Every so often, I come across an item that genuinely freaks me out. Two examples off the top of my head would be: the old cemetery that developers built around when constructing…
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Creative Writing: Pulse Check, One-Two
Fanciful visions exuded by confidence are weightless in reality. Reinforced skepticism held up to the light stays true to itself. It’s eternal. Show me where this exact photograph can be found in…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 34
Good evening countesses and gentlefops, please accept this brain-melting array of songs both old and new, which will have you feeling equal parts content and anxious. Guaranteed to freak you out. Well,…
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Creative Writing: Zzz…
Cannon-fire crackles in the distanceWhere is the major fighting today?Torn bridges are signs of allegiance.What do you call this timeWe’re stationed in, anyway?Flat-out, they ask you,Are you even alive now?No sound comes…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 33
The show last night was very good. Jonathan from Shearwater played a very short set, two songs stuck out and the rest were “meh.” Bottomless Pit sounded like a combination of Bedhead…
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Questions and Answers
Last night something unexpected happened to a friend a thousand miles away that made my night a lot less fun than it should have been. I ended up on the phone with…
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Top Ten Sad Things
Allentown. Where I went to college. Lots of blond, Jewish, upper-middle class kids from New Jersey. Things haven’t changed much here, save for the new science building and two-years-worth of new faces…ridiculously…
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Titan / Pearls and Brass / Boris @ Knitting Factory; NYC
Z and I arrived at the Knitting Factory early so he could procure himself a ticket for the evening’s performance (is the least interesting opening sentence I’ve ever scribed). From the bar,…
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Unfettered by Caveats
And blinking more frequently now, as if there is no longer the desire to soak in every possible sight. Creeping along carpeted floors and tip-toeing flights of stairs, eyes trained at the…
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SUNDAY MIX TAPE – VOLUME 32
The reports from Chicago are filtering in, and all of them seem to be incredible. Albini called it the “concert-of-the-century,” and declared Touch and Go is, “Home to about a hundred of…