I was 14 and trying out some guitar riffs with my first band. There was an older guy, and throughout one of our songs he said: “That sounds like Gimme Danger from The Stooges– and you sound like James Williamson.” I didn’t know the Stooges back then and was quite pissed off: when you’re 14 …
All societies have their points of least resistance, their wounds. Put your finger on the wound, and press down hard. Michel Houellebecq, To Stay Alive The adolescent years are crucial for the development of your spiritual and intellectual lineage, and your future track along it. You are and will always remain what you read and …
The opening paragraph of Pitchfork’s review of Iggy Pop‘s latest album Free (2019) points to the sad mental problems and painfully insufficient intellectual capacities of our time’s people. We are still waiting in vain for the last hopeful twists of the West on its way to decline, while brains and imagination have already collectively been …
