daniel johnston, the feelies, sebadoh, super lucky cat, the beatles, guided by voices, donna&althea, guitars of the golden triangle, the clash, lee "scratch" perry, lions and tigers, devo, graham smith, clyde stubblefield, the pixies, the lemonheads, velvet underground, smzb, grateful dead, ween, cold war kids, the jam, squeeze, the libertines, homestead records, phantom tollbooth, dinosaur jr., death of samantha, astral weeks, bobby dylan, otis redding, david allan coe, johnny cash, old photo albums, confusion, heartbreak, and a "passion for learning"
open-ended, unrequited love.
from saidthegramophone.com:
The Octagon - "The Narrow Road to Oku". It's a little disoriented, this sandy rock-song. It went wandering into the desert with a bottle of red wine, a Pavement album, and a few hours later is like: what the fuck? Whoever it was supposed to meet with didn't show up; whichever stars it was expecting to see didn't make an appearance. And now its shoes are tied in unfamiliar knots, its hair is filled with grains of unfamiliar minerals, and it's got a catchy song in its head - something it found in a dune, burnished and hopeful and even a little buddhist. Wherever the hell it came from, The Octagon's gonna carry it around for a while. (Tip o' the hat to former Montreal drummer, Will Glass.)
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