What you want for yourself notwithstanding, there is this thing that I like what you do (along a few vectors), and especially through this substack, you strike me as someone who I'd like to see simply enjoy yourself. That could be performing on stage, or anything expressive that interests you. Make the whole damn thing worthwhile for yourself. Don't discount the very significant aspects of what you're doing that might be ignored by our dominant social systems, but lay fertile ground for your descendants to find value in their own existence. Mine too, for that matter.
Ah, the struggles of getting ready to go onstage as a middle-aged man- I know it soooo well. Strap on ankle braces, since both ankles are destroyed (skateboarding), apply tight wrap & brace for left knee (torn meniscus- again, skateboarding), swallow 4 ibuprofen pre-show, rub biofreeze over entire back, shove foam roller beneath lower back in futile attempt to push bulging L4/L5 discs back into place (skateboarding/stage diving/jumping off speaker cabinets & drum risers/general pre-sobriety idiocy), stretch for half hour.
Moan and groan and gimp my way over to stage- adrenaline kicks in- DESTROY EVERYTHING- limp offstage & wonder how long I can keep this up.
Why does destroying myself nightly feel like one of the the only ways I can stay alive? 30 years of this and no end in sight…
hahahahaha...fuck, man. EXACTLY...I mean we have no older models to help us figure this out. Or we do (Lemmy?) and they're all dead. Which doesn't seem so much like a solution. This means, I guess, that WE are the older models....sigh....if I figure it out first though I'll let you know, haha....
Aaaaand, here I come to ask a really niggling question. One that doesn't add one scintilla to the body of work you've written here, but which - in my ADHD riddled, 70 yr old ancient brain - screams at me to be asked: Was "headline" really the word you wanted here, or could it have been "headlong?" -> "...powerless to stop his aggressive headline decline amidst the filthiest of lucres?"
Regardless, I LOVE your tour posts. They are invariably entertaining, enlightening, and well-worth the price of admission. Just wish you could have made it to Detroit with Oxbow!
What you want for yourself notwithstanding, there is this thing that I like what you do (along a few vectors), and especially through this substack, you strike me as someone who I'd like to see simply enjoy yourself. That could be performing on stage, or anything expressive that interests you. Make the whole damn thing worthwhile for yourself. Don't discount the very significant aspects of what you're doing that might be ignored by our dominant social systems, but lay fertile ground for your descendants to find value in their own existence. Mine too, for that matter.
well said. Thanks.
Ah, the struggles of getting ready to go onstage as a middle-aged man- I know it soooo well. Strap on ankle braces, since both ankles are destroyed (skateboarding), apply tight wrap & brace for left knee (torn meniscus- again, skateboarding), swallow 4 ibuprofen pre-show, rub biofreeze over entire back, shove foam roller beneath lower back in futile attempt to push bulging L4/L5 discs back into place (skateboarding/stage diving/jumping off speaker cabinets & drum risers/general pre-sobriety idiocy), stretch for half hour.
Moan and groan and gimp my way over to stage- adrenaline kicks in- DESTROY EVERYTHING- limp offstage & wonder how long I can keep this up.
Why does destroying myself nightly feel like one of the the only ways I can stay alive? 30 years of this and no end in sight…
hahahahaha...fuck, man. EXACTLY...I mean we have no older models to help us figure this out. Or we do (Lemmy?) and they're all dead. Which doesn't seem so much like a solution. This means, I guess, that WE are the older models....sigh....if I figure it out first though I'll let you know, haha....
Aaaaand, here I come to ask a really niggling question. One that doesn't add one scintilla to the body of work you've written here, but which - in my ADHD riddled, 70 yr old ancient brain - screams at me to be asked: Was "headline" really the word you wanted here, or could it have been "headlong?" -> "...powerless to stop his aggressive headline decline amidst the filthiest of lucres?"
Regardless, I LOVE your tour posts. They are invariably entertaining, enlightening, and well-worth the price of admission. Just wish you could have made it to Detroit with Oxbow!
:(
Headline is what I intended! And yes….Oxbow won’t be there. But BUNUEL will!
Okie dokie... thanks for the clarification, and I'll be looking forward to that show!
:D