First off: reading Air Guitar was a breeze and a pleasure. Hickey enthralls the reader with his heavy description and total honesty (like when he admits to doing acid many times back in the day which many might have denied). I enjoyed his humor and his fast-paced writing—he made things exciting.

I keep thinking about the Warhol film “Haircut” Hickey described during he and his friend’s Flick Night and what affect it had on him personally. I googled it to find that Warhol actually did a series of these films. It was so simple yet so brilliant at the same time. 

The reading brought up several questions about music for me: Are music and art in completely different realms? Can I incorporate music into my installation? As Taryn pointed out, does one really inspire the other more? (Like did rock and roll inspire Warhol or vice versa). This is something I’ve been thinking about for a while.

-Lauren Haile