I'd forgotten what it sounds like when an already staggering friend announces, "I need to get drunk." It sounds different every consecutive night.

I'm working on Christmas/Solstice tapes. I have addresses for:
Poppy
Greg
Kat
Laura
Sarrah

If you want a tape or a card or hello, I need your address. Don't be shy - be greedy! 'Tis the season for that sort of thing, and I'm in the mood to make tapes and write letters. Whee!

merry christmas

Junk (demo)
(Paul McCartney)
Lead Vocal: Paul McCartney

Motorcars
Handlebars
Bicycles for two
Broken hearted jubilee

Parachutes
Army boots
Sleeping bags for two
Nah nah nah nah jamboree

Buy buy...

Motorcars
Handlebars
Bicycles for two
Broken hearted jubilee

Parachutes
Army boots
Sleeping bags for you
Nah nah nah jamboree

Buy buy...
...the shop window
Why why, says the sign
In the yard

Buy buy, says the sign
In the shop window
Why why, says the junk
In the yard...

"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture and, if possible, speak a few reasonable words." - Goethe
Thank you, unofficial soup kitchen.

swoon

Oooh, my goodness. All audiophiles must go to Wilson & Alroy's Record Reviews. My beloved dad sent me this link and I've been at the page for an hour now. Their widest coverage is of the 50's-70's, but it's an incredibly comprehensive and thorough collection of pop and jazz up to and including this year, and the reviews are dead-on.

musically speaking

I'm in a quandary. I've brainstormed a list of songs I'd like to put together in mix-CD form, but can't get around to actually arranging them or even deciding if they should all stay. So here's the deal: if you'll put them in an order you'd like, taking out a couple if you don't like them and putting in a few I don't have if you think they'd go well, I'll make the CD for you and send a second one [contents a secret!] along as well. Actually, even if you don't want this particular tape, I'll make a different one for you if you want. I'm in a mixtape-making-mood, and there's a good possibility that if you're reading this I owe you one anyway - especially if you like the Medieval Baebes. Put the list up in the book or email me, as you like. I call this, "How to Interact With the World Without Leaving The Room."

the list

Jason Falkner - Eloquence
Eliot Smith - Sweet Adeline
O Brother Where Art Thou Soundtrack - My Immortal Home
Ani Difranco - Tiptoe or My IQ
Eliot Smith - Independence Day
Leo Kottke - Machine #2 or Good Egg
Paul Simon - The Coast
Lemonheads - Hospital
Lemonheads - Something's Missing
Beatles - Junk
Sloan - My Generation
Velvet Underground - Rock and Roll Music
Radiohead - The Bends and/or Fake Plastic Trees
Moe - Nebraska
Supergrass - Moving
Pixies - Where is My Mind or Bone Machine
Nick Drake - Cello Song
Gomez - Hanover Girl

Now, I'm off to listen to lots of Joni Mitchell.

Can't.. muster.. will.. to.. do.. anything.. today..
[collapses]
Need to get back into doing spoken word before I 'splode (thanks Annie). Not so long ago I was writing every day at about the same time, and the routine got me into Very Productive Mode quite nicely. Now when I write at all it drains me, and I can't start anything. All I want right now is a new stylus for the record player and a copy of Joni Mitchell's Blue and a cigarette. In that order. Instead, I will catch up on the news at Ha'aretz, pick up my newly-fixed bike, and ride until I clear my head. I will. Very soon. Maybe tomorrow..

New link in top bar to skinned knees scribble. Infrequently updated, but certainly a better read than the previous post here. [Ah, insomnia - it's almost 5:30 a.m., and where am I? Online.]