brothers - i wonder what they said to each other, when they made their first return to Ash Street in Mong Kok in over 20 years. i wonder if they cried, or if they waxed nostalgic and laughed at old stories. two grown men in their fifties, staring at "9 stories"; i wonder if they were besiged by memory - what tastes, what textures, what sights, what ( Read more... )

made a visit to HMV...and get this, bitches...i got syd barret on cd! he's pretty difficult to find, but it gets even better...i didn't only get his first album, i got his SECOND album too! and to top it off, it all came in a single double-disc package that's been digitally remastered at...ok, here's the ace kicker to any king...$100hkd...that's ( Read more... )

outkast...is back bitches.

youtube these:

"idlewild blues" from andre; and "morris brown" from big boi.

the actual videos themselves are pretty slick too...

cannot wait 'til the 22nd of this month...cot damn.

jesus the ubermensch? - doubt this will be too much of a spoiler, but if you're paranoid about movies being ruined, then read no more. anyone notice the intense jesus allusions in superman returns? it's actually almost impossible not to notice..."does the world need a saviour?" the film muses early on...then to superman hearing "everything" - and ( Read more... )

in addition to the last post, i'd just like to post some of the more mundane, uninspired music i've heard in...life ( Read more... )

two huge events i missed while in china ( Read more... )

second and last set of china pics are up..

http://gilspix.shutterfly.com/action/

no captions means no context means too bad...too lazy.

i am yupping it up big time HK style ( Read more... )

mother - she lies on the bottom bunk of the train compartment with her son; he who lies quietly, slumbering. she runs her fingers through his hair, analyzing its crispness, while picking out foreign particles entangled in it. he lies on his left side, with his left arm swung out forming a 90 degree angle at his armpit. his elbow bends with his left ( Read more... )

hepatitis a - "gil, you're going to china without your hep a shot? ummm...that's not a good idea man. you should have gotten your shot like 6 months ago, but i guess if you got one this late it wouldn't hurt...you should still get it." that is pretty much a generalization of the various reactions i got to visiting china without getting my hepatitis ( Read more... )