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Subject: On Sleep and creativity

From: "Roger Rossen" <mididood@...>
Date: 2003-10-24

>Ginger Baker lives !
>Sleep is your friend Roger :O
>Gary

this was supposed to go to the group too - why hide my mental-ness?

>Well yes it is - but actually:
>
>There is this hilarious (and extremely talented) band I got turned
>onto out at NEARfest 2003
>(NorthEast ArtRock festival - this is the CENTER of the prog-rock
>world...I cannot begin to tell you how highly I recommend this event
>for all of you out there into this kinda music - its a religious
>thing for me)
>
>they are called:
>"Sleepy-Time Gorilla Museum" and 1 of their main 'hits' from this
new
>band, is called : "Sleep Is Wrong".
>
>And I think that I totally and completely embrace that statement!
>
>Their music is a cross between King Crimson and Marilyn Manson...a
>beautiful marriage of musical elements!
>
>I saw these guys down at Schuba's (Chicago) a couple weeks after
>their NEARfest performance and had a chance to chat with them. They
>are the kinda friends who make me happy to be pursuing something
just
>as off-kilter and rewardless as any good music is, that doesn't ever
>get "public" acceptance - because of the suppressive "music business
>machine"!
>
>ok- i'm going off again-
>
>Cheers All,
>
>Finally got some sleep-
>Even though it was WRONG!
>
>Rog
>