After hearing Ryan remark that he had an affection for old fashioned words like boondoggle, I just had to add it to “the list.” What started out as a few scribbled words on a post-it has become an often referenced spot on the wall. Have you ever used elegiacal or caponize in the same sentence? I’ve tried, but don’t have the knack of word-smithing like Gene. The growing list is comprised of words that intrigue me enough to write them down and give them a whirl on google.
It’s fun to sit and observe Jason and Gene banter and attempt to outdo each other, using words like propinquity, deleterious, or inveigling. The latest addition to the wall is prescient, found while adding the Honolulu Academy of Art’s Goya exhibition to the community calendar. The list doesn’t trip off the tongue easily, but boondoggle did come to mind after the fiasco that was Episode 11 of the podcast.
Unfortunately I tend to keep pushing onward when editing, never considering the “what if” factors of working on a computer. Which is why when Cool Edit crashed as I was mixing Bering Strait and oreka tx, I had to go back to square 1… due in large part because I’d ignored the save button. Without having a file to post at that point, the thought that came to mind was that the recording session was a boondoggle.
Here’s the online definition: -noun. Work of little or no value done merely to keep or look busy. Is it still a boondoggle if no one is around to observe the busywork? And is it a boondoggle if the work that you’d been busily working on disappears in the blink of an eye? Chalked up the non-existent recording to experience and attempted to recreate everything as best as I could.
I’m still not the best calendar checker and was glad to have found my misplaced W2 on Tuesday night and posted my taxes by the 15th… Next big thing coming up is Challenge 2009. HPR’s semi-annual fund drive kicks off on Wednesday, April 22, and the goal is to raise $741,000 in ten days. Since I’ll be riding the sound board in CR5, maybe I’ll find some time to focus on writing about the new music making a splash on Planet of Sound’s CD deck. Here are this week’s adds:
Anuhea – Anuhea (One Hawaii)
Pascal Bokar – Savanna Jazz Club (City Hall Records)
Neil Jacobs – 12 String Guitar (Adena Productions)
Terry Riley – In C (Sony Music)
Tom Teasley – Painting Time (T&T Music)
Word-Beat – The Soul Dances (Word-Beat)
Yanni – Yanni Voices (Yanni Wake/Disney Pearl)
