So I created this:
http://www.tumblr.com/dashboard
More quotes, links, etc. Hopefully
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Monday, October 10, 2011
Lilies of the Valley
Breaking Bad's season finale ended with the camera focusing on the the pot of Lilies of the Valley in Walt's backyard, the same plant/berries Walt used to poison Brock and set off the chain events that led to Gus Fringe looking like Two Face (and adjusting his tie ) before dying. Vince Gilligan is brilliant. So is the cast. Breakin Bad is the best drama on television, bar none.
Sunday, October 9, 2011
On the radio...
http://www.filedropper.com/srprogram20111007095516
Hopefully this file is accessible. It is the recording of the three pieces I got to read, along with three other DePaul undergrads: Alex, Nick and Rachel. I three pieces I read were Bookmarks, (which is in the forthcoming issue of MAKE), Missed Belt Loops and The Burning of the Bat.
Bookmarks will be featured in this snazzy magazine with its uber-awesome cover:
Listen. Enjoy. Buy the issue. Come to the release party (details t.b.a).
Hopefully this file is accessible. It is the recording of the three pieces I got to read, along with three other DePaul undergrads: Alex, Nick and Rachel. I three pieces I read were Bookmarks, (which is in the forthcoming issue of MAKE), Missed Belt Loops and The Burning of the Bat.
Bookmarks will be featured in this snazzy magazine with its uber-awesome cover:
Listen. Enjoy. Buy the issue. Come to the release party (details t.b.a).
Thursday, September 29, 2011
Waiting for Kirsten
Jens is coming
Monday, Lincoln Hall
a poem inspired by Waiting for Kirsten
I wish I could draw
a swastika in a cappuccino
or a man made of leaves or
a boy carried away by cheerleaders
But when I draw, my suns look like wax letter seals
and my freckles look like shadows of birds
passing by
and my eyebrows look like comets
and my comets look like eyebrows
and I borrowed that image from Jens, but
he borrowed from Berman, so it's okay
Friday, September 23, 2011
There's only now, there isn't then, so just breathe it in.
Okkervil River played at the Vic last night and tore the house down. It was my first time at the Vic (and seeing OR) and I arrived when the doors opened. I sat around for an hour, and then watched the Felice Brothers try their best as an opening act. Then came Will Sheff and the band. They started, fittingly with Wake and Be Fine, with a screen of the larger than life praying dogs, that are on the cover of I am Very Far, hanging behind them. The set list was as follows: (verified by eyegunk.wordpress)
1. Wake and Be Fine
2. For Real
3. Rider
4. Black*
5. Piratess
6. Song Of Our So-Called Friend
7. John Allyn Smith Sails*
8. We Need a Myth
9. The Valley
10. No Key, No Plan (acoustic duo with Patrick Pestorius)
11. So Come Back, I Am Waiting
12. Westfall*
13. Your Past Life as a Blast
14. Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
15. Lost Coastlines*
16. Unless It’s Kicks (no encore, but they played through)
The great thing about the show was the mixing of new songs with old ones, and they played all my favorites(*)[Except Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel 1979, which is a difficult title to shout out if requesting]. Out of the four, Westfall is probably my favorite OR song, and it was so reassuring to hear everyone in the crowd not only sing along to "Evil don't look like everything" but all the other lyrics as well. Westfall is my favorite song, but with its subject matter, I have always felt strange knowing its my favorite. I've really grown to enjoy songs, or stories, or television shows that make me shiver ("And when I killed her, it was so easy that I wanted to do it again.") and Westfall is a perfect song example of that. Everyone also sang along to John Allyn Smith Sails, which is another a great sing-along to song, and in my opinion better than The Hold Steady's Stuck Between Stations. The things I love about John Allyn Smith Sails are that it is an accurate and chilling glimpse of John Berryman's life, the structure of the song harkens back to the Beach Boys' Sloop John B., and how that can be traced back to a Carl Sandburg collection of folk songs.
