(b. 1987) is an American guitarist, composer and songwriter.Tumblr (3.0; @willstratton)http://willstratton.tumblr.com/<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/13306c7346fa80d7d6f6d26d8745344d/tumblr_mn675uFiX41qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Perhaps this is how I’ll show up for surgery on Friday.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/51021940954http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/51021940954Tue, 21 May 2013 18:44:18 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/512a0cc3c677435faf628c58f9e14a27/tumblr_mn62n9uaok1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Soggy Audrey</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/51014375306http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/51014375306Tue, 21 May 2013 17:06:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/43932c3b584502c3da210fd4ac2f5960/tumblr_mn2oi46fU61qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50869306083http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50869306083Sun, 19 May 2013 21:08:28 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/63d8eefc8c59d1d7936b3e62cd7d236b/tumblr_mn0nd0NosQ1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My composition teachers would be worried.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50764627083http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50764627083Sat, 18 May 2013 18:48:36 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/5b2a8f67e541c35e856ca590f87a9a01/tumblr_mmz1hv2cSW1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50695265944http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50695265944Fri, 17 May 2013 21:58:43 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fa1e6f667728e585221501b7fa7541f0/tumblr_mmxhm1uq2V1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The 2013 Tesla S is the most beautiful contemporary car I’ve seen.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50636218856http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50636218856Fri, 17 May 2013 01:51:37 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a1def55b62d09b9a7ac13a47bb959e62/tumblr_mmwtcb3C0W1qzty50o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://j-p-g.tumblr.com/post/50600255594/the-expedition-via-lissy-elle-laricchia">j-p-g</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissyl/5375754513/">The Expedition</a> (via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lissyl/">Lissy Elle Laricchia</a>)</p> </blockquote>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50601563322http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50601563322Thu, 16 May 2013 17:25:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/83e756089b8702beeb9809b5f52066f1/tumblr_mmwt968d541qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This Annie Leibovitz portrait of John Currin is kind of incredible…acrid, sort of nihilistic, but still beautiful. An interesting dichotomy.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50600114060http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50600114060Thu, 16 May 2013 17:05:29 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/a60adb9ecc3c1e5b61a1c1d194465687/tumblr_mmvpkj3VDv1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>This is productivity right now.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50562732066http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50562732066Thu, 16 May 2013 02:48:19 -0400<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F92117066&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>This is a rough mix of the title track of my next record, GRAY LODGE WISDOM. Here are the lyrics:</p> <p>Why sing about death when I’ve just almost died? </p> <p>Why sing about life when I’m still alive?</p> <p>Why sing about god when she don’t exist?</p> <p>Why sing about love if it’s just a tryst?</p> <p>Why hope for good news when it strings you along?</p> <p>Why hope for the best when the worst just makes you strong?</p> <p>It makes you strong, it makes you strong, it makes you strong</p> <p>Why long for the east coast when I’m on the west?</p> <p>Why long for peace while I beat my chest?</p> <p>Why long for fame when it’s trite and it’s grotesque?</p> <p>Why long for home when there’s none of it left? </p> <p>Why hope for the past when you’re outside of time?</p> <p>Why hope for salvation when you’re in your prime?</p> <p>You’re in your prime, you’re in your prime, you’re in your prime </p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50408800734http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50408800734Tue, 14 May 2013 04:16:06 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cac08fd2646131c8815c03ef9fc63804/tumblr_mmrcw7b8nB1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>First selfie on Instagram? First selfie post-chemo?</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50372028187http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50372028187Mon, 13 May 2013 18:24:06 -0400<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F91965177&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p><span>Yeah, I’ll Requite Your Love</span></p> <p>Maybe there’s time for one more go at this game</p> <p>One more hand at the wheel; c’mon let’s do it again</p> <p>Let’s turn in the streets, the cold wind it bites at our legs</p> <p>The fall is coming, no it’s here, no it’s lost in the race</p> <p>Yeah, I’ll requite your love</p> <p>I got no use for wisdom, wisdom is for those with time</p> <p>While all I’ve got is a headache and a taste for the divine</p> <p>Who knows if you’ll cure me; who knows if I’ll help you at all</p> <p>But we owe each other favors, might as well heed that call</p> <p>Yeah, I’ll requite your love</p> <p>I have missed my home like I’ve missed the summer fires</p> <p>When at night the air was cool and thick with desire</p> <p>But the days were warm, and they were longer than we knew</p> <p>To take that all for granted, to come back there for you</p> <p>Yeah, I’ll requite your love</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50358554902http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/50358554902Mon, 13 May 2013 15:24:37 -0400<iframe class="tumblr_audio_player tumblr_audio_player_49844769431" src="http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49844769431/audio_player_iframe/willstratton/tumblr_mk6jkdHp871qecv43?audio_file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tumblr.com%2Faudio_file%2Fwillstratton%2F49844769431%2Ftumblr_mk6jkdHp871qecv43" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" scrolling="no" width="500" height="169"></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://pushtheheart.tumblr.com/post/46183821832/tiny-ruins-adelphi-apartments-where-she-lived">pushtheheart</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Tiny Ruins - Adelphi Apartments</p> <p><em><span>Where she lived </span></em><br/><em><span>in the Adelphi Apartments </span></em><br/><em><span>down by Carrigafoyle </span></em><br/><em><span>At night she read Cannery Row </span></em><br/><em><span>before saying goodnight </span></em><br/><em><span>to the highway below </span></em><br/><br/><em><span>And Maurice next door coughing </span></em><br/><em><span>‘Bout the things he tried to say </span></em><br/><em><span>Didn’t want to seem like a creep </span></em><br/><em><span>He always dreaded the day </span></em><br/><em><span>he’d put his ear to the wall </span></em><br/><em><span>to hear the fall of silence </span></em><br/><em><span>Rosie’d gone, moved on away </span></em></p> </blockquote> <p>Prettiest song I’ve heard in a while.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49844769431http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49844769431Tue, 07 May 2013 05:13:45 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b57548dbc8b14798c6c9dfe7ae9059fc/tumblr_mme5h8hw2o1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49790529752http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49790529752Mon, 06 May 2013 15:15:08 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e0dee30346e66c2ead1becaa65819ea0/tumblr_mme5efGTri1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49790420326http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49790420326Mon, 06 May 2013 15:13:26 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/af0513d46a47059050beb17a30e3c420/tumblr_mmcli54DFN1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>The bluest shirt I have ever owned. cc @arandallm</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49726758426http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49726758426Sun, 05 May 2013 19:06:04 -0400<iframe src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F90814951&liking=false&sharing=false&origin=tumblr" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="true" class="soundcloud_audio_player" width="500" height="116"></iframe><br/><br/><p>Another rough mix from my next album. Slowly, the aesthetic uniform for this album starts to cohere.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49666280710http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49666280710Sun, 05 May 2013 04:35:59 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/09b2bce7d4ca8285d1966a69db9f92c8/tumblr_mm96f7p9z71qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Clear day after clear day in this silent state of cloudshine</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49561456489http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49561456489Fri, 03 May 2013 22:47:30 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/8a166cdc145e4057cea32640720e0383/tumblr_mm8v8knNpg1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49543800740http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49543800740Fri, 03 May 2013 18:45:56 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/9928ea64124cb6724ba29c87c014399d/tumblr_mm55zt4ffr1qzqqgpo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Audrey is filthy again. This dog, you guys.</p>http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49391627389http://willstratton.tumblr.com/post/49391627389Wed, 01 May 2013 18:47:53 -0400