Verizon indicated that my phone service will go away around 3AM tomorrow morning, and I imagine my DSL will go with it. I guess that means that I'll be shutting down everyone tonight, and moving my computer stuff, or as much as I have energy for, anyhow. No entries for awhile. I'm probably going to get my futon cover dry-cleaned -- I use sheets now, thanks to my mom, but it still has a lot of cat fur on it from when I didn't, and I'd have more peace of mind with it being clean under the sheets.

It's going to be very *interesting* seeing if I can fit the futon matress into my car. I might need to rent a U-haul, or ask around CMU for someone with a big vehicle. However, that's the only thing I can't move myself -- I've already moved all the other big furniture.

There's a 'war meeting' I instigated of local atheists/agnostics meeting very soon, so I need to get going. I leave you, my kind reader, with a thought. Do the current styles of music depend on modern technology and instruments, or were they, ignoring cultural factors, possible in, say, the 16th century? Are there any bands out there that use nonmodern instruments while still being clearly in one of the modern styles?

A side 'big' question: Do most modern styles have characteristics that are descended from those developed in Jazz?

Mmm... sometimes it's nice to just sit back to inspiring music, close your eyes, and let the music tug your emotions wherever it wants, without distractions. Some people don't get any of this emotional stuff from music though .. that would make life a good deal less worth living for me.

Zoom time! (kudos to you if you can place that reference without a search engine)