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About Me

Everyone should undoubtedly readGradus ad Parnassumby Fux and arrive at their own conclusion. If you aren't into art at all, you should read, and read anything, but please derive your own meaning from it. There is no weaker being than one who lets others make their decisions for them.
What is explained is understood as it is explained, what is not explained is understood as not explained. They are unexplained because (((they are not useful for practical purposes)))

Skeptical monk Malunkyaputta asked: is the world external or not? Is the soul the same at the body or not? Does the sentient being exist after death or not? Does he exist or not exist? or does he neither exist or not exist?

TheBuddhatold him: giving answers to them was not a necessary condition of leading a religious life under him- waiting for answers would be like being wounded by an arrow and making inquiries about the arrow and the person who discharged it, without trying to remove it.

Follow the eightfold path.
..PS- the United States sucks some serious balls.

My Interests

tapes, making tapes, taping tapes, fucking tapes, making love to tapes, hating the fuck out of tapes, listening to records.
interesting:
Tennessee Art
Matt Pusti/makeupandvanityset
A Softer World
Live shows from "All Things Considered"
Oblique Strategies
Youknee

I'd like to meet:

i leave such things up to coincidence.

Movies:

it's Criterion Collection or nothing at all.

Television:

Not a lot of people talk about their other record. Not as groundshaking as Marquee Moon, but a satisfying record nonetheless. Foxhole foxhole.

Books:

i would like to reassure everyone that i am still reading, but it's all been audio-geeky things of late.
these are the last three books i've read in entirety.

Heroes:

CarlFriedrichGauss

My Blog

Put in Earplugs

Well that last one was a very interesting week. Happy Birthday Amy played the Nashville Film Festival show at the Exit/In Wednesday night with The Features and five other terrific bands. It was sort o...
Posted by oblique strategist on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:32:00 PST

What is the reality of the situation?

i'm pretty jealous of people who have "the strength to make it on their own." i always need someone to lean on. Falling down is pretty scary. i guess there are things i have a lot of confidence in but...
Posted by oblique strategist on Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:37:00 PST

Simple subtraction

i miss Parade real bad. Amy, Miles, Brian and i would do anything to relive last week.In other news, an apartment in my complex, visable from my bedroom, is "unfit for human habiation." "Occupancy is ...
Posted by oblique strategist on Sat, 17 Mar 2007 08:58:00 PST

What wouldn't you do?

Amy's interest in dinosaurs has grown incredibly in the last few months. We've been reading dino books at bedtime and she bought all these toy dinos for the newish Happy Birthday Amy tour van (aptly n...
Posted by oblique strategist on Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:28:00 PST

Define an area as "safe" and use it as an anchor

Okay okay okay. Tour ended over a week ago and i have yet to comment on it. Our van broke down Saturday night, on our way to Charlottesville, which i believe is in Virginia (but nobody else seems to ...
Posted by oblique strategist on Sat, 27 Jan 2007 06:02:00 PST

Listen in total darkness, or in a very large room, very quietly

The Ascent of Everest is four days into tour. We took the first couple nights really hard because (1) we had a show 50% of the time and (2) we witnessed a "jam band." Three shows later, we're getting ...
Posted by oblique strategist on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 04:46:00 PST

Display your talent

In moments, Keller and i will board the Chevy Bonaventure that will transport us and the rest of the mountain climbers on a nine-day perilous excursion we call "Ascent Tour '07."Much rehersal has been...
Posted by oblique strategist on Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:25:00 PST

Cluster analysis

i've just spent an hour reading about Orson Welles. Wow.http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2141195314072914 825&pr=goog-slThe above is a link to his first film, "The Hearts of Age", which he co-di...
Posted by oblique strategist on Sun, 10 Dec 2006 01:56:00 PST

Accept advice

Does anyone else read The Spin in The Nashville Scene? Who the hell writes for that column? Every installment seems to reveal its authors as elitists who attend the bare minimum of shows to collect ma...
Posted by oblique strategist on Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:03:00 PST

Mute and Continue

Ladyfest was so much fun. i'm hoping this festival will be long-lived. There were so many attendees hopping bar to bar to catch the shows. i feel bad for anyone who did not get to catch the fun. The c...
Posted by oblique strategist on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 08:56:00 PST