James Albarn – Looking For A Dream That Doesn’t Kill Me
Each one of us has to ask ourselves, What do I really want? Do I really want to be Number One? Or do I want to be happy? If you want success, you may sacrifice your happiness for it. You can become a victim of success, but you can never become a victim of happiness....
A Sampler of Songs for a Sweeter Tuesday Morning
Tuesday has no feel. - Newman Tuesday is the most nothing day of the week. The only purpose of Tuesday is to remind you of everything that you failed to accomplish yesterday. So, to sweeten the oncoming dreariness, we provide a sampler of songs that will make your...
George Costanza Was Channeling Kierkegaard
Søren Kierkegaard believed that philosophy begins, not with thought, but with existence: an egalitarian life lived passionately within a world of absurdity. George Costanza, the Seinfeldian Everyman who extracted more than should be expected from a life lived absurdly...
Wild Daydream – Children of Allison
George: Every decision I've ever made, in my entire life, has been wrong. My life is the opposite of everything I want it to be. Every instinct I have, be it something to wear, something to eat ... It's all been wrong. Jerry: If every instinct you have is wrong, then...
Annie in Wonderland
In which we learn that the grass is not always greener on the other side. The trouble started when I left my jacket in the car. Or maybe it started when the plane touched down in Denver. Or maybe it started in 1975... If you attended college in the 70's, you smoked...
Sam Simpson – Oranges
If your house is on fire, the most urgent thing to do is to go back and try to put out the fire, not to run after the person you believe to be the arsonist. -- Thich Nhat Hanh You can't put your arms around a memory. -- Johnny Thunders Sic transit gloria mundi. --...
Backyard Star – You
There's nothing wrong with a good pop song and there's nothing wrong with a good love song and there's nothing wrong with a good pop love song. -- Reverb Raccoon I said that, but feel free to steal it, post it on Facebook, and tell everyone that you thought of it...
Big Jimmy Smaulkoch – Jimmy and The Hoff (the video!)
Last year we featured 'Jimmy and The Hoff,' the smash hit single by Big Jimmy Smaulkoch. Now Jimmy is back and he's bigger than ever with the song's long-overdue video. It took a while for Big Jimmy to edit the video because the computers at his public library are...
Guest Post by Joshua Powell: Black Lodge (water)
My mom's family lived in a tiny hamlet called Davis, in West Virginia. My brother and I grew up in Florida, and one year when I was very young my folks decided to truck us up there for Christmas so the family could be together and my brother and I could see snow. We...
Small Places – Send for Your Love
Larry: Listen, She’s going to Chicago...Arthur: Oh, that’s tough, kid. You know, if they cross two or more time zones, that’s a rule of thumb, probably gone for good.— The Larry Sanders Show, The Talk Show Episode The attraction (A) between two bodies in a long...
