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Standing Quiet in the Rain

Oddly, tonight I was having flashbacks to 1989 — pacing around my room, blowing off homework so I could listen to ‘Pictures of You’ on repeat. Play, rewind, play… & the foam headphones getting hot against my ears… feeling it all so deep. 29 years of Disintegration…. #IfOnlyIdThoughtOfTheRightWords

In the Deepest Jungle

Built an opera house for you in the deepest jungle & I walked across its stage singing with my eyes closed I’ve got a love for you I just can’t escape All of my love for you cuts me like barbed wire I was meant to love you & always keep you in my life […]

/ But when you said that I wasn’t worth talking to / I had to take your word on that /

I was massively into “Exile in Guyville” back in 1993 (sigh), & in fact I’m sure that I still have a battered & grimy CD — plastic case splintered & cracked from living in various cars & being moved around the country for 25 years — still buried in a box in my closet. There’s […]

Songs of The xx, ranked.

My Top 20 XX songs (from great to awesome): SONG ALBUM 20 Try Coexist 19 A Violent Noise I See You 18 Islands XX 17 Tides Coexist 16 Angels Coexist 15 VCR XX 14 Dangerous I See You 13 Shelter XX 12 Swept Away Coexist 11 Heart Skipped A Beat XX 10 Sunset Coexist 9 […]

On the Pleasure of NOT Meeting Adam Savage at Comic Con Last Year

Its Comic-Con time again here in Silicon Valley this weekend, & since it was my son’s most wonderfully favorite day evar! last year, we’ve already got our two day passes & are prepping for crowds & cosplay & celebrities. And lines. Always the lines. Last year, the boy had 2 goals — #1 being to […]