April 2012
1 post
The Real Katie West: Things that may or may not be... →
therealkatiewest:
I’ve been taking self-portraits of myself since I was 16. I’ve been posting those self-portraits on the internet since I was 18. That means it’s been ten years that I’ve been posting photos and other exciting things on the internet. TEN YEARS.
I think a lot of the people I know are experiencing…
December 2011
1 post
Tick tock, goes the clock...: The Life of a... →
aclockwerkkroww:
Their lives are determined in time;
his and hers
but neither belongs to either. Roy G. Biv holds their lives in his hand. red; dominating
—his fingers, exploring sacred nooks
—her sheets, unclean like her body
—discarded, two who came after
—the blade, buried deep in silence orange;…
September 2011
2 posts
1 tag
Awaken
He opened his eyes to her smile, a smirky half-thing that lifted one side of her mouth higher and made her eyes shine like bright stars.
“What happened?”
She laughed, a little one. “You had too much to drink.” She yanked the covers off of him.
He looked at himself. Fully clothed, his tie loosened but still looped dangerously around his neck, even his shoes still on....
July 2011
1 post
December 2010
5 posts
#reverb10: Wonder →
This is a wonder with which I am familiar. from Natalie Dee
[This entry is the fourth for #reverb10, an online initiative to reflect on the year and manifest what’s next….
#reverb10: Writing →
Wisdom on writing by someone who would know. from Paulo Izidoro’s Flickr
[This entry is the second for #reverb10, an online initiative to reflect on the year and manifest…
#reverb10: Writing →
Wisdom on writing by someone who would know. from Paulo Izidoro’s Flickr
[This entry is the second for #reverb10, an online initiative to reflect on the year and manifest…
#reverb10: One Word →
An impending fail rather like I fear. More watery, really. from Shipment of Fail
[This entry is the first for #reverb10, an online initiative to reflect on the year and…
#reverb10: One Word →
An impending fail rather like I fear. More watery, really. from Shipment of Fail
[This entry is the first for #reverb10, an online initiative to reflect on the year and…
November 2010
2 posts
Stars
Every star in every sky and all the suns beyond are not enough to give count to the beats my heart has given for you.
Sparks
Each drop of new fuel into the fire showers sparks skyward, new bright stars in the night black sky.
September 2010
2 posts
City at Rest
Everyone knows that New York City never sleeps, but sometimes when the air’s right and you look close you can catch it at rest, in repose, unaware and unashamed like the reclining nudes on the old masters’ canvases.
Crash My Bicycle →
This isn’t my bicycle, but it’s the same model. From Chuck’s Bikes
This is a story about my bicycle. It was built for me by Danny, the man behind the infamous karaoke show.
…
August 2010
6 posts
It’s the Modern Equivalent →
Analog is for Lovers
To start, I have to prepare to be savaged by Afistaface, Andey DeLesDernier, because my mixtapes long ago ceased to be rendered on actual cassettes. She is…
I’m Just a Sucker With No Self Esteem →
What I Hate, from Toothpaste for Dinner
Sometimes creativity is really hard.
In addition to writing thousands upon thousands of words that I can hardly imagine anyone cares about, I…
If I Help Somebody, There’s Mercy for Me →
Awesome homeless guy sign from holytaco.com
Pop quiz: what’s the difference between a homeless person panhandling for money and a hippie 20-something standing on the corner begging…
New York, I Love You, But You’re Bringing Me Down →
Photo via zoee.tumblr.com
Today marks the seventh anniversary of my move to New York.
Over those seven years, I’ve become an entirely different person, while also staying very much…
The Cops Would Never Think to Look in Burma Shave →
Straight Razor from the Art of Shaving
I’m really bad at shaving.
I started when I was around, I think, 13 or so. I never had anyone really teach me, but I’d seen enough shaving on…
And Now You’re Older Still →
So, I successfully completed all 30 Days of Music. In a row, and on time. It was kind of weird.
What did I learn? I learned that the music that has stuck with me has a tendency to not be very…
July 2010
35 posts
My Favorite Song At This Time Last Year | What You... →
Like a lot of people, I first heard Phoenix in that party scene from Lost In Translation, the one that’s burned in my memory, the cinematic party I may as well have…
Music
Your heartbeat is my favorite song.
A Song From My Childhood | Where As a Child I’d... →
I was born when my mother was 21. My brother followed a couple days after her 24th birthday. She spent her entire 20s taking care of at least one child, when she was the age…
A Song That Makes Me Feel Guilty | Got Your Tape... →
This song made me cry over someone else once, someone who was lying right beside me when it happened.
That was over within a year. But it was still years before I could…
A Song That I Wish I Could Play On An Instrument |... →
I’ve known of Pavement a lot longer than I’ve known Pavement.
