Will Oldham Tackles The Tough Questions
I don’t know who this Patrick guy is or why he got to submit 2 questions, or if he is two different guys named Patrick, or just another pseudonym for the famously pseudonymous Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy himself. Either way, bully for you Patrick.
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Why are things so hard sometimes? - Patrick
Dear Patrick,
They just are. Once my brother looked at me with shame many years ago; my head was hung low and I was in a dark and silent brood. He scorned me angrily, saying to me “What’s your fucking DEAL? Things aren’t so TRAGIC all of the time.” And I knew he was very correct in this. If I remember right, Bill Murray led the crowd in Meatballs to chant “It just doesn’t matter!” and where this is not true, it helps to throw the balance on the other side every once in a while; onto the Not True side, onto the desired-reality side. Things are also hard because hard is good. A hard penis is good for a yearning vagina or sphincter, and a hard road is better for tire traction than a soft road. Easy makes lazy, makes shallow, makes for poor company. SOME times.Dear Bonny,
How do you deal with the lonely times? - PatrickDear Patrick,
At this point in my life, I am rarely lonely. This is new for me. I am 38 years old, and it took me a good 36 or 37 years to enjoy my own company, and to enjoy fully the quietness of that state. Prior to recent times, being alone meant being scared, and I would deal with it through reading, drinking, or enjoying the proxy companionship that movie-watching provides. Or writing, or running scared. Sometimes doing objectively horrible things! But those days are not here for now. As easy at it is to deny or forget, doing maintenance was always the best way of dealing with the lonely times. Weeding, sweeping, responding to letters. Things that, unfortunately do not give immediate visceral satisfaction. Still, when the tasks were done, I would feel happier, and the time for sleep, and dreaming, would be closer at hand.
Don’t Sleep On The Hype Man
i didn’t need further confirmation of the genius of oldham, and yet here it is…
and the new record is worth a listen for its happiness and joy
15 years ago