Bird by Bird presents a story in which a young man has to write a paper on birds — He’s done all the research, has all the material sprawled out on the table, day by day passes, yet not a word….till the last day — he’s a wreck, he doesn’t know where to start….then grandma walks [...]
Tonight as I kick back after a piece of 'America 'Heck' Yea' Halloween cake, I think about the artical I read concerning the conflict in Afghanistan. Seems as though helicoptors are used to 'mermite' in ice cream and fried chicken to forward operating bases, and participants in the region look foward to 'karoke night.' With [...]
Running on about 3-4 hours of sleep today in lieu of musical schedules. I once read that eddie vedder used to stay up for days and then go surfing, hence writing songs like Alive. I think many things have come to life in my subconscious which are floating up, changing habits and perceptions. I see [...]
Often I think about what would some of my musical heroes (Billy Bragg, Neil Hannon of the Divine Comedy, Sondre Lerche, Ben Folds, the gang from Belle and Sebastian, and of course Neil Finn of Crowded House) do out here staring at this ambiguity everyday. I'm certain their imagination would keep them company, and this [...]