Hey! I am a minimalist. It started with the Velvet Underground. Maureen Tucker strips the beat to its absolute most essential rhythm. Then she plays the same pattern over and over. I’ve never been able to do that, regardless of the instrument. Also, there’s Talking Heads, Philip Glass, Michael Nyman, Brian Eno, and a lot of early Pink Floyd.
I have as few possessions as I can get away with. Well, I do have a lot of stuff. Every item is important to me. My walls are mostly negative space.
From Colorado, I am the youngest of six. I have also lived in California, Michigan, Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia—which is home now. There was always interesting music around the house, and I was encouraged to spend time reading.
As a kid, I would listen to music and read along with the lyrics, study them. I actually enjoyed diagraming sentences, and I always preferred essay questions. At VCU in Richmond, I majored in English.
In the nineties, I became involved in zine culture. I cut my teeth as a writer with my publication, 'The Crisp Fabric.' I have formed meaningful friendships with writers and artists I have never met.
My favorite novelists are Kurt Vonnegut, Hermann Hesse, Italo Calvino, and Franz Kafka.
The nonfiction writers I like are Buckminster Fuller, Hunter S. Thompson, and Frank Zappa.
Sylvia Plath and Emily Dickinson are my favorite poets.
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