i figure this is as good a time as any to post the much delayed fall mixtape, part of my on-going mixtape for each season project which i promise from now to eternity. i guess technically i'm a few days late for the season, but thankgiving always feels more "fall" than "winter," right?


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the other day-- on my secret blog mistress the willow house-- someone posted a clip of freddie and the dreamers performing their bubblegum hit, "do the freddie". i've watched it about eight times now, and it occurred to me that i was attracted to it for many of the same reasons that i respect the dance stylings of a certain mr. stipe (scroll to the ( Read more... )

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(sorry i've been so bad about posting, y'alls... ten good things will return again soon... with another two-month-combined entry, unfortunately... spent too much time out boozing with old friends over the holidays, which made me a little less of a culture sponge, as well as a bad blogger. in the meantime...)

5. i'll begin with a plug: my good ( Read more... )

surprise is more important to me than beauty.

i like rupture more than harmonyand nothing makes me more uncomfortable than seeing my own superficial inclinations parroted in a work of art. i like being caught off guard. i hate feeling like a "target audience ( Read more... )

... following murdermystery's lead... some old faves... some new-ish...


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i've decided i'm going to throw out the old no-one-keeps-them-anyway argument and type away some VERY long-winded resolutions. i spent 2005 keeping written records of most of what i did and consumed, etc... and as nerdy as that was, it also worked out sort of well i think. so, in that spirit, what follows will be a play by play of the various ( Read more... )

ladies and gentlemen, i bring you ACTUAL DIALOGUE overheard by me and laura during iron and wine's performance tonight at the electric factory:( Read more... )

an album i'm enjoying lately is mitchell akiyama's small explosions that are yours to keep, which i found via the infinitely useful and illuminating aquarius records website.the album's combination of avant garde electronics and humble acoustic flourishes makes it a welcome addition to a growing crop of warm electronica-- best represented by albums ( Read more... )