It's So Nice To Have A Band

There Was This Kind Of Wackiness That Was Really Embraced And Put On A Pedestal. It Was Before The Millennium. We Were Envisioning A Future That Was Mostly Idealistic. I Think That Came Crashing Down A Little Bit In 9/11, Or A Lot. There Is Something About Portland That Does Seem To Still Exist In This Total Idealistic World And Total Idealistic Mind Frame, And I Think That's What Dream Of The '90s Is Talking About.

Even If, Personally, I'm In A Place Of Contentment Or Solidity, I Feel Like It's Hard Not To Look Out Into American Culture And See Vast Inequity, Widespread Institutionalized Violence And Racism And Transphobia And Environmental Destruction. It's Hard To Be In This World And Feel A Sense Of Innate Satisfaction At All. There's Plenty Of Things To Feel Unsettled About.

I Think That Half Of Us Feel Fraudulent In Our Lives Anyway. There's That Strange Disconnect Of Not Really Knowing What We're Doing Sometimes, Or Why It Matters. It's Our Existential Crisis.

From A Self-conscious Standpoint, It's Hard To See Myself On A Screen In A Way That Isn't Just Me Playing Music Or Doing Something Silly.

I Read A Lot; Fiction And Non-fiction Are The Mediums I Find Most Edifying And Inspiring. I Watch Movies And Listen To Music And Take Lots And Lots Of Walks. Nature Is A Nice Reset Button For Me, It's How I Get A Lot Of Thinking Done.