During one of his first MK-ULTRA peyote trips, Kesey hallucinated a Native American man sweeping the floors of the hallways. He wrote the first 3 pages of the novel during this encounter… By designing the character as a minority figure, Kesey was able to comment directly on psychiatry, institutionalization, & cultural assimilation at large.
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The Church of Cancer Christ; BCP Punk Wedding @ NPU, 4/15
“Like as I’m sitting here talking to you, I’ll hear a little bit of, ‘Hey, this guy’s alright.’ Or, ‘Hey, you know what? Don’t give this guy too much,’ or, ‘Watch out for her…’ You know? Gut feelings. Sometimes the word of God is just a sea of children singing songs together & loving each other. How about tonight? Hanging out with strangers, hugging the people next to you, showing love to people you might not show love to outside these walls.”
Pushing Buttons w/ Spunk; Supply & Demand 2/4/22
“Yeah. I feel like music’s kind of the same right now; a regurgitation of everything prior. And we’re just a part of that cycle, you know? But I mean to stand out, you gotta be the shittiest. & I think that’s where we’re succeeding.”
Dead Boys, Compton Punks, & Teddy Bear Stuffing: Deth Coast; The Smell 11/5/21
“My background’s mostly Brooklyn punk. I fuck heavy with Dead Boys, but also The Ramones for their poppy fun take on the scene. Saw Best Coast live & I thought, ‘Dude, I’m never going to be that good.’ Around that time all my best friends started doing meth so I stopped talking to them… I’m not the best, but I don’t smoke meth. So it’s Deth Coast.”
Rocky Horror Shadowcasting w/ Midnight Insanity
“I think people have this idea that Rocky is all about sex, but it’s not. It’s about being yourself; being honest & comfortable with who you are.”
German Cops, The Acid Tests, & Chaz Ferrare: The Sleeperz, XMAS Stoop Show 12/18
“She started throwing a temper tantrum & wouldn’t let me get my things to the point where I had to call the fucking cops in Germany. These dudes rolled up like the fucking Gestapo, big ass leather boots & uniforms. They looked at me like ‘What did you do!?’ I was like ‘No! You have to understand, I’m just trying to get the hell out of here. I’m just trying to live my life & get back to California!'”
WACKO on COVID Clown Parties, Hate Pages, & Dream Composition; NPU/BCP 12/10
“Our best descriptions come from people talking shit. We have a hate page that reposts all our knocks. My favorite post on it is a description of our band from the Denny’s video saying, ‘Fuck WACKO, this isn’t hardcore. This isn’t even power violence or fastcore, this is just a middle school jam band; fuck this band.’ (haha) I love that.”
MyVeronica on Breaking Arms & makeoutclub.com; Halloween UCLA, 10/30
“The track I played called Makeoutclub was inspired by this pre-Myspace social networking site of the same name. It was this internet subculture community ‘for indierockers, hardcore kids, record collectors, artists, bloggers, & hopeless romantics’ (site tagline). I pieced the lyrics for that song from post excerpts…”
julie on Macy’s Gingerbread Cookies; HoB Anaheim 11/6
“In the beginning, it was this rockabilly-indie-punk thing. Then we met Alex at a show & bonded over MBV; that band kickstarted our current taste of shoegaze, noise pop, twee pop… Things of that nature. We started honing in on our influences & understanding what we really like to make.”
MILLY Behind the Scenes w/ Justice Vaughn Ott, feat. Mark Cheche
“I met with upcoming director Justice Vaughn Ott by the LA river for a chat over coffee & record shopping. Carving a name for himself through camera work for Atiba Jefferson on Turnstile music videos, Fender sessions, & First We Feast, he’s now channeling his own brand of directing. Having worked with MILLY on every video since he left the band, he’s currently collaborating with Deaton Chris Anthony, Momma, & more artists…”