Every man is a borrower and a mimic, life is theatrical and literature a quotation.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Our job description reads: “Wanted, person to violently pummel barrels with sticks in constant time while the supposedly ‘creative’ types follow your instructions.” It’s remarkably similar to the job description for Ottoman galley slave-master, and it attracts people with the same disposition.
Bumbershoot: America’s Next Long Winters Drummer