Aug 25 2009
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Jun 17 2009
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The brochure for the house I grew up in.
My dad bought it for my mom to prove he was serious about getting remarried. They still live there.
Jun 10 2009
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Cap’n Jazz - Little League
In high school I was really insecure about my music taste. I felt I had to know any and everything about every band ever. In the midst of that, I became really infatuated with the Chicago music scene in the late 90s and early 00s. I bought Cap’n Jazz’s “Analphabetology” and I remember having the primal desire to write the opening lyrics on every surface, but at the same time I knew how special this cd was for me and I kept it to myself. It was one of the few bands I did my best to keep from my blatant vain attempts to feel accepted.
hey coffee eyes
you’ve got me coughin up my cookie heart
age 15
Jun 05 2009
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The Anniversary - The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter
I remember lying to security at Showplace Theatre “I am having a lady emergency” to get something from my car that wasn’t a lady emergency and then thinking I was so cool hanging out upstairs with The Anniversary and Apollo Sunshine.
age 16
Mar 02 2009
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Lord Tariq & Peter Gunz - Deja Vu (Uptown Baby)
IF IT WASN’T FOR THA BRONX…
age 12.
Mar 01 2009
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Braid - Forever Got Shorter
sometimes gorgeous can be frustration
when your life
is nothing
but an honorable mention
on a radio
on a radio
maybe i’m a baby but i think it’s time to grow
you’re everthing i live for
-ever got shorter
you begged me not to go
forever i’ll know
on a radio
better i’m a quitter than a starry tortured soul
you’re everything i live for
-ever got shorter
i begged you not to go
age 17.
Feb 27 2009
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For the Young Who Want To, Marge Piercy
Talent is what they say
you have after the novel
is published and favorably
reviewed. Beforehand what
you have is a tedious
delusion, a hobby like knitting.
Work is what you have done
after the play is produced
and the audience claps.
Before that friends keep asking
when you are planning to go
out and get a job.
Genius is what they know you
had after the third volume
of remarkable poems. Earlier
they accuse you of withdrawing,
ask why you don’t have a baby,
call you a bum.
The reason people want M.F.A.’s,
take workshops with fancy names
when all you can really
learn is a few techniques,
typing instructions and some-
body else’s mannerisms
is that every artist lacks
a license to hang on the wall
like your optician, your vet
proving you may be a clumsy sadist
whose fillings fall into the stew
but you’re certified a dentist.
The real writer is one
who really writes. Talent
is an invention like phlogiston
after the fact of fire.
Work is its own cure. You have to
like it better than being loved.
Feb 15 2009
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The Get Up Kids - A Newfound Interest in Massachussetts
My little 3m0 heart found it’s home with my first descent into emo.
age 14.
Feb 10 2009
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The Promise Ring - Red & Blue Jeans
My song with Nick at age 17-18ish, now just my song.
age 17.
Feb 04 2009
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Kriss Kross - Jump
My older cousins liked this, so therefore it was “kool” and I liked it.
“Kris Kross was a teenage rap duo of the early 1990s. The duo is most famous for their 1992 hit “Jump,” and their fashion styling—consisting of wearing their clothes backwards.” - wikipedia
age 6.
