coming close to madness to find who one really is/can be. accepting imperfections, conversations, suburbia, simple-minded philosophies, concepts, the fine line between artist and hobbiest, guitar; strumming it, picking it, de-tuning it, creating on it, writing, reading, self-seeking, self-distruction, self-awareness, playing music, making compilations for new friends, discussing any and all forms of creativity, dead-end jobs, walking to explore... E! T! C!
shit from an old notebook
Mission of Burma, Sonic Youth, the Stooges, Townes Van Zandt, Magik Markers, Woody Guthrie, Mudhoney, Galaxie 500, Wire, the Minutemen, John Lennon, Dischord, Touch & Go, Velvet Underground, Neil Young, I Work For No Man, Television, Oneida, Yo La Tengo, Carter Family, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Mekons, Uncle Tupelo, Michael Nesmith, Jim O'Rourke, the Jesus Lizard, the Dicks, Nirvana, Volcano Suns, the Sonics, Keith Richards' telecaster, Bukka White, Daniel Johnston, Wilco, Hatefuck, Trad Gras Och Schtenar (apologies to my Swedish friends for misspelling), MC5, R.E.M., Scratch Acid, Dwarves, Fugazi, Hank Williams, Black Flag
I prefer "talkies"
"I spoke to a man down at the tracks. I asked him how he don't go mad. He said 'Look here junior, don't you be so happy. And for heaven's sake, don't you be so sad.'"
Kerouac, Dalton Trumbo, Denis Johnson, dirty, soul wrenching Poets, Faulkner, Music "history" books, Bukowski, and such
"Once I had my heroes, once I had my dreams......."