Last night I went to the Brandi Carlile concert at the Minnesota Zoo. My friend Jessi is a member of the street team and though she lives in Nashville she managed to acquire a ticket. The show was fantastic. I expected a maximum effort songstress out of Carlile, just from listening to her on recordings, but she looks like she's not even trying. Vocally anyway. On stage she's earnest and honest and seems to be having a great time, which I appreciate. I'm not a big female vocalist fan (no gender issues, just a preference) but she was superb.
After the show, a bunch of us were waiting around for Jessi (who was backstage; doing something important?) and I mentioned that if anyone wanted to leave now (before Jessi returned) they could ride with me but they'd have to listen to an audiobook. (Richard Ford's The Sportwriter, if you didn't read yesterday's post. Jessi's reaction (later): Boooring.) My sister chimed in that I need to listen to Chuck Klosterman's Killing Yourself to Live, to which I responded, "I've already read that."
I'm not much of a rereader. Or a rewatcher for that matter. I think Sarah could watch the same dozen movies over and over for the rest of her life. The desert island scenario paralyzes me. I have movies and books that I like, but few that I've read more than once. The Great Gatsby, Of Mice and Men, Carver short stories. Sick day movies when I was a kid: Goonies and, oddly, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. But for the most part, I think part of me is so overwhelmed with the sheer number of books available that I don't want to waste time rereading something when I could read something new. I like to think of it as my deep appreciation for lifelong learning, for the pursuit of more things to experience and think about and appreciate. But as I was listening to Richard Ford's narrator talk about the attributes of athletes that he appreciates most, I got to thinking: Am I choosing quantity over quality? Not that I'm reading/watching an immense quantity, but still. Anyway: Your thoughts on rereading/rewatching?
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