To every last one of my zero readers:

I have been doing a lot of thinking about blogs lately, mainly on account of work stuff (coming soon: a www.thestranger.com that isn't a total embarrassment, even to a net-illiterate such as my damn self), but also because I stumbled onto a veritable trove of journals by a lot of music journalists whose names I know-—and some of whom I really admire, and some of whom I don't--published daily and intricately linked to one another, complete with cross-collateralized commentary (one pauses to think about how Ellroy would have spelled that last clause in American Tabloid or Cold Six Thousand, to say nothing of how the bastards at Pye Records between '64 and '69 might have botched the job) and the kind of voice(s) that simultaneously indicate intimate acquaintance AND a large, entertained readership. I am impressed. And becoming kind of addicted. Never mind that I barely know maybe two of them.

Anyway, I really like the idea of publishing here more regularly and pretending that I am addressing a constituency of peers and strangers who admire and keep up with my musings about this and that. I suppose that's the only purpose of this medium (is it a medium yet, or is it still just a form?), so silly me for needing to "realize" it.

Now watch as I don't post for seven weeks.