Welcome one and all to Varden's Vonderful Vonderings, a collection of random matters that have been circulating my mind recently. There's no real set date for when I'll be making one of these posts, so you might be seeing a clutter of them in one month and then have to wait Valve time for a disappointing pay-off 12 years later when China enslaves all of the US. For this particular one, I'm starting a little smaller. Eventually they'll get into bigger lengths when it comes to what I'll be talking about and how much I feel like delving into it. Then again, it could just be another toss-up like when I'll post another one of these, so you just have to wait and see. Let's get to it.
Discovering The Dark Side Of The Moon
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There isn't really an adequate explanation I can give you as to why I never listened to Pink Floyd. I could tell you that I didn't think I liked the sound, but I never thought so much about their sound. I'm not even sure what I confused to be their sound. Some recess of my mind thought that I had heard them before and had not enjoyed what I had heard. It's not that it wasn't of my tastes, I listen to almost anything if I can find a way to enjoy the way that the song progresses. The most absurd reason I can conjure up is that I mixed them up as Pink and I can't quite say that I like Pink. Mainly it was from the way she presented herself, but it could have also been that her music didn't quite catch my attention. But much like Pink Floyd, I know so very little about them and had very little of a care that I didn't bother to do much investigating. So in the end, it could have just been that I was distracted with other music and didn't bother because bothering never even crossed my mind.
It was only until I went to a party and I heard that one of the people there had been playing the whole album. It was then that I understood all that I had to know about The Dark Side Of The Moon. My mind found it self at peace understanding now what exactly was it was. It was incredible to finally listen to it and take in all the passion that the music had encompasses. It was one of those albums that took you on a journey and let you decide for yourself what you wanted to see. It stimulated that sense of creativity that people search for. There was probably so much more that one could say about the album that people have already said, so I'll simply leave it at this. I'm glad that I cleared up my knowledge on Pink Floyd and I might be interested in more of their music.
Looking Into The Mind Of Robert Crumb
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Before I even watched the movie, all I knew about Robert Crumb was that he was sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny. Right there, I think it was probably a good idea to stay away, but I suppose I found myself wondering about what else lied. I vaguely had knowledge that he had a part in Fritz The Cat, mainly because I searched what else Bahski did aside from the abomination of Cool World. So I guess I didn't really have much else in my mind when it came to Crumb. Oddly when I was searching for video clips, the whole documentary seemed to be staring at me as one of those videos that you'd have to play to watch a movie online (and I hope that they don't stiff you with a bunch of idiotic ads every 10 minutes too). Great thing about Crumb is that it was free, so I didn't have to bother asking to get a credit card to pay for it or just forget even bothering to watch it.
Crumb was a very interesting film and the eponymous man was interesting himself. His way of thinking, drawing and seeing the world is fascinating, as well as creepy. I've often found that artists really are just using their art to eloquently express their world and sometimes art serves as a way for them to find a way to tackle an issue or situation more easily. Much of the great surrealist art is aimed to challenge the mind, and in a way Crumb does try to do that. But at the same time, you see why his perspective is alienating. It's not so much that people aren't okay with the idea of counterculture, he just has a more crass and perhaps twisted manner of going about things. Which isn't surprising when you consider that his family is a mostly dysfunctional mess. I can understand Crumb's feelings, but to truly relate and comprehend the mindset that he has is something completely abstract to me. I'm no stranger to desensitization and idiosyncratic thought processes, but Crumb's techniques are something that are better to just take in the satire and bizarreness than what lies beneath them. Also he's creepy. But I think that goes without say.
So yeah, that's all I can say about this psychedelic road trip. Later.
Discovering The Dark Side Of The Moon
There isn't really an adequate explanation I can give you as to why I never listened to Pink Floyd. I could tell you that I didn't think I liked the sound, but I never thought so much about their sound. I'm not even sure what I confused to be their sound. Some recess of my mind thought that I had heard them before and had not enjoyed what I had heard. It's not that it wasn't of my tastes, I listen to almost anything if I can find a way to enjoy the way that the song progresses. The most absurd reason I can conjure up is that I mixed them up as Pink and I can't quite say that I like Pink. Mainly it was from the way she presented herself, but it could have also been that her music didn't quite catch my attention. But much like Pink Floyd, I know so very little about them and had very little of a care that I didn't bother to do much investigating. So in the end, it could have just been that I was distracted with other music and didn't bother because bothering never even crossed my mind.
It was only until I went to a party and I heard that one of the people there had been playing the whole album. It was then that I understood all that I had to know about The Dark Side Of The Moon. My mind found it self at peace understanding now what exactly was it was. It was incredible to finally listen to it and take in all the passion that the music had encompasses. It was one of those albums that took you on a journey and let you decide for yourself what you wanted to see. It stimulated that sense of creativity that people search for. There was probably so much more that one could say about the album that people have already said, so I'll simply leave it at this. I'm glad that I cleared up my knowledge on Pink Floyd and I might be interested in more of their music.
Looking Into The Mind Of Robert Crumb
Before I even watched the movie, all I knew about Robert Crumb was that he was sexually attracted to Bugs Bunny. Right there, I think it was probably a good idea to stay away, but I suppose I found myself wondering about what else lied. I vaguely had knowledge that he had a part in Fritz The Cat, mainly because I searched what else Bahski did aside from the abomination of Cool World. So I guess I didn't really have much else in my mind when it came to Crumb. Oddly when I was searching for video clips, the whole documentary seemed to be staring at me as one of those videos that you'd have to play to watch a movie online (and I hope that they don't stiff you with a bunch of idiotic ads every 10 minutes too). Great thing about Crumb is that it was free, so I didn't have to bother asking to get a credit card to pay for it or just forget even bothering to watch it.
Crumb was a very interesting film and the eponymous man was interesting himself. His way of thinking, drawing and seeing the world is fascinating, as well as creepy. I've often found that artists really are just using their art to eloquently express their world and sometimes art serves as a way for them to find a way to tackle an issue or situation more easily. Much of the great surrealist art is aimed to challenge the mind, and in a way Crumb does try to do that. But at the same time, you see why his perspective is alienating. It's not so much that people aren't okay with the idea of counterculture, he just has a more crass and perhaps twisted manner of going about things. Which isn't surprising when you consider that his family is a mostly dysfunctional mess. I can understand Crumb's feelings, but to truly relate and comprehend the mindset that he has is something completely abstract to me. I'm no stranger to desensitization and idiosyncratic thought processes, but Crumb's techniques are something that are better to just take in the satire and bizarreness than what lies beneath them. Also he's creepy. But I think that goes without say.
So yeah, that's all I can say about this psychedelic road trip. Later.