word up, dog(gerel)!
experiential living for frank o’hara 30 june 2006 i just smoked another nat sherman down to my blistered fingers, burnt from the range of my kitchen stove, not from cigarettes. a 1923 recording of the king oliver creole jazz band is on the turntable, but ive stopped trying to pick out Louis’ cornet. to brighton [...]
Read More23 years old and catching myself living in the past
a poem: on developing a roll of two year old film 27 June 2006 Barthes was wrong. photos ain’t corpses, they’re killers. a related photo: parting words to Boston, in the style of a note found on a torn piece of loose-leaf on the subway: Boston, don’t worry baby, i’m dropping all them charges. i [...]
Read Moremusic discussion too
hey, Nick’s post is a tough act to follow but what I have to discuss is straight business. I added a forum for music discussion. I thought we could have our own little interactive music board where we discuss what we’re listening to and make recommendations and stuff. I am starting this because I listen [...]
Read Morea book and a poem
a book : like sir philip sidney before me, i’m finally going semi-public with my book / novel(la) / textual artifact — coterie audience style!: richardson, nicholas. my life as an aerophyte . boston: a mutual respect books, 2006. if you “peep it” and have sincerely laudatory things to say, you should post them and [...]
Read Moremusical theater people & anti-feminists
so i should be painting the living room, but the other night bat and i hung out with some musical theater people who ended up vilifying feminism (not bat’s buddy though, who is cool). while they were singing show tunes/spirituals (?) i slipped back to the apartment; is it possible to really dance with people [...]
Read Moreamutualrespect in jp
I’m new to the landscaping industry (and I’m using the term “landscaping” at its broadest possible definition). But since no one else in my building seemed really interested in doing anything about the overgrown weeds (that were approaching 6ft) I thought I would take it upon myself to cut them down. Though it felt nice [...]
Read Morebrooklyn bound!
lagniappe (to a landlord) 21 june 2006 i got an extra tear duct on the left side that dont cry and five instead of four cusps on each of my molars from Chinese DNA that Marco Polo brought my gramma on the mainland. They cut my tongue when i go to bed nervous. i got [...]
Read Morelest we forget.
so i got some new dust covers for my records today, and i found all sorts of stuff while putting them on (manually typed notes, poems, letters, etc.). most importantly, though, in between Crimpshrine and Josephine Baker, I found this — the only ever Robespierre and the Reign of Terror rap. God bless us: got [...]
Read Morewanted: dulcet vocals
as some of you may know, robespierre & the reign of terror is on a temporary hiatus until amy and merkin move to nyc. in the interim, bat matthews and i are in the midst of recording a split EP of questionable quality (says amanda congdon, of rocketboom.com: “lo-fi is the new hi-fi”). the haps: [...]
Read Morestill funny today, as fun as it was the first time.
don’t forget about this stereogum video that is still funny. http://www.stereogum.com/archives/002338.html thanks everyone. I threw up yesterday.
Read Moresummer update / dinosaur jamz
so everyone’s really busy and things: *a. oubliette is in san francisco with merkin. *bat is cutting hair and making crepes. *i’ve been writing a lot…and developing my red wine palette. *idan’s been in amsterdam or something. there will be a real post sometime, but for now, here are two songs previously thought lost from [...]
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