Crushing Krisis

Comic Books, Drag Race, & Life in New Zealand

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Krisis has been creating Crushing Krisis since 2000, writing songs since 1996, and reading comics since 1991. He is a Customer Success and Digital Brand Strategy executive, serial organizer, parent, and feminist, among other things. Based in Philly through 2017, he now resides in Wellington, NZ.

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I wish i could write songs about stuff consistently. For every “Hold on Me” that talks about physical things like sheets and walking down the street, there’s a “Splinter” that isn’t grounded in reality at all. The latter case is fine, but if you aren’t going to talk about anything real you need to craft a strong metaphor, because just the words aren’t going to hold your song together. And too often it’s just words…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2635784/

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Eek. There’s something wrong in a relationship when one of you has been head over heels the entire time, and the other one is continually warming up to the other. Eventually warm turns to hot, and head over heels after all those months comes off as pretty damned cold. Or something. Didn’t Alanis Morissette write an album about this feeling? Don’t i own it…

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2635520/

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Ah, back to early Beatles. I can’t read sadness into early Beatles even if i try. It just gets dicey around “Paperback Writer” and “Eleanor Rigby.” Music is the only drug i’m on… aside from my antibiotics.

https://crushingkrisis.com/2001/03/2635002/