Video: John Vanderslice - Dead Slate Pacific (Live on KEXP)

When he was growing up, John Vanderslice wanted to be an English teacher. He pictured himself encouraging students to learn about the writers he loved while growing up– such as his heroes, Samuel Beckett, Saul Bellow and Anthony Burgess – and helping them delve into the fascinating world of literature as he had done. But things didn't turn out quite how he expected. Literature may have found him, but so did music, and music's grasp proved the tighter of the two- so now he's a full time musician, and teaches himself about the joys of the English language. [...]