g33k
2004-12-10,

I've recently started the process of re-exploring my Genesis roots - as in the band, not the book, though, being a good atheist, I should get into studying the Bible again for refutation purposes (especially on the eve of End-Time Theocracy).

Anyway, I've been listening to Genesis since I was around 12 or 13 years old, introduced to it by a gentleman caller of my mom's at the time. I taped copies of Duke and Nursery Crime from vinyl. I listened to Duke so many times that I have the one recorded skip (I then upgraded from penny to nickel on the arm of the record player) from the album memorized still to this day. I have all of their albums and a few of their EP's on CD, as well as a number of individual member's works, including Phil, Tony Banks, Mike Rutherford, Steve Hackett and, of course, Peter Gabriel. Of the early stuff, Peter's was what I had the least.

Finally last week I obtained copes of his first four solo albums, all self-titled. I haven't had a chance to listen to them all yet, but already I'm wondering why I was waiting so long. Just the first album had that same ring that I've always loved about Genesis. There's just a certain something about their chord structures and movements that's always vibrated right in my soul. The fact that I still like the stuff to this day tells me something. I can't attribute it to nostalgia (though I certainly can't eliminate it's influence), because it was what I liked about it even back then.

Surprised by her question, and without thinking ahead, I replied, "Get a dwarf and an elf together, and ask them if there's a difference between spirit and soul." To which my wife, with both love and pity, responded by laughing in my face. And rightly so. Philosophical concepts derived from fantasy role-playing and Tolkien. But hey, these things are written by people, and can still be infused with understanding.

Author's Note: 'Philosophical concepts derived from fantasy role-playing and Tolkien'? Pretty geeky.

Webmaster's Note: Sidebar commentary regarding your own musings on philosophical concepts derived from RPG's is also pretty darn geeky.

Editor's Note: Using multiple voices to critique your journal writing - no matter the subject - is either very geeky or somewhat disturbing. Or both.

Thus, the cycle continues.

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