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Mr. Leonard Cohen
this doc from canada explores his days as a horny poet (pre-dates horny songsmith career)
but also leads me to ask, was leonard cohen the proto-fuckboy?
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an old roommate found this seemingly relatively obscure grimy gay Canadian poetry book on the sidewalk in Montreal maybe 15 years ago. i wouldn’t go so far as to say it’s particularly good but it has a certain charm to it and I’m glad I have it. I like to think that he lives with a partner and some cats in Victoria, BC now or something but like probably not..
“nyc
laundry day put a canadian dime
in th slot get three bags of soap
and fuck th machine for good”
“vancouver
september
yur right
now i know
what its all
about
i feel yu
up my ass
like a hard shit
at first
really
not much room
in there
and all so hard
and yur mouth all over
my tongue fights back
down yur throat
up yur ass
[several more pages]”
Jan 27, 2024
A few years back I was doing this little piece on long term commitment & love for The Drunken Canal and I emailed Jonathan Richman for a quote. He told his publicist to tell me (he doesn't use computers) to just pick one of his songs, they're all about love.
I then asked Phil Elverum of The Microphones, who responded-
Not sure if this would be helpful at all, but the only thing that pops to mind is a Jonathan Richman song: https://youtu.be/LVB49knyJvI
It captures some of the funny subtleties of commitment/fluidity, the contradictions of trying to hold an inherently impermanent thing.
It's not exactly a quote from me, but it's the best I have.
Kismet if you ask me
Mar 8, 2024
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These have been my big three for awhile — already said good-bye to the first two, have been bracing for Dylan for awhile now.
How do we keep him alive?
Maybe: introduce his music to others, play it loud and sign along, live out his greatest ideals of justice and goodness, learn the historical context for his music, make our own art, live fearlessly, love others with everything we can, feed the hungry, care for the poor, fight for the oppressed, visit the lonely, hold hands with the dying, shed tears with those who are grieving, love our enemies
or something like that
Jan 26, 2025
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apparel-ish?
I started an apparel brand called Blood is the new Black when I was 23 (in 2004, i’m 42 now) the brand acted as an arts collective, i’d select several artists every season to add to the brand and would curate their submitted works into collections. distro ranged from beams (jp) colette (fr) selfridges (uk) all the way to pac sun, urban outfitters, zumiez in the states. during the 9 years I had the brand I also published zines, produced artist directed films, curated gallery shows etc. it was part of the indie sleaze era and you’d see folks like tegan and sara, michael pitt, britney spears, allison mosshart wearing the brand.
somehow I pivoted to country music along the way and started a brand called midnight rider in 2013. i made licensed repop and vintage feeling tees for musicians and folks like willie nelson, townes van zandt, nudies rodeo tailors, john wayne, the judds, waylon jennings, zz top and so many others. I sold that brand last year!
now I do licensing and merchandise for waylon jennings (so if you see waylon merch or collabs i’m the one behind it). I also spend my free time taking photos and i’m currently working on a book about grand national owners.
id love to mentor folks who have or are starting their own businesses because i’ve learned a lot in the process both good and bad.
Feb 9, 2024
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want to learn a new thing for $150? community college
need access to a ceramics studio or darkroom? community college
want to sound mysterious/intellectual and say things like “i’m back in school” as a grown adult? community college
don’t want 200k worth of liberal arts college debt? community college
want to be in a rag tag group of misfits of all ages and form an unlikely friendship and still have a group chat going after the semester ends? community college
looking for a socioeconomically diverse group of cohorts? community college
i’m about to start my third semester of photography classes and im so obsessed, its been the most wonderful experience
Jan 29, 2024
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Cocteau Twins in 1993 or 1994 (with Luna opening) - I was in the 8th grade and my sister who was 14 years older than me took me. We saw Mazzy Star/JaMC and Depeche Mode the next year.
Feb 16, 2024