tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post631214044544189327..comments2024-03-02T00:39:14.574-08:00Comments on Proof of Blog: TangentialLuke Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-36960925424834519072010-03-02T16:49:34.938-08:002010-03-02T16:49:34.938-08:00Great comment, Owen. Too much to say here. E-maili...Great comment, Owen. Too much to say here. E-mailing you...<br /><br />LJLuke Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01485195273934420368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2200152359949161780.post-90756787255618829262010-02-27T12:23:31.366-08:002010-02-27T12:23:31.366-08:00There's an interview with Aziz on NPR's Fr...There's an interview with Aziz on NPR's Fresh Air, during which he convinces Terry Gross to do something unprecedented. It made me laugh harder than anything else I've ever heard on that program.<br /><br />Your story made me think of the time in life when everyone we knew was hitting that mid-point of adolescence, where we were granted access to an automobile and given a degree of personal freedom that we had yet to experience. Given the opportunity to make our own decisions about culture, people began gravitating towards music in hilariously inappropriate ways. I remember sitting in friends' cars, driving through what seemed to be endless fields that existed between our homes, laughing tearfully at 'World War III' or the music of Fabolous. It was a strange, incongruous time, when our tastes could ascend to heights of staggering absurdity thanks to the place in which we lived. Whenever I hear any kind of rap, there's always a piece of me that is reminded of being a kid, partly because of those formative years, and partly because I realized I'd be about as useful as one in most situations that rappers describe.<br /><br />These memories remind me of another bit of music, which was attached to a performance piece that I believe you starred in. If I remember correctly, it harnessed that awkwardness you were referring to and turned it into a powerful work of art. It was good stuff.<br /><br />I heard you may be up in the north west in the middle of March. If you're around the 13th + 14th, I should be up in Seattle if you care to get together.<br /><br />-OwenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com