Tim Rogers from the band You Am I was on Andrew Denton’s Enough Rope interview show this Monday, and he was a delight. Jittery and self-effacing, he gave the overall impression of being a disastrously flawed, yet perfectly whole human being.
The magic of the mixture seemed to be his crystal clear perception of himself, his awareness that this perception is not always so crystal, and his peaceful and ungrudging acceptance of this fact.
After the interview, during which Denton, as usual, calmly and politely asked awkward personal questions with lovely results, Rogers played Dilettantes, a song from You Am I’s about-to-be released album. As soon as he faded into focus, it was plain that he was doing the thing he was meant to do.
So I concluded that Tim Rogers is an extraordinary person in two ways: one, he does what he’s supposed to be doing with his life as his day job; and two, he is reconciled to the flawed and messy person he actually is.
I don’t know many people who can claim both of those, and I know lots of people who can’t claim either. I’m starting to wonder if I’m one of the latter.
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For a transcript of the interview, go to Enough Rope's website
