focusing on the finer points now

i like the new web stuff in principle. i do think it needs a slight bit of tweeking in terms of creating greater continuity - the movement of the dots, while i like, get annoying to me fairly quickly, and don't seem to quite be part of the same aesthetic as the images. keep the movement, but slow it right down and animate it rather than randomly positioned dots flickering on and off. and the dots themselves could possibly be played with a bit as well so that they fit with what they're sitting on top of. get it up as soon as you can though, i reckon. i'll post you the ftp details in a private e-mail.

i also like the 'i saw this...' (see, i CAN abbreviate) title. i'd like to state a case for 'am i my brother's keeper?' as well, though. i don't know a whole lot about the 'bra boys phenomenon, but it certainly has little to do with it. it's more about asking what is the responsibility of one human to another, and it is what most of the lyrical content i've written, and from what i can guess, you and marcella as well, is about. obviously it's a quote from cain when god asks him where his (dead) brother is, and to me it kind of sums up the attitude of western culture at this point in time. i think it's one of the most powerful stories in the bible. i also had a student a couple of years back do a rather impressive body of work based on the phrase, which has always stayed with me - i'll try and track down some images of it. ultimately, i like it mostly because it's a powerful, memorable phrase which relates very closely to the lyrical themes of the album.

could you possibly post the list of critiquing we did on thursday night up on the blog? i don't actually have a copy. it was good to go through and do that again. i'll work on what we've discussed and we can do it again in a few weeks.

also, you didn't give me the files for 'the sun sets on the age of the instrumentalist'. could you possibly get those onto one of the cd-rs and send it to me?

so when does telafonica want to play just like now again. i figure now there's some monetary incentive, we could probably play with any band we want who is willing to play. what about o||o? anything from july on is free.