I was wondering if anyone thinks there needs to be a book writen about MMJ. I know they are still young in their history as a band (and maybe it's too soon for a book), but I know I would read it. I just think it would be a great story, and inside look on the boys.
Possible title- My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods
Jim wrote some pretty freakin' weird fiction, back in the day. I think he ought to get back into that.
QuoteJim wrote some pretty freakin' weird fiction, back in the day. I think he ought to get back into that.
It would be great to read some of it, but I'm thinking an outsider would write a better story about MMJ.
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Possible title- My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods
Or a biography of Jim entitled, "The Way That He Sings." Which, in my opinion is an autopbiography anyway.
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That is perfect!
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That is perfect!
Isn't it? How 'bout I post a page a day or night? Like a bedtime story?....the book is quite amusing...I just had to read it already.
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That is perfect!
That is perfect...and I could see that being JJ on the cover as a boy, acting all silly in front of the mirror ;D
Sweet Dreams........
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nighty night
I hope this book ends with him learning to play the guitar.
Angry Ewok, the book just may end with a guitar...? you will have to be patient though. I promise I won't post the entire book...
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In all honesty, I don't know if that'd be the best thing.
One of the hardest things for a band to keep up is its mystique, and a book that delves into a band's past, gear, song influences sort of tears that open longways and tries to make logical sense of everything. I think that's what's appealing about a new band with a beautiful sound, or people who've eluded being pinned down-- stuff like Fleet Foxes or Bonnie "Prince" Billy or Iron and Wine's first album.
Actually, I've got an idea that I'll continue in the Frank O'Hara thread if anybody'll read the damn thing.
But about the book--I think it'd be cool to know everything that went behind all the music, but I don't know if that'd enhance the music, or spoil the magic. The thrill of songs like "They Ran" or "Butch Cassidy" is the haunting loneliness in each of them is fueled by the ability to relate to it, doing so from a position of ingorance of anything except that song's emotive qualities inside yourself. When you start to append it with things like "I wrote it after watching butch cassidy and the sundance kid and realizing how nobody liked him, and i felt like I was in his shoes and wanted to just be the third man in his team" it's really kind of redundant. We don't necessarily need that laid out for us, and it's sort of a part of the song whether we've been looking for it or not. The point of "Butch Cassidy" isn't what Jim was thinking, it's how we resonated wih what he communicated. Art outlasts its creator, and there will be a point where Jim's not around to explain himself, but that music will have its power over people who've heard a word out of him. That first floored listen is impossible to recreate or to sustain, but the mystique may stay if you preserve it.
I've ruined bands before by digging too deeply into their catalogs, trying to find out too much about their lives, or worse, getting involved in reading about the creative processes behind their music--and it almost always ends up spoiling the beauty of the finished product. I love demos and b-sides, don't get me wrong, but there's something about them that gets addictive, until you want to be there at that moment of creative inception and it's never available. Maybe once in a lifetime will you get to experience that in person, but for the most part, it won't happen, and we'll never be able to get a "more raw" version of the song. I think the need for that comes from stripping away and digging away at the music trying to find the soul inside of it, but by shedding it back so far, we lose an essence of it that's irreclaimable.
I don't know that I'm making sense, but I do hope I've conveyed my thoughts so that you can pick up on what I'm getting at.
QuoteAngry Ewok, the book just may end with a guitar...? you will have to be patient though. I promise I won't post the entire book...
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Hey, don't leave me hangin'! Does he find something fun to do? Does it stop raining? Seriously, come on. Next page. I'm not ready for bed yet.
QuoteQuoteAngry Ewok, the book just may end with a guitar...? you will have to be patient though. I promise I won't post the entire book...
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Hey, don't leave me hangin'! Does he find something fun to do? Does it stop raining? Seriously, come on. Next page. I'm not ready for bed yet.
HA HA ok...next page to follow soon...i didn't want anyone to get bored...but since you asked I will continue with the story.
Are you kiddin? I'm looking for that book on eBay as we speak. I love reading to my kids, and what better way to keep dad interested right? :)
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to be continued........
Slow down...one page per day would be nice...maybe?
"Jim Jimmy James spun so fast he got dizzy and fell down"
ooooh, a cliff hanger, nice!
QuoteSlow down...one page per day would be nice...maybe?
"Jim Jimmy James spun so fast he got dizzy and fell down"
The first page was on the 6th.
Today's the 9th.
One for each day, 7th, 8th, 9th = 3
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Sweet. My reflection's name is HB.
TBW...I want my Jim Jimmy James...Jim Jimmy James...Jim Jimmy James...la la la...la la la
QuoteTBW...I want my Jim Jimmy James...Jim Jimmy James...Jim Jimmy James...la la la...la la la
Later tonight... I promise.
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QuoteI was wondering if anyone thinks there needs to be a book writen about MMJ. I know they are still young in their history as a band (and maybe it's too soon for a book), but I know I would read it. I just think it would be a great story, and inside look on the boys.
