The New Guy
The 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 he’s a gentle
soul type, not the black legging jeans wearing, emo star tattoo sporting,
product-dirty hair styling, urban outfitted, Black Dice listening, Bedford
Avenue type. God, I hate Bedford Avenue.
But, no way am I going to have a crush on him. Uh-uh. Lesson(s) learned.
Fortunately, they stashed him away in an office so I won’t get to know him.
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
E-mail to My Grandmother“Please note this marks the first and last instance of my using the phrase “modern rock band”. “
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 [...]
Diary of a Smoker“Cold water tastes really good. I’m told that i’ll find a whole new appreciation for food and drinks in general once i quit…but then, every non-smoker takes that for granted anyway.”
GijonIt’s been years since Gijon and you say I was really happy. ––Since the clubs all night, and breakfast in those meat shops that could suck the life right out of your brain through your nose. The dangling pigs, dried and tired, singing last nights’ cantos with an odor unmatched. It was the mornings, after [...]
Just A ThoughtYou know what I’d like to see more of in my neighborhood? Asian people with British accents. That would be so awesome! In high school we had a German exchange student who was Chinese! It was so crazy to hear her accent. Talk about confounding people’s expectations. I bet it was shitty for her in [...]
