before anything, i’d just like to say, i know this ain’t one of my better pieces of writing. there are better pieces coming. but hey, you know how when the city shuts your water off for a few days (or in my case what feels like fucking years)? when you first turn the faucet on, [...]
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Friday, July 3rd, 2009
day 4: capital hijinks
day 4: capital hijinks it’s becoming inevitable that these things will become more and more similar as time passes. there’s only so many times i can remark about the beautiful things i see and the wonderful people i meet. it really is crazy, the more i see of the country, the more i realize there [...]
Saturday, May 30th, 2009
the odd-yssey
soundtrack to this blogpost will be steve earle, more specifically my new favourite song, johnny come lately, as well as everything else in the now classic copperhead road album. add in tennessee blues, a coupla beers and you’ll have yourself a mighty fine night. steve earle has that classic americana sound that speaks to me [...]
Tags: jits, journey, manhood, project, ramblings, ruminations
Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009
colours: now not just a movie about gangs in LA
soundtrack is thao nguyen. she and her band, the get down, stay down, are having a spring tour. if i’m not too too swamped with work, imma try to roll through. i’ve seen her live and she’s dope. her myspace doesn’t have my favorite of her songs, tallymarks, but hey it’s on youtube. so. oh [...]
Tags: art, emo, philosophy, poetry, women
Monday, April 6th, 2009
sisyphean swagger on a sunny sunday
the soundtrack to this post will be nyc hipster hop icon and darling of the alt-hip hop scene, mickey factz. he embodies what i see to be the cutting edge of the iGeneration sensibility, swagger and style that is a globalized amalgamation of many different traditions coming together in a seamless, semi-ironic but still self-serious [...]
Friday, April 3rd, 2009
april poems bring may… koans?
poem a day it is. soundtrack. exit clov. saw them in concert last night, absolutely bomb. now i need to go pick up my laundry. toodles. yes, i just said toodles. you got a problem with that? will be slamming at the bowery poetry club for their college slam tomorrow afternoon at 6. would LOVE [...]
Tags: love, missing limbs, poetry, sacrifice, salt