I went to the library yesterday. Because I had to. Just kidding, I like the library alright, but my problem is that everything in there is at least 3 years old. Why don't they stay current?

Anyway, I picked up some books on drums, music composition, and electronic music. The drum book, "Drums for Dummies," (I know - but it is a public library) looks the most promising. Since we use electronic drums, most of the info on technique is useless. But the "drum theory" is really interesting. The book explains the basics of different drum styles, like rock, R&B, Jazz, etc. I think it'll help me create better drum patterns if I learn these fundamentals.

The electronic music book is ancient - from 1993. Which, if you consider how far computers haves come in 12 years, might as well be 300 B.C.E. But I thought it might provide some insight how the industrial bands of yore, who were in their heyday in the early nineties/late eighties, were able to pull off their sounds. So I'm sure there's some interesting bits in there.

Speaking of ancient history, I watched a DVD of Skinny Puppy's 1987 concert. Holy shit, they're amazing! D.R. Goettle (RIP) is surrounded by like 8 synths. Cevin Key has a guitar on his back, some synths and other equipment, and a drum set in this little console he's got going on. Meanwhile, Ogre's going ape shit, wrapping himself in intestines and blowing up babies. He's got this FX box hooked into his microphone, which he plays with constantly to produce all those great vox FX. I fucking love that band. I can't wait to see the new DVD. They're having a release party for it at a local goth club, which we'll probably go to.

That's all. Gish is going out of town this week, so I plan on working hard on some new shit. I hope to have something new posted before too long.