relentless elaboration

Month February 2004

cahoots

ok, I don’t know why, but these oddball memories have been coming to me. I remember the day I bought the band’s album cahoots up at hempstead mall. john brought me up there, he could drive. at that time, he… Continue Reading →

sometimes you hear country

sometimes you hear country singers doing traditional songs like “hard times” and they’re doing it beautifully, but they don’t seem to have the depth from which to draw the tragedy and sadness out of the song. the other day, I… Continue Reading →

changing the facts on the ground

I was reading the book Paris, 1919 last night about the discussions around the border between France and Germany. Foch and others in the French government argued for outright annexation of the Saarland, that part of Germany west of the… Continue Reading →

I'm betting Leon Russel is damned confused, just like I am.

one of the weirdest moments in my life was after I left my aunt sally’s funeral. she was ok, but kind of full of shit, like my father, they had something in common, and lots of stuff under the bridge,… Continue Reading →

all i ever wanted

all i ever wanted in my life was to be liked. maybe its hard to believe, knowing the person i became, but its true. go back as far as you want, and perhaps by a strange series of misfortunes, all… Continue Reading →

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