I am going to hell.
Chris is:
- more arrogant.
- less compassionate.
- more mathematical.
- less moral.
- less loving.
- less old-fashioned.
- less pure.
- more desiring of sex.
- less spiritual.
Happiness
Happiness is like LSD: It’s something I dabbled with in my youth and every now and then I’ll have a brief flashback.
Lost in Translation
Heard an interesting song in German, thought it my be poignant… still not sure.
Tocotronic’s “I’m Zweifel Fur Den Zweifel” via Google Translate:
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
When in doubt, for breaking
The own uniform
When in doubt, for doubt
And for the puberty
If in doubt against togetherness
And normativity
When in doubt, for doubt
And against all restraint
in doubt for the devil
And the unbridled urge
When in doubt, for the bitterness
And my hot tears
Leaden is my time
And yet I must mention:
If in doubt for aimlessness
My people, hear me call!
If in doubt for discord
And for the intermediate
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
When in doubt, for breaking
The own uniform
If in doubt for pampering
And for my crack
For the extreme fragility
For a will like wax
When in doubt, for the hybrid
From distant spheres
When in doubt, for trembling
At the sight of the chimeras
When in doubt, for the bitterness
And my hot tears
Leaden is my time
Remains for me to mention:
If in doubt for aimlessness
My people, hear me call!
If in doubt for discord
And for the intermediate
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
When in doubt, for breaking
The own uniform
When in doubt, for doubt
And the Incomprehensibly
For the inner contrition
If you show the teeth
When in doubt, for folding
Prior entire room
My life is disruption
My existence scandal
When in doubt, for the bitterness
And my hot tears
Leaden is my time
And yet I must mention:
If in doubt for aimlessness
My people, hear me call!
If in doubt for discord
And for the intermediate
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
When in doubt, for breaking
The own uniform
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
When in doubt, for doubt
The hesitation and anger
No regrets.
Today concludes year one of the Roanoke Experiment.
volume 72: got to spread some love around
- Joe Strummer – “Without People, You’re Nothing”
- Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Home
- Vandaveer – Fistful Of Swoon
- The Mountain Goats – Hebrews 11:40
- The Flying Burrito Brothers – To Love Somebody
- Ted Leo & The Pharmacists – Bottled In Cork
- Alec Ounsworth – South Philadelphia (Drug Days)
- Kasey Chambers & Shane Nicholson – Rattlin’ Bones
- Edwin Birdsong – Cola Bottle Baby
- Mark Knopfler – Cannibals
- John Prine – Sweet Revenge
- Street People – Jennifer Tomkins
- Les Humphries Singers – Mexico
- The Bloodsugars – Light At The End Of The Tunnel
- Will Hoge – Even If It Breaks Your Heart
- Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan – Somewhere In Virginia In The Rain
- Loudon Wainwright III – Motel Blues
- Eels – In My Dreams
- The Rascals – I Ain’t Gonna Eat My Heart Out Anymore
- Teddy Thompson – In My Arms
- Pere Ubu – Final Solution
Kitty Glitter
I can’t begin to tell you how much money I lost on this stupid machine.
Volume 71: VS #5
- Little Birdy – Summarize
- Great Northern – Houses
- Kelsey Brown – My Fair Lady
- Aimee Mann – You Could Make a Killing
- Ike & Tina Turner – Come Together
- Sharon Van Etten – For You
- The Crystals – He’s Sure the Boy I Love
- Emiliana Torrini – Jungle Drum
- Phoebe Killdeer & The Short Straws – Let Me
- Ida Maria – I Like You So Much Better When You’re Naked
- Frida Hyvönen – Jesus Was a Cross Maker
- Nicole Reynolds – When We Meet Again
- Carla Thomas – Never Be True
- Paper Bird – Milk
- Phantogram – When I’m Small
- The Weepies – Hideaway
- The Bobbettes – Happy go Lucky Me
- Helen Reddy – Delta Dawn
- Scout Niblett – I.B.D.
- The Generationals – When They Fight They Fight
- Viva Voce – Drown Them Out
Homophobia: Pass It On
Perhaps you’ve driven down a country road, saw one of these billboards and sparked a positive thought even if only for a milisecond. Well you got played.
Ask “The Foundation For A Better Life” (values.com) (Philip Anschutz) why they’ll never have a gay person on a billboard.
I want to be so rich that I can’t fathom a single benefit to any social program.
Volume 70: I can’t be good, So I’ll be free
- Greg Brown – Just by Myself
- Bee Gees – To Love Somebody
- Dire Straits – Southbound Again
- Andrew Jackson Jihad – Sense, Sensibility
- Mudcrutch – Scare Easy
- Aimee Mann – She Really Wants You
- The Avett Brothers – Laundry Room
- Gram Parsons – Streets Of Baltimore
- Alec Ounsworth – Telling The Truth (And Going Away)
- Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros – Long Shadow
- Defiance, Ohio – Oh, Susquehanna!
- The Black Hollies – Gloomy Monday Morning
- Tee Set – Ma Belle Amie
- Robin McNamara – Lay A Little Lovin On Me
- Redeye – Games
- Ocean – Put Your Hand In The Hand (Kama Sutra)
- Bee Gees – Marley Purt Drive
- Jonathan Richman – Now Is Better Than Before
- Vic Chesnutt – You Are Never Alone
- Nina Simone – To Love Somebody
Nanjing: My Moment of Zen
A little Chinese boy decides to take a crap in middle of the sidewalk:
Jay Reatard RIP
Jay Reatard (1980-2010)
I’m not going to pretend I was some huge fan or anything, but it’s still pretty sad. I really enjoyed a bunch of the songs off Blood Visions and hoped to have had the chance to hear more from him.
[audio:http://www.catbirdseat.org/catbirdseat/myshadow.mp3]Delicious Fish
Me: Charlie, what kind of fish did you order?
Charlie: Delicious Fish.
He was right.
At least one post from China
My likely one and only post from China. It’s pretty interesting here. The only thing that keeps coming to mind is: watch out America. These people have a work ethic which is remarkable. What they seemingly lack in the specifics of higher education they make up for in desire to learn.