The quiet in this space has not been due to a lack of notable activity in my life. Sadly, I don’t think I can share much of it right now. But I bet Abject readers — the true, the bold, the weak and the chatty — will discern where I am at by these two […]
Read more "Dreamin’ dream dream dream"cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo shared by whittlz I’m not the only person saddened by the passing of Levon Helm. The musical legacy is beyond praise. He also wrote what may be my favorite rock book ever… This Wheel’s On Fire is jammed with amazing stories, sage words on music, and […]
Read more "Across the Great Divide"OK, that last post is a little heavy, with a weekend impending I feel the need to toss in some gratuitous levity and wonder. This has so many irresistible elements: groovy sounds, low-and-high-tech Rube Goldbergian cleverness, Latino cool, insanely cute kids. It’s also the first time I can recall liking the sounds of a recorder! […]
Read more "Everything Counts"I am tempted to wrap up 2011 with some sort of epic jeremiad in which I dismiss the preceding twelve months as the year in which all hope was lost, and acknowledge that the 2012-dead-enders might be on to something. But I can’t write a better version of that than Mr. Kernohan already has… So […]
Read more "DIO: Do It Ourselves (In which I do my part to perpetuate one of those annoying catchphrase meme-thingies like a full-on social media dipshit)"Catching up on my RSS feeds, I enjoyed reading this post by Darren Barefoot about the “restricted cat” (or cougar), an oddly innocuous and kid-sweet warning about impending adult-only content: Watching that cute pre-picture cat reminded me of when we lived in Hermosillo, Mexico in the late 90’s. We went to a lot of movies […]
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