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//RECENT
Vincent Moon and Arcade Fire Walk Into An Elevator….“[T]he crowd seemed really emotionally engaged with the music.”
Water Water Everywhere…. “Water, water, everywhere,
And all the boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere,
Nor any drop to drink.”
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
An extended version of Bon Iver’s La Blogotheque Take Away Show of “For Emma, Forever Ago” with three versions of the song and some very startled tourists. I think this is one of my favorite things in the whole world. Not just that the song is so beautiful, and is so beautifully sung, but that [...]
So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s BookA man once said, “Childrens do learn.” and I believe childrens should learn to dream big dreams. Even better is to dream arty dreams like a hipster might draw. This hipster author’s name is Dallas Clayton. Although I do not know for sure that Dallas Clayton is a hipster, he looks like this: And, I [...]
Matilde UrrutiaIt isn’t simply that you are loved gloriously, or loved beautifully. But rather that a pitch perfect expression of love for you sounds and sounds, Rises into the very air. Though the love itself may fade, I do not know, The poetry you inspire ascends, ascending Becomes stars and you, who are so loved, Look [...]
//FROM THE ARCHIVES
Last Year Was the Winter of My DiscontentThis year is swinging towards content. When I’m unhappy, I’m too hard on everyone, including myself. Nothing has to be declared, answered, found, decided. Process is everything. Relating to people is key. It would help if I were sleeping better. Last night I got about 4 hours of sleep. The night before, three. I feel [...]
Is That an Alligator in Your Pants…?“Moral: when smuggling animals onto a plane, do not have anything metal anywhere at anytime.”
RoofFrom my roof I watch planes land Before I lived here I Believed that all planes Landed in New York. That all things were settled here. When I landed everything Came undone and I am Up in the air. I am Starting again. From my roof I can see Manhattan Sprawling over there. Some untended [...]
We’ve Been Storing Up God’s Wrath?What more can we say? This is absolutely our new favorite music video: If you didn’t make it all the way to the end, then you missed all the awesome shout-outs.
The New GuyThe new guy at work looks so indie (how indie is he?) that I almost asked him if he’d listened to any Death Cab for Cutie today. $20 says he had. Though, come to think of it, so did I. Hmmm. If I were casting an indie boy in a movie, I’d cast him, but [...]
I guess a ‘community organizer’ is sort of like a governor except that community organizing gets you into the White House.
Had it backwards: I guess a governor is sort of like a ‘community organizer’ except community organizing gets you into the White House.