Member Since: 12/2/2006
Influences: ethereal: geological activity past and projected, phases of the moon, broken safety glass, men's hats, driving across the planes states by day/cities near water by night, joseph cornell.
inexplicable: old buildings in sorry shape, late 19th & early 20th century science, short wave radio after dark, used condoms in the gutter, out-dated maps, the shopping mall and the quizically hopeless modern artifacts found therein, borrowed bicycling in strange cities, pablo cassals playing the Bach cello suites, the elements, popular music of the day piped through tiny speakers in Burger King bathrooms.
litteral: most any writings by john steinbeck, richard brautigan, raymond carver, or dean young. some writings by sam shepard, howard zinn, russell banks, rennie sparks, and anton chekov.
sonical: lightnin' hopkins & mance lipscomb, the books, golden gate gospel quartet, robert zimmerman, lefty frizell, NPR, will oldham, hank williams, songs: ohia / magnolia electric co., dock boggs, neil young, the carter family, tom waits, velvet underground, john cage, the stooges, harry parch, 78 rpm records in poor condition, david byrne, old memphis and motown soul, the harry smith collection, pavement, pre-war country blues, george crumb, tosca tango orchestra, thelonious monk, john coltrane, miles davis, charles mingus, eric satie, woody guthrie, anything with a musical saw, billie holliday, and lately: silence.
instrumental: justin gordon, mike elliott, the rattletrap stringband boys, michael hurley, the mcgovern brothers, john hutchison, blue eagle, casa & the union, my father.
Sounds Like: plywood and empty bottles
Record Label: the elusive Double Ought
Type of Label: None