Vitalogy (preamble)
B: why are you staring at me like that, Compy?
C: trying to figure out where you're going next.
B: why, i just bumble forward without much thought. More fun that way.
C: yeah, but Skip's right. The further we go the more complex you get, but after you say it it makes complete sense.
B: i'm just very grounded in observation. I like jigsaw puzzles. Sometimes you focus on shapes, sometimes color, sometimes you pick up a piece and search for where it goes, sometimes you look at a empty space and remember the piece that fills it. The more you do it, the easier it gets.
C: yeah, but what album is next?
B: easy, Vitalogy.
C: what? Why?
B: well i mentioned Des'ree and Naturopathy. Silly pseudo science. Vitalogy. Also, Des'ree felt the need to explain every song in the liner notes like she knew they didn't make any sense on their own. Pearl Jam totally went the other way and built an elaborate collage of weirdness around their coherent and insightful observations of real human activity and interaction. Two sides of the same coin i'm tossing. Vitology is the better album in my opinion.
C: but how would you even think to compare them?
B: i didn't, i just saw a Vitalogy shaped hole, so that's what we listen to next.
C: really?
B: honestly, i heard Betterman on the radio, and it all clicked. It's amazing how beautiful it is when you're fully in tune with the possibilities of coincidence. A couple minutes either direction and it might never have happened.
C: amazing. Should i wake up Skip?
B: nah, we'll save the actual review for the book. He's had a rough couple of weeks. Or, maybe this was the review. I dunno, i've got weeds to whack before we actually listen to it later. Anything could happen (wink)
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