Tuesday, January 30, 2007

go without until the need seeps in

I have never received any love letters. I haven't even gotten any good mix tapes.

Sometimes it is hard not having knick knacks to remind you of good times, laughter, tenderness.

But at least you have your memory.

Download: Prepared - Mission of Burma
Some Things Last a Long Time - Daniel Johnston
Favorite - Neko Case

Buy the album: Onoffon - Mission of Burma
1990 - Daniel Johnston
Canadian Amp - Neko Case

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

i had two very thoughtful posts ready to go

but fuck that.
let's dance.

Download:
list of demands (reparations), saul williams
headsprung, ll cool j
b.o.b., outkast
rump shaker, wreckx-n-effect

Buy the album:
saul williams
the DEFinition
stankonia
hard or smooth

Bonus material:
instructional video

Tuesday, January 09, 2007

divert your heart.



the lumberjack.
he would have built me a log cabin out of popsicle sticks, if i'd asked him to.

they say timing is everything. i think that's untrue. i sometimes say, that if it's the right person at the wrong time? it's the wrong person. that's not to say i don't want to believe that it's possible for things work out for people once they straighten themselves out. i've just never seen it happen, up close & personal.

i guess that i find it hard to believe that anyone who adapts, changes, & learns from their past ever could. try to relive it. there is no such thing as starting from scratch.

and i'm truly sorry for that.

say hello, to the rugs topography.

the intellectual.
too many lovers in one lifetime, ain't good for you.

if there is such a thing as a perfect distraction,
this was it. the accent didn't hurt, either.

the boss.
it was inevitable.
distraction can sometimes leave you wanting more.
and sometimes distraction feels like more.

i fell. just once. but it was impactful.
boom. miscalculated the height i was at, too.

he made my ears ring. i guess that's why i hardly heard him warn me that he really couldn't stay long.

still. best boss i've ever had. so far.

the nadir to my zenith.
we are parallel. we are polar. we use each other, i think. it creates an energy that is alive and alert. like coffee cold, without all that sugary shit.


Buy the albums.

Monday, January 01, 2007

preaching to the choir




recently i received an email that included the word ‘devotion’.

the use of this word, in the context of this email, made me turn to my widgets for a definition.

devotion:
- love, loyalty, or enthusiasm for a person, place, or cause

- religious worship or observance


is there really much of a difference?

maybe we all need to subject ourselves to something we can forgive again and again.

and people may break your heart, but they don’t smite you with plague and floods and pro-football fans.

so congregation, if you will? open your hymnals to the book of eno, and let us begin singing the traditional songs of yearning and eternal absolution.

Download
:
I - i’ll come running – brian eno
II - love me – elvis presley
III - i will run after you – frank black & the catholics
IV - perfect world – liz phair


Buy the album:
i - another green world
ii - elvis’ golden records
iii - black letter days
iv - whitechocolatespaceegg