December 2008
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Insomnia - Electric President
“If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life...”
– Christopher McCandless
Grab The Trash Can Lid
It has been snowing in Seattle for basically 2 days straight. Big flakes, small flakes, cold and wet ones too. Because the city rarely gets snow worth writing home about they are not prepared for it at all. They don’t have snow plows and they don’t have salt trucks. The only thing that apparently everyone in the city has are chains for their tires. In their defense I will say that even...
WatchA crowd of people sledding on trash bin lids, pink floats, cardboard, baking pans, and whatever else they could find.
Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
“The reason a sunset is beautiful is because there’s some feeling of the...”
– Sean Lennon
The Warming Sound
The snow fell from the time the sun came up until the sun went down today. It’s about 5 below outside. It’s funny how I wanted to move here because it supposedly didn’t snow but then when it does I feel like I’m being part of the city in not wanting to go outside. It’s strange because I haven’t been gone from the cold dry air winters of Indiana for that long. I...
The Corner - Common
“Heard a stranger the other day in Michigan say “peace be the...”
– Derek Evans
First Picks
Pitchfork.com has just released what I believe to be their best post yet. The 2008 Readers Poll. It was awesome to see who the readers actually like instead of what a bunch of electronic craved hipsters in an office building like the most. TV On The Radio and Fleet Foxes dominated the polls. It’s nice to see both a band that has been around for a good while still being ranked high and...
Cold Sand In My Shoe
I had a little break in my work schedule today and decided to check out Golden Gardens Park. It’s a park that is on the beach of the Puget Sound in Northeast Seattle. After driving through the neighborhood of Ballard to get there the civilization slowly decreases as you near the park. From stores, to only homes, to the docks, and then to the winding road that ends with a long narrow parking...
Wordless Chorus - My Morning Jacket
“Beer makes you feel the way you ought to feel without beer.”
– Henry Lawson
Nature Disco Wandering
It’s friday afternoon. I’m not quite sure when afternoon becomes night in Seattle. If it has anything to do with when it gets dark then it starts around 4pm. Darkness covers the city at an early hour in the Northwest. There is nothing really wrong with this because it merely sheds light on a longer night life.
It has been raining on and off today. My friend told me, “welcome to...
The Hardest Part - Ryan Adams & The Cardinals
“You take somebody that cries their goddamn eyes out over phony stuff in the...”
– J.D. Salinger
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The Other Guy
I have this friend and he always thinks I’m joking with him when I say it but he is probably the most impressive peer I have when it comes to the business world. The guy straight busts his ass all day over stuff that I don’t even know exists. Stuff that I didn’t know you could make money from.
I think what gets me about him is that he is great to hang out with but then on the...
Gillian Was A Horse - Damien Jurado
“Hey you two, I need 75 cents or I’m going to be super homeless!”
– Annonymous Gay Man
Setting Traps
Last night Derek and I went to the Blitzen Trapper concert at Chop Suey. It was a good show and the building got packed more and more by the minute.
There were two openers for the band. The first guy was absolutely horrible and put an image and a sound to the theory of “just because you have a great guitar doesn’t mean you should play in front of people.” After the brutal ear...
Sleepytime In The Western World - Blitzen Trapper
“I just had to call and tell you that I’m rooting for you in life man.”
– Luke D. Miller
Quit Smoking
That luxury pack of Natural American Spirits has become no more in the Northwest for yours truly. When you find out that instead of 4 dollars you will be paying 6.50 you quickly see yourself walking out the door and saying, “I can drink coffee without cigarettes.”
That 3 inch stick of dried leaves will be the end of you if you so desire.
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
“Two great European narcotics, alcohol and Christianity, I know which one I...”
– Mike Skinner
Ma'am
I know a lady 87 years past. Sitting upright on the right side of her old tweed couch in her bedroom. Resting like a child on a swing waiting for a push. Holding the paper up to the light fully open hoping to read something interesting that day. Though I don’t know how well her eyes take in the news. Rarely leaving the house but for special occasions. Old, wise, and slow moving she waits...
Glue Girls - Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin
“The wriggling, squiggling worm inside devours from the inside out.”
– Thom Yorke
Coffee Table Books
I’ve been walking around the city and I keep getting this idea in my head. It’s one of those ideas that just keeps coming around. Moving from the back of your mind to the front like a game of pong in your head and I have no idea if the front or back is the computer. Due to this constant thought I think I may just go through with it.
After talking to my friend I realized that I could...
Write You A Letter - Ray LaMontagne
“We’re the heirs to the glimmering world.”
– The National
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