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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
Whippersnappers“Though they may be tomorrow’s butterflies, they are today’s soft, squishy and slow-moving caterpillars.”
This “Liberal Experiment” Sounds Like a Real BlastI recently got an email from my mom, who has been under assault by some conservative friends who are deeply worried about the downfall of the empire. These emails have grown more common of late, and in her latest missive, she asked for my two cents on the recent news from The Drudge Report that [...]
Shut up. We’re trying to watch the news.What began as a simple frustration that the recently broadcast succession of presidential debates should be, but is not, easily and freely accessible online, quickly turned my attention back to something to which Republicans, for some reason, instantly bristle: The Fairness Doctrine. This was a simple codification of the idea that broadcast airwaves were, first [...]
Declare Your Independence…From Witchcraft500 years ago — before the birth of our wonderfully Christian nation — many of the maladies of the day were attributed to “dark magic” and witchcraft. This was a period during which thousands of innocent women were ripped from their loved-ones and violently burned at the stake for their “crimes”. Clearly we’ve made one [...]
Checking Up on the Drug WarAnd we quote: “House Republicans Thursday unveiled a package of bills to combat drug abuse and vowed to make America virtually drug-free by 2002.” – Reuters, May 1998 We’re not saying they were “unsuccessful”, but then, you’re probably doped up right now. What are you high on today?