OR took a break about mid way, and only Will and Patrick were left on the stage. They played an acoustic version of No Key, No Plan and Patrick did his best to replace the lyrics Jonathan Meiburg sang so beautifully for the album (and then again for Lost Coastlines), but it was when Will sang the lyrics "I'm doing what I really love and getting paid for it" that I could not help but feel thankful for it being true, and wanting that in my future as well. Then, he sang the final lyrics, "There's only now, there isn't then, so breathe it in" and I felt more connected to a singer-song writer than ever before.
The penultimate song was Lost Coastlines, and I've never had so much fun singing la la la la.... For the final two songs, Will had the everyone in the crowd clapping and singing, and when he wasn't leading us on, he was jamming on his guitar like rock and roll stars should (the tech/roadie guy repeatedly had to come out and plug in Will's guitar). Also, twice, Will knocked down his microphone and both times the pianist caught in the coolest of fashion). Will jumped and jammed and got on the floor like how I imagine I would if I were in his shoes (I actually remember performing a dance skit with my Cub Scout group for a ceremony and we had an air guitar solo and during warm-ups I was told by Den mother not to hop around on one foot, and spin in circles, while playing air guitar, and instead just stand there pretending to shred like Slash or Hendrix, which her son was doing. Hopping around on one leg, and spinning in circle, was natural to me, and I feel that Will probably did that when he was 10. My former best friend also has video proof of this.) Anyway, Will performed like it was his last songs he'd ever sing, and the results were better than great. He started the show by apologizing for not being in Chicago for so long, and after the show he twittered that last night was the best show of tour and he'd be back soon. I'm so happy I went and I can't wait to see them again.
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.......
1. Wake and Be Fine
2. For Real
3. Rider
4. Black*
5. Piratess
6. Song Of Our So-Called Friend
7. John Allyn Smith Sails*
8. We Need a Myth
9. The Valley
10. No Key, No Plan (acoustic duo with Patrick Pestorius)
11. So Come Back, I Am Waiting
12. Westfall*
13. Your Past Life as a Blast
14. Our Life Is Not A Movie Or Maybe
15. Lost Coastlines*
16. Unless It’s Kicks (no encore, but they played through)
The great thing about the show was the mixing of new songs with old ones, and they played all my favorites(*)[Except Bruce Wayne Campbell Interviewed on the Roof of the Chelsea Hotel 1979, which is a difficult title to shout out if requesting]. Out of the four, Westfall is probably my favorite OR song, and it was so reassuring to hear everyone in the crowd not only sing along to "Evil don't look like everything" but all the other lyrics as well. Westfall is my favorite song, but with its subject matter, I have always felt strange knowing its my favorite. I've really grown to enjoy songs, or stories, or television shows that make me shiver ("And when I killed her, it was so easy that I wanted to do it again.") and Westfall is a perfect song example of that. Everyone also sang along to John Allyn Smith Sails, which is another a great sing-along to song, and in my opinion better than The Hold Steady's Stuck Between Stations. The things I love about John Allyn Smith Sails are that it is an accurate and chilling glimpse of John Berryman's life, the structure of the song harkens back to the Beach Boys' Sloop John B., and how that can be traced back to a Carl Sandburg collection of folk songs.
OR took a break about mid way, and only Will and Patrick were left on the stage. They played an acoustic version of No Key, No Plan and Patrick did his best to replace the lyrics Jonathan Meiburg sang so beautifully for the album (and then again for Lost Coastlines), but it was when Will sang the lyrics "I'm doing what I really love and getting paid for it" that I could not help but feel thankful for it being true, and wanting that in my future as well. Then, he sang the final lyrics, "There's only now, there isn't then, so breathe it in" and I felt more connected to a singer-song writer than ever before.
