For my grave:

• "Well well well, I found out I'm dying, darling. Now what do i do To keep the sunshine in? Oh I will save you. Yeah I will hold you. I'll be there when you need me, And I will die with you." Black Angels, Boat Song
• "Her philosophy of life, she told me, is that she might die at any moment. The tragedy, she said, was that she didn't". — Fight Club
• “And I'm learning so I'm leaving, And even though I'm grieving, I'm trying to find a meaning, Let loss reveal it.” — Florence
• “Don’t you forget about me.” - Simple Minds
• “I hope the exit is joyful and I hope never to return!” - Frida Kahlo
• "She has now gone, from this unhappy planet, with all the carnivores, and the dest...

• Dancing on stage with Belle and Sebastian “Boy with the Arab Strap” Hollywood Palladium
• Adam (Adrock) sending us a beat for our dog battle rap against our neighbors.
• When I learned Lol Tolhurst from the Cure was at the KoKoKo show I was at, and then he appeared before me when the singer asked the audience to get low and he couldn't, and so I found him and then met him after the show.
• David Bowie (surprise) jumping on stage at an Arcade Fire show in Central Park.
• Walking down the back stairs of the Fillmore into fans with Rivers Cuomo holding my hand.
• Meeting Michael Stipe in the LA canals to be in REM's music video for "Drive."
• Late night after hours dancing with friends at mile high club.
• Singing and dancing in my car seat on roa...

• There's a lot of people out there who have a lot of negative opinions. But when you prove them wrong, you don't have to say shit to them. They don't deserve it. -- Jalen Brunson
• "There was a new voice which you slowly recognized as your own, determined to do the only thing you could do—determined to save the only life you could save." -- Mary Oliver
• "If people hurt you, tell yourself that it's because they're stupid. That will help keep you from reacting to their cruelty. Because there is nothing worse than bitterness and vengeance… Always keep your dignity and be true to yourself." -- Persepolis
• The only people who ever had us: ARE US.
• Many relationships don’t end for lack of love but lack of connection. It’s okay for stories to end. You will always hav...

• Abandoned Book Depository, Detroit
• African Party - remote office building, Paris
• Alcatraz Prison, San Francisco
• Audium, San Francisco
• Basilica Cistern --underground water palace 532bc: Istanbul, Turkey
• Bat Flight Program, Carlsbad Caverns
• Being John Grisham and David Baldacci guests at his book fair in Florida
• Berber Camp, Sahara Desert
• Berghain, exclusive club in Berlin, partied all night
• Blue Grotto, Capri Island
• Brooklyn Underground tour (old subway lines beneath the city)
• Bus Station, out in the middle of Turkey --craziest I've ever seen
• Cagaloglu Hamami Bath House, Istanbul
• Cape Cod “Touch a Truck” parade
• Carla's apartment on the Grand Canal, Ven...

I can have authentic experiences if I don’t post on like-based scrolling media about them. And, this is my REMINDER. The introduction of “scrolling,” and “likes,” on social media (by big tech) changed human psychology. They will NEVER stop psycho-engineering to make social media as addictive as possible. The disease is in our collective consciousness. The degradation of truth, humility, and so on. I feel it growing within myself. Unbridled capitalism's modern slavery.

THOUGHTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA:

• I do not want to pull people out of their lives to look at mine.
• Social media algorithms flatten culture and art, creating cookie cutter content that sells and pleases the algorithm (versus art being provocative).
• Not selling family. I don't want to package my family as a sellable commodity for their profit. We try to avoid peddling family for public consumption for corporate pro...