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“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 [...]

A 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 [...]

It 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 [...]

“However, this was one of those shows that blows you quite away and I felt privileged to have gotten to witness it.”

//FROM THE ARCHIVES

“And, love, we come in droves. I must confront that I, in common with everyone I can call without first dialing ‘one,’ moved to Los Angeles for greed.”

“As usual, I used a Jedi mind trick to prevent him from trying to make my acquaintance.”

In listening to a snippet of Romney’s inevitable withdrawal from the 2008 presidential race, it was, perhaps, instructive to note his rhetoric. In characterizing a loss to the democrats as a “surrender to terror”, we may well have been treated to a preview of the dogma of the general election season to come. It’s also [...]

Because we know you’ve been waiting…we know you’ve been dying to know, it’s time we announced the official painkiller.org presidential endorsement: That’s right, throw your hands in the air and wave them vigorously as if you pretty much don’t care and join us in helping to elect Barack Obama to the presidency. Certainly anyone who [...]

“The passing of Tim Russert throws into high relief this country’s lack of steadfastly reasonable and fair reporting.”