FinishMySong Blog

I've mentioned a lot on here the blog that my friend, Martin, writes. It's great - he waffles endlessly about all manner of weird subjects and I sometimes wonder why my blogs don't come across like that. I remember him telling me once that he tries to take on the tone of a Woody Allen monologue and, to some extent, I think his blogs are successful in this venture. Perhaps I don't try hard enough to pull this kind of thing off. Or maybe I try too hard. Or could it be that I've just read too many Guardian supplements?!

I came across another blog today that leaps off the page with this certain 'rawness' that I find so refreshing and yet also incredibly hard to bring through my own internet blogging: Raksha writes her "Ramblings" blog from Kuala Lumpur and uses loads of different text tricks to get her feelings across - not just the words but more of the emotion and mood than the average Sunday paper.

Today she rambles on about how her boss has been driving her nuts with his choice of music, presumably in an office or retail environment (I must read more of Raksha's stuff... you see, I'm already addicted to this real-life soap!). Seems a shame that some lame-brain who sounds to have one copy of Pavarotti and another of Nigel Kennedy playing Vivaldi's Four Seasons is successfully putting a perfectly intelligent, reasonable individual off of the 'real' classical music trail. Seriously, Raksha - there is some GREAT music out there just waiting for you to discover it! Don't let you boss' poor choice of CD and annoying habit of playing the same things repeatedly reassert the incorrect notion that all classical music is dull and boring!! PLEASE!