Archive for December, 2003
Lord of the Tchotchke
Erin: I know what I’m getting you for Christmas. Megan: Is it the same thing you got me last Christmas? Erin: I dunno. What’d I get you? Megan: A box of nothing and a card of hate. Erin: Oh. Well, no. Not the same thing. Definitely not. Megan: Um. Okay. Is it a candlestick? Erin: [...]
Read More..>>Bah, Humbug
It’s not that I hate Christmas. I don’t. I’m no Scrooge. I love all the weird Christmas lights up in my neighborhood. I love that the house up from my apartment has probably tripled its electric bill due to the huge blow-up glowing snowman and the reindeers made entirely out of twinkle lights in the [...]
Read More..>>It’s Getting Worse
Well, not exactly worse, but certainly more dangerous. I’ve moved on to Roxy Music and David Bowie. And Velvet Underground. And more Smiths. And, god help me, the Electric Hellfire Club’s version of "Bela Lugosi’s Dead." Um. What have I done to myself? MAKE IT STOP. Because, I don’t really want to announce on the [...]
Read More..>>Love Will Tear Us Apart
I’m currently traveling through an extended renewal of my love for music I used to listen to about fifteen or twenty years ago. I blame The Darkness with their continued resemblance to all things Queen. Well, Queen with an undeniably straight lead singer. So far today, I’ve listened to The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, [...]
Read More..>>I Think I’m In Love
I don’t know how it happened or what planets aligned to make it possible, but I am, indeed, in love. With The Darkness. If you don’t know who The Darkness are, or what they’re all about, then I suggest you learn everything you can about them NOW. Don’t wait. Don’t hesitate. Just move your mouse [...]
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