On these cold and miserable snow days I've reduced my travel to the few feet between my computer and the loo. The confines of this situation has produced 2 songs in 2 weeks, an herbal tea habit and a lot of pee pee. Also, quite unexpectedly, a change in direction. My weather vane has finally developed a mind of its own. I decided. My tongue has been trying to break free since I hog-tied it when I was 6. My spirit has been inside screaming at my backbone to grow a set. SO, armed with a brand new pair of big shiny balls, a dirty Rhodes, a Rickenbacker 12 string and an urge for telling truths, I'm headed UP. UP to the land where unpopular is popular and the words 'commercial', 'hook' and 'hit' are forbidden. I should probably clarify.
NO I'm not ripping off my drawers and flagellating into a SM58 (microphone) and offering it up as music. NO I'm not hopping on the Jandek crazy train headed straight to a counter job at O'burgers. I got a healthy injection of Pop Music growing up, so it stands to reason that it is in my DNA, branded to my genetic blueprint. I will always be a POP artist and I will always write as a POP artist. However, this time around I am going to do so without any trepidation that I might be rejected by the Billboards. In truth, though I salute ALL of my songs and songwriting efforts to this point, they are all, in some small way, tainted by popular influence. AH MAIS NON PLUS! I am going to be as carefree as a comma. Rule #1: Music should not be confined to boxes Rule #2: Music should never be listened to at low volumes Rule #3 Music should be fun. OFF with the arm bands, shiny pants and Bowie sunglasses. The choreographer can kindly F**K off and the guy named Captain Industries can SUCK IT!
Perhaps none of this will make sense to any of you. Yet. But it will soon enough and I hope that you'll enjoy the results as much as I enjoyed the process. Please stay tuned for 'How Your Silver Shines' and 'Don't Say That You Love Me'.
Meanwhile I have to pee again......
January 13, 2011
JANDEK
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