This may be my last post as Juniperflux. Hijacking is fun. Well, with permission anyway.

Any clues, anyone?

The last two posts really got me thinking about the music scene. It is so evident that I have slid out of the hot seat in the last few years. I am still open to new music, probably more so then most of my peers, but one thing has become obvious... somewhere along the way... I stepped away from the music scene and stayed put in the collection I already have.

I remember six or seven years ago vowing to never allow that to happen to me. I saw so many people begin to get stuck in their generation and I couldn't understand why. Well, I [i]could[/i] understand why, but was bound and determined to outrun it.

Now I look around and am making my peace with no longer being on the cutting edge. Without a driving passion to stay engaged, without a job that keeps you immersed in it... life brings you to different cross roads and the choices sometimes cause the course to veer off a little. I was a DJ at my last job... an event DJ for about six years. I was able to stay up on the [i]popular[/i] new music, but no longer with the scene I grew up with... all things alternative and obscure. My 'cutting edge' was more like 'pleasingly well-rounded.'

Today, I know little about new music. I rely on Juniperflux and Cmaze to keep me informed. I now hang out on my living room floor, happily leafing through my vinyl records, pulling out associations that fill me with joy, sorrow, longing and memories long past....

It's a nice place to be.

Anyone else experiencing anything like this?

And, that said.. any takers on my identity?

Here's a really big hint: :) <-- self portrait.