I’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
ALAN BISHOPI’m not satisfied with the state of humanity.
ALAN BISHOPThey’re not concerned with it. They don’t take their musical legacy seriously.
ALAN BISHOPThe lyrics are not an important thing to me. In fact, it can be a distraction.
ALAN BISHOPI like traditional music. I listen to a lot of it. There is no particular reason to present these recordings.
ALAN BISHOPIf I must live on the same planet as Mr and Mrs out of touch, I will do whatever I can to jolt their zombie-ass skulls from the upside-down veal market they hang from.
ALAN BISHOPI love rearranging words and destroying language and the established forms of art and music/challenging the reasoning of others.
ALAN BISHOPIf I knew the language enough to know it was a horrible love song with stupid lyrics.
ALAN BISHOPIf you’re somewhat resourceful and perceptive, you’re pretty much going to know what’s going on because human nature is human nature: they understand it, you understand it, and it works.
ALAN BISHOPBut the live band is now becoming ancient history in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma.
ALAN BISHOPI don’t speak anything very well. The longer that you travel, you find out that you really don’t even need to speak the language to get around and get things done, to live in those places.
ALAN BISHOPEveryone’s a singer now, thanks to karaoke, for better and for much worse.
ALAN BISHOPThere hasn’t been a true breakdown or effort to break Thai music into genres.
ALAN BISHOPComing to them to listen only to the music is not what people do.
ALAN BISHOPIn terms of perceptions of the culture, most people don’t think about music.
ALAN BISHOPI’ve had to adjust to karaoke as a modern reality that obscures our hunt for what we’re truly after.
ALAN BISHOPI hear things my own way and I present them.
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