November 30ths (We Are The 99%)

11/30/1999

Idea for 12/1999 diary: Record daily news events as fiction with fictitious characters.

In studio working on Wax Museum tracks.

[11/30/2024@25: An augur of fake news and deep fakes, but was a fin-de-siecle postmodernist idea back then. Wax also had that vibe–the last song I wrote in the 20th century].

11/30/2000

Smashing Pumpkins final concert at United Center. Pumpkins stuff all over the media, interesting interviews with Corgan. He's much too interesting to be in an inane rock band. It's nice to see him mature...

11/30/2001

George Harrison died at 58. So sad when any well-known musician dies. The saddest one will be when McCartney goes, such great musicians, but I'm afraid there are so few musicians nowadays who can fill that same void.

[11/30/2024: He died with the fresh memories of a post-9/11 world. Everyone leaves at some inflection point, good or bad. Memo to 11/30/2044: What were the inflection points for Macca and Ringo?]

11/30/2009

Recording with cellist Josh on Broken Cello. This went amazingly smooth...

11/30/2011

I have to keep reminding myself to notice what's happening now in world culture, eponymously described with the ''99 Percent", "We Are the 99 Percent" slogans. So far I am not seeing any milestones in American pop music, but may see it in retrospect.

A protest chant and placard as a Songday: