm going to keep to myself until i hear the album as a whole, but i'm excited, curious, and skeptical at the same time.

another thing i'm excited for... WADAPLU by the mudkids.

so... start to finish... complete albums.
what can your recommend for people to check out?

-k.
be great and create.