I’ve gone to the same gym for about three years and work out so regularly people I don’t recognize have recognized me from the gym. (Which is always kind of awkward, I might add) Anyhow, I belong to an independent gym known as Cheetah which I feel really comfotable at. The one [...]
This book is excellent. I haven’t felt this emotional about a book since I read Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides. May I tell you that I actually ended the book in tears. It’s perhaps one of the saddest stories to ever be created. Max is a person who ages in reverse, which [...]
PandaCam
Um…can’t you see I’m a little busy here? Yes, you are interrupting. I wasn’t planning on eating dinner-what if the pandas move? What if they start eating? What if the momma panda starts cuddling with her cute black arms around her little one again? Yes, I realize all I can [...]
The Essential List of Thanksgiving Things:
#1 MUSIC
If I had to choose two perfect Thanksgiving albums, they would be Neil Young’s Harvest (yeah, I know he’s Canadian sigh and celebrates a Canadian Thanksgiving earlier in the year) and Arlo Guthrie’s Alice’s Restaurant. Neil has always made me thankful and aware of the creative emotional energy [...]
Metro 11/20
(Note, if you click on the actual blog SFA title above, the pictures get larger)
I’d heard reports that their shows on this tour were a bit lacking because of the fact that Love Kraft isn’t as easily accessible. Apparently, early on in their tour, they were beginning their set playing a huge chunk [...]
Metro 11/20
(Above: before the show and between sets, some amazing dj action was going on with a video screen hooked up to show the two turn tables being changed and in motion as well as flying styrofoam ufos)
Caribou (formerly Manitoba) were the openers for the Super Furry Animals last night but I like them so [...]
(Subterranean 11/18/50
PALAXY TRACKS:
I love Palaxy Tracks. I mean, I’ve seen them a few times now and every time, they put on a great set. Originally from Austin, they have a warmth and sadness that makes me inevitably connect with their sound. As I stated in my review of Mazarin/Sound Team, their most [...]
Empty Bottle 11/17/5
A TUNDRA
A Tundra is a band I can’t find any information about. It’s possible they haven’t recorded an album yet (I can’t remember seeing anything at the merch table for them.) They are a bit of an eclectic sort of four piece-with two guitars and a bass with drums at times [...]
Most of these pictures have to do with the concept of waiting because I think people do spend a significant amount of time doing this and, because we’re taught time is precious and that we could die at any moment, we struggle as humans during the waiting periods. So we fill them by reading [...]
It seems there’s something about both Japanese literature and art that really affects me emotionally. In terms of literature, Japanese authors just seem to have such a good sense of flow and almost lyrical poetry in prose format. That being said, I really enjoyed this collection of stories that, as Yoshimoto explains in [...]