An Open Letter* to Ryan Adams:
1/15/09
1 tigerbeatpoet place
minneapolis, mn 55408
Dear Ryan,
In response to the news a couple days ago, which, obviously has evoked a certain amount of concern and equal parts of snark in the music media, let me just say the following. You do what you’ve got to do. You certainly don’t have to stop forever. But give yourself a nice break, but not for too long, ok? Because if you do that, pretty soon you could turn into Peter Green after he left Fleetwood Mac. And the last thing I want to hear about is how you’ve become a hermit and are inadvertently competing for the Guinness Book of World Records title for Longest Fingernails. That’s just gross.
So, take it easy – travel and do all the things you want to do and haven’t had the chance. Relax. Watch cable all day a couple days a week, just hang out and listen to records. Make cocoa at night and curl up with Telenovellas that you’ve Tivoed, even if you don’t know Spanish. Run off to a small town where no one knows you and go for long walks every day to clear that pretty head of yours. The internet will probably keep writing about you, and I’ll wait for your return.
And there is always an open couch at the tigerbeatpoet nerd lair if you want to just swing up for a weekend of funny movies on dvd and take out and record shopping. I won’t even try to mack on you. And also – if you’re interested, I will attempt to sneak you into local shows as incognito as possible – we have a grip of awesome bands in Minneapolis. Anyways, the offer will be longstanding.
Take care,
Jen xo
*In which I might come off as mildly creepy. But I’m really not.
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Don’t worry about Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams has to do what Ryan Adams has to do. Hopefully Ryan Adams’ decision doesn’t hurt Ryan Adams’ fans – last thing Ryan Adams wants to do is make his fans feel like they’ve been cut by a knife.
Have no fear – Ryan Adams would never compete for the Guinness Book of World Records title for Longest Fingernails because then Ryan Adams wouldn’t be able to stroke his own… ego. And Ryan Adams loves a good stroke. Ryan Adams will be around, possibly under pseudonym, possibly just under the name Ryan. After all, it’s hard to quit completely, and Ryan Adams can’t stop this thing we’ve started.
To the fans of Ryan Adams, Ryan Adams knows that everywhere Ryan Adams goes the kids wanna rock, which is why Ryan Adams says – live like there’s no tomorrow, because only the strong survive.
18 til I die,
Ryan Adams
Comment by Ryan Adams — January 15, 2009 @ 6:55 pm
Ryan Adams would totally have understood the Peter Green fingernails joke.
Comment by jen — January 15, 2009 @ 7:34 pm
Ryan Adams did, didn’t want to remark on a rough stage that his friend went through… though on a day like today Ryan Adams isn’t afraid to call a spade a spade: touch the hand that has six inch long fingernails? Ryan Adams is reckless, but not that reckless.
Ryan Adams bites his fingernails, so… don’t worry about Ryan Adams. Also, Ryan Adams has been working on something sporty, a taste might be in order, “Baby when you’re gone/I realize I’m in love.” It’s not much, but Ryan Adams has had a hard week.
Comment by Ryan Adams — January 18, 2009 @ 1:11 pm