Wednesday

Listening to: Fela Kuti who is the real, crazy, makes you feel nuts, schizo, chaotic, trance inducing thing.

Feeling: Like my life is a Fela Kuti song.

Going: To the Alpinist magazine film fest tonight at the Boulder Theater. I’m going to sit back with a bunch of smelly climbers, drink a cold ass beer(s), and appreciate what’s really cool about climbing – how it’s just people in nature that is WAY bigger than them. For those who don’t like actually climbing but like to look at it, like me, I think Alpinist is the perfect gateway. The magazine is published only 4 times/year but its not like some ghengis Climber magazine or whatever; the articles are often historical pieces on the evolution of climbing as well as the niche aspects, like slacklining. I don’t know; 9 times out of 10 if you’d laid out a copy of VeloNews and Alpinist I’d choose VeloNews. But the fact that I would pick up Alpinist even once says a lot about how good they portray what rock climbing is about. I’m no climber nor am I even that into it, so to get me to spend money or spend time reading about it, says something.

Thinking: I need a TB test…for reasons I can’t yet explain.

Wishing: Our Italia trip was October 16th instead of November 16th.

Hoping: For a quick, sweat filled, Fela Kuti style mountain bike ride tomorrow.

A playlist

Every so often I like to capture a list of some of the music I’ve been into and with all the grief I’ve been getting from Connor about my taste, I thought I’d share my “recently played” list from iTunes. It’s experimental and diverse…suck it Connor.

• Fela Kuti “sorrow tears and blood,” “no sorrow,” and “zombie”
• Tom Petty “you got lucky”
• Creedence Clearwater Revival ”have you ever seen the rain?”
• Junior Mafia “get money”
• The Dream ”shawty is a ten”
• Gwen Stefani “luxurious”
• Mgmt “electic eeel”
• Lil Wayne “comfortable”
• Radiohead “kid a”
• Richie Stephens “crushed”