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 [...]
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
daikons, donnybrooks and damnable dreams
April 4th, 2009 • by vinh
the soundtrack to this blogpost will be what english subbed epik high songs you can find on youtube. lam, one of my readers and a really dope photog, turned me onto ‘em and they’re actually pretty decent. pay special attention to map my soul, ’cause that’s the song lam recommended me for and to love [...]
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Tags: economy, jits, jiu jitsu, poetry, ruminations, sacrifice, show, women
april poems bring may… koans?
April 3rd, 2009 • by vinh
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
oh cupid, why have you forsaken me?
April 1st, 2009 • by vinh
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