Mad Atoms

Jared Linzmeier works at the Silverlake coffee shop Intelligentsia. His blog can be seen here.

Hillel Aron: Where did you buy your shirt?
Jared Linzmeier: This flannel was given to me by my girlfriend, who bought it at Walmart.
HA: Walmart! In LA?
JL: No, I think in San Francisco. But it’s cheap, I think it’s only 10 or 15 bucks.
HA: I notice you have a scooter. Do you have a fixed-gear bicycle?
JL: I do.
HA: Do you have your own t-shirt company?
JL: No.
HA: Are you in a band?
JL: No.
HA: Really?
JL: Not yet…. I’m learning to play the trumpet.
HA: That’s cool.
JL: Sometimes I practice at Barnsdall Art Park. People look at me kinda funny.
HA: Do you put your hat out for money?
JL: No.
HA: You should…. When was the last time you were at the Cha-Cha Lounge?
JL: Two weeks ago. No… it was a week ago.

 HA: What kind of music do you listen to?

JL: I used to listen to more hip-hop. Lately I listen to… that band Rademacher, from Fresno. This girl Glasser.

HA: Hmmm… what mainstream bands do you listen to?

JL: I can’t… [thinks]

HA: No?

JL: I listen to Johnny Cash and Merle Haggard.

HA: R.E.M.?

JL: No.

HA: Pearl Jam?

JL: No.

HA: Hmmm.

JL: I don’t know. Gnarls Barkley?

 HA: Ok. When did you stop listening to Modest Mouse?

JL: The last one I listened to… was, The Moon and Antarctica.

HA: Really? You didn’t go for the next one?

JL: I don’t think so.

HA: It had Float On. The song that was on The O.C. You didn’t get that one?!

JL: I’m sure it’s good…

HA: Do you watch Lost?

JL: No.

HA: Do you watch Survivor?

JL: No. I don’t watch enough T.V.?

HA: You don’t watch any T.V.??!!!

JL: Not really.

 HA: You didn’t kill your T.V., did you?

JL: I watch movies on… DVD.

HA: What kind of scooter is that?

JL: It’s a Honda Elite 80. I’m in a scooter gang. The Elitists. Watch out for them.