(this post never got finished…can you tell? but i like the fragments as they are. it’s almost a poem. an epitaph for this blog’s first life.)
Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail 72 pp 1-100
Hunter S. Thompson
I now believe that one should, whenever possible, hear an author’s voice before reading his words.
David Sedaris, Sarah Vowell.
In this case I am also hearing Johnny Depp as the author’s voice.
Writing is also about performance. the act of presenting it out loud. VOICE. literal, actual, biology-class sound waves.
personal life goal: befriend an artist who will be my personal Ralph Steadman, and become symbiotically famous.