Head Cases

Something I've witnessed in my musical heroes is a sort of inferiority complex that comes about either from traumatic experience or just plain physical inferiority. The people I'm talking about are Elliott Smith and Rivers Cuomo.

I think after having some abuse in early childhood--on top of his getting into drugs at an early age--really fucked with him for the rest of his life. Something I've noticed with my own experiences regarding inferiority complexes, is that if someone notices something wrong, they will obviously try to help. However, this sometimes can add to the feeling of inferiority for the individual because this 'care' justifies their belief that they are in fact inferior and that the care being given is synthetic. This is something I've heard in a lot of his music. The song that illustrates this best I think is "Everybody Cares Everybody Understands". This is a very very dark song.



My other musical hero Rivers Cuomo had a physical inferiority complex growing up; he spells out his own problems right here, and seems to be actually a really positive guy despite his condition:

Nothin you can't do, --except be an asshole, but you can even do that too if you want

Cannot get this song out of my head.

Music head ache

I've been writing a ton of new songs, I feel like I'm getting back to what I am truly about. It's a really good feeling. I want to share that with others, will be putting up some new songs on my myspace as soon as they get to a more complete state.

I accompanied The Foghorns on their US Tour in September, and it was a pretty amazing experience. At the time, my mind was kind of all over the place, for good reason, but looking back on it, it's an experience I'll cherish forever. I'd like to do it again with a clear head and some great friends.

you can get The Foghorns - "Diamond As Big As The Motel Six" on iTunes

-Rich