Why the Inception of King Crimson is important to teh history of Progressive Rock and by-in-large the music field as a whole...

This is a blog I'm putting forth from the chaos of ideas that is my mind.

Right now I'm going to speak about music history but more focused on King Crimson and why they are so essential to musical history yet few people from my generation today, I believe, will have ever heard of them and their steely creative genius, Robert Fripp.

King Crimson is so Important in my mind now after reading history based on the influence they brought forth that I can only say this, Progressive Rock and much of music todya may not have existed in it's complex inception if not for two things:

1. The inception of the concept album by such bands as The Beatles

2. The inception of King Crimson and the advent of In The Court Of The Crimson King


I won't talk much about number 1 because volumes upon volumes have been written about The Beatles. But little has been known to the common masses about King Crimson's quiet yet extraordinary and continued contribution to the music world. Without them first-wave prog rock, may have never existed IMO, or influences and advents in such areas later on like industrial, alternative rock, progressive metal, and many other things. If someone wnats to look it up in Wikipedia, they should you might find some serious surprises about this somewhat known, yet not well known band.

-Re-GZ

Happiness is...

...Good food...
...The satisfaction of interesting work being done...
and last but not least.

Deep, satisfying, sexual intercourse with a woman I love... if she actually existed, which I'm honestly doubting at this point.

-Re-GZ0089

In roughly two hours I turn twenty-nine

Still not entirely certain if my life is going in a satisfactory direction.... damn; I feel like such a whiny bitch.

A nice long post, one to make up for the neglect: Why, The Social Network, made me change my mind on my life's path

Hi guys I felt like putting a lot of self-thought out there today, I bought The Social Network on DVD today, I think it may be one of the most personally impacting films I have ever scene. It's funny when you watch a movie and how certain elements grab you. But I don't think any movie has quantified the feelings in aggregate quite the way this one is. Seeing the opening, the awkwardness of Mark Zuckerburg on the screen really nailed some nuisances for me about how my life had been so far.

Once upon a time I used to hang out with people not unlike him, some of which were selfish, immature, yet technically brilliant and all of that which was wrapped in a manipulative shell, for the world to see. I stood no different than an ambivalent pauper for their amusement. They squandered my sense of loyalty, my generosity but a fringe benefit for their abuse. All the while believe their fun at my expense, and ultimately costing me my sense of self-worth and ability in anything I did. It has been two years since I talked to the last of they're number on frequent basis. But they don't seem change, it left me with a bitter-sweet taste of horrific ambivalence in my mouth.


This brings me to the intensity of mixed emotions I had watching this very well done film, it was creepily eerie to watch the bar seen as Mark totally bombed his girlfriend and didn't even realize it. Just like later on when he started hacking campus machines whilst working in a POSIX environment.

The moral of the film is this for me: Friends don't screw over loyalty and sacrifice, of other friends, for meager spoils.

Not unlike Saverin at the end of The Social Network I too have learned very grave lessons of this kind. Friends don't screw over other friends that help them with financial aid, and friends don't break up other friends' families for their own selfish gain.

After the movie was over my mind started swirling as a massive stream of consciousness, an aggregate of thoughts from long conversations had with other more honorable friends whom I've met and have shown me respect, to certain difficulties in my own personal life. All of it swirled and led me to the true conclusion that many things I had been thinking we're ordinary about me and equal to anyone else we're actually extraordinary, I just believed the false pretenses which I had bought into after being a kicktoy for so many other, "friends" I had made earlier in life.


You, realize as a result of all of this that you simply weren't really doing anything consciously for yourself in the matters of what your life is all about, you're just following a path subconsciously set based on false advertising that being IT is the only path for you and you will not be worth anything until that happens. It simply proved unlivable for me, and have this interesting entry and cinema to thank for that realization.

Thank you Social Network for the wake up call, now I can live my life a little less saddled with private nightmares.

-Re-GZ

Coming out of a hard week...

I find my musing about the last week, a co-worker had died suddenly and unexpectedly, another had a seizure for no plausible explanation. I gotta admit now I'm actually looking forward to returning to school to get away from the oddities which work has presented me. Life is moving, and as per usual, oh so slowly.


Life treads memories, like fish tread a stream.

-Re-GZ0089