fashion, extremists, overusing “punk rock” or “diy” as an adjective, the words moist yeast and blog, auto-tune, the term mass-hole, too many social networks, hype, the phrase "give me a shout", cigarettes, earthquakes and tornados, black olives and tomatoes, accepting myspace friends or bands for the sake of having more friends, intolerance, cool beans, critics, any form of reality show, tight jeans, hearing the phrase "music industry" or "music biz" or any form thereof, playing music for the sole purpose of getting famous.
pinot grigio, a ravi shankar raga, the red sox, ebows and pedal steels, old saabs, moderation, follow-through, black holes and space, windmills, music without intention, the internet, revolutions, pants, electronically charged musical blips, picking up an instrument, getting it done, caffeine, technology, torrent if you're poor, record stores if you're rich, voting, netflix, walls of noise, the future, documentaries, positive messages, chaos theory, playing the wrong note at the right time.



