poem #12 to elizabeth i know i’m a liar, and i regret the lying, but some truths cost everything and no matter how much i search, scrounge and scavenge beg steal and borrow, i’ll never find the silver to pay such debts i took 40 pieces for the flamed kissed tatters of my soul. now, [...]
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Monday, April 8th, 2013
poem #8 and #9 (or making fun of accidental racist)
poem #8 jack and diane jack phan listens to hank williams and johnny cash, drinks evan williams and wishes he could fake a southern accent without sounding like a jackass as a kid, guitar town was always the song he went to when shit got too much, the only thing his deadbeat dad left him, [...]
Friday, April 5th, 2013
poem #5 and #6 and #7 (or vinh being self-involved)
yes, these are all extraordinarily rough drafts. but hey, this is the most artistically productive i’ve been in years, so fuck it. we embrace what we can, when we can, right? also been feeling rather shitty, writing’s always been a way to remind myself that i’m more than my brain chemistry. which i forget, wallowing [...]
Thursday, August 12th, 2010
‘on alcohol and cellphones’
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, [...]
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 20th, 2009
love poems on rainy days: can you tell i’m too tired to be clever?
the soundtrack is rilo kiley, in particular their song silver lining. i’m not going to go into depth about why, especially as it’s going to be talked about in the body of the post. but suffice to say, they’re dope, musically amazing and i’m in love with the singer. silver lining is also one of [...]
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
banh mi and bars: sounds like something vinh’d write about huh?
soundtrack to this post will be camera obscura. it’s hella twee, but it always makes me happy to listen to them and belle and sebastian… sometimes crazy cheery, sweet music is exactly what you need. maybe, i just need to be soothed. god, i’m burned out… oh and they got a show at webster hall [...]
Tags: emo, food and drink, poetry, ramblings
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009
the 80′s in all their long haired glory
i’m emo, so the soundtrack will be appropriate. someone wise said that creative writing is always inherently self-indulgent. i guess i’m being so today… with john waite, one of those power ballad type singers from the ’80s. all the cheesiness and self-serious and the hair, goddamn the hair. he’s one of those dudes who sorta [...]
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 [...]
Sunday, April 5th, 2009
bratwurst, brats and d-d-dreams
jeebus, this posting schedule is kicking me arse. the soundtrack to this post will be the gym class heroes. what can i say? i like my hipster hop. and i’ve seen them live and they’re fucking amazing. how do you not like hip hop with a live band? they also got such a dope steeze [...]
Tags: food and drink, poetry, project, ramblings, salt