Music

Thank god for music, nothing helps me change my mood more.

I have an external hard drive with about 40Gb of music on it, an embarrassment of riches to chose from. I have old favourites (CDs I own and love), stuff sent to me by friends and lovers, and odd & ends I've downloaded after reading about it on-line.

Choosing what to listen to is difficult when there is so much. A lot of it is love songs, the most common type of song written - such a rich vein of loss and despair - beautiful to wallow in but not appropriate to now. Now I'm feeling.. not exactly angry, more a little disappointed and cynical at how easily he gave up.

So a trawl through my music was in order to create the right kind of playlist to support this feeling, and, my, there's some really nasty stuff on that hard drive. I've rediscovered Soft Cell (remember Tainted Love? Damn! but it's good), Billy Idol (best sneer in the business) mixed in with a little Fine Young Cannibals, Cake and Linkin Park. I've added a pinch of Fats Domino and Labi Siffre and a sprinkling of other performers and I have nearly three hours of fighting music.

Bliss.