TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, October 23, 2007

12:14 AM
Posted by jodi rose

Did I promise or imply that something clear, focused and articulate would emerge on these pages soon? It was certainly my wish and hope...

For now, we may have to remain content with the swirling mists of mellow fruitlessness... inspiration strikes every now and then, I have a scribbled list of musical insight and ideas currently fading into the skin of my hand - terrible schoolgirl habit, but I didn't want to disturb 'the necks' concert by rustling in my back with paper as well as finding the pen.

It's all percolating, still taking shape.

There's no point in going off half-baked now, is there ;)

Speaking of which, my unending quest to find schwarzwaldekirschtorte appears to be in vain, so I will have to make one myself. Any recipes?

Collected three new CD's today and a pile of corrections an inch thick from my rock'n'roll boss, and have a seething morass of proposal deadlines heading towards me at warp velocity. Something about a working to a deadline makes that instantly productive energy kick in; I just wish I could harness it at a more sustainable, manageable pace.

On the local news front, I joined a book group and a writer's group, and randomly met a lovely young Australian girl working on her novella in a cafe* (in beautiful green ink), so invited her along too. Because too many Australians are never enough!! Doing my best to mingle with the other kids too, it's just that critical mass develops so quickly into a raucous Aussie Posse.

*Co-incidentally (and Berlin is the most co-incidental city in the world, as Rob used to say, 'I'm thinking too loud again' things just happen) we met in the same cafe where I had the most excellent fortune to drop by on my cycle back from picking up the mail in Neukolln last week, and heard a trio of extraordinary musicians creating some very wild new music. An incubating period for all of us, perhaps.