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That lump in your throat is childhood passing

Summer. Nineteen eighty-something. We were parting the traffic on the 605 southbound for Huntington Beach; I was wearing nothing but shorts and sandals, one hand holding on to the motorcycle seat, the other cradling a six-pack of beer, football-style. We leaned headlong into the wind like a pair of ski-jumpers, as P. effortlessly weaved theContinue reading “That lump in your throat is childhood passing”

Beck, Hell Yes Autechre, Second Bad Vibe Looks like one of the performers from the Beck video. Lemon Jelly, Space Walk Voice sample: radio transmission of astronaut Alan Bean describing the sunrise during a space walk, Skylab 3 mission, July 1973 Zero Gs and I feel fine Note how sampling works as metaphor.

Closed for reinvention. Back soon. update III:Girlfriend: “You come home, you order out food…and then you play those stupid Tito Puente albums until 2 in the morning!”Guy:“Tito Puente is gonna be dead, and you’ll say: ‘Oh, I’ve been listening to him for years. He’s fabulous.’ “–Stripesupdate II: be sure to check out the beehive toContinue reading

Koko Taylor (1928-2009), Wang Dang Doodle Jimmy Dale Gilmore Trio, The Mobile Line “It’s a league game, Smokey.” The Avalanches, Frontier Psychiatrist“That boy needs therapy!” Mint Royale, Show Me Townes Van Zandt, Waiting Around to Die, from the film Heartworn Highways