Other than the fact that my job, my current job, the way I do it, is not a good job for someone who tends to have hermit tendencies like I do. I pretty much have to force myself out of the house in the AM and down to Starbucks to get the bulk of my work done early in the morning. My profession, as a talk show host or even as the Program Director of a radio station in many ways was custom fit for a lunatic like me. I was able to communicate with many thousands of people in the comfortable confines of a little padded booth. When you think about it, it’s a pretty insane profession. Sitting in a little room talking to imaginary people. Of course you convince yourself in your head that they really do exist, and that you are having an intimate conversation with them one on one. Of course you do get interaction, via phone calls, but for the most part it’s a pretty bizarre profession.

Since I’ve been working in the consulting side of things, and not in an every day radio station or at a network, I’ve become even more insulated. Getting my morning work done at Starbucks or grocery shopping or lunch is pretty much the highlight of my day, as far as human interaction goes. I guess some might think this is a pretty sad state of affairs. Of course, I do have my parental duties. Taking my daughter to school, making dinner, laundry, cleaning the toilet, washing dirty underwear and the usual exciting stuff that people do. Is this really the extent of our lives? Endless drudgery of boring everyday activities? I think it may be so. I think in hindsight it’s the people you spend your time with that make the difference. Not necessarily the people per say, but who those people are. But what about all of the exciting and beautiful people of the world? Don’t they have immensely exciting lives surrounded by other amazingly beautiful people offering endless neural excitement? Maybe. But in the end, even those beautiful people. or the people we are told are beautiful people, just end up in a bedroom sucking someone’s toes.

Maybe it’s all just a question of who’s toes you want or are willing to suck.

I saw this thing on TV yesterday about this guy in New York that started putting up flyers on the street selling everyday things. He would have a flyer selling a cracker or a paper clip for 15 cents or something. The short, called “Have You Seen This Man” is an attempt by Geoff Lupo to engage an audience for his art (work) in New York. This guy is inspiring. I was thinking on how to transpose this into music. One possibility would be to place posters or adds for songs. I’d be willing to either sell them a song for the typical price that someone would be paid by ASCAP or BMI. I could even play the songs for them live. Let’s say, 5 cents a piece to perform a song per person. They could then, if they were so inclined, even gather a room full of people and I’d perform the songs for 5 cents a pop per person. I also like the idea that this isn’t original. I would have stolen the concept from Lupo. It somehow makes it more honest.