Slate sheds a pretty interesting light on one on my favorite albums, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
"as if musical ability comes with some sort of obligation to society..."
Slate sheds a pretty interesting light on one on my favorite albums, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea.
Monday, February 25, 2008
I don't get to see Radiohead
Damn. That really sucks. (side note: i hate you tyler, but do love me enough to take a great picture and send it my way). Luckily, i do get to see this gal at the Palladium Ballroom; whom i have missed on several occassions..sometimes by mere seconds and once because of a mass murderer/rapist. nope, i am not lying.
a response to this
1.I would love to live in downtown Dallas and not rely on cars; however, we are in the Renaissance phase so not all is well but definitely getting there.
2. people don't' want to rely on cars because Dallas traffic sucks, not because we're GenXers fleeing the suburbs. If anything, i want some freaking trees and fresh air thank you.
3. Affordable would indeed be nice. Ah, the snatch. Money is the man; no matter what they say.
4. I believe Uptown is at the critical mass--that's why it's annoying as hell to park, visit, or relax there on most occasions.
5. Restaurants are open on Sundays; at least the one i work at is.*sigh*
6. You don't think downtown is dog friendly? My God man, i guess you haven't seen all the dog shit i find on my shoes walking to and from work? I kid (a little); however, there are definitely more puppies than children and it seems like the new accessory. I feel inadequate leaving home without a canine by my side and my neiman marcus card. come on.
7. gotta love the scenery. and by that i mean i have never met a more vast assortment of peoples in my life. each brings a smile in their own blessed way.
2. people don't' want to rely on cars because Dallas traffic sucks, not because we're GenXers fleeing the suburbs. If anything, i want some freaking trees and fresh air thank you.
3. Affordable would indeed be nice. Ah, the snatch. Money is the man; no matter what they say.
4. I believe Uptown is at the critical mass--that's why it's annoying as hell to park, visit, or relax there on most occasions.
5. Restaurants are open on Sundays; at least the one i work at is.*sigh*
6. You don't think downtown is dog friendly? My God man, i guess you haven't seen all the dog shit i find on my shoes walking to and from work? I kid (a little); however, there are definitely more puppies than children and it seems like the new accessory. I feel inadequate leaving home without a canine by my side and my neiman marcus card. come on.
7. gotta love the scenery. and by that i mean i have never met a more vast assortment of peoples in my life. each brings a smile in their own blessed way.
past my prime?
most proper lyric of the year awarded to one mr. bob dylan...house of blues dallas feb. 21, where lucky me behailed (is that a word even?) the man in white (at least in a white, large brimmed hat this particular evening). and, honestly, he wasn't (past his prime that is). sure, it was the first show of a new tour and the world hasn't heard from him in a bit (or at least i haven't); nonetheless, dylan's voice couldn't have sneered any better or sounded any properly stanger than it did thursday night. in the past, i have seen bob practically wheeled off stage but he had stamina thursday. a two hour set, no breaks. i was a bit impressed. harmonica, check; badass chuck berrys on the bass and (hear: "gee-tar"), yup. this little gal was impressed with the new material and pleased by the addition of "blowing in the wind" and "highway 61 revisited." yea dylan. that's why you hang on my wall. screw what anyone else says. as chan would say, "who could of thought
That you meant so much to me."
That you meant so much to me."
Friday, February 22, 2008
Sluurrrppp...
So let's do this: I was tagged by Melissa so here ya go! here are the directions - share five random and/or weird facts about yourself and then share the five top places on your “want to see or want to see again” list, and finally tag five people at the end.
Weird Facts:
1. I am slightly obsessed with surf culture even though you may not get that vibe from me. I got a surfer in the center of my class ring (i put the typical things like the Bible, track shoes, and a basketball in other places) but it was a surfer girl in the center of my class ring. The guy who took seemed at first pissed i mentioned that was what i wanted (thinking it was a joke no doubt) and then laughed so much at me that I got pissed. But yeah, I've always loved the idea of that life, and being in the uncontrollable nature that is all at once the most intimidating and most serene place on the planet. What could be weird about this is i grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and hadn't surfed yet and I am deathly afraid of sharks to the point of a lake reminds me of jaws and I'm out of the water. one day though, i will live by the ocean and do all the things that i feel the ocean can teach me.
2. I know the calorie count of almost everything you put in your mouth and especially i put in my mouth. I just do. it's embedded in my brain like a ticker tape that just keeps going, and going, and going...
