Click November 24, 2010

This commercial was too amazing not to post (though I know it’s been some time since I have). Be safe.

polaroid March 18, 2010

out to the field muted greens of an age gone by fifty years or so eyelids holding the picture shaking it into view sunlight forward fast fading a million tiny shadows bowing their heads she comes in last year’s blanket tied back and curls bare skin footfall dark recesses of her arms the infant night [...]

Tape January 26, 2010

When I was young my father pulled out his old reel-to-reel player from the attic. It was a purchase from his days in Vietnam and I would spin his old reels of Credence Clearwater Revival, Johnny Cash, The Rolling Stones, The Animals, Blood Sweat and Tears, etc. Most reel boxes were unlabeled but I put [...]

Attendant January 6, 2010

back in 2004 I wrote a blog as The Attendant of the Laundromatt. Stories from a fictitious laundromat in an unnamed city. I would write about the people who came into the laundromat and activities that went on around the street. I would always start the post with what music was currently playing. It was [...]

Decade January 5, 2010

So in the spirit of lists, my ‘no specific order’ film and music top tens. Music Kings of Leon – Only By the Night U2 – All That You Can’t Leave Behind Coldplay – Viva La Vida Seabird – ’til We See the Shore Arcade Fire – Funeral My Morning Jacket – Z Royksopp – [...]

Propane November 9, 2009

Conversation with a random person outside of a Harris Teeter waiting for a gas grill refill. Spiderman 1. Spiderman 2. The Matrix. Stories about a man’s life. Movies and music. Michael Jackson’s ‘Thriller. The Commodore’s ‘Brickhouse’. Songs about a man’s life. You think he gets compensated? You think that’s fair? Makin’ money off a man’s [...]

Picks June 19, 2009

Catatonia – Dazed, Beautiful and Bruised Bell X1 – The Great Defector The Airborne Toxic Event – Sometime Around Midnight Yeah Yeah Yeah’s – Zero Coldplay – Glass of Water Royksopp – What Else Is There I Am Kloot – Proof Me Without You – Timothy Hay Kids – MGMT Sit Down By the Fire [...]

Sing June 8, 2009

I’ve been singing too much lately to write. The poetry and words have been building up. The dam will break and flood this blog again soon.

PhD May 3, 2009

I sat there in my ponytail and supergirl glasses watching my sister from a folded metal chair. Mirrors all around so I stared at the floor. She glared at me then smiled at the new instruction from the wrinkled dancer. Two years of coaxing from her. And i relented. But just before the door opened [...]

Jean April 24, 2009

She always climbed to the top before her father. Before the war. And when she was little he would stand at the narrow stairwell and call her back down in the double-decker bus heading from Oxford Street. Dentist visits were no fun and when she came out puffy eyed and clutching her gloves, he knew [...]