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when my life didn’t flash before my eyes
There was a phase in my life when I’d go for a lot of long, aimless drives. I’d get in the car and head nowhere in particular, not looking for anyplace to stop and do anything, just looking for another road. I’d wind around and around, hoping that maybe, just maybe, I’d get lost for … Continue reading
so, i saw radiohead
I did. I saw them live, and it was, not to put too fine a point on it, like, the best thing ever. I didn’t get into Radiohead until I was nearly 22. I’d heard of the band before that, of course, I mean, it’s not like I lived under a rock, and had seen … Continue reading
playlist: tricky & portishead
I started college when I was 17 years old (I turned 18 a couple of weeks later). I was not the international sex symbol I’m known as today (oh god, I’m so hilarious I just snorted, even though I’ve made that joke before IT NEVER STOPS BEING FUNNY). I was… how should I put this? … Continue reading
quick hits (lord knows i love a numbered list)
1. Last week I went to see The Black Keys. I’ve loved them for awhile, due to my friend Jason, who once sent me their entire music catalog (at the time) on CD, and I listened for a few minutes and thought “Oh. Oh my.” So, thanks to my Australian friend for introducing me to … Continue reading
so, i saw ryan adams
Look, here’s proof, in the form of a bad photo that I removed a lot of digital noise from when I processed it, so now it’s really blurry, but that blob with the guitar? Ryan Adams. I saw him at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival. The reason I was at the Ann Arbor Folk Festival … Continue reading
the year in review (soundtrack version)
This year, to put it mildly, has not been my favorite. And as a final “Oh ha! Gotcha!” I’ve been writing this post and got a delightful message from WordPress that it had failed to save anything so it’s all gone and here I am, starting over. This makes me smile, because, well, it figures, … Continue reading
playlist: friends
I’m home sick today with a form of plague that I caught merely because I was congratulating myself the other day for not having caught the plague despite said plague’s infestation among my coworkers, and that’ll teach me to be self-congratulatory. I mean, I also caught it because of germs. Germs: they know when you’re … Continue reading
it’s not too late
I went through a phase in my life where I was a bit in love with Jeff Buckley. And maybe I still am. A bit. It’s a thing. I have a copy of Grace sitting on top of a copy of Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born sitting on the edge of a bookshelf in my … Continue reading
playlist: cloud on my tongue
I have a long, complicated relationship with music by Tori Amos, in that she was basically all I listened to for about a decade (or thereabouts) and then I just… stopped. Having listened to her as much as I did, though, means that she was the soundtrack to my life between the ages of 15 … Continue reading
in the event of the rapture
Like most people, I don’t believe that the world is ending today. I just figured I’d state that for the record, whatever record there is. My mom has a degree in theology, and I therefore spent a lot of time during my formative years having discussions about complex theological subjects (or, as I like to … Continue reading
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