Amazingly, the Bureau (the band of which I'm a part for those of you far afield) has gotten a string of writeups in the local music press in the last couple weeks.
First our Ep was one of those featured in Annie Zaleski's year end local music revue in the Riverfront Times (our local New Times affiliate). Then, then, the latest issue of Playback ( Read more... )

Don't know what to make of today. Work was good, a more gentle pace now that the rush has passed, and got some random unsolicited praise from the big boss. Nice ( Read more... )

Another day spent in solitude. Turned the TV on for the first time in a week to induldge in Boondocks and For a Few Dollars More. Cooked for the week, making big pots of food that I could easily make into meals for one later on. Home made frijoles and salsa. Yum ( Read more... )

Here's Google's quote of the day:
If you develop an ear for sounds that are musical it is like developing an ego. You begin to refuse sounds that are not musical and that way cut yourself off from a good deal of experience.
- John Cage

Tasty.

A touch of insomnia has struck me. Natural, I suppose. So I'm cleaning. I mean, cleaning. As the Cure rings out from my mighty stereo, unfettered now and loud enough to sound right, I'm banishing the dirt that we long since stopped noticing. I'm talking about the grime that gets its own mail. I now have an uncluttered kitchen in which you could ( Read more... )

Today I said nothing, and interacted with no one. I had not spent more than a couple hours at a stretch by myself in weeks. I listenned to music, cleaned/re-arranged the kitchen, did laundry, read, shot photographs, played with the dogs, and just sat quietly ( Read more... )

Are we sure? Are we doing the right thing? What if we're wrong? All these questions are clouded by this sense of openness and clarity that has come over us. Stripping away all the frustrations and resentments and really talking about things in ways that we havent in years. Frankly it's a frightenningly powerful turn-on, but one that we dare not ( Read more... )

My wife, Kathy, and I are splitting up.
The girl who talked about the socialist revolution in the cofee shop eight years ago now dreams of picket fences and life in the country. The boy who was lost and drifting after half his family died doesn't need looking after anymore. We helped each other face our demons (my grief, her abuse and depression), ( Read more... )

It was sweet and spicy and bitter all at once.
It was deliciously intoxicating, making me want more even though I know I should be satisfied with just the one taste. Its appeal was subtle and many faceted, even though in its center it held simplicity...
I had a Mexican Chocolate martini last night.

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