the soundtrack to this blog will be… crystal castles. they are the darlings of the indie rock scene now for a variety of reasons, partially just because they are weird as hell. but at the same time, their sound appeals to me, because there’s so much going on… and you can’t tell me its frenetic [...]
Tag: poetry
Monday, February 23rd, 2009
chicken and beer, beauty queens and UMass Amherst show recap
Tags: poetry, show recap, shows
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
Monday, February 9th, 2009
a chinese restaurant, the huas and pluggg
the soundtrack to this track will be the blue scholars, a dope hip hop crew out of the pac northwest. great folks, great friends, great musicians. there’ll be a widget to ‘demand’ that they come to nyc… so if you’re in the city, hit that ish up. this blogpost will not get all full of [...]
Tags: bostonprogress, hua, poetry, shows, sulu
Monday, November 24th, 2008
remiss, a new poem, messages, jits
i’ve been horribly remiss with posting. and for that i’m sorry. things have been hectic and i’ve been running around like a chicken-clown, juggling a hundred balls with me head chopped off. if that’s not one hell of a mixed metaphor i don’t know what is. but i will do better. i have the ability [...]
Tags: jits, poetry, thanksgiving
Monday, October 20th, 2008
update: sweet relief, emo-ey goodness
so… i’ve been a little bit quiet recently, which is bad. it’s not a habit i should be starting. so i wanted to explain why i’ve been so quiet recently. up until this weekend, when i went back to boston to get checked, i had a chance of having cancer. that was obviously a damper [...]