How The Midwest Was Won

Neil Young - Needle and the Damage Done

Johnny Cash and Shel Silverstein - A Boy Named Sue/Daddy, What If

The Beatles - Let It Be

I just realized that if I grew my hair out, I’d be pretty damn close to the “Paul McCartney Strung Out On Coke” look.

David Byrne performing “This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody)” with an orchestra.

Because this is what David Byrne does.

Pulp - Common People

This was pretty much my song all throughout college. I went to an arts school in the middle of downtown Chicago, and as you might expect, a good chunk of the student body were well-off kids from the ‘Burbs who had their daddies pay for their room and board and and were always splurging on the most trivial shit.

And that part I had no problem with. However, for some odd reason, a good majority of them seemed ashamed of their wealth. They wanted to pretend like they were just some middle-class kid and drink shitty beer and bitch about how much their rent was, but still be able to drop a grand on clothes or hit up shows every single night of the week.

And I’m sitting there as a kid who legitimately didn’t have any cash, who has to take out ridiculous student loans and whose dad worked in a factory and I’m thinking “What the fuck is wrong with these people?”

William Elliott Whitmore - Diggin’ My Grave

You’re welcome, Mooncomesshiningdown.