Making the Blog
Forming a blog is the new forming a band. I’m utterly convinced that this is the case, and my experience starting this one backs it up. Actually, it should be known that “The Maestro” and I actually tried to start another blog last year and quit doing it almost immediately. I had a ska band in high school called “43 Man Squamish” that broke up without ever doing anything either - this is not coincidence.
It’s not just that most blogs falter before they even really begin. Blogs and bands are both usually started for mostly asinine reasons - they’re quasi-artistic ventures that enable people to display their affection for themselves in a public or semi-public space. Usually you either start them with your friends or you just start a solo career right off the bat. Sometimes a blog or band takes off, usually they do not. I think sometimes bloggers even “go solo”, though I may be hallucinating to prove my point (it’s not unheard of.) (more…)
