“Self Help Guru's, what they should really say: I could change your life with my three-point plan, but you already have to have alot of money and a good support system around you. My plan does not work for broken shattered people. It only works for obtusely bored rich people... Sort of it works. I am not helping the homeless!” In RuinsA Great StillnessThe Big Push Author:Eddie Pepitone
“The only things stopping me today are: genetics, lack of will, income, brain chemistry and external events.” TodayBrainChemistry Author:Eddie Pepitone
“The 80s and 90s were the beginning of the hollowing out of the American little democracy. It started with Reagan and went to Bill NAFTA Clinton! Hey, but who's paying attention to history!? What's stunning is how many people think Trump is the beginning of fascism. He's the result of many, many years of corporate plunder and spineless Democrats and greedy, racist Republicans. The concentration of wealth, the monopolized media, basically a march toward a fractured Republic. We are broken!” PeopleThinkingWealthAttentionDemocracyBrokenRepublicanClintonDemocratPay AttentionConcentrationRacistMarchFascismGreedyStunning Author:Eddie Pepitone
“I'm pleased because as a comic I live on the fringes of an extreme society. What could be better than satirizing this insanity. People are on edge, desperate and afraid. Those who aren't are soulless or living in extreme denial, locked in a magic kingdom of their own making. As a comic I get to poke at people's bubbles! Of course I'm pleased. I get to be their mouthpiece for their rage and fear! Tremendous fun.” PeopleFunMagicRageComicDenialInsanityDesperateBubblesFringePokeSoulless Author:Eddie Pepitone
“The clubs usually enforce no filming of performances pretty well. I want to know that what I'm doing is in the here and now and it's mine. I absolutely want control over my performances. And it is actually scary to see someone filming you without permission. Like Big Brother is watching. All these cameras don't make up for a life that isn't well-lived! I agree that people don't live in the moment, they instead live to make a name for themselves as "people who are living exciting lives and at great events".” PeopleMomentsBrotherExcitingAgreeScaryLive In The Moment Author:Eddie Pepitone
“What keeps my flame burning is, first, I'm ornery and persistent. I don't like giving up on things and I believe in my band and I just happen to have the sort of personality that really likes to see things to the bitter end. The second reason is the incredible people I've been fortunate to meet as a result of pursuing this insane, money-hemorrhaging enterprise. Literally every time I release a well-reviewed, poor-selling record, the net result is that I end up meeting more kind, like-minded, creative and brilliant people. That's really all the reward I need.” PeopleGivingBelieveKindReasonI BelieveCreativePersonalityGiving UpMeetingsIncrediblesBrilliantInsaneBitterEnterprisePersistent Author:Eddie Pepitone
“The idea of a rock band to me is the ultimate in subversion, in leading the charge to revolution. My fave part of music is that it cuts to the chase and goes right to the id.” CuttingRevolutionMusic IsUltimate Author:Eddie Pepitone
“I actually have to consciously stay away from CNN and MSNBC because it will rot my brain and start having me agree with them as they have an argument between the right and the far right while making it seem they are righteous torch-bearers for democracy. Corporate media is insidiously numbing!” BrainDemocracyArgumentAgreeRighteous Author:Eddie Pepitone
