Re: (OT) REJECTING MASS MEDIA CULTURE

[Daryl Shawn <darylshawn@gmail.com>]

Several long hitchhiking trips in the 90's had a huge effect on my view 
towards having a home base. I realized that I could be pretty rootless 
on a day to day basis, and didn't need a big home and/or a bunch of 
stuff to be happy. But I also saw that I could go a bit nuts if I didn't 
have a break now and then.

Since May of '09, I've used my dad's address as my mailing address, but 
haven't actually been paying rent anywhere. The initial plan was to tour 
nonstop, but I soon realized that keeping track of logistics as a solo 
act/manager/booker was almost impossible without taking time off the 
road now and then, so I backed it off, instead doing individual tours of 
a few weeks to a month, staying at my dad's or other relatives in 
between. I also realized that I don't compose very much on the road, so 
wanted to take time to keep up writing as well.

Now that I'm seeing somebody in NYC, and am realizing how nourishing it 
is to keep up with cultural activities including other people's live 
music, I found that it's important to have a balance between seeing 
shows, time with my girlfriend, composing, and the ever-tempting road. 
Rent doesn't seem like such an anchor anymore, and I'm planning to 
establish more of a home here, while keeping up with touring at a 
livable pace.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com


>
>     I planned to register my mail by a post box, rent out my flat to
>     someone with a regular income and start sleeping wherever I could 
>find
>     a free spot for my sleeping bag. All this as a way to lower my living
>     costs. But as I started to administrate the setup I was informed by
>     authorities that it would be illegal. In Sweden a citizen has to have
>     a proper address where you actually live. I guess that's an old
>     (obsolete?) law once used to catch bums?
>
> A resident address is needed: it's a part of your Identity Card data 
> even in your country I guess, but your are not costrained to live in 
> the same place you've declared.
> I guess you could "legally declare" that you reside in your parent's 
> (or friend's) house and you are still free to live or sleep where ever 
> you want.