Possible title- My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods
I think it could be possible with a band biography already. I mean, there was a book written about Ryan Adams only two-three years into his solo career. So, why couldn't there be a book the best band in the world as well then?
I so would have bought it and read it. :D
QuoteQuoteI was wondering if anyone thinks there needs to be a book writen about MMJ. I know they are still young in their history as a band (and maybe it's too soon for a book), but I know I would read it. I just think it would be a great story, and inside look on the boys.
Possible title- My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods
I think it could be possible with a band biography already. I mean, there was a book written about Ryan Adams only two-three years into his solo career. So, why couldn't there be a book about the best band in the world as well then?
I so would have bought it and read it. :D
QuoteQuoteQuoteI was wondering if anyone thinks there needs to be a book writen about MMJ. I know they are still young in their history as a band (and maybe it's too soon for a book), but I know I would read it. I just think it would be a great story, and inside look on the boys.
Possible title- My Morning Jacket; In To The Woods
I think it could be possible with a band biography already. I mean, there was a book written about Ryan Adams only two-three years into his solo career. So, why couldn't there be a book about the best band in the world as well then?
I so would have bought it and read it. :D
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Man, I hope Jim Jimmy James throws a tantrum at RCMH! Thanks TBW
James Jimmy Jim is really having an existential crisis, isn't he?
BH, BMC and BE, sorry I have neglected the story and left you all hanging but I have been quite busy ...so here goes....
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:)
ha, thats great stuff! ;D ;D
"because reflections have no choice"
This story is starting to make me tear up a little.
Thanks for putting the time in to put this story up, I'm really enjoying it. It's really well written. I can't wait to see how it ends.
Thanks TBW...I hope you were busy recovering from RCMH...
QuoteThanks TBW...I hope you were busy recovering from RCMH...
:D
TBW,
Next page please...pretty please...you can turn it with your bionic toes... :)
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hahaha...trying to outrun your reflection is like a dog chasing its own tail.
cookies always calm my nerves...thanks TBW
I think Jim James needs a copy of this book...
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The thrill of songs like "They Ran" or "Butch Cassidy" is the haunting loneliness in each of them
I'm not sure I agree with your full post because I love delving into artists as much as possible to see where they were coming from when they wrote .... whatever. Luckily I haven't ruined any artist for myself like you have mentioned. The mystique still remains I suppose to some extent because I still don't truly know the artists as people.
But I point out your post because I love that line that you wrote. Not even necessarily for those songs either, but I think that sums up Jim James' writing for me. Well done.
TBW...is that the end of the book? What happens to Jim Jimmy James?
QuoteTBW...is that the end of the book? What happens to Jim Jimmy James?
Then, little Jim Jimmy James's reflection picked up a guitar and taught Jimmy Jim James to play and write and sing. Then he melted faces for the rest of his existence. THE END.
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Uh oh...stalemate. His reflection wants him to come into the closet...hmmmm...is his reflection trying to tell him something? heh
Thanks for the latest installment, tbw.
Quote...but I don't know if that'd enhance the music, or spoil the magic...
...I think the need for that comes from stripping away and digging away at the music trying to find the soul inside of it, but by shedding it back so far, we lose an essence of it that's irreclaimable...
Totally agree, the mystique and finding your own meaning is what is so great about music and songs. I have had the same thing happen to me with one of my most favorite songs ever by DMB, #41. Once I read what the meaning behind most of it was, it was wayyyyy different from what I had envisioned and it took a long time to try and forget what he was singing about when I heard it and go back to enjoying what I thought it was about.
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Nice V! That shit is hot. I'm loving this story. Eating cookies to calm my nerves now...
On topic though... I enjoy the overall mystique, but have also found great inspiration in what I do know about the history of the band and of certain song meanings. The way that I see it... I will know what I need to when I need to in order to evolve through the Jacket.
Maybe a comic book first...or a pop up book!
Oh no! Poor guy is having a schism with his reflection. I hope that they can reconcile!
Who knew that a kid's book could be so deep psychologically?
The flying V is a wonderful touch tbw. Verrr niiiiice!
TBW...thank you. I love the flying V
Just caught up and read this thread!! i'm on the edge of my seat!! pre-beard Jim!
HAH what an awesome-yet kinda sad book.
This thread is awesome but it needs an update. The tension is killing me!
Yeah. Is that the end of the story or what? I'm scared... :-/
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Uh oh! Is he going to ditch his reflection now? He can't stand to hang with his reflection, so therefore, he can't stand to hang with himself?
Am I reading too much into it? Damn you, Freud!
Sometimes a flying v is just a flying v.
I'ts all starting to come together now, "sittin here with me and mine, all wrapped up in a bottle of wine, little we can do, I'm going to play my moms vagina now"
Eeeeeeeeeeee!!! Yeah, that's right...is that a picture of D.C. riding a horse in the mountains? Get 'um! ;)
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Where can i find this?
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to be continued.......
Bumped for relevance. . .
^ Somewhat prophetic.
"when god gave us mirrors", eh? ::)
I forgot about this thread. I guess we never finished the story, huh?