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 [...]
Tag: emo
Friday, June 12th, 2009
sleepless night, dreams are made of these
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
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
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 [...]
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