6-29, 6-30, 7-1: Baltimore
7-2, 7-3, 7-4: Washington DC
7-6, 7-7: Nashville Tennessee
7-8, 7-9, 7-10, Atlanta
7-12, 7-13: Pensacola
7-14, 7-15: New Orleans
7-16, 7-17, 7-18: Dallas
7-19, 7-20: Austin
7-21, 7-22: Getting to and touring Grand Canyon
7-23, 7-24, 7-25, 7-26, 7-27, 7-28: So Cal Various
7-29, 7-30, 7-31, 8-1, 8-2, 8-3: Nor Cal Various
this is my rough itinerary… there may be [...]
rough itinerary
June 19th, 2009 • by vinh
Tags: ramblings
sleepless night, dreams are made of these
June 12th, 2009 • by vinh
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 the [...]
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Tags: emo, odd, project, ramblings, ruminations
small comforts
June 10th, 2009 • by vinh
soundtrack to this blogpost will be the decemberists. because they are dope. because colin meloy is a lyrical god. because legionnaire’s lament is pretty much one of my favoritest songs ever. and finally because any band that has the balls to put together a prog rock opera based on british folk tales is fucking gangster. [...]
the odd-yssey
May 30th, 2009 • by vinh
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
colours: now not just a movie about gangs in LA
April 22nd, 2009 • by vinh
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 [...]
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Tags: art, emo, philosophy, poetry, women
love poems on rainy days: can you tell i’m too tired to be clever?
April 20th, 2009 • by vinh
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 [...]
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banh mi and bars: sounds like something vinh’d write about huh?
April 8th, 2009 • by vinh
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 [...]
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Tags: emo, food and drink, poetry, ramblings
the 80’s in all their long haired glory
April 7th, 2009 • by vinh
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 [...]
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sisyphean swagger on a sunny sunday
April 6th, 2009 • by vinh
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 [...]
bratwurst, brats and d-d-dreams
April 5th, 2009 • by vinh
jeebus, this posting schedule is kicking me arse. the soundtrack to this post will be the gym class heroes. what can i say? i like my hipster hop. and i’ve seen them live and they’re fucking amazing. how do you not like hip hop with a live band? they also got such a dope steeze [...]
Tags: food and drink, poetry, project, ramblings, salt