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So I was downtown today and saw two fairly attractive white boys ... speaking Portuguese.

I was a little confused ... but mostly really excited/turned on, I'll be honest

A quick memory ...
The first Brazilian singer I'd heard/heard of when I was 16 was Virginia Rodrigues. She was promoting her first album ["Sol Negro"] on Sessions at West 54th [ ( Read more... )

[Note: I really like Phil Spector's "wall of sound" production style.]

Me: "I've been listening to Ike and Tina Turner's 'River Deep -- Mountain High' a lot lately."
Anna: "That is a good song, isn't it?"
Me: "Yeah, it's really awesome, then Celine Dion had to come in and fuck it up."
Anna: "Well, that's what she does ... "

"How To Read ... ( Read more... )

When I was 15, I played live and onstage with a Blues Brothers tribute band.

Bet you didn't know that about me, did you?

Remember when I used to yell, "Dance! Monkey!" in a bass voice and clap twice?

Oh college, I miss those days.

Courtesy of NPR, in case you've all been under a rock:

CBS fired Don Imus.
Ach. I don't even know where to begin.
Do we chastize people who make racial slurs? Certainly.
Do we call them to task for their insensitivity? At the very least ( Read more... )

It was in the summers after we'd both left college that Brittany and I would pop in my Better Than Ezra CD ["Closer"] and skip to track three, "Rolling."

The song starts with a bright and catchy piano followed by a viola repeating the melody and the lead singer starts in with a mild rap, "Rain drop, beads again; makes a tight pool on your summer ( Read more... )

When I was nine years-old, "The Addams Family" came out over the Thanksgiving holiday ( Read more... )

These would be the photos of the Poetry Room! at City Lights.
They're from my phone, so forgive their lack of refinement.


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Firstly, I would like to publicly thank amnewsboy for his Can Do! attitude in finding me the Web site to download the driver and software for my old-as-dirt Canon A40. A round of applause for him please.

Secondly, I would like to acknowledge the good folks at PhotoBucket for the hosting of these images ( Read more... )