I’ve spent the past few days exploring the cybertunnels of the subreddit r/limerence. There, folks spanning at least three generations attempt to publicly process their obsessive, unrequited feelings for other individuals. Feelings for happily married high school exes that symptomize a late-onset existentialism. Feelings for senior workplace colleagues with whom a relationship would be career... Continue Reading →
Let me start by saying I remember All The Criticisms. With my last and final ex, there was a seemingly-out-of-nowhere pronouncement of dislike for my low-slung turquoise corduroys; a snickering comparison of my stompy, jerky goth club dancing to The Elaine Benes; and, eventually - when the relationship was on its last legs - a... Continue Reading →
(A sequel to my last entry) And so it was that, after lately ruminating on the void left by one acquaintance lost, I accidentally rediscovered a different acquaintance. I’ll preface with this: my domestic partner (DP) is an amazing person - the kind who is incapable of feeling jealousy because he understands complexity, who is... Continue Reading →
The other night, at a rock show, in a face mask, straight-hair wig (I'm known as a curly-haired being), and t-shirt from an NYC souvenir shop that said “Do I look like a f*cking people person?” I stood for over half an hour next to an ex I was with for nearly five years, and... Continue Reading →
The first time I ever heard the music of Chan Marshall (better known as Cat Power), an old friend had sat me down in front of V for Vendetta (the 2005 film) to study my reaction to its moral ambiguity. We were in our early-mid twenties, just reunited after several years, and he’d deliberately eschewed... Continue Reading →
[Note: I have a ton of other art-things I sorely need to do, and in fact WANT to do, but which are difficult to say the least - so of course this is the moment I choose to finish and release this obsolete blog post that has been sitting in draft since last summer. Looking... Continue Reading →
https://youtu.be/U_4xHi6_KoQ I really like you, I'm attracted to youThe way you move, the things you doI'll probably burn in hell for saying thisBut I'm really in heaven whenever we kissBut oh no, you won't change meYou can try for an eternityI wouldn't sacrifice anything at allTo loveTake a look at unsuspecting casesYou'll find love has... Continue Reading →
The fact that she was an actual singer/songwriter was overshadowed by all the other nonsense, and some of the production sounds dated now, but she was a pretty bitchin’ lyricist and I always thought she had something. RIP. https://youtu.be/I6Et5oxanuU
This’ll probably be my last backing track experiment before I seriously get down to trying to figure out a live rig. Delving deeper into this artist and her synth pop-opera theatrics has been great fun. https://youtu.be/dnMGNhHaw_c
With the new year, and at the urging of a couple trusted advisors, I have been starting to consider how to actually perform songs live with more layered arrangements. So far I’ve made a couple videos playing over backing tracks; here’s one of them! Liked this song since I was a kid but was late... Continue Reading →
The Sold Kingdom 