Tomorrow we go to NYC for the day, to see courbet at met museum. it closes sunday, so it may be a little crowded but it should be inspiring.

i took off work today. i subbed at wmucradio.com from 8 to 10 am (show is downloadable on their web site until next friday morning)-- it's the "Roots and Wings" show). it was fun, and i got to play some new ( Read more... )

Some recent schtuff from my hard drive.

This is my fave album as of late. 'Cause "Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed." Upbeat songs, and some slow songs with great harmonies. And the imaginative lyrics you'd come to expect from David Berman. "Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed"  has almost a twisted Marc Chagall-like imagery:
where does an animal sleep ( Read more... )

"stop breathin'
stop breathin'
breathin' for me now
write it on a postcard:
dad they broke me.
dad they broke me."
--from Pavement's song "Stop Breathin'," Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain.
(See. There's a way to bring these two themes together.)

Since I can't find the actual, in-the-flesh postcards I was gonna post for Postcard Week, here are some postcards ( Read more... )