#335 with Bryan Static: Razorcake Podcast
I stare at my paycheck. Most of it is rent, but somewhere deep down in that number is enough to buy a record, or a comic, or something that helps me not think about the daily grind. But that cold hard number wants me to have no enjoyment. It stands as a monument to my laziness, according to people with more money than me. Clearly, if I wanted more money I would work harder, longer, faster, or something.
My belongings—all packed in boxes and scattered amongst the debris of what used to be a bedroom—sit in a room that I pay for with my own time and I still hesitate to say I am an adult. More appropriately, I’m beginning to think the concept of an adult is flawed, or perhaps there is too great a difference portrayed between being a teenager and an adult. If I remember my history correctly, there was a time that when the concept of teenager did not exist. This seems more genuine. As a teenager, I felt as if there would be a grand revelation to be had once I grew up that would place the world into more perspective; an event that would cause my words to hold more weight and authority. But these moments are fiction, and the transition was nothing more than a series of escalading failures.
Now, the world shoves me into the fast-moving world of numbers, time management, and misery. The goal is to find balance, until I die. Then, life is somebody else’s problem. I stare at my paycheck.
Please send desperate pleas for help and doom metal recommendations to [email protected].
–Bryan Static
Tracklisting:
Nightmare Boyzzz, “Problem Child” (Bad Patterns, Slovenly)
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Radiator Hospital, “Bedtime Story” (Torch Song, Salinas)
Los Vigilantes, “La Balada” (Self-titled, Slovenly)
Broncho, “Try Me Out Sometime” (Can’t Get Past the Lips, CQ/Guestroom)
A Giant Dog, “The Grand” (Bone, Tic Tac Totally)
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Rad Payoff, “Chuck Roast” (The Good, The Rad and The Ugly, Let’s Pretend)
Perfect Pussy, “Dig” (Say Yes to Love, Captured Tracks)
IDYLLS, “PCP Crazy” (Prayer for Terrene, Self-released)
Parquet Courts, “Always Back in Town” (Sunbathing Animal, What’s Your Rupture?)
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Cardiacs, “A Little Man and a House” (A Little Man and a House and the Whole World Window, Alphabet Business Concern)
PAWS, “Bloodline” (Cokefloat!, Fat Cat)
Andrew Jackson Jihad, “Kokopelli Face Tattoo” (Christmas Island, SideOneDummy)
Ovens, “Misanthropist” (Self-titled, Tumult)
PUP, “Mabu” (Self-titled, SideOneDummy)
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FIDLAR, “Cocaine / Cheap Cocaine” (Self-titled)