So it goes like this: We see Yes. I start listening to old Yes albums. That leads me back to Buggles, who I loved in the 1980s. You know, “Video Killed the Radio Star.” Good keyboards. So I wonder what else Geoff Downes has done. Yes, I know he was in Asia, but what else? That leads me to New Dance Orchestra, which is electronica with a strong disco/dance influence. The new album features vocals by Anne-Marie Helder. Reminds me of Sarah Brightman. Research her a bit and discover she does lead vocals for a Welsh group called Panic Room. Find a couple of tracks on YouTube. I like. And thus is a new group discovered by me. I read that the band was formed out of a previous endeavor called Karnataka, which I’ve also never heard. So maybe there’s something else to check out. I like finding new music.
I haven’t said much about this, but since it seems to be moving right along, I guess it’s safe to say that I’ve finally started working on that novel I’ve been thinking about for lo these many months and years. I’m doing it longhand, as I did with the novella I wrote earlier this year, and since September 9 I’ve completed over fifty handwritten pages. I have no idea if all of it will make it into the book once it’s finished, because some of it involves feeling around for the right direction and figuring out for myself what it’s really all about, but I think I’m well on my way. I’m not going to make any promises, even to myself, as to when I hope to get the first draft finished, but it would be nice to think I could get a lot of it done before the leap year begins.
I finished the Netflix original Narcos last night. Open for a second season, which I’d watch. The first season manages to turn the narrating character into a bit of a jerk by the end, but at least he’s not Walter White. Just a guy tainted by the things he has to deal with and do to get his job done.
This morning, while exercising I decided to go back to House of Cards, Season 3, which we’d abandoned after a few episodes. I didn’t mind it, but my wife got bored with it. We’re going to try out a comedy series called Blunt Talk that stars Patrick Stewart this weekend. I’m also watching a series called Fortitude that has Michael Gambon, Sofie Gråbøl, Christopher Eccleston and Stanley Tucci. It’s set on a remote northern island (filmed in Iceland) where it is unlawful for anyone to die or be buried.
