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I’m visiting New York. We finally get a seat on the express train. Headed back to Brooklyn now for some Pzizz naps before dinner.
Now listening to:
Now reading:
//RECENT
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 [...]
I Left My Heart in Bon Iver“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
Bowling“I tried not to think of the large, saggy asses that had sat where I was sitting. I tried not to think of the butt-cracks this chair had seen. “
Fairytales in Space“How much can eight million dollars really be expected to help you when you’ve got issues no amount of money can cure.”
Skin Deep“He’s a straight “A” student with a one way ticket to hell and a bus pass in his pocket. He has twenty minutes to wash, pack and make the next bus to nowhere. He might just make it.”
SickoUse your new iPhone to find a local theater where you can go see Sicko (you can also use the newspaper…we’re told they have movie listings as well). This is an important film about an imminently important issue. Whether you’re a republican, a democrat, or whatever ticket Pat Buchanon ran on the last time around, [...]
A Musical InterludeWhile the democrats characteristically bump into walls endeavoring to fuck up a sure thing, and the republicans marinate in what it feels like a lame duck, how’s about a quick change of subject. Check out the new El Ten Eleven video: EL TEN ELEVEN “HOT CAKES” from the album////EVERY DIRECTION IS NORTH director////ADAM HAUCK cinematographer////NATHAN [...]
