"'Cause I can see the future, and it's a place about seventy miles east of here, where it's lighter." (lyrics from Laurie Anderson's "Let x = x") I keep thinking that my body's changes are temporary, and that I'll be reset at some point and my articulations will go back to being supple again. Not... Continue Reading →
Waiting for Godot
Spoiler alert: Godot never shows up. And the whale wins, whatever Ishmael says. There are vampires in the film Sinners, and like, it's a metaphor! Hmmm, how else can I ruin your day? Solyent Green is made out of people? Darth Vadar is Luke's father? Grape Nuts don't have grapes or nuts? At the moment... Continue Reading →
The Fall
I have an acquaintance, a guy from my secondary school, who was a super fan of the group The Fall. I've never been able to get into them, to be honest. It's a group like Pere Ubu, with a hardcore following of fans for music that never made the main stream. However if you didn't... Continue Reading →
Bird Talk
I once worked with this Polish sales lady who was always done up to the nines. (It was a direct marketing company whose product was English lessons. It could have been umbrellas for all they cared about teaching.) She wore high heels and form fitting jackets, a real mani-pedi lady. We were talking politics with... Continue Reading →
Moove your cow, and your mind will follow. 