my careless contagion

A Thousand Miles From Nowhere by Dwight Yoakam. Why am I posting this video? Why not? Stop asking so many questions. Do you work for the CIA? I'm posting stuff that doesn't have anything to do with anything. It's liberating. Probably won't post much about my life anymore. Instead, I intend to write about things of absolutely no import. Actually, by that definition, I should write about my life exclusively. Haha.  This song was released in 1993. Think back to what you were doing then. That's how long this guy's been rocking. Well, longer, actually. And it probably took him that long to get out of those leather pants. Oof.  I like this video because it's a split screen, which is not something you see very often. It's a lot for the mind to process, two screens at once, but it works. When our minds are overloaded, we are more susceptible to things slipping into our subconscious unnoticed. Our minds have gateways, and when we're bombarded, things slip thr...

What can I say about Justin Timberlake? He's highly versatile. He outgrew his boyishness but still retains enough to appeal to all sectors of his audience. Say Something features country star Chris Stapelton as well. In this song, he reminds me a little of Willie Nelson during his solo, as he's not always singing on time, just a little behind the beat. Collaborations seem to have the effect of maintaining and broadening an artist's appeal. It's usually a smart thing to do.  I want to talk about the song. The video is neat, too, and it's a somewhat unique idea. It starts out in the basement and follows JT through the building in a single take, building in intensity as it goes. There are a lot of possible interpretations for the song. I'll just talk about what it means to me.  Our world is full of noise. I'm currently reading the biography of author and lyricist Margaret Wise Brown, and even though she lived many years ago, she lamented the noise tha...