Here's to you, because you were just as crazy as me
One of the most powerful feelings for me is when I hear, read, or watch something and it completely expresses my mindset at that moment in time. But it is even better when those mediums express not just my mindset at that moment in time but I feel like it is part of my mind.
For example, Modest Mouse. They sounded so crazy, paranoid and pissed off that I still listen to them and feel like if I had ever been in a band that's what I would have sounded like (except maybe throw in a little more punk).
For example, Kurt Vonnegut. I remember reading Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse-Five right after the other. I still feel the phrase "so it goes" in me. Everything he said made sense. It felt like I was reading what I would write had my shattered, scattered mind ever gotten its act together and put something meaningful on paper. I remember being thrown for a loop reading "Who Am I This Time?" in Welcome to the Monkeyhouse. It left me grinning, uplifted, and for those who know Vonnegut, uplifting is certainly not one of the first things people will say about his stories.
So here's to you Kurt. I think I'm beginning to find my voice now, but your stories were my voice when I had none.
For example, Modest Mouse. They sounded so crazy, paranoid and pissed off that I still listen to them and feel like if I had ever been in a band that's what I would have sounded like (except maybe throw in a little more punk).
For example, Kurt Vonnegut. I remember reading Breakfast of Champions and Slaughterhouse-Five right after the other. I still feel the phrase "so it goes" in me. Everything he said made sense. It felt like I was reading what I would write had my shattered, scattered mind ever gotten its act together and put something meaningful on paper. I remember being thrown for a loop reading "Who Am I This Time?" in Welcome to the Monkeyhouse. It left me grinning, uplifted, and for those who know Vonnegut, uplifting is certainly not one of the first things people will say about his stories.
So here's to you Kurt. I think I'm beginning to find my voice now, but your stories were my voice when I had none.