Disconnection Noticed

The other night I got Ableton Live set up on the Mac and attempted to put together some kind of mix, but it just wouldn't happen. In part this is probably because of all the scattered listening done in 2008. Not so much haphazard as listening to something for a few weeks and then discarding it, perhaps before its time. Even with stuff like Fleet Foxes and Bon Iver that I listened to death, after putting them away for a few months I'm not able to recall specific moments without re-listening, which makes the mixing process long and tedious.

I'm not sure what the remedy is, because I'm not sure this really qualifies as a problem. It feels like this ought to be related to Slow Listening Movement-type issues, but theoretically that's just what I've done. It does at least call into question the idea of a month of post-punk, or really a month of anything at all specific. Since I won't remember it all that well, at best it would slightly influence my listening habits.

There has to be some brilliant way to fuse concentrated bursts of listening and prolonged recognition. Hmm...