Oh man, it's been so long. Here is the long & the short of things ( Read more... )

I'm in Oakland with Esme, right off a freeway in a neighborhood exploding with growth. Condos, coffee shops, a thriving main artery of a street. Several friends had moved there. It's dense and walkable and very nice. We're exploring the neighborhood, getting lost on all the side streets. Suddenly there is a mushroom cloud in the western sky. ( Read more... )

Dream #1: I am standing outside of a darkened cathedral. Vast pipes rise up in front of it, & dense fog is pouring out. The air pressure seems to drop as I look up at its spires. I have a sinking feeling. Across the street is a tall viewing platform built almost like scaffolding. On it sit a bunch of dignitaries dressed in turn of the century ( ( Read more... )

I've decided to fulfill a personal request (it was sort of a plea, almost) from my brother, who asked me to update ye olde eljay during a telephone conversation last night ( Read more... )

I was meeting a friend (a buddy from college) at a restaurant located on a rural country road. I parked my car down the block & walked up to it. When I got back, the doors & hood were open. A dude was standing nearby. He had switched out his well-worn tires for my new ones, & refused to give them back. Somehow, this had made the car undriveable. It ( Read more... )

There's been one emotion that keeps turning up in my life over & over again lately, & that emotion is disbelief. It isn't the kind of disbelief that's tinged along its edges with sarcasm or outrage, but the early stages of a real genuine, Talking Heads' "Once in a Lifetime"-style internal dialogue. It's big & it's beautiful & it is swirling around ( Read more... )

The year's over already? Wow, that was fast. Here's my favorite new stuff that got shoved into my ears this year. Editor's Note: there's a huge huge write-up here, but my personal Top 10 list would probably look like this.

10. The Dodos - "Time to Die" (it's a grower)
9. Phosphorescent - "To Willie" (willie nelson covers -- tear-jerkers & barn- ( Read more... )

Hey kids! It's been awhile huh? I'm going to try & stop by with some more frequency, I promise ( Read more... )

Okay, we all know what today is. We all know it's a significant date to us, & we spend a whole lot of time reluctantly reminiscing, reflecting on thoughts & feelings, & then re-burying those reflections in the name of not empowering the twisted ethos of terrorism. I hate feeling a single ounce of cynicism towards what is arguably the single darkest ( Read more... )

I had yesterday off & accomplished the following things ( Read more... )