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 [...]
Tag: love
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
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
Friday, February 27th, 2009
my name, my city, my tumultuous affairs
‘there’s a man going ’round taking names, and he decides who to free and who to blame, everybody won’t be treated the same’ – johnny cash “when the man comes around” firstly, as i realize hella folks don’t read through the entire post because they’re ridiculo long… i just want to say a few things [...]
Tags: love, manhood, masculinity, ruminations, sacrifice
Saturday, February 14th, 2009
valentines day, oh how i hate thee
honestly, i hate valentine’s day. and with that opener, let me be cheesy and say that the soundtrack to this blogpost will be Jason Mraz’s We Sing, We Dance, We Steal. it is valentine’s day after all, if i’m ever allowed to be saccharine it should be today. but to get back to our regular [...]
Tags: love, poetry, ruminations, valentines
Thursday, February 12th, 2009
crushes, jewelery and ruminations on sacrifice
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be… exit clov, a DC area band that i am absolutely in love with. they have this trippy mix of hipster indie pop sensibilities with a strong undercurrent of socio-political commentary mixed with i-generation humour. the lead singers, twins Susan and Emily Hsu have this ethereal quality to their [...]
Tags: love, music, ruminations, sacrifice
Sunday, February 1st, 2009
love, ruminations and all things emo. oh and DHK got robbed.
before anything i will once again shamelessly plug my myspace music. so go to it. with Singles Awareness Day coming up (when is Valentine’s day anyway?), the fact that i’ve been writing entirely too many love poems recently (ask to see them, they’re awful, but worth a laugh or two), and the fact that i’ve [...]