Internet? Shminternet! (Also, screw hiatus, I’m not letting the Subdued actually become subdued)

(These are the musings of an internet addict who’s forgotten what it’s like to not have internet.  Also, that title is a little ironic for this BLOG POST.)

So like, if telcoms turn the internet into cable television I think I’m considering abandoning the internet altogether.  That means it’s back to snail mail and phone calls, and press kits, which I’m not entirely opposed to.  The only truly useful thing about the internet for me has been finding new music and booking shows.  Everything else is superfluous information.  It would be a boon to “mix tape” trading, zines, phone calls to bookers and bands rather than the impersonal emails and messages, and networking with bands because you like their music, not because they have 5,000 myspace friends.  The reduction in spam would be really nice, maybe I’ll pay better attention to details and my internet instigated a.d.d. will go away.  I would probably read, write and do creative things more.  If I did have to use the internet I could simply go to a coffee shop or the library (I know, radical stuff, right?).

Discovering new music would be a little more difficult, maybe a little more spendy, but I won’t be paying for internet anymore.  That’s at least one to three shows a month I could be going to.  The college and community radio stations would become more important.  The internet has provided us with easier access to information, for sure, but it’s also made it easier to ignore a lot of information, causes procrastination for the sake of procrastination, and turned a lot of people into whores (I know I’ve become more of an attention whore;  if I weren’t I wouldn’t be typing this blog post).

Try imagining your life without the internet…  what’s that day like?  I kind of like that idea.  I think there may actually be a little more freedom without it… maybe a little more work, but it’d be quality work that leaves you with a feeling of satisfaction.  What I would miss:  the ability to read about obscure bands, Wikipedia, online banking and Turbo Tax, the Daily Show and Colbert Report, and audio engineering forums.

 Well that’s it for idiotic internet epiphany time. 

P.S.  I’ll see you at the show tonight.

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