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Wednesday, May 03, 2006

music for a root canal...

the past month or so, i've been in the most excruciating pain of my life - 1/2 my jaw/side of my face/head... after being chicken for a few weeks, i went to the dentist - sure enough, i needed a root canal - i had a tooth that has been dodgy for a while - very deep filling...

my biggest dilemma was what music to play. had to be intense/complex enough to block out the sound of dental tools, banter between dr and assistant, and perhaps, even my own screams - yet still, had to be mellow - calming. of course, had to be music i love - a current favorite - i mean, i can handle my mouth forced open and two relative strangers invading it with half the sears hardware store - but to do that and listen to bad - or even worse - mediocre music - couldn't take it...

i settled on dave douglas, a jazz musician rooted in the tradition, yet not stuck in it - progressive... he is also a rare example of a jazz musician that uses the technology - his diy record label, greenleaf, has a blog and his band even has a myspace page - and i'm even on their friend list...

i was thinking of posting a comment there saying how i chose them to listen to during my root canal...but i wasn't sure if the artist would view it as a compliment - which it truly is - heck, any musician that can help me get thru the tough parts of my life is performing a valuable service...

anyhow, i've felt god the past week - prior to today's root canal - antibiotics and pain killers doing the trick...

but now - the novacaine is wearing off and i will be on the floor sobbing in the fetal position shortly - ouchy....

in non-dental news, two of my photos tok 1st and 3rd in the erie shore photo contest - which is a good thing..

neil young's new record rocks....

i'll be at the elyria methodist village selling photos saturday as part of their art fair...

thought there was something else, but i forget....

6 Comments:

At 11:13 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

nobody likes the dentist and I'm glad you made it through more or less in one piece (right?)

You are a brave brave man. I have a wisdom tooth my dentist is eyeing greedily. I know it has to be taken out soon but there's this glint of glee in my dentist's eye that I'm not sure I trust :(

 
At 11:00 PM, Blogger Mike said...

brave - nah...
i won't even tell you how many years i procrastinated my wisdom teeth...

braver - perhaps - as i didn't wait too long this thime - but still spent a month suffering...

 
At 5:12 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

You've felt God?

Wow...

 
At 7:57 PM, Blogger Mike said...

medication, dear...
;-)

 
At 8:54 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Just thinking of a drill in my teeth is enough to make me cringe.

I need to go back soon though, I fear my teeth are starting to rot. =/

Hope you're feeling better!

 
At 2:50 AM, Blogger Moxie said...

I just had my first root canal a few weeks ago...I go for the permanent crown on the 19th. I was doing the same thing, too, trying to figure out what to put on my MP3 player to get me through the procedure! In the end I just made sure it was turned up loud enough for me to block out most of the noise.

Here's to speedy recoveries all around!

 

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