We Have Things to Say About Stuff…um…and Things.
Mostly we just prefer to have pageant contestants speak for us:
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
My Dream of Affordable Housing“I was like, Oh shit! I have to move in right now.”
Lessons in Sociability“If the majority of people are social technocrats, I’m socially Amish.”
We’re Pining For Some Plain Spoken PoliticsOne of the most common refrains in American political discourse is that the older you get and the more money you make, the more conservative you become. Well, this hasn’t worked out so well for us because of our irritating adherance to rational social politics, but lately, we’re starting to hear the siren call just [...]
Way to Make Me Cry, James Carville“The passing of Tim Russert throws into high relief this country’s lack of steadfastly reasonable and fair reporting.”
Movie Watching and Other EndangermentsOne night last year, my friend and his friend (let’s call her…Betty) go out to see a movie, throughout which a group of people talk incessantly and kick the back of their seats. Though dirty looks are leveled at the offending group, the hint is not taken. When the credits roll, Betty turns around in [...]
