Long before electronic wizard Dan Deacon released his commercial debut, 2007’s Spiderman Of The Rings, he’d gigged with a high-school ska band, earned a computer-music-composition degree from SUNY at Purchase, blew tuba for Langhorne Slim, shredded improv grindcore guitar with Rated R, started a chamber ensemble, co-founded Baltimore’s Wham City arts/music collective and released a series of experimental computer-music/sine-wave recordings. Deacon continues to pursue an eclectic musical course—his Carnegie Hall debut in March was part of a John Cage tribute—but his greatest successes have been in the electronic/dance scene. America (Domino), Deacon’s new album and the follow-up to 2009’s highly regarded Bromst, could cement his status as one of the country’s most adventurous and inspired electronic architects. Deacon will also be guest editing magnetmagazine.com all week. Read our new feature on him.
Deacon: Health-food cereals are a joke. The very existence of breakfast cereal is ridiculous. It’s a clown’s meal. If you’re going to eat cereal, get something awesome like Lucky Charms or Cap’n Crunch. Don’t kid yourself. You’re not doing your body a favor by eating Kashi Flakes. Peanut Butter Bumpers stand alone among these garbage liars. Still, it’s cereal; it’s not great for you. It’s about making you not hungry anymore. But the ingredients list is short, and I recognize everything on it. And it tastes fucking awesome. It’s not like Peanut Butter Panda Puffs—who cares about those? They suck. And it’s hard to deny they have the best name in the cereal business. I’ve always wanted to put out a dance-music record called Peanut Butter Bumpers. Maybe one day I shall. No matter what state of hunger I’m in, it’s hard for me to resist a big bowl of Peanut Butter Bumpers with some raw milk.
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