There is only one way to see things, until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes
Writing music is always really helpful for me. It always reveals to me how I am feeling.
I was doing experimental noise-based music and I learned a number of things about performance. I was playing small shows - sometimes without a PA - where people couldn't really hear me so I relied a lot on physicality and a sense of discomfort and risk.
I didn't want make art about the internet at all. It's a really hard subject to take on and I did not set out to do that. But, it was real and it was what was happening.
I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic.
The suburbs have always been like an American version of utopia and a reflection of their hopes and fears. Erika's version of American suburban utopia - which I am renaming the outer ring - is a diverse place, with affordable housing, the possibility for people to have small businesses, which is more realistic in the outer ring than in the city with its huge costs, decent public transportation and the ability to access art and cultural events. That's my dream for America.
What would I reclaim America as? I do want it to be a diverse country.
Joy to the world, the Lord is come Let earth receive her King Let every heart, prepare him room And heaven and nature sing.
Every so often we hear people clamor for a change. Let's change the Constitution, change the form of Government, change everything for better or worse except to change the only thing that needs changing first: The human heart and our standard of success and human values.
Just as someone who's been interested in radio and programming for so long, I can usually tell when an interviewer is doing a segment just to fill a programming slot. They ask questions, but they don't care about the answers.
Before going mountain bike riding, it's a good idea to leave your valuables at home. Your testicles, for example.