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Nov
16th
Mon
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“I Trusted You.”

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The stakes were small, though the mother saw to it that debts were paid promptly, and she kept a tin box full of change for the purpose. Conrad and the old man partnered each other, and as they almost always lost, a rueful bond established itself between them and they were able to make up for the sometimes awkward fact of their being barely able to understand a word each other said by an ongoing pantomime of commiserative gestures—sighs, grimaces, outstretched hands.
Nov
15th
Sun
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Sanford Schwartz on Bay-area painter David Park: “In paintings such as the 1950 Kids on Bikes, for example, Park brought to American art a note of informality—a feeling for the relaxed clothes people actually wore and for fleeting unannounced moods and moments—that was in its way as new and as expansive in spirit as what Jackson Pollock was doing at the same time.” (NYR Blog )

Sanford Schwartz on Bay-area painter David Park: “In paintings such as the 1950 Kids on Bikes, for example, Park brought to American art a note of informality—a feeling for the relaxed clothes people actually wore and for fleeting unannounced moods and moments—that was in its way as new and as expansive in spirit as what Jackson Pollock was doing at the same time.” (NYR Blog )

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i am starving
in the most casual sense, meaning
there is a billboard across our street
selling us alcohol.
Nov
13th
Fri
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Lil Boosie — “My Children”

Family Values rapping.

Nov
12th
Thu
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Orange Juice - “Rip It Up”

Nov
10th
Tue
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Real Estate — “Snow Days”

Enough jingle-jangle to fit in your backpack, so take it for a December picnic. Snowflakes mingling with sand to the point that you can’t tell the difference. I have been never one for winter beaches, but this one is like the polar opposite of a bummer.

Nov
9th
Mon
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Nov
3rd
Tue
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But now this whole thing reminds me of the time I was an extra in a movie, standing around Times Square for hours on a cold winter night waiting for the scene to be lit, and then the star showed up and they were ready and the assistant director said cue background noise through his bullhorn, which was the signal to begin our fake talking.
Nov
2nd
Mon
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Oct
19th
Mon
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Oct
14th
Wed
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I looked at the chipped and dull ornaments, knowing that when my parents finally killed each other, everything would be mine.
Sep
22nd
Tue
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Sep
11th
Fri
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Two legends, a clown, and a baseball park: My review of the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp tour is at PopMatters.
On a related note, dig this list of the 50 Best Dylan covers.

Two legends, a clown, and a baseball park: My review of the Bob Dylan/Willie Nelson/John Mellencamp tour is at PopMatters.

On a related note, dig this list of the 50 Best Dylan covers.

Sep
8th
Tue
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