stay positive. born to run. louder than bombs. same as it ever was. fire next time.
there was a great era in the late 1990s and early 2000s (in the pre-9/11 riverboat saloon daze) that bob dylan would open his shows with a classic old-timey song with a three-part harmony in the chorus. these were transporting occasions. the songs themselves were rare, dylan singing them was even rarer, and the three-part workgang vocals really took the biscuit, because dylan is not much known for his interest in sharing the mic. i saw a lot of dylan shows around that time, and especially loved hearing "this world it can't stand long" and "duncan and brady," the latter of which i post below for your change of pace.
thanks to bro mch for the tip.
Calling all lovers of aphorism!
Come ye who like to turn a phrase!
Calling Bob Dylan, Paul Westerberg, and Craig Finn! (Must be something in that MPLS water supply.)
Behold yr maudlin effervescent gutter poet!
My friend Chris Cocca recently turned me on to the Six-Word Memoirs site at Smith Magazine. Now Chris is a writer and all, so I'm sure that his six-word memoir would really make your hair stand up. But, in his steps (as it were) I gave it a shot. You too should give it a try. It is surprisingly addictive. I have submitted three.
Yea, three. Maybe you can find them....
Next, I might show you my fortune cookie collection.
i am thinking about spending fortyfive dollars on this print from our beloved gillian welch.
two things.
first, go download my man evan donahue's new EP, look bleak. it is 99c, people. HOOK IT UP. this is, like, pitchfork cool.
second, behold my favorite BBC science graphic ever.
No, this is not another M. Night Shyamalan movie with Philadelphia-area paranormal activity as a backdrop for "what really counts." (How did those aliens that were destroyed by contact with water run through the cornfields at night anyway? Ever done that, M. Night Shyamalan?? A bit wet, I would say.)
The Philadelphia Ghost Signs Project is Lawrence O'Toole's blog of faded "ghost" signs from long-gone businesses in Greater Philadelphia. What's not to love?
Check it out here. Guaranteed no aliens.
The United States has less than 5 percent of the world’s population. But it has almost a quarter of the world’s prisoners.
Interested yet?
Check out an article from today's NYT here.
Also, more than 60% of the people in prison are now racial and ethnic minorities. For Black males in their twenties, 1 in every 8 is in prison or jail on any given day. These trends have been intensified by the disproportionate impact of the "war on drugs," in which three-fourths of all persons in prison for drug offenses are people of color.
For resources on that, check out the Sentencing Project's Racial Disparity site.
