Robert Talisse
@roberttalisse
Political Philosopher | W Alton Jones Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt | extremely amateur self-taught guitarist
New Arrival. The appropriate modifications will have to wait until the fall...
"1 Of The 2" - The Damned. Brian James appreciation clip. Properly sloppy. Not sure if they played this when I saw him with original lineup in 89. . .
Fripp's playing on Bowie's *Scary Monsters* got me interested in guitar, and Flipper convinced me that I should buy a guitar. But I taught myself to play by listening to Brian James. Grateful that I got to see him play... 37 years ago tonight
"Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" - David Bowie. Close enough. It was Fripp's playing on this song in particular that got my 11 year-old self interested in guitar
Mykonos, 9 years ago today. A rando walked up and said "what a view!" I replied, "I like how the jagged rocks remind us that beneath the placid surface, disorder lurks." She replied, "Huh... hadn't thought of that." We chatted for a few minutes, then went our separate ways
Happy Monday! "Don't Cry Wolf" - The Damned. A stand-out from their nearly unlistenable second album...
Today's Guitar Adventure. Yet another reason to be glad I don't have a basement or garage.....
A photo taken in an abandoned NJ psychiatric facility that some friends and I broke into one day, probably in 1989 or so.
Made it home. And, btw, I'm using this as the author photo on the back cover of my next book....
Annual lunch with an old friend. We somehow survived grad school together
Important Guitar Update: Bringing this Gretsch Jet back to Nashville. It's been up in NJ for over a year. The SD Psyclone Hot bridge pickup with the simplified wiring sounds too good to not have in my regular rotation
