well, i'm just trying to produce an honest reflection of my actual childhood. again - there's minimal artistic license in the journal writing. i have to deal with a somewhat blurry chronology for the first few years as i was pretty young and don't clearly remember a lot of things, and the thing about a journal is that it doesn't attempt to tell the story from the perspective of others, so it's strictly my viewpoint and doesn't care if others like it or not - which is an idiosyncrasy of myself, as it would be. so, in a real sense, it doesn't actually matter. it's real - and that's what matters.
but, i'm sorting through this as i build the linked list, and it's pretty clear that i'm frequently using allusions and references to scientific ideas and concepts, meaning my music is, in a sense, a sort of science fiction. the narratives are more in a politicized punk rock tradition than what is really a dirty progressive rock trope, this mixing of science fiction in music. i'll be the first to acknowledge that it doesn't generally work out well. but, i'm doing this in a very different way - i'm really never trying to put a concept record to music, so much as i'm often trying to reflect on the aesthetic qualities of this or that naturalistic phenomenon.
i'm not going to run through this here, but i am going to record a very clear yes as the answer to the question - asimov is a clear, noticeable influence on my art, even if i've never consciously created anything with him in mind.