The penultimate song was Lost Coastlines, and I've never had so much fun singing la la la la.... For the final two songs, Will had the everyone in the crowd clapping and singing, and when he wasn't leading us on, he was jamming on his guitar like rock and roll stars should (the tech/roadie guy repeatedly had to come out and plug in Will's guitar). Also, twice, Will knocked down his microphone and both times the pianist caught in the coolest of fashion). Will jumped and jammed and got on the floor like how I imagine I would if I were in his shoes (I actually remember performing a dance skit with my Cub Scout group for a ceremony and we had an air guitar solo and during warm-ups I was told by Den mother not to hop around on one foot, and spin in circles, while playing air guitar, and instead just stand there pretending to shred like Slash or Hendrix, which her son was doing. Hopping around on one leg, and spinning in circle, was natural to me, and I feel that Will probably did that when he was 10. My former best friend also has video proof of this.) Anyway, Will performed like it was his last songs he'd ever sing, and the results were better than great. He started the show by apologizing for not being in Chicago for so long, and after the show he twittered that last night was the best show of tour and he'd be back soon. I'm so happy I went and I can't wait to see them again.
la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la la.......
Sunday, August 28, 2011
Boner Poem
Boner poem
Our relationship was becoming a garden.
By the end of summer everything was wilting
and I wanted to set it ablaze. She kept on telling
me about the pleasure she would get from squinting
at the sun and how it would become a sparkler
and I just wanted her to shut up.
I told her about this sad Stuart Dybek story, about this
character who lost his left arm, and he wondered if he were to have
a heart attack if he would be forewarned. I thought she would
agree, but then she asked "Who is Stuart Dybek"? Then I thought
about if I were to become a eunuch would I still have that feeling
of morning wood?
Our relationship was becoming a garden.
By the end of summer everything was wilting
and I wanted to set it ablaze. She kept on telling
me about the pleasure she would get from squinting
at the sun and how it would become a sparkler
and I just wanted her to shut up.
I told her about this sad Stuart Dybek story, about this
character who lost his left arm, and he wondered if he were to have
a heart attack if he would be forewarned. I thought she would
agree, but then she asked "Who is Stuart Dybek"? Then I thought
about if I were to become a eunuch would I still have that feeling
of morning wood?
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Likes/ Dislikes of August
Likes: Oberon, chicken nuggets, the new album by Beirut (The Rip Tide), listening to Mr. November by The National, the lyrics from that song: I'm the new blue blood, I'm the great white hope & I used to be carried in the arms of cheerleaders, Breaking Bad, Moose Drool, Stella Artois, swimming in Lake Michigan, riding my bike along LSD, EVERYTHING RAVAGED, EVERYTHING BURNED BY WELLS TOWER, especially the stories The Brown Coast and Executors of Important Energies and I haven't even got to reread On the Show yet, the Sox hanging in there, Buerhrle's defense (clockwork), Konkero hitting as usual on (one!) leg, Razzles (first candy, then gum!), Winesburg, Ohio, that path along the river where I took a picture of (what I think are) a falcon and a heron, seeing deer standing feet away while riding home from the store, home-made chex mix, the little I've read from Underworld, those Levi's commercials that have okay music, but make me feel hopeful for my generation and rebellious at the same time, Wilfred (that episode with the mom from Malcolm in the Middle), 30 Rock going to be 'GN in September
Dislikes: not cooked all the way chicken nuggets that bled fat and look they're dripping pimple puss, the lyrics:
I'm the great white hope (I feel a tinge of awkwardness when I sing it in my mock Matt Beringer voice in my head), only one more season of Breaking Bad, the Sox teasing me, Adam Dunn, those Levi's commercials that make me feel hopeful, and rebellious at the same time, but show few jeans in the actual commercial, getting a flat while riding down to the Lake, only swimming in the Lake once, too much rain, internet being out for a few days, not being able to use my labtop, the summer winding down, Starling Castro not paying attention during games, the Bears' O-line, Razzles (not really candy, and not good chewing gum)
Dislikes: not cooked all the way chicken nuggets that bled fat and look they're dripping pimple puss, the lyrics:
I'm the great white hope (I feel a tinge of awkwardness when I sing it in my mock Matt Beringer voice in my head), only one more season of Breaking Bad, the Sox teasing me, Adam Dunn, those Levi's commercials that make me feel hopeful, and rebellious at the same time, but show few jeans in the actual commercial, getting a flat while riding down to the Lake, only swimming in the Lake once, too much rain, internet being out for a few days, not being able to use my labtop, the summer winding down, Starling Castro not paying attention during games, the Bears' O-line, Razzles (not really candy, and not good chewing gum)
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