Foundations and Locations

Hello there! My name is Jonathon Tyler Cox. I was born in Indianapolis, IN, but was raised in the small suburbia of Zionsville, IN. A lot of my identity has been shaped by the confounds of my hometown. I've had the same friends since I was just a toddler, and I've lived all 18 years of my life there.

                                                            Animal Collective- Brother Sport

Animal Collective is one of my favorite bands and this song is off of their album Merriweather Post Pavilion. This song says who I am in a way that isn't very obvious through lyrics or melodies. Something about this song grew on me the second I set ears on it. It gives a fairly complex vibe and is very conflicted throughout various parts in the song, which is symbolic of my life in very significant ways. Beautiful in some aspects, while sharp and dissonant in others.


                                                       Ben Folds- "Rockin' the Suburbs"

A song that comes to mind when I think of my sheltered lifestyle and being ruled by mundane tasks is Ben Fold's "Rockin' the Suburbs" off of his album Rockin' the Suburbs. Where the name sounds a bit too obvious of a pick for a white kid from the the depth's of the suburbs. But what's so awesome and what makes me feel so connected to this song is all the sarcastic knocks on society and the criticism Ben provides on the  common reaction to problems that being "middle class and white" creates. Growing up I grew up in a family with a father that would commonly use the term "suck it up." So hearing a song like this is a great refresher of the perception my father and I both share. "Y'all don't know what it's like being male, middle class, and white" is by far Ben Folds most hilarious and sarcastic attempt at being a whiny brat from suburbia and that's something I grew up dealing with in my time in Zionsville and it's just a great refresher having such a great song that embodies the exact feelings I have on the town I grew up in.

                                                                                                 
                                                   John Chibadura- Zuva Refuka Kwangu

This is the only song I know by John Chibadura and it's one of my personal favorites. I don't understand any parts of the song besides the chorus. It translates into what John Chibadura would do on his dying day. It is a fairly cheerful song so I would like to think that this song is also a symbol of having no regrets at the end of your life. That's how I would like to live my life; no regrets.

Dirty Projectors - "Rise Above"

This song is so raw and doesn't really care about anything but getting it's message out. It is very rough and at sometimes tough to listen to but for some reason it really speaks to me about my own personal values. It doesn't directly talk about specific values to hold, but the repeated line "rise above" is the message emphasizing either the resistance of being oppressed, or for me the message is to rise above the things challenging my already existing values.

And that's just a fraction of the music that has been important in my life.