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About Me

I'm Ben Sisario, a music journalist and the author of this book on the Pixies. I write for this newspaper and this magazine , and I do commentary on this public radio station. (Podcast here .) I live in New York City, teach here in the summer and occasionally play drums in a band called the Petitioners .

My Interests

Music:

A.C. and Blind Mamie Forehand, Blind Roosevelt Graves (Blind Willie Jackson), Blind Blake/Blind George Martin (Blind Arthur?), Blind Willie Davis (also used Blind Willie Jackson), Blind Willie Johnson (Blind Texas Marlin, Blind Pilgrim), Blind Andy (Andrew Jenkins), Johnny Beck (The Blind Boy), Blind James Beck, Blind Benny Paris and Wife, Blind Bill Todd, Alphonso "Blind Blake" Higgs, Blind Alfred Reed, Blind Bogus Ben Covington (Ben Curry?), Blind Willie McTell (a.k.a. Blind Doggie, Blind Sammie/Sammy, Blind Willie), Blind Boy Fuller (Fulton Allen, a.k.a. Brother George), Blind Boy Fuller's Buddy (Floyd Council), "Blind Boy Fuller No. 2" (Brownie McGhee), Blind Butler, Blind Clyde Church, Blind Connie Rosemond (Blind Arthur Lowe), Blind Donald Dawson, Blind (Rev.) Gary Davis, Blind Gussie Nesbit/Nesbitt, Blind James Campbell and His Nashville Street Band, Blind Joe Hill, Blind James Howard, Blind Joe Mangrum and Fred Schreiber, Blind Joe/Joel Taggart (Blind Joe Amos? Blind Joe Donnell? Blind Tim Russell? Blind Jeremiah Taylor?), Blind Joe (Willie?) Reynolds/Blind Joe Shephard (?), Blind Arvella Gray, Blind John Davis, Blind Johnny Brown, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Blind Leroy Garnett, Blind Log (Lord Randolph Byrd), Blind Mack (Mack Rhinehart?), Blind Joe, (Blind) Madkin Butler, Blind Man (Charles) Haffer (Jr.), Blind Mississippi Morris, Blind Murphy, Blind Norris (McHenry), Blind Percy and His Blind Band, Blind Pete and Partner, Blind/"Blind" Richard Yates, Blind Roger Hays, (Blind) Sid Hemphill, "Blind" Simmie (Simeon) Dooley, Blind Willie Dunn's Gin Bottle Four, Blind Willie Harris, Blind Teddy Darby (a.k.a. Blind Blues Darby, Blind Squire Turner), Blind Thomas, Blind Tom Wiggins, Blind Willie Walker, Blind Wonders of Washington, D.C., Delma Lachney and Blind Uncle Gaspard, Blind Boys of Mississippi, Blind Boys of Alabama, Blind Boys of Atlanta, Blind Joe Death (John Fahey), Blind Boy Grunt (Bob Dylan), Sleepy John Estes, Blind David Miller (The Blind Soldier), Blind Sam Petitioner.

Books:

Whore .

Heroes:

Charles Thompson, Lester Bangs, Lord Byron, Alan Moore, Lou Reed, Hudson Hawk, Philip K. Dick, Charles Dickens, Jesus, Neil Bogart, Kurt Vonnegut, St. Augustine.