the journey is started. i’m on the road, at my first real destination. so after braving the vagaries and wilds of the chinatown bus, i was picked up by my friend JB. i’ve been kicking it in the annapolis, baltimore area ever since. but before i go into the trip… there’s hella i should be [...]
Tag: manhood
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
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 [...]
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, 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