A Plea for Mercy
Dear Snow,
I miss you and love you but why do you have to try and ruin my elaborate travel plans?
Please be kind.
Thank you,
Matt
The Score to Skating
Pretty frequently, an extremely random song will pop into my head, sometimes for no reason, sometimes with obvious reason, and sometimes it is the result of an extremely nonlinear mental Kevin Bacon mind connection I make when I hear or see something completely unrelated. Today, Fugazi’s Smallpox Champion crept into my head out of the complete blue. It’s been years since I have listened to Fugazi, which is a shame, so as we speak I am listening to a random assortment of Fugazi tracks and thinking about skating again. Fugazi was another one of those bands that was part of our rotating summer skate soundtrack. It got me thinking about some of the more frequent bands we had playing, the funniest/most awesome of which being DMX because for some reason Aaron bumping DMX as loud as he could in his black two-door Grand Prix as he rolled up to the spot is an image that will never, ever leave my head.
Let me know if I missed someone/something integral, comrades.
Col. Mustard in the Library
The home library/study. While I slowly amass a larger book collection (and yes comic books count, I don’t care what you say) and subsequently watch them stack up in various places like on my nightstand, on the floor, on top of my record player, overflowing my makeshift bookshelf, etc. I am hoping that this is a sooner over later situation, but I will need something better to accommodate my book situation.
Globetrotting
Although I wish I could be using it this year for some of the various excursions and adventures I will be taking, some day I aspire to be the proud owner of some Globetrotter Luggage. Hit the Midwest in style when I go back.
Honky Tonk Time
Always a sucker for all things classic and vintage. I could go for a pull-tab can of brew for the end of this day.
Phil and Ned the Head
Machotaildrop
Ellsworth, thank you for bringing this to my attention. Rick McCrank looks ridiculous as Blair Stanley.
From Sunday Goons to Monday Tunes
A sampling of what I have been rotating on my commute, in the kitchen and in my room as of late. Fueling the fire.
Toro Y Moi – Causers of This
Neil Young & Crazy Horse – Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere
A Tribe Called Quest – People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
KISS – Destroyer
Surfer Blood – Astro Coast
Beach House – Teen Dream
Brother Reade – The Illustrated Guide to: 9 to 5
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