Discoveries

After a pathetic amount of time trying to figure out how to use RSS feeds, I finally found out how to do it without a local application. There's a site called bloglines, and there's a link to the right (and maybe a bit down.) They have a large list of popular feeds, and it's pretty easy to add ones they don't have listed. Now I can be an even better news junkie than I was.

Also heard a new band last night, called Cue. They sound something like Godspeed You Black Emperor, instrumental rock with epic feel. Aaron told the drummer, a friend of his from high school, that they were too good to be playing small clubs, and I think he was right. This is a band that people would be willing to pay to see, if they knew about them. As it turns out, I've actually sort of known one of the members of the band (Stacey, their electric violinist) for quite some time, and she never told me she was in a band. I think that this might indicate why they are playing venues that are not worthy of them-the bands I've seen succeed have done so based more on their self-promotion rather than their actual talent. It's sad, but people's ability to succeed in the arts has little or nothing to do with their ability.