Call me capricious. Call me irresponsible. Sure, I might vacillate at times--or even frequently--but that is our right if it comes to little things in life...
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Battle of the Bands Results
First off, let me get to the main point of this post--the results of my most recent Battle of the Bands match up which was between the jazzy duo Jackie and Roy and the psychedelic vocal group Rotary Connection. As is usually the case, I liked both of my selections quite well, but one comes out on top for me. My preferred pick is Rotary Connection. Diedre Knight summed it up well for me:
Jackie and Roy were good, real smooth. I can imagine them smiling as they sing together. But the lyrics suggest an entirely different mood, one I thought was well conveyed in the somewhat cosmic background sounds and fetching vocals of Rotary Connection. A vote for RC from me, please.
A dose of psychedelia is something I welcome in music and a few others seemed to agree. This was another back and forth close race. It was what I needed to rekindle things for me and my blog.
Final Vote Tally
Jackie and Roy 11
Rotary Connection 13
Piece of My Mind
Now as to the point on the periphery of my recent thinking, I had mentioned previously that I was pondering a decision. Part of the clue was in the title of my song choice "Didn't Want to Have to Do It". "Do what?" you might or might not say. Respond to the frustrations and exasperations that I've been feeling of late is my answer.
To expound upon this thought, I was strongly considering taking a blog break until at least September and maybe longer. But then I was seeing where I was not the only one pondering these thoughts. Maybe it's an offshoot of recent events and moods. Maybe some of us have been blogging too long in a social media environment that isn't always very nice and frequently not very receptive to different opinions. I don't know, but so much of the time I just don't feel so much like "tossing it out" anymore.
Then I have a pretty dynamite Battle of the Bands with an excellent response (24 votes isn't too bad) and I get inspired for the next one to come. I do enjoy these Battle posts. Maybe I won't take that break that I was planning--yet, if ever. However I am going to cut back for summer to just one Battle on the first of the month which will continue to be in tandem with my post for the Insecure Writer's Support Group along with my follow-up results post for that Battle. That will keep my monthly posting to just two entries per month unless I get worked up enough to post something else in a month.
I'll see how things go and be flexible. Right now I feel tremendously discouraged about our country. Hopefully things will get better soon. Sometimes hope is all that keeps us going.
Next Battle of the Bands on Wednesday July 1st
This post will also be for Insecure Writer's Support Group. Hope you'll join me then--unless I have something that I feel I must say before that time. I'll try to keep visiting your posts and commenting, Seems like I should have time on my hands since I probably won't be going back East to visit family this summer. That hurts, but I guess it's not as bad as a kick in the head from some irrational mindless idiot protester. As far as I"m concerned, all of the people with their causes can take those causes and shove them where I don't have to see them.
Do you still enjoy blogging as much as you used to? Has producing new blog posts become somewhat of a chore to you at times? Where do you think the world is heading these days?
