“Talking Heads or Buzzcocks?”

I’m thinking about opening a record store with my friend, though he doesn’t know it yet. We’ll be using his funds. I’ll just sit there and run it, and I’ll only need like $15,000 a year. The store will have fresh coffee on at all times for customers to drink, and it will sell beer, […]

“Mellow Songs that Absolve Anger”

These puppies do exist, and it’s nice. “Black Water” by the Doobie Brothers. Sedates a whole belligerent bar, all in a single bound. “Not Even the Trees” by Hootie & the Blowfish. Great emotion to volume ratio. Track 10 on Cracked Rear View, it somehow has a harder edge than the rest of the tracks, […]

“Bonobo: Giving Due Props”

There’s something about the north. I was just looking at this thing my friend had put on facebook about how gas prices are expensive up here in the Chicago area, some of the most expensive in the nation, and EVERYONE was grasping at straws for a reason why this is. How about the north just […]

“It’s How You Show it”

Lacy was super mutual and cool. We’d been hanging out since 6, and then came the showing of Hello, Dolly. Real chill vibe of course, nothing like our performance last week. Eamon was there though from overseas and I was so nervous speaking to him that I spilled my wine glass! The other people around […]

“Full Up”

Sshhhh… -haaaamphh! I see you Looking at me You’re nothing for self-worth either, Charlie Maybe you’re an old crook Sure, I’ll look for ya My old man’s got a new lawn mower Y-yup He’s gonna su-prise you when he say Either ya eat it or it eats you We’re worse in this life that’s somethin’ […]

“Elation en Ether”

Emily returned from having coffee with a friend early, before 9. She’d given him a small, dry kiss on the lips. Somehow she wanted solitude here on this night. After pulling her mom’s car into their numbered spot, she stared for a second at the front door lock, as if it were rueful or owed […]

“Majority’s Rules”

I’m a firm believer that good writing will necessarily at some point become too depressing to finish. So that discussion emerges as in order. Sort of like if there were a black hole that were the opposite of the sun, and you stared at this too long, it causes your mind to unravel from too […]