Steve Von Til (Primary School Teacher, Poet, Guitarist of Neurosis)
B.A. Sociology. San Jose State 1993.
Recorded June 27, 2020. Steve in Idaho. Dan in Boston.
-Atheist parents enrolled young Steve in a catholic high school in east San Jose.
-Trading demo tapes in 1983.
-Being lent a 4 track by your high school english teacher.
-Mark Twain and Jack London and walking on hot coals. 
-The American Indian Movement, The Black Panther Party, and SDS. 
-Attending San Jose state in 1987. Joined Neurosis in 1989
-Graduating in 1993, taking every other semester off for tour.
-Recording Neurosis demos for The Word as Law in the electro recording lab at college.
-Finding Throbbing gristle and Coil
-The sound section at the college library and its importance for Neurosis.
The composers Harry Partch and Philip Glass’ Koyaanisqatsi,
-The poets: William Blake and Seamus Heaney
-Carl Jung, Primal Therapy and The Primal Scream
-Joseph Cambell
-The rare book section, Nordic Mythology, and Runic Inscriptions 
-Children’s literacy, the Prison industrial complex. and wanting to teach.
-California Class Size Reduction and rare male teachers in the primary grades.
-Teaching all subjects at the 4th grade level, in CA and ID.
-Decision to stop touring full time during Times of Grace 
-From the Mission to Idaho. The desire to see real nature
-William Burroughs and Brion Gysin
A reading of “VI Untitled” From Harvestman: 23 Untitled Poems and Collected Lyrics. Accompanying album:  No wilderness deep enough.