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MOG shots (or why we MOG)

Posted about 1 year ago
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After the who comes the why.
The who is easily dismissed as my avatar is all you need to know.
The why is a question I'll also address to my fellow Moggers: why do you mog?
Is it because your journal needs a soundtrack? Is it because your megalomania needs a larger audience? Is it because your egotism is seeking escape from solipsism? Or is it because misery loves company?
I'm not sure of my own answers to these questions. I've chosen to mog whilst trying to eschew monologues about myself. Pretty much all that begins with an "I" is fictional.
Try as I may, I can't escape my music of choice. To an extent, the tracks and songs are a remote echo of my self.
Which brings us to the how.
How do you choose your tracks? How do make up your mind on a particular tune?
And with the how it's never too long before the why comes back into the picture.
Why do you pick the piece to post? Is it to flaunt your hype-ability with unto-now-unheard tracks? Is it to share your likes and enthusiasm? Or is it a spur of the moment and mood?
All these shots of MOG make up a larger picture which only time can reveal.
For the moment a glimpse of it can be heard hereunder.

What are your MOG shots made of?
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Comments (8)

  1. scotfree
    scotfree says
    Ha! Mog has been a humbling experience for me. All my friends tell how much endless knowledge I have, but the seventies were a long time ago. Through mog I would have to say I have rejuvenated my belief in music, because I have discovered so much. Regardless of why I first joined, I now mog to learn and hear and meet others. More diversity here than anywhere I've ever experienced.
    Permalink posted 08/22/2007
  2. Bartleby
    Bartleby says While I was busy editing my post an excellent visitor presented with a new tune. Thanks Scotfree.
    Personnel on the track above:
    Alice Coltrane: harp, piano
    Pharoah Sanders: soprano saxophone, percussion
    Rashied Ali: drums
    Cecil McBee: bass
    Tulsi: tamboura
    Majid Shabazz: bells, tambourine.
    Recorded at the Coltrane Studio, Dix Hills, New York on November 8, 1970
    Permalink posted 08/22/2007
  3. dermahrk
    dermahrk says I mog because I know of no people that I've just stumbled across in the last 30 years that are as obsessed with music as I am. It enables me to share thoughts and opinions about artists, songs and genres that I would otherwise only be muttering to myself. I don't know about others, but I also think I'm a bit more comfortable with the additional distance from face-to-face conversations, with awkward silences. You can mog as much as you feel like, then withdraw.
    Permalink posted 08/22/2007
  4. contrabandwidth
    contrabandwidth says When I was in highschool, I managed to have about 100 CD's - more than my friends, and I was proud of it. I was proud of it. I went to visit my sister and her boyfriend, he had over 1000 CD's. CD's of groups I'd never heard, CD's I'd always wanted to hear, it was humbling (he also had a storage locker full of LP's I never saw). This is what I could only hope to be, surrounded by music, a vast library of all different kinds of music I have just always wanted to keeping hearing new stuff, hear everything that wasn't on the surface. Technology has allowed me to not have to "have" the physical albums, and I can preview lots of music easier than I ever had before. I have felt for sometime (before mog) that it is my duty to expose people to something they may have not heard. If they say they like Wilco, I may introduce them to The Jayhawks, ora band that some how touched me as similar sounding to a band they like. It just feels good to me to expose someone to something new, and have them return to me and thank me for finding that artist for them. Mog allows me to do that a little more, but also allows me to talk about music to others (something most people I know don't want to do).
    Permalink posted 08/23/2007
  5. Bartleby
    Bartleby says To Dermahrk: I was also drawn to MOG because of the range and extent of music lovers. Sharing one's thoughts on music with others does enable one to appreciate it. Instuition is good, but clear comprehension does add to one's enjoyment, doesn't it?
    To Contrabandwidth: The surprise of new sounds and music are key to our life. When I hear new sound, I feel like Colombo as he first on foot on the New World. For that I'll ever be grateful. Ancillary question: is quantity preferable to quality when it comes to music?
    Permalink posted 08/23/2007
  6. dermahrk
    dermahrk says You feel like Peter Falk? Does this involve putting on a dirty raincoat and muttering a lot?
    Permalink posted 08/23/2007
  7. Bartleby
    Bartleby says Colombo is not the first thing that comes to mind when Peter Falk is mentioned. I always remember him as Nick in A Woman Under The Influence.
    Permalink posted 08/25/2007
  8. avenustylee
    avenustylee says One reason I MOG is to find pieces like this. I used to have an LP of Pharoah Sanders including Cecil McBee on bass called Thembi. Unfortunately, it got all scratched and I have it no longer. When I hear music of this quality from so many years ago it gives me inspiration that what I'm composing or writing might have some likeable quality in the future. I can only imagine how it would sound if Alice Coltrane had added some distortion pedals to her harp, but I guess that just shows how much of a purist I am not. When I was studying jazz in that era we were looking towards Charlie Parker and Bud Powell and Bill Evans as influences. The great thing is when some of this music sustains itself over time.
    Permalink posted 08/27/2007

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