Deconstructing Division

I should know better by now than to stay at joi_division's apartment when she's not around. I eventually go stir-crazy and begin bouncing off of the walls - boing! She even said so much before she left; "You're probably going to be completely stir-crazy by the time I come back." She is correct, for I see not how I am to maintain any semblance of sanity from now until 7:00PM. Still, she has the internet access and I had the need to tweek my website. I just didn't expect the tweaking to be done so quickly.

I've signed up for a DSL line in my apartment. It was supposed to be active on the 21^st, however the latest email from the company is telling me that the expected "hook-up" date is now the 24^th. This doesn't particularly bother me, as I've yet to construct the computer that would be serviced by this utility. I am still waiting for my hard drive to be shipped, along with a couple of other parts. In the interim, I am also waiting for UPS to stop holding my wireless DSL router hostage.

As most are aware, UPS has a policy of making three attempts to deliver something that needs to be signed for (such as a wireless DSL router). After the final attempt is made, the package is held at the distribution centre for five business days before being shipped back to whomever sent it. As this is supposed to be the case, I hopped a bus after work on Friday out to rundown suburbia to go pick up my package. When I arrived at the distribution centre, I was told that my package wasn't there. Instead, they were making yet another attempt to deliver it. Mind you, all these attempts were made at the same time - while I was at work. I was asked if I wanted the package to be held for Monday, to which I replied, "yes." Thus, I have another trip out to rundown suburbia in the near future for something that should be delivered to my front door.

At times like these, I think back to UPS' commercials with their tagline of, "what can Brown do for you?" Well, for one thing, Brown can stop holding my packages hostage and freaking deliver them after 4:00PM when I'm actually home to sign for them! My theory is that UPS is more interested in serving the sender, rather than the recipient.

Therein lie all the excuses as to why I'm not on the internet at home...yet. These can be filed right next to the excuses as to why I'm not working on a new album...yet. Still, it hasn't been that long since Division was released (a couple of months, at this point). A slow promotional campaign has been in the works, mostly targeting clubs that might play the disc. [As an aside, if you frequent a club where the Djs don't have a copy but you'd like to hear it spun, feel free to forward some contact info my way.]

For the past couple of months, I've been debating with myself whether or not I should publically discuss the songs from Division - that is, reveal the mechanisms which led to their creation. This would lead to two schools of thought: discussing the recording process (which most people would find painfully dull) or discussing the philosophy behind the songs (which fewer people would find dull...I hope). Obviously, I'm inclined to the latter, as most people wouldn't give a flying fuck that the drum machine on "My Little Girl" was re-miked twice (but I told you anyway - ha!). Therefore, what follows is a quick rundown of where, when and what influenced the creation of the songs on Division. If you prefer interpreting music and lyrics for yourself and holding close your own personal meanings for my music, then I suggest that the following paragraphs are not for you.

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