"The war is over...they won..."

I stayed up late last night watching the extended "bootleg" cut of Almost Famous and, once again, fell head over heels in love with the movies Idealized portrayal of the freedom and sentimentality of 70's rock and roll. Every time I watch it I can't help but feel like I've missed out, like the music scene we live in and die for is exactly the substanceless "industry of cool" that the movie version of Lester Bangs so gravely cautions against.

Is the war really over? Did They win?

Sometimes it feels that way and I get pretty discouraged. I mean, what logical reason is there that My band should make it as opposed to the 7000+ other bands fighting it out in this city?

And thats just it...logic has nothing to do with it. Trying to think our way to the top will always be a failing gesture.

When we run on instinct we are at our strongest. When that next part of the song just comes out of you naturally it is always a thousand times better and more real than any formulated "thought out" part or transition.

I feel like my band is fianlly getting to that point, the point where we stop thinking our music and start really feeling it.

So, to answer the question of why I know that this band is going to make it....

It's because I can feel it...I can feel it every time we lock in on some new part, or every time we hit our stride on stage and everything just flows together. I can feel it when we talk about our plans and our ambissions.

It's just sleeping there under the surface.

I think the next few months are going to be very interesting...