Well, I'm an artist...

People ask me why I chose a life outside the law. They say, 'Watty Watts you're a smart man. Why do you feel you gotta hold up every two bit convenience store between Dallas and Tyler?''

And I say to them, ''You ever think to ask Merle Haggard or Loretta Lynn why they sing country?''

''You ever wonder why Morrison became a rock star?''

Hell no. These things just happen.

You see, I'm an artist.

Whether it's cooking breakfast or ripping off convenience stores, I'm an artist.

Yì Jīng, Hexagram Twenty-Nine, the Abysmal — Through the repetition of danger, we become accustomed to it.

Hexagram Three: Difficulty at the beginning — To find one's place in the infinity of being, one must be able to both separate and to unite.

You see if you want something in life, you gotta be able to go out there and take it. Nobody's gonna hand it to you on a plate. When I was a young boy my granddaddy, who had been a professional bounty hunter, he said to me, ''Watty only two things you need in life to get by on this planet. Love and a .45''

-Love and a .45, Directed by C.M. Talkington

Hey, Bo Diddley

You were rock before rock was an idea the nation understood. And you threw rocks at people's heads with your music, and you helped snap them out of their narrow, automatonic existences.

You were the fucking man.

The Beatles? The Doors? Led Zeppelin?

Bo Diddley, you pwn3d all these hacks long before they began lusting after their first dimestore axe. My hat's off to you, sir. You served humanity well.


Bo Diddley - Hey Bo Diddley & Bo Diddley

Blowing Up Paradise

I've been on a creative jag lately with video, so I went and made another one. After watching Manu Delago in this YouTube clip — a hang drum musician who works mainly in the UK — I thought a historical mashup that showcased high and low points lurking in our collective conscience would go well with the music:


Blowing Up Paradise






-Torrey