Never meet your heroes, but: Mark E. Smith, Nick Cave & the whole ol' gang, Captain Beefheart, Billy Childish, Ornette Coleman, Johnny Dowd, Diamanda Galás, Sexton Ming, The Monks, Sonic Youth, David Tibet, The Walkabouts, Cassandra Wilson, Wipers... you'll get the picture.Provided they're still walking this ground: Charles Mingus, Ivo Andric, Gottfried Benn, Thomas Bernhard, John Coltrane, Georg Heym, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Heiner Müller, Thelonious Monk, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nina Simone, Sun Ra...this could go on and on.
No more heroes, no more Shakespearos. My family and friends.