Wild Daydream – A Picture of You in a Picture of Me
Businessman: Don't take that tone with me young man. I fought the war for your sort.Ringo: I bet you're sorry you won.Reporter: How did you find America?John: Turned left at Greenland.-- from A Hard Day's Night (1964) Crank up the Wayback Machine, Mr. Peabody: I saw A...
His Pioneers – Help Me Myra
The years passed; mankind became stupider at a frightening rate. Some had high hopes that genetic engineering would correct this trend in evolution but, sadly, the greatest minds and resources were focused on conquering hair loss and prolonging erections... The number...
The Rabies – Adderall Girl
What is existence for but to be laughed at if men in their twenties have already attained the utmost? -- Søren Kierkegaard, Either/Or: A Fragment of Life To make a comeback, one must have previously achieved something. I can never make a comeback. If I ever accomplish...
Wilson and The Catholics – Strawberry Hill
Think summer movie and the mind leaps to the Hollywood Blockbuster variety -- Jaws, Star Wars -- movies released to the world during those hot months when people have time on their hands and a desire to be in a cool, dark place. And here we recall a simpler...
The Suncharms – 3 Billion Heartbeats
I believe that every human has a finite number of heartbeats. I don't intend to waste any of mine running around doing exercises. -- Misattributed to Apollo 11 astronaut Neil Armstrong The human heart beats about three billion times during its lifetime, a lifetime...
Guest Post by Matthew Barton – Hide
You're lucky you don't feel you have to hide. I wrote those words in a song called 'Hide' a few years ago. I don't know exactly who I was singing them to, but the sentiment was clear to me: there are just some things that we feel we have to keep hidden. What we think,...
Cowboy Grizzly – Like a Child
Off we skip like the most heartless things in the world, which is what children are, but so attractive; and we have an entirely selfish time, and then when we have need of special attention we nobly return for it, confident that we shall be rewarded instead of...
Jay Rosie – Stay Late
A preemptive breakup. This is an incredible idea. I got nothing to lose. We either break up, which she would do anyway but at least I go out with some dignity. Or I completely turn the tables. -- Relationship Expert George Costanza A soul has but a single chance to...
The Crystal Furs – Expo 67
Ruins may be decaying, they are not dead, they are filled with possibilities for wondrous adventure, inspiring visions, quiet moments, peripatetic playfulness, dystopic preparation and artistic potential. -- Bradley Garrett, Explore Everything: Place-Hacking the City...
John Dredge and The Plinths – Where I Used To Be
From where I stood I watched them recede in the frame of the roadway, between the Moorish house and the Lombardy poplar. Then the little sedan boldly swung past the front truck and, free at last, spurted up the shining road, which one could make out narrowing to a...
