March 2010
4 posts
Listen‘BETH’ from the collection...
Mar 11th
ListenMICHIGAN from the collection “Naming...
Mar 4th
ListenEMILY from the collection “Naming...
Mar 3rd
ListenBARBARA from the collection “Naming...
Mar 1st
January 2010
4 posts
ListenDRAG THE LAKE from the collection...
Jan 22nd
ListenLAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF SCARLET from the...
Jan 21st
ListenCIRCUS from the collection...
Jan 20th
ListenBEFORE THE BALLET from the collection...
Jan 19th
December 2009
4 posts
ListenI’M SORRY DIANE & LARA’S COAT from...
Dec 7th
ListenRUBE GOLDBERG & WALKMAN from the collection...
Dec 6th
ListenWHEN YOU WERE A WEREWOLF & I THINK...
Dec 6th
ListenBEHIND MY BACK from the collection “My...
Dec 2nd
November 2009
13 posts
ListenBLACK FLOWERS from the collection “My...
Nov 30th
ListenABBOTT & COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN’S...
Nov 29th
ListenJUST IN TIME from the collection “My...
Nov 23rd
ListenJENNA from the collection “My Baby’s...
Nov 20th
ListenLIKE SOMEONE TRYING from the collection “My...
Nov 17th
ListenMARY SHELLEY, from the collection “My...
Nov 16th
ListenHEART SHAPED BRUISE from the collection “My...
Nov 15th
ListenTHIS STORY MEANS NOTHING WITHOUT YOU from the...
Nov 8th
ListenNEIL ARMSTRONG AT THE FRIARS’ CLUB from the...
Nov 6th
ListenIF WAS WRONG, from the collection “Songs...
Nov 5th
ListenKISSING from the collection “Songs About...
Nov 3rd
ListenDARK DOLL, from the collection “Songs About...
Nov 2nd
ListenSICK TODAY, from the collection “Songs About...
Nov 1st
October 2009
13 posts
ListenMAGIC BULLET, from the collection “Songs...
Oct 31st
ListenCOUNTING TO NONE, from the collection “Songs...
Oct 29th
ListenCHAPLIN OR HITLER from “Songs About Girls,...
Oct 28th
ListenZERO ONE from the collection...
Oct 24th
ListenFRED ASTAIRE, from the collection...
Oct 23rd
ListenOUBLIETTE from the collection...
Oct 23rd
ListenA LITTLE ISLAND SOUTH OF NEBRASKA, from the...
Oct 21st
ListenRAINY DAY from the collection...
Oct 20th
ListenTHUMBELINA from the collection...
Oct 19th
ListenSAFE, from the collection “Ampersand”...
Oct 18th
ListenAZTEC GIRL from the collection...
Oct 15th
ListenSHADE (version 2) from the collection...
Oct 14th
ListenSULKY SKIRT  from the collection...
Oct 13th
September 2009
3 posts
ListenSAD GIRLS from the collection “Sick...
Sep 4th
ListenSPLINTER from the collection “Sick...
Sep 3rd
ListenA RAKE’S PROGRESS from the collection...
Sep 2nd
August 2009
6 posts
ListenCLARA ROAD from the collection “Sick...
Aug 31st
ListenCALL ME EARLY from the collection “Sick...
Aug 28th
ListenMARX BROTHERS from the collection “Sick...
Aug 26th
ListenTHE TAILOR’S DOUBT from the collection...
Aug 25th
ListenSHE HAS GOOD TASTE IN MUSIC from the collection...
Aug 11th
She Has Good Taste In Music
I’ve seen a few movies in the past few months in which a young guy, usually well-read and sensitive, in to hip music and obscure authors and filmmakers, meets a similarly hip young woman and they fall in love. I always have a sneaking suspicion (often later confirmed in an interview with the film’s screenwriter or director) that the story is only slightly fictionalized...
Aug 11th
May 2009
1 post
ListenI Will Only Disappoint You- written &...
May 5th
April 2009
2 posts
ListenLara’s Coat. written by Ryan J. Tressel....
Apr 22nd
Lara's Coat
A prayer for spring; rising mercury looms. And the brides of Good Housekeeping all sharpen their brooms. And Lara leaves her coat on a hook in my room. Carcasses of snowbanks slither to dark parts of lawns, and the birds they sing librettos to the face of the dawn. And Lara walks home with no jacket on. The grass it grows greener and the sky deeper blue. The chimney makes noises: raccoons in the...
Apr 22nd