So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s Book
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 mean, unicorns! The mascot of hipsters everywhere. His are rocket-powered. One is even on skateboards.
I believe my favorite illustrations are the little red and pink bear on a ladder dreaming big…and then dreaming even bigger (and then it’s right up in your snout). And the cordoned off purgatories for non-dreamers Who’ve Given Up or Who’ve Never Tried. And the “Dream-etery” where all my dreams reside, beneath that menorah-looking thing. Also enjoyable are mundane people’s dreams of breakfast sandwiches. And “reg-u-lar”.
On his website, there is Dallas Clayton poetry, such as:
EVERY HOUR OF EVERY DAY
As I write this
an accounts receivable manager
has just joked
that he “put the G in Gmail”
and gotten a laugh
from a mail clerk
who came to work high.
I will let you draw your own conclusions.
Dallas Clayton has a six year-old, so you should buy his book for all the six year-olds you know, some of whom may be in their thirties.
©2010 Copyright Dallas Clayton
One Response to “So, This Stephen Malkmus-looking Guy Who Went to High School with My Boss Wrote a Children’s Book”
Leave a Reply
Now listening to:
Now reading:
//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
Guard That Shit with Your LifeOkay, my friend (Betty’s friend) is in a bit of a quandary. He wrote a musical and his good friend of three years wrote a play. There is a striking similarity between a situation in the musical and one in the play. The style and tone are quite different, but this striking similarity is of [...]
Still A Good Movie After Eighteen Years“Basically, if you broke your leg, they would apply a Hello Kitty band-aid and tell you to run along.”
Happy Easter!!As we all know, Easter is the day when Jesus was resurrected by a giant, human sized rabbit who laid grade “AA” colored eggs. Now, of course, we also know that our celebration of this hallowed day can never achieve the level of detail we’d like, since the colors used to pigment the eggs back [...]
RIP Alberto GonzalezBy historical precedents, the Bush administration is probably only approaching a “slightly elevated” level of second-term scandal related resignations. That said, we couldn’t be happier with the folks who’ve been jumping ship lately, insofar as there’s no chance we’ll miss them. Also, like Rove before him, Gonzalez can still look forward to potential prosecution.
My Epic Power Struggle With A Security Guard at BAMAs many of you know, I am working as an Usher at BAM (Brooklyn Academy of Music) evenings and weekends. I needed to get a BAM employee ID card because, besides allowing me entrance to my place of sometimes work, the ID gets me (+1) into free movies at BAM Rose Cinemas, Film Forum, Walter [...]
http://dallasclayton.com/2008/11/16/lexicon/