Sam Amidon

Hello friends,

1.  Well, it’s funny because Nietzche did say, “even the bravest of us only rarely have the bravery for what we actually know…”  and I totally agree with that, I think that’s some very new, very introspective shit.  I definitely don’t have the bravery for what I know.  For example, I know what Jude Law is doing right now, and that’s not something you want to know.  Trust me, just generally speaking, you don’t want to know the kinds of deeply introspective shit that Jude Law gets up to, which then get clairvoyantly transmitted to me. 
  All of which is by way of introducing the following, a brief excerpt of an interview I conducted recently with somebody I admire named Ryan Seek Rest.  This is from an interview we did for a Canadian music magazine, it’s a part of the interview that I guess they decided not to include in the final issue, so you’re seeing it here for the first time.

Sam Amidon:  So one thing I wanted to say was that I find it really inspiring how you are able to live your whole life within this one conceptual framework, one structuring principle; which is that your actions all seem geared towards a common goal, namely, the search for the FLUFFIEST PILLOW EVER.  Could you tell us a little bit about that?

Ryan Seek Rest:  You’re absolutely right that I’m on to some very new, very deeply introspective shit. I mean all the pillows I’ve found so far, they are just not even remotely fluffy enough, so I’ve gots to keep moving in search of the fluffiest pillow, I’ve gots to keep on moving, feathers falling down like hail.

2.  Upcoming concerts!

June 21 Monday, 7 PM: Iron Horse Music Hall,  20 Center St, Northampton MA
Tickets: $10 adv / $13 Doors
more info here http://www.iheg.com/iron_horse_main.asp

June 22 Tuesday, I play at 11 PM woo hoo!: TT The Bears Place, 10 Brookline St, Cambridge, MA

June 23 Wednesday:  Mercury Lounge, NYC - early show! doors at 6:30 and we’ll be done by 9
with my favorite band PARTYFACE

3. that’s all for now -
Goodbye,
S