12.22.2013

Favorite Albums of 2013



20. Ka
The Knight's Gambit
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19. Moonface
Julia With Blue Jeans On
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18. Neko Case
The Worse Things Get, The Harder I Fight, 
The Harder I Fight, The More I Love You
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17. Washed Out
Paracosm
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15. Sigur Ros
Kveikur
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16. Hawk House
A Little More Elbow Room
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14. Darkside
Psychic
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13. Bill Callahan
Dream River
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12. Pure Bathing Culture
Moon Tides
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11. Chvrches
The Bones of What you Believe
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10. Arcade Fire
Reflektor
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9. The National
Trouble Will Find Me
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8. Run the Jewels
Run the Jewels
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7. Kurt Vile
Wakin on a Pretty Daze
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6. Majical Cloudz
Impersonator
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5. Autre Ne Veut
Anxiety
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4. Rhye
Woman
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3. Chance The Rapper
Acid Rap
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2. Blood Orange
Cupid Deluxe
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1. Phosphorescent
Muchacho
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7.14.2013

Le quatorze juillet: bleu/blanc/rouge (a mix)




I put this mix together a couple of years ago to celebrate Bastille Day (Le quatorze juillet). I figured I'd pull it back out again to celebrate once again. Vive la France!

Download full playlist here.

1. L'idole des jaunes / Stella (with intro by Steve Martin)
2. Comment te dire adieu / Francoise Hardy
3. Elle avait tout / Les Safari
4. Ça plane pour moi / Plastic Bertrand
5. L'anamour / Serge Gainsbourg
6. Ces bottes sont faites pour marcher / Eileen
7. Je danse donc je suis / Brigitte Bardot
8. Fou / Jacques Da Sylva
9. 7 heure du matin / Jaequeline Taieb
10. De temps en tempos / Bernard Estardy
11. Mademoiselle Marie / Coeur Magique
12. Cette chanson est pour vous / Django Reinhardt
13. Le vie en rose / Edith Piaf
14. Ces gens-la / Jacques Brel
15. Si tu n'etais pas la / Fréhel
16. Le soleil et la lune / Charles Trenet
17. Rue St. Vincent / Yves Montand
18. Comptine d'un autre ete: l'apres midi / Yann Tiersen
19. Né dans un ice-cream / Michel Polnareff
20. Les temps ont changés / Pussycat
21. Hellow Josephine / Les Witackers
22. Maintenant un voyou / Bruno Leys
23. Mais oubie pas / Les Pollux
24. L'espace d'une fille / Jacques Dutronc
25. La la la / Sylvie Vartan
26. La solitude / Catherine Ribeiro + 2Bis
27. Amsterdam: live at the Olympia 1964 / Jacques Brel (with outro by Steve Martin)

2.21.2013

called by name

a broken bottle buried under
a mound of mud
dug
out by hands hardened, worked, full of calluses
and lacerations
from all the excavations
creating new creations
filling every nation
with branded bell jars of beautiful breathing bodies
fresh faces
polished and pure
washed of all dirt
no longer a broken bottle
but a song
sung
in perfect pitch
knowing that
there's a crack in everything - that's how the light gets in

but we watch our watches and wait for the inspiration to create
something worthy of time
either yours or mine
but nothing seems to rhyme
or flow as easily as it would if we weren't so severely damaged
flawed lazy selfish dumb
hungry for what never comes
because we fill ourselves with what won't sustain
from temporary treasure we don't
refrain
our best and worst
both look the same
through our eyes all we see is
[LAME]
transfixed upon the mound of mud
we still expect hides all the shame
of our brokenness and blame
while we make our mends
with the devil we all tote within
and do our work
to create something worthy of this life we've been given
art that motivates
music that resonates
words that procreate
but the one we should be doing
all of this for
says:
forget your perfect offering


(Inspired by Leonard Cohen's "Anthem" from his 1992 album The Future)

1.27.2013

haikus


audrey and i spent part of our evening writing haikus. we would give each other a "topic" and spend the next couple of minutes composing a haiku. here were the results:

ice
slippery water 
blue time freezer moves slowly 
glacial paced glaciers 

homosexuality
i plug in the light 
no electricity flows 
love despite the shame 

les mis
one life turned around 
does the same to all others 
a ripple effect 

all is lost, all found 
you forgot the candlesticks 
silver salvation 

dogs
scruffy ball of joy 
you bring more to the table 
than most humans do 

unopened flower
wake up little one 
your time, it has almost come 
reveal your beauty 

a lightbulb that just came on
edison forgot 
to tell us about the hum 
fresh new current's spark 

garbage floating in the river
i don't belong here 
used useless good-for-nothing 
yet have many friends 

st. croix
unturned dirt grows hard 
chickens look for worms within 
finally! tilled earth! 

waterfall
roaring, splatter, mist 
steading dropping, constant reach 
powerfully graceful