Spend way too much time trying to not become a fucking cliche...yet feel I am pissing into the wind. Currently think when it comes to women I am the perfect rebound and/or setup guy...and that is probably a good thing for everyone involved. Picked up a guitar and started singing 3 years ago to rescue the old girlfriends trapped inside my head...now I can't put it down even after they are safe...Certain things in life are unavoidable I guess. Have way too much hard-earned wisdom for someone my age and wish somehow am never wise enough to just let life flow around me...so I can't stop manipulating outcomes in order to get what I think I want...getting everything I want never makes me happy...Contrary to popular belief I am not as self-absorbed as I may seem to be...of course my mind always seems to find it's way back to my favourite subject in the end...so maybe I am. When I first heard the songs "Whiskey Bottle" and "Still Be Around" something inside me changed forever, and besides the 2 G's no gift has been greater. I will always continue to defend those I love with a ferocious loyalty because bullies aren't always found in schoolyards...yet at the same time find myself wanting to steal their girlfriend....survival instinct draws me into conformity, yet can't help myself from fighting to get out...I think it may be easier it I fought from the outside back in....Most of my days are spent singing songs out loud regardless of the setting...and most people must think I am more than just a little crazy...which may be true...I kinda like it that way. Fear will always destroy my life if I lose my faith...today I am no longer afraid...tomorrow however...is never a certain.
Uncle Tupelo July 1987
In no particular order: Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt, Jay Farrar, Lucero, Two Cow Garage, The Fox Hunt, The Who, Willie Nelson, The Hold Steady, Lifter Puller, Old 97's, Slobberbone, The Queers, RATM, Circle Jerks, The Clash, Ted Leo, The Paper Hearts, The Replacements, Glossary, Against Me!, The Mason Dixon Disaster, I Can Lick Any Sonofabitch In The House, Michael Dean Damron, The Drams, Centro-Matic, Alison Krauss, Kelly Willis, William Elliot Whitmore, Jon Snodgrass, Big Head Todd, Sugarcubes, Bjork, Liz Phair, Smashing Pumpkins before Siamese Dream i.e. Gish, Dead Kennedy's, Cracker, Joe Strummer and The Mescalaroes, John Cash, Ray Porter, WSP, Waylon, Pearl Jam, Blink 182, The Samples, Public Enemy, Nanci Griffith, Tool, Kelly Clarkson (Yeah...you heard me), Drive-By Truckers, Government Mule, Robert Earl Keen, Steve Earle, The Pogues, Cory Branan, Drag The River, Tim Barry. And yes... John Mayer is still a gutless punk.
Black Hawk Down, Man On Fire, Goodfellas, High Fidelity, anything with Kate Beckinsale...I mean anything. Dreaming In America, documentaries and anything with Ray Porter in them. Schindler's List, Cable Guy, Old School, Office Space, Barcelona, The Last Days Of Disco, The Good Shepard, A&E Movies, Historical Dramas, SLC Punk (Highly Underated)
The Wire...nothing will ever come close to The Wire...ever.
"I Hope They Serve Beer In Hell" total waste of time..Tucker Max is a complete Fucktard and if you liked the book you are too.
Abraham Lincoln, Joe Strummer, Jay Farrar, My Grandparents, Michael Fingo, Elizabeth and Samantha Kline...and the mother who raised them, the 2 G's, my ex-wife, my dad, my Aunt Patricia Kelley, and anyone who has the courage to truly forgive themselves.