We wanted solid musical compositions with dynamic and tense arrangements’ Says Simonelli, ‘We agreed that (Enablers) were not going to sound like much of what had already come before in the vein of ‘spoken word’ recordings: a voice in front of a droning, basically static piece of music. The addition of drummer Yuma Joe Byrnes (of 4AD’s Tarnation) sparked Enablers into life, away from the cerebral idea of a ‘book project’ and into the infinite possibilities of a living, breathing band. Author and poet Pete Simonelli convinced guitarists (and fellow bar-dwellers) Joe Goldring (Swans, Touched By A Janitor, Wade, Toiling Midgets) and Kevin Thomson (Nice Strong Arm, Timco, Touched By A Janitor, Hazel Atlas, YEARS) to provide musical backing for a few poems. Their individual histories join the dots through the major musical events in America of the 80s and 90s: the fertile Texas underground, Homestead Records, New York noise, Bay Area metal, the post-Nevermind goldrush and everything that got left in its wake.Īs with all the best bands, they formed by accident. Enablers (no The) first made music together in San Francisco in 2002. With something that irreconcilably rhymesħ305 days. Win over crowds and sunder the already weak or careless You don’t care for overly ambitious people who are always competing.Ĭompetitive, overly ambitious people comprise too manyĪnd people like you give them an advantage they tend to Balance purpose with action? It’s a living. You can do it anywhere, which is no ultimate guarantee for “good” or even “great” work. There’s no urgency in much of your life, especially in writing. Know when to shut up and don’t have to go out of their way To re-light the candle in the kitchen: sometimes sides don’t lose, they collapse,Īnd you can’t tell the difference between the two anymore.
It’s only reminding you to go back to Reichenbergerstr When its light culminates in windblown autumn leavesĪnd is swallowed whole like a ghost in clouds. Up late most nights, “sitting bullshitting” in a dim kitchenĪnd feeling thrown away by everything you should have How all our youthful indulgences & stardom tap out.ĭecadence is staying drunk well into your forties, Talk turned on the changing grace of bars, neighborhoods, Where, sequestered late with Carsten the night before, Lighting up the doorway you’ll walk throughįor coffee and a cigarette in the kitchen
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