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my ancestors, the "children of peace"

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-eight years and a million words

Toronto, 2012.05.23

I see from the historical records that a certain idiosyncrasy runs in the family, and I am pleased.

I don't share much in common with my deeply religious ancestors, save perhaps an interest in music and a willingness to work on projects. But I admire what they attempted. Well, the upper Canada rebellion has come to be derided and mocked, but it's the community and its message that seemed admirable.

rand()m quote

For a long time I was very bitter that the people who controlled the means of anybody ever hearing my songs were never gonna play them. They only favored music that I specifically and particularly hated, and I wanted them dead. Suddenly, there was another avenue. I started hearing my stuff coming out of bars and then it started to happen little by little -- a movie song here or a TV ad there.

—Iggy Pop