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Tyler Owens

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About Me

I had idears. They've since dissolved. But its never too late to get them back.

My Interests

soggy Americana, hexenmeisters, burndt sigils, that weird alleyway in Roswell between what was the Music World parking lot and some other parking lot, McGaffey St. dealers, Chaves County witchcraft, Kentucky, my special lady friend, those benign shitheads at work, Pant rummaging, womens clothing, conversations with or without wine or cola but especially without political agendas, searching for the bigger mac, Asheville, NC, films by Altman, Ashby, P.T. Anderson, Kubrick, Lumet, and Cassavetes, Native American percussion, travel, surfing, food (yes, who am I kidding, I am a foodie), mesquite, Kombucha tea, haunted places, bros, The Big Sur, that demented Cowboy Rock band in the Twin Peaks movie, sound design, subversivities, true American gypsies, and so on

Music:

Susumu Yokota, Clockcleaner, Suburban Lawns, The Reatards, Brian Eno, DJ Screw, Void, White Fang, Robert Wyatt, Ennio Morricone, Valet, Tim Hecker, Karl Blau, King Khan and His Shrines, stuff from the Sublime Frequencies label, Lil' Wayne, White Rainbow, Black Lips, Father Yod, Swell Maps, Can, These Are Powers, Sun City Girls

Movies:

There Will Be Blood, A Woman Under the Influence, Death Wish 3, McCabe and Mrs. Miller, Goin' South, The Last Detail, Down By Law, The Funeral, Midnight Cowboy

Television:

Sopranos, Mr.Show with Bob and David, Twin Peaks, Deadwood, The Wire

Books:

Galway Kinnell, Henry Miller, David Berman, M.R. James, Daniel Pinchbeck, Phillip K. Dick, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Bernard Henri-Levy, William S. Burroughs, Douglas Rushkoff, Chuck Klosterman, Jack Kerouac, Aldous Huxley, Tom Robbins, Raymond Carver, Robert Anton Wilson, Lester Bangs, Patricia Highsmith

My Blog

04/27/08 - The mayor of awesome says...

...This owl is worthy. See for yourself.!!!
Posted by Tyler Owens on Sun, 27 Apr 2008 07:33:00 PST

04/19/08 - Cloudland Canyons new LP...

...Album of the year along with Valets "Naked Acid". With these two and Atlas Sound and the forthcoming Deerhunter album, I shant think of a record label with a higher consistency than Kranky. Thanks,...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Sat, 19 Apr 2008 03:53:00 PST

04/10/08 - Artesia New Mexico Sane Asylum Blues

Right now, Im pretty fed up with angsty dudes who have to speak their minds all the time. I realize Ive been guilty of this, but I think I finally grew out of this awkward phase. You heard right, its ...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:54:00 PST

04/02/08 - I think I found a contemporary

Only this duder is like a thousand times better. Proven estimate. I think a better word is "daddy". ...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Wed, 02 Apr 2008 08:53:00 PST

03/25/08 - Things I am into in 2008, vol. 2

PJ Harvey-This is just a no-brainer. She’s been around since those pussy inspectors in Mudhoney, and has released about a half dozen albums ever since. All of them different. All of them good. Q...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 06:15:00 PST

03/24/08 - Things I am into in 2008, vol. 1

-Flags. Of no real preference. I would like to fashion these into a sort of poncho. I will go from one point on the map to the next in a silly Jamaican flag. Imagine me in that and I’ll imagine ...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:26:00 PST

03/07/08 - "Dry Waterhole"

The rancher used the mallet to stop the fire.He had just showed his wife his childhood trophy.She laughed.It wasnt until the West Texan sun had sat until he figured out his plan.Simply put, he wasnt o...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Fri, 07 Mar 2008 12:11:00 PST

03/02/08 - GOOD guys win, bad guys die

A new month brings new comforts. Every comfort has its creature. I discovered that my hometown is a creature comfort. Since the move, Ive probably been back here about four times. Every one is either ...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:17:00 PST

02/16/08 - CAMP SHOCK

EPICLY AWFUL BLOG. PROCEED ONLY IF YOU HAVE TIME TO SPARE. Ahhh....Feels good to be back in civilization. My bros Jose and Travis and myself went to Rio Rancho in search of some new kicks. Man, that p...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 03:01:00 PST

02/14/08 - I am now a cover art celebrity!

Its for Subtle's exciting up-and-coming third full length.You see that yellow sun head right below the E in the "Exiting Arm" album title? Thats Adam "Doseone" Druckers very own interpretation of this...
Posted by Tyler Owens on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:37:00 PST