In italics: haiku by interviewer Tiffany Lee Brown
Not in italics: haiku by interviewee Aaron Gregory of GIANT SQUID…
…a fine musical combo, appearing in Portland on August 1 and around the country throughout the summer. Details on touring and new album (source of graphic above, The Ichthylogist re-released): giantsquidlives.com.
TLB:
to start i would ask
what is the meaning of life
in this universe?
AG:
The answer you seek
requires one to sit still
deep at the bottom
TLB:
my bottom is deep
and it is also quite wide
what jeans should i wear?
AG:
Bypass denim jeans
Try a suit of neoprene
Return to the sea
TLB:
The sea found me love
in meritridium fields
twenty minutes long
AG:
(Shit!! I didn’t even see this.)
Old memories grow
in those fields on the bottom
a life time ago
TLB:
Do memories seep
into the stuff of your songs?
haiku interview…
AG:
Absolutely true
Things of the past dominate
Lyrical content
