The Language of the Free and Rowdy
Howdy. Its nearly 2016, so its time to get a functioning website again. The platforms are so amazing and adaptable that it seems a shame to not dive in again.
A long while ago, I was designing the first-ever site for a political organization back home in Georgia and I actually had to - gasp - learn HTML. I wrote it directly into a text document that I later uploaded via ftp on a dial-up modem. Kids, turn away. You wouldn't understand. Yet, it was a true test of my desire to fulfill the duties of my elected position as "Communications Director" for said organization that I drilled down and actually learned some of that bizarre language of brackets and colons and dashes and tags so that we could have a place to promote our candidates and our issues and, of course, our fundraising events. Fragments of HTML still flourish to life in my mind like high school french does when an Edith Piaf song comes on, coming in handy in a pinch when I'd rather click the "insert code" button than learn how to navigate yet another sleekly designed platform. Heck, that's how I inserted the lovely spotify playlist you find below.
At any rate, fingers crossed that I can maintain a solid presence here. Creative outlets can be few and far between if you don't make them for yourself. Alas. Speaking of which, I hope you find the music below a suitable soundtrack. I confess to being something of a spotify obsessive, with numerous playlists organized thematically, emotionally, stylistically. This particular one gets its name from the Free & Rowdy Party, an ancient Georgia political organization that stood against prohibition and blue laws - among other things. Of course, some fellow University of Georgia graduates Washington, DC and I hijacked the name for our rogue alumni association a few years back when the official alumni gatherings got too crowded. We roved across the city watching our desperately flawed team and hunting down drink specials. These songs seem to capture the mood. Smoky, driving beats with just the right amount of dust in the grooves. Please enjoy.
Back soon,
Trey