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Chico migraña

¿Cuál de estos sufres tú?:

1_migraña

2_ataques.de.pánico

3_depresión

4_inagotable.amor.por.la.música

Pues, si fueras Jeff Tweddy, tu respuesta tal vez debería ser “Todas las anteriores”.

En el reciente blog del NY Times, titulado Migraine, Perspectives on a Headeche, escrito por quienes la padecen, el líder de Wilco, postea un extenso testimonio sobre su propia experiencia sufriendo esta terrible enfermedad y cómo le afectó en el plano artístico y musical, razón por la cual en el 2004 tuvo que internarse en una clínica en Chicago para tratarse.

He's the man who suffered

Lo tituló “Shaking It Off” [algo así como "Sacándoselo de encima"]. Aquí unos extractos:

There are a lot of different ways migraines have affected my music, and vice versa: being a musician has allowed me â€” for lack of a better phrase â€” to rise above the pain from time to time. I’ve never missed a show because of a migraine. But I’ve played some really horrible shows and cut them short because there was very little I could do to keep going. I’ve played shows where I had bucket on the side of the stage where I threw up in between songs regularly. (…

On a creative level being able to play music and disappear into something as meditative as music can be has been a real blessing in my life.

In the worst periods of migraine suffering â€” in particular during the making of the record â€œA Ghost Is Bornâ€ â€”the cycle of pain and pain relief and pain killer abuse got really difficult to dig out of. I was rarely able to function for more than a few hours a day.