Jumping Ahead.

Jumping ahead. 

It's something we all do. We want to get to the conclusion. "Are we there yet?" We want to be first with the answer. We look out at a hazy future; dark, obscure, amorphous, not even born yet, and we want to define it, sum it up, put it in a box, wrap it up, and put it on the shelf.

Of course, the future can't be contained, can't be summed up, doesn't even really exist yet. Unless of course, Past, Present & Future all exist simultaneously, which some wacky scientific models suggest. Oh yeah, some esoteric religions too. Which, you know, who knows?

Time is a strange concept. We are told, "time is relative." I mean, yes, really, isn't everything relative?

So, anyway, the Future is supposedly out there somewhere, looming, expectant, promising, forbidding, bright and shiny, dark and gloomy. We aren't exactly sure what to expect. Just another mystery in which we are wrapped.

Joe Strummer: "The Future is Unwritten." Yes, but the uncertainty is sometimes a killer. We want to know...

Best not to think too far ahead, it's dark and unformed out there.

The a.m. soundtrack - Atoms for Peace - "Amok" - (2013). You may think "Radiohead." Some of it definitely sounds like Radiohead. Thom Yorke's voice, Thom Yorke's lyrics. Radiohead's longtime Producer, Nigel Goodrich. Lots of beats and programming. Sort of groovy. Maybe the big departure, Flea from Red Hot Chili Peppers plays bass in this band. If you have ever seen video of this band playing live, you will marvel at Thom and Flea in kilts, playing together in a mad frenzy. It's sort of like Radiohead, and sort of not. It sounds great this morning. A bit ethereal, dreamy, with some catchy grooves.