Mouth on Fire: Duncan Sheik (and friends) At Town Hall
Posted on November 17, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Music | Leave a Comment
I’m on a high, and there’s nothing more to it – listening to Duncan Sheik at Town Hall this past Thursday was definitely one of my year’s highlights.
And I’m not exaggerating. If you’re one of my Last.fm buddies, you probably understand just how obsessed I am with his music – apparently I listen to him [...]
Quick Pick: Warrior of the Light
Posted on November 15, 2008 - Filed Under Books, Everything and Nothing, Writing | Leave a Comment
Two years ago, I finally got to reading a book everyone told me I ought to read – The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, the bestselling Brazillian author. It was a short, but deeply moving tale with hard-hitting truths that belied its simplicity.
It was just as well that I read it then; as a soon-to-be college [...]
FW:FW:FW: Things Girls Don’t Realize About Guys – THE TRUTH
Posted on November 13, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Writing | Leave a Comment
My friends, we live in a time of utmost uncertainty. The internets are rife with information that is incomplete, half-true, or just plain wrong.
Take for instance, an e-mail I got this morning while I was wasting time on Twitter looking for another job. The subject: Things girls don’t realize…Take NOTE. Looking at the headers, I [...]
A Nugget of Wisdom: Not all Who Wander are Lost
Posted on November 10, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
Not too long ago, while in nostalgia’s grip, I went through some of my old college papers. You could say that it was a formative time for me – I was a young man let loose in a strange new school, with little but his wits and a dream to see him through four years [...]
Read More..>>Tales of the Young and Unemployed, Part 2
Posted on November 7, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | 1 Comment
Two weeks after unceremoniously losing my job, I can only say this: Being unemployed’s not as bad as I thought. You really ought to try it sometime.
Do I miss having a career path? You betcha. A promise of disposable income? Of course. I have bills to pay just like anyone else, and there are days [...]
Where’s My Bailout?
Posted on November 3, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | 1 Comment
I meant to write a post like this earlier, but I was waiting for the world to end. Seeing that it’s still here, I figured I’d go ahead anyway; more than enough interesting things have happened to make this an entertaining blog post!
Ever since the start of the economic crisis Well, “start” wouldn’t be quite [...]
Equus: A Horse and his Boy, and one Psychonaut’s Dilemma
Posted on October 31, 2008 - Filed Under Arts, Everything and Nothing | Leave a Comment
As I left the Broadhurst Theater, I nearly collided with a huge crowd just outside the doors – dedicated Harry Potter fans who braved the chilly evening for a chance to see Daniel Radcliffe, who has become all but synonymous with the boy wizard. I smiled – if they had seen his electric performance a [...]
Read More..>>Tales of the Young and Unemployed
Posted on October 29, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Work | 2 Comments
As I got off the PATH this morning, storm clouds ruled the skies over Jersey; the chill wind almost an omen of the day to come.
By the time I came in, I was soaked; I barely had time to pull off my sopping jacket before my manager’s manager came to my desk, his countenance haggard, [...]
What’s the Artist Got To Do With it, Anyway?
Posted on October 26, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing, Music, Writing | 1 Comment
Not too long ago, I wrote a love letter to Roving Hearts, identifying Waltz for Koop as a gem within the world of nu-jazz (or whatever you want to call it) -seamlessly sampling decades of jazz to produce new classics that, note for note stand alongside their predecessors.
I still consider myself a Koop-a Troopa (sorry, [...]
Quick Pick: Waltz for Koop
Posted on October 24, 2008 - Filed Under Everything and Nothing | 1 Comment
The first time I heard the Swedish duo Koop (Magnus Zingmark and Oscar Simonsson) on Last.fm, I thought something had gone colossally wrong with the site. In a desperate attempt to wean myself off Massive Attack’s dangerously addictive album Mezzanine, I had been tuned into their similar artists station, hoping to find other electronica and [...]
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