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“I had to brainwash myself, like what I was doing was going to be really, really good, and then just accept whatever happened.”

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Ottessa Moshfegh

Ottessa Moshfegh is a contemporary American author known for her unique narrative style and profound psychological insights. Her works often explore themes of loneliness, alienation, and moral dilemmas in modern society. more

“My short stories are so character-based and they're also so private. They're like a private world in each story and I'm getting more and more interested in allowing myself to investigate the big picture about this country, and about human beings, and about the planet, and about the solar system, and about the nature of the material world in general. And I felt like I needed to move into a bigger form.”

World Country Moving Short Story Big Picture Solar System

Author:Ottessa Moshfegh

“When I read John Cage's book Silence, I was growing up in Louisville, Kentucky. For me, records were a mode of time travel and geographic travel, interfacing with a much larger world. So it seemed antiquated and backwards that Cage would be so down on them.”

World Book Silence Growing Up Time Travel Backwards

Author:David Grubbs

“Records have always been the most extraordinary form of time travel for me, and that's why it matters to know when something was circulated, and if it had an audience of five or 50,000.”

Audience Extraordinary Time Travel

Author:David Grubbs

“I found myself thinking about the distance between the 60s and today through certain moments. Like the Henry Flynt interview with Ubuweb founder Kenny Goldsmith, where he talks about how he was scarred by how proud John Cage was to be ignorant of popular music. Goldsmith says, "Nobody thinks twice nowadays about listening to everything!" Something that had seemed so uniquely, radically syncretistic in Flynt's day seems much more commonplace now.”

Thinking Moments Today Listening Proud Distance Ignorant Founders Popular Music Kenny

Author:David Grubbs

“Military school was great and especially great for leadership and then I spent two years in Vietnam.”

Years Two School Leadership Military Two Years Vietnam Military School

Author:Robert Kiyosaki

“The word 'archive' seems so reassuring, but I have a lot ofconcern over the longevity of documentary materials.”

Longevity Reassuring

Author:David Grubbs

“There's part of me that is a strict materialist.”

Author:David Grubbs

“Otherwise the history just gets completely flattened out, and people imagine that everything was always available and accessible. One of the things that struck me was the way in which the landscape of experimental music seemed different at different points in time, on the basis of where one was situated geographically, if one had access to live performances, and what was released at a particular time.”

People Different Imagine Imagine That

Author:David Grubbs

“As there are more online archives of improvised music, it becomes more like the daily practice of playing it. It lessens the idea of there being masterpieces of improvised music through benchmark recordings.”

Online Masterpiece

Author:David Grubbs

“I recall improvisational drummer and composer Michael Evans telling me a story of someone who had the opportunity to meet Cage and give him a record, and John Cage just smiled and said, "You know I have nothing to play this on?"”

Giving Opportunity Composer Drummer Just Smile

Author:David Grubbs

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