When I was growing up, even when I started exploring my own musical taste, I really only had the radio on…
A Song That I Can Play On An Instrument | And I... →
When I started hanging around musicians all the time, one would have thought that my intense interest in music as well as whatever potential I’d shown in that direction…
A Song That Makes Me Laugh | I’m a Little Girl →
Here’s a hint: if you want me to pay attention to your musical project, involve Dan the Automator.
Dr. Octagon? Check. Handsome Boy Modeling School? Check.
A Song That I Want Played at My Funeral | And... →
I admit right up front that I stole this particular usage for this song. It wasn’t my idea, but my best friend’s, and all due credit goes to her.
Still, it suits me, and…
A Song That I Want Played At My Wedding | Someday... →
When Plans came out, I didn’t know what to expect, and wasn’t ready for what I got. I’d been put on to Death Cab for Cutie when a friend of mine put “We Looked…
A Song That I Listen To When I’m Sad | I Have Not... →
Wes Anderson has a way of invoking emotion through his use of music. His movies can be charitably described as whimsical, or less charitably as overly stylized, or…
A Song That I Listen To When I’m Happy |... →
I have a weird relationship with the Smashing Pumpkins. I can barely stand some of their (qualitatively) best work, but some of their least palatable I find endlessly…
A Song That I Listen To When I’m Angry | Pushing... →
I am naturally a very emotional person. I tend to feel things powerfully, take things personally, and react in kind.
This is, for my purposes, a negative personal quality.
As…
A Song From My Favorite Album | It’s Not the... →
When I was about twelve or so, I decided that I wanted to listen to my own music. I immediately eschewed the tastes of my parents; if they liked it, I didn’t. I wanted…
A Song That I Wish I Heard On the Radio More Often... →
Schatzi at the Turf Club, St. Paul, MN
CLICK HERE FOR TODAY’S SONG.
This one is a little different, a little special. There’s no YouTube video for this song, because it’s never…
A Song That I Hear Often On The Radio | If It’s... →
I resisted the pull for as long as I reasonably could. I’d heard the name, in whispers and shouts, but dismissed her as another pop tartlet whose 15 minutes of fame would…
Bright Star
No matter how dimmed by city light or covered by clouds, we always share those million trillion points of light.
A Song I Used to Love, But Now Hate | You Can... →
When I was growing up, the Eagles were always on the radio. Their steady stream of hits made this a pretty solid programming decision, I suppose. I heard just as much…
A Song That Describes Me | I Could Burst a Million... →
This idea is difficult for me, possibly the most difficult post of this entire project.
I am frequently a deeply insecure person. I can know objectively that something I do is…
A Song That No One Would Expect Me to Love | I... →
Some people just have a je ne sais quoi about them, something that makes it clear they enjoy perfect little Swedish pop rock songs. Apparently I don’t have that…
A Song That Is a Guilty Pleasure | I Remember What... →
I have to preface this: I don’t believe that anything should really be a guilty pleasure; I don’t believe we should feel guilt over pleasure.
I don’t know. Maybe it would…
A Song By My Least Favorite Band | She Loves the... →
Once upon a time, there was a boy. This boy had friends, and they were driving around trying to find something to do on some random night.
They were too young to drink,…
A Song By My Favorite Band | Love and Respect →
I don’t remember how I found Interpol.
I know that I’d heard the buzz when they released Turn On the Bright Lights. I know that they were hailed as part of the “New York…
A Song That Makes Me Fall Asleep |... →
I remember when I used to sleep.
I learned the trick of falling asleep to this song from an ex-girlfriend. Any time it came on, while I was listening intently, she’d fall…
A Song To Which I Can Dance | My Music Is Where... →
I first heard this song as the backing track to a fan-made commercial for the iPod touch. I was intrigued by it then, but didn’t pay it much mind.
Then, a few weeks…
A Song To Which I Know All The Words | I Never... →
Have you heard me sing? Then you’ve heard me sing this one.
Were you my friend when I lived in Oklahoma? Did you ever ride in a car with me? Then you heard me sing along to it…
A Song That Reminds Me of a Certain Event | The... →
I woke up that day the same, sort of, as many other days, with my mom rousing me to wake up and get dressed. I’d just started college a few weeks before, still living…
A Song That Reminds Me of Somewhere | If You’re... →
It was cold there, that late in the winter and that close to the water. I didn’t expect the first time I ever saw seagulls to be concurrent with a snowfall; I’d always…
A Song That Reminds Me of Someone | Words Are Very... →
Sitting behind the passenger’s seat of the car on that hot day, displaced by the only person who trumped me in the best friend rule, and who I would have gladly given up…