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October 12th, 2009

Why I Write (About Music)

I have two of Brian Eno’s Oblique Strategies index cards taped to my monitor. They are supposed to motivate me while slowly radiating guilt. Obliquely, I guess. One reads: Not building a wall, but making a brick (sands, time, hourglass, you see?) The other: What are you really thinking about just now? Incorporate.

I’m thinking about the relative merits – or rather, the lack thereof – of what I’m doing. …more

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Elmo Keep is a writer living in Sydney. Gene Simmons of KISS once spat water at her at a press conference, but apart from that nothing much of note has happened to her. She is currently working in televisionland. Find her writing at elmokeep.com

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