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    hops are bitter. life is bitter. coincidence?

    Wednesday, August 25, 2010

    slow steady rain —
    a limp
    I hadn’t noticed before

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    Wednesday, August 18, 2010

    dream sequence - part 17

    It’s been a while since I’ve posted a dream sequence here, but it doesn’t mean that I haven’t been dreaming. Lately my dreams have been subconscious fragments, lacking a coherent narrative as such. Well-rested, I could fashion them into a chaotic tapestry of sorts, but instead I awaken startled — anything but refreshed — and the shards fall to the ground, waiting to be trampled into dust.

    I digress. A few nights ago I found myself in Madrid, rushing to get to the airport. I was last in Madrid in 1976, and my dream-Madrid was nothing like it. My friend and I were dropped off at the far end of a giant field that separated us from the main terminal. He took off in a sprint, and I followed close behind. Our flight was scheduled to depart at 7:30, and we were cutting it close.

    An hour and a half later, I was alone at the terminal. My laptop was missing from my backpack, and I was frantic. The terminal was a surreal concatenation of small-city commuter air outposts and high-tech travel pods. Between terminals a motorized walkway was replaced by a series of vents that allowed travelers to float above the floor toward their destination. I was not impressed.

    I woke up before the dream came to a conclusion. For all I know, I’m still in Bizarro-Madrid, minus laptop, minus a flight home, floating in destinationless climate-controlled circles.

     

    Saturday, August 14, 2010

    I got to play DJ on my favorite radio station today. Specifically, I was given an hour to spin tunes on the James Dean Deathcar Experience on WMBR in Cambridge, MA. It was an absolute blast!

    By popular demand, I’ve reproduced the playlist:

    Public Image Limited - Public Image
    Ash - Kung Fu
    Beatnik Filmstars - Look Up and Be Amazed
    60 Foot Dolls - Talk to Me
    Moped - Global Probing
    Mission of Burma - That’s How I Escaped My Certain Fate
    Rob Crow - I Hate You Rob Crow
    The And/Ors - Screams Nicole
    Pooh Sticks - The World is Turning On
    Sloan - G Turns to D
    Spinanes - Sunday
    Marmoset - Blooms
    The Kings - This Beat Goes On / Switchin’ to Glide
    Cramps - Sunglasses After Dark
    Robert Pollard - Roofer’s Union Fighting Song
    Luka Bloom - Delirious
    Robyn Hitchcock - Uncorrected Personality Traits
    Guided By Voices - Postal Blowfish
    Boo Radleys - Wake Up Boo
    Haywood - Button Up Buttercup
    Los Straitjackets - Pacifica
    Buzzcocks - Walking Distance

    A podcast of the entire hour can be found right here.

     

    Wednesday, August 04, 2010

    dialogue from a dream

    You: I want to see Obama with a coyote.
    Me: Doesn’t everyone?

     

    Sunday, August 01, 2010

    blue dragonfly —
    do you bring me news
    or are you just being?

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