It's So Nice To Have A Band

I Think A Lot Of The Intention Of Bands, Especially In The Last Year, Is To Spread Themselves Out Geographically And Borrow From Different Cultures And Different Sounds, And To Be Eclectic. And That's Great In Terms Of Dynamics, But It Also Tends To Not Have That Torpedo And Fire Running Through It. If You're Spreading Yourself Out Across The Globe, You're Also Not Emphasizing A Singular Point, Which I Think Great Rock Music Has Always Done.

I've Never Been In Another Kind Of Midlife Crisis. I Don't Know What It Feels Like When You're Through That, But I Definitely Feel That Changing A Few Things, Like Being On A Different Label And Having Things Kind Of Settle Back Into A Sense Of Normality, Helps To Feel Grounded.

I Think In Some Ways, Whether You've Ever Actually Been To Portland, People Definitely Understand This Highly Curated Niche Lifestyle, Because A Lot Of People Are Sort Of Striving For That Now. Or They're Hating On It.

There Was A Clarity To The Nineties. It Was Pre-9/11, Before That Anxiety Kicked In That Exists Right Now About The Financial Crisis Or Terrorism. We Were All Just Going To Move Forward Into The Millennium And Everything Was Always Going To Get Better. Then, Whoops, That Didn't Happen.

I Like How Blogging Emulates Fandom Because It's So Completist And Spontaneous. It Really Mirrors The Way People Listen To Music, And I Like That Fluidity With Online Content.