Keep Singing

Jon Hainstock’s barely known but he’s got everything figured out. German guy, perfect mullet, and in the video a car just hits him. Straight up hits him while he’s singing on the street. Most people would stop. He doesn’t. Keeps right on singing like it never happened.

I’ve got the same haircut, so maybe I’m not objective. But I get the same treatment—people asking when I’m getting it fixed, like something that’s working fine for you is somehow a mistake. In 2009 this was indie gospel. I wasn’t about to abandon it because strangers had opinions.

It’s the commitment that does it. You don’t stop. You don’t break character. You take the hit and keep going like you’ve already decided nothing can touch you. That’s either stupid or brilliant, and the longer I live the less difference I see between them.