3. I hate when people read what I write and yet i want to be a journalist. I just love it because i constantly learn new things and writing is my form of speech--so much so that i once had to send an anonymous letter for a friend (long story) through an email and i could barely do it because the typed New Roman letters looked so much like my "hand writing" i just knew the receiver would know it was me! (it wasn't bad so no worries)
4. I would be perfectly happy living a nomadic lifestyle. the more things i get and don't get the more i realize what makes me happy and that isn't a material thing folks. in short, just let me travel. I'll sleep in the dirt. I've eaten bugs, i know i can hang for a bit no matter where you take me.
5. i love going to the movies by myself and will watch the same film over and over as long as its on the big screen. cinema is a close friend. and i think it likes me too. : )
okay, places to go:
1. Australia--hands down, all over it; the outback, the big city, the swamps. I'm down with the Aussies.
2. paris--because of all the cliched reason people want to see Paris. and i want fret there with me.
3. lake como, italy--okay, it helps that i know george clooney thinks this place is IT. i know he has good taste. and i just cant think of one thing i have seen/heard/imagined about this place that wouldn't make for an immaculate destination point for this little girl; and i'd love to take mi amigos with me please.
4. sri lanka--maybe because it sounds so fantastical to me, maybe because i think of M.I.A., maybe because i just want to see for myself what it is i think about this place...
5. Japan--because i can wear my cowboy boots and be cool as shit and be a part of gwen-mania and see technology and history and culture and i can share tiny space with mucho people and i could leave when i wanted to...
Tag:
herein lies the problem, i am to send to five people when melis is one of my three peeps and she sent this to me and lisa (who is the second of my three peeps) so adam, looks like you have inspiration for your first blog. yea you.
Weird Facts:
1. I am slightly obsessed with surf culture even though you may not get that vibe from me. I got a surfer in the center of my class ring (i put the typical things like the Bible, track shoes, and a basketball in other places) but it was a surfer girl in the center of my class ring. The guy who took seemed at first pissed i mentioned that was what i wanted (thinking it was a joke no doubt) and then laughed so much at me that I got pissed. But yeah, I've always loved the idea of that life, and being in the uncontrollable nature that is all at once the most intimidating and most serene place on the planet. What could be weird about this is i grew up in a small town in Oklahoma and hadn't surfed yet and I am deathly afraid of sharks to the point of a lake reminds me of jaws and I'm out of the water. one day though, i will live by the ocean and do all the things that i feel the ocean can teach me.
2. I know the calorie count of almost everything you put in your mouth and especially i put in my mouth. I just do. it's embedded in my brain like a ticker tape that just keeps going, and going, and going...
3. I hate when people read what I write and yet i want to be a journalist. I just love it because i constantly learn new things and writing is my form of speech--so much so that i once had to send an anonymous letter for a friend (long story) through an email and i could barely do it because the typed New Roman letters looked so much like my "hand writing" i just knew the receiver would know it was me! (it wasn't bad so no worries)
4. I would be perfectly happy living a nomadic lifestyle. the more things i get and don't get the more i realize what makes me happy and that isn't a material thing folks. in short, just let me travel. I'll sleep in the dirt. I've eaten bugs, i know i can hang for a bit no matter where you take me.
5. i love going to the movies by myself and will watch the same film over and over as long as its on the big screen. cinema is a close friend. and i think it likes me too. : )
okay, places to go:
1. Australia--hands down, all over it; the outback, the big city, the swamps. I'm down with the Aussies.
2. paris--because of all the cliched reason people want to see Paris. and i want fret there with me.
3. lake como, italy--okay, it helps that i know george clooney thinks this place is IT. i know he has good taste. and i just cant think of one thing i have seen/heard/imagined about this place that wouldn't make for an immaculate destination point for this little girl; and i'd love to take mi amigos with me please.
4. sri lanka--maybe because it sounds so fantastical to me, maybe because i think of M.I.A., maybe because i just want to see for myself what it is i think about this place...
5. Japan--because i can wear my cowboy boots and be cool as shit and be a part of gwen-mania and see technology and history and culture and i can share tiny space with mucho people and i could leave when i wanted to...
Tag:
herein lies the problem, i am to send to five people when melis is one of my three peeps and she sent this to me and lisa (who is the second of my three peeps) so adam, looks like you have inspiration for your first blog. yea you.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Better put than most
The French writer François Nourissier put it best forty-eight years ago: “Young people mock and rebel; forty-year-olds wax ironic and bear up; old folks talk of death and sensuality.”
Word.
Word.
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