Mike Elias

Were you a punk rock guy? A little bit. I delved into East Coast hardcore for a little bit. You had to, right? With the skates?

I mean, it didn't really tie in. That all came from my brother. He was real into the... Older brother? Older brother, yeah. He was, what's he, nine years older than I am. So he fed me all the... All the Fugazis, New York Hardcore, H2O and all that shit. How old are you? I'm 43. You're a fucking kid.

I mean, it didn't really tie in. That all came from my brother. He was real into the... Older brother? Older brother, yeah. He was, what's he, nine years older than I am. So he fed me all the... All the Fugazis, New York Hardcore, H2O and all that shit. How old are you? I'm 43. You're a fucking kid.

I mean, it didn't really tie in. That all came from my brother. He was real into the... Older brother? Older brother, yeah. He was, what's he, nine years older than I am. So he fed me all the... All the Fugazis, New York Hardcore, H2O and all that shit. How old are you? I'm 43. You're a fucking kid.

Elias. Elias.

Elias. Elias.

Elias. Elias.

It is not... The way a lot of people go about it.

It is not... The way a lot of people go about it.

It is not... The way a lot of people go about it.

Then I was a bike messenger and then I was parking cars, doing those jobs where you give cigarettes out of bars and shit like that. At a certain point, my wife and I... You were with her back then? We met in Philadelphia. We decided it was time to get the fuck out of Philadelphia. This is around 2004 or 2005, something like that. So we hopped in a Volkswagen Van, believe it or not.

Then I was a bike messenger and then I was parking cars, doing those jobs where you give cigarettes out of bars and shit like that. At a certain point, my wife and I... You were with her back then? We met in Philadelphia. We decided it was time to get the fuck out of Philadelphia. This is around 2004 or 2005, something like that. So we hopped in a Volkswagen Van, believe it or not.

Then I was a bike messenger and then I was parking cars, doing those jobs where you give cigarettes out of bars and shit like that. At a certain point, my wife and I... You were with her back then? We met in Philadelphia. We decided it was time to get the fuck out of Philadelphia. This is around 2004 or 2005, something like that. So we hopped in a Volkswagen Van, believe it or not.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

79 and headed west and just traveled the country. Had no sights on anywhere. Where to live? No, we just left. Yeah, and so you did a crossroad trip? Yeah, we were up across the country three, four times, up and down. I don't know, zigzags and... Aber das war die Idee, dass wir für ein Jahr auf dem Land leben? Wir wollten irgendwo hin, aber wir wussten nicht, wo. Okay, klar.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

Wir dachten über die Wälder, über West-Texas. Oh, ja. Wie Marfa? Es ist eine kleine Stadt, die Turlingua heißt. Es ist eine hübsche Stadt, nahe Big Bend und so. Okay, ja. Es ist sehr schön da unten. Aber ich bin froh, dass ich nicht da bleibe. Du bleibst in Texas? Ja. Aber du hast ein bisschen gehalten? Ich habe ein bisschen da gehalten, in Kalifornien ein bisschen gehalten. Ja, ja.

I wanted to play when I was a kid. My dad always played guitar. And I'm going to call him out for this, but I was like, Dad, can you teach me how to play guitar? And he was like, I taught myself you can teach your damn self.