i’m going to ramble. sorry, but that’s the truth. once again, i’m stuck in a haze of my own making. it’s been so often these past few months that i find myself in a fugue of alcohol, work and exhaustion. it’s the only way i can sleep at night. but the point of this is [...]
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Sunday, July 5th, 2009
day 5: confessions of a sudafed lover
god i hate being sick. admittedly, i haven’t done much to counter the sickness, neither rest nor doctor’s visit. but whaddya expect? i got sick on the 4th of july, as far as i know, the biggest holiday in the city. dc loves the 4th like nyc loves halloween. so if i DIDNT come out, [...]
Tags: philosophy, ramblings, ruminations, washington dc
Friday, June 12th, 2009
sleepless night, dreams are made of these
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be the postal service. yes, they’re defunct, but come on now, they just had such a great indie technopop sound that always makes me happy. and i want some cheering up for whatever reason. there’s a coupla things i wanted to discuss, ‘specially since i’m suffering from insomnia. it’s [...]
Tags: emo, odd, 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
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 [...]
Saturday, April 4th, 2009
daikons, donnybrooks and damnable dreams
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be what english subbed epik high songs you can find on youtube. lam, one of my readers and a really dope photog, turned me onto ‘em and they’re actually pretty decent. pay special attention to map my soul, ’cause that’s the song lam recommended me for and to love [...]
Tags: economy, jits, jiu jitsu, poetry, ruminations, sacrifice, show, women
Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
oh cupid, why have you forsaken me?
since this is going to be a sappy, cheesy, maybe even emo post… i think this post’s soundtrack will be a random’d mix of three albums. kanye west’s 808s and heartbreak, jason mraz’s we sing, we dance, we steal, and lily allen’s it’s not me, it’s you. yeah… it’s going to be one of those [...]
Tags: love, pain, philosophy, ruminations
Saturday, March 28th, 2009
petty profundities
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be the the indie rock gods, the hold steady . they have great musicality, a frontman with one of those voices that’s almost tom waits-like in its gravelly, untrained, nontraditional appeal. and more than that, they sing songs about criminals and religion and drunkeness, all topics close to my [...]
Monday, March 16th, 2009
subtle jokes and east meets boy
the soundtrack to this blog will be meiko, who i honestly believe to have one of the most compelling voices i’ve ever heard. it’s relative simplicity manages to lend it an air of elegance, fundamentally graceful without gauche and unnecessary accoutrements. Furthermore, she can write damned well… in a world where singer-songwriters are a dime [...]
Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
harleyquinn hurricanes, salty emo-ness
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be camera obscura. they’re a twee band out of scotland that are just so happy. they have a constantly upbeat, almost saccharine pop sensibility that more often that not manages to straddle the edge of hipster irony without actually reaching over into the land of pretension. i’ve been having [...]
Tags: admin, emo, masculinity, ramblings, salt