Bravo Pat!! BRAVO!!!! A spur of the moment wisdom that spills truth and irony in one delicious serving!! Sending You and Yours a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! OH, and for the book, I am one appreciative fan of yours as always!!!! Keep Rocking and serving out COOL with GREAT MUSIC!!!!
 

uh-oh, here come the compliments...
i didn't mean to, uh..... well hell, maybe i did!
glad you got the irony part! :)
thanks man! You too!!! xo,p
 

You're number 1 in my music world...and I like to believe I have very discerning tastes. I've seen them all, some have the voice, some the looks, some the natural talent to play and create...but you pat, you have it all. If you need recognition and I don't believe you do, but maybe would long for it...then you have to accept the shit of what it is to be recognized and adored...I think you live a pretty neat life and very unique...I've been down this road...be careful what you wish for, for you'll end up wishing for what you had.

 

"be careful what you wish for, for you'll end up wishing for what you had."

great line, Fisherman Bob!!! (hey why are my heroes all named Bob?)
how 'bout "careful what you FISH for..." ???
anyway.. yeah i've been there too- had what i wished for,
wished for what i had, wished i knew what i had,
wished i'd stop wishing...
now i wish i was out fishing!!!
(for FISH, not compliments!:)
xo,p
 

"Showing the world how full of shit we can be is no achievement- It feels good, but reeks of self-obsession.
"

Hmmm. Then I suppose it might be time to take down my myspace page.





Nah...



I think I'll ..err...enjoy a good work out.

 

hahaha you do that! and "Nah..." is right:
self-obsession's half the fun in life! :)
 

I don't think you suck that much, if that helps. Hey, maybe just light a match from time to time.

 

Love you Pat!!!!!
 

As a musician you should already know
that recognition comes AFTER your plane crashes...
 

In zen - the lowest level of awareness is in fact ceremony of any kind. Yes the awards programs are basically bullshit. I have three grammy nominations - all forwarded by the heads of the respective labels - total bullshit - I didnt even bother to go. The one time I did go i realized the atmosphere was really really weird.


I feel this is the question of Mojo - a quality most musicians simply do not have and will never have. Those with real Mojo are an unstoppable force in the universe. Many artists cling to such things as convention - retro - mindlessness - and such to get attention by an audience they hope is stupid (uh unaware) enough to realize they do not really have that much mojo at all.


Most musos cannot handle that much mojo at all. It freaks them the hell out. Only a very few can sail the seas and really make it happen.


The good news is that music that really translates has legs of its own.

 

Mr. fUckingmAcdonald, you are such a great philosopher, I love it when you do these blogs.

The fact is, you are startlingly insightful and it's not our fault we aren't as cute as the Jonas Brothers,.... well, I am not anyway.

I look at it from the artists viewpoint, I create because it is inside me and needs to come out, I have never sat down and thought to myself, "Ok, now I write hit song" or "Ok, now I write song world will love". I will sit there playing my guitar and some unseen force guides my fingers. Some songs are construed as good, some songs are not. But they are all artistic outpourings from within. I write for myself but if someone can relate to the song I have written in some way , this is most excellent and a little rewarding.....makes you feel appreciated, but I can feel appreciated on many levels....like..."Good workout, D'Wendt!" and ALSO "Great shit you took there, D'Wendt!!" .



On an unrelated topic..........I still do not understand the purpose of 2 Kudos.

"Kudos (pronounced /ˈkjuːdɒs/, often /ˈkuːdoʊz/), from the Greek κῦδος (not to be confused with κύδος "taunt"), kydos, (literally "that which is heard of") means "fame" and "renown" resulting from an act or achievement. Extending "kudos" to another individual is often done as a praising remark. It entered English as British university slang in the early 1800s. In Standard British English, as in Greek, Kudos is a singular and not a plural noun, and is used exclusively as such in Britain. However, in common use in the US the noun is often plural: She received many kudos ['ku:doʊz] for her work.


The term is often attributed to recognition in the workplace with many Employee Recognition Programs developed solely to recognize the achievement of individuals.
"
 

Bravo indeed!
B
 

Well Stated!

I think I'll make a copy of this and post it next to my 'poster of daily torture'
"MUSIC...WHO DO YOU MAKE IT FOR and WHY SHOULD THEY CARE?"

All the Best for a Great '09. Play Hard. Travel Safe.
(Rant On) db
 

this may be my favorite "rant" from you yet, Mr mAcd.. especially the part about recognition as a byproduct. i like to think of it as success (in any endeavor) is not something to be PURsued, but something that will ENsue from good achievement. once i came to terms w/ the idea that i'll never be the 'hippest' artist around, it was actually liberating, b/c i came to realize that consistent competence, paired w/ "keepin it real" is really all that's necessary.. and eventually, like you say, the recognition will surely follow.

and fortunately, these days, being real IS what's hip.


Alwyas great to hear you dropping the knowledge, Pat...;)

Happy New Year! love from nyc.. -c
 

I took this blog as a not quite so selfless promotion of Little Marsh Overflow. I didn't know that promoting someone else could be termed as "not entirely selfless" if you're not actually in the group you're expounding the qualities of, but you've accomplished that. And for that I believe you deserve recognition.


..

So does LMO have a MySpace page? How 'bout a link? I'd love to see and hear them now that you've put them on the radar.


And you do deserve more recognition, as much as you can handle.

 

Ah yes of course- Little Marsh Overflow has a Myspace.
It's here:
http://www.myspace.com/littlemarshoverflow

 

Thanks, Pat! I look forward to seeing them at SBSF5. Well, I look forward to the whole damn thing!
 

Hey Pat!

I've been watching VH1 Classics 2009 video countdown marathon (I Tivoed it all) and I finally reached the "The's" and was curious to see if they would play The Futures so bright...after being dissapointed they didn't play "Life is Hard". Well right after U2's "The Fly" they came through with The Future's so Bright.
As a matter matter of fact you were sandwiched by U2 and Sheila E :)