Sleeping between shoulderblades. Lunatic jaunts. Writing. Accidentally reading. Deserted streets. Crowded streets. Eye contact. Music. Mythology. Fingerprints. Bass, drums, and other things that are low and go boom. Hypertext. Accidental pictures. Found notebooks/slips of paper/other scraps. Green growing things. Standing very still.
my reflection.
Aesop Rock, Tori Amos, Aphex Twin, Fiona Apple, A Perfect Circle, The Arcade Fire, Gnarls Barkley, Beck, Beethoven, Bjork, Boards of Canada, Charming Hostess, Leonard Cohen, Cursive, David Bowie, Dead Can Dance, The Dismemberment Plan, The Dresden Dolls, edIT, Emiliana Torrini, The Fall of Troy, Flunk, Geezer Lake, Godspeed! You Black Emporor, The Golden Palominos, Handsome Boy Modeling School, Billy Holiday, Joanna Newsom, Dj Krush, Lotion, Lucero, Mr. Marley, The Mars Volta, Massive Attack, Matisyahu, Matson Jones, The Mighty Stef, Mr. Bungle, Mozart, Mum, Murder by Death, My Bloody Valentine, No Means No, Olive, Outkast, P.O.S., Portishead, Prefuse 73, Radiohead, Red Snapper, Rise Against, Henry Rollins, Roots Manuva, Sage Francis, Sigur Ros, Paul Simon, Sneaker Pimps, Sol.Illaquists, Sole, Soul Coughing, SQUAREPUSHER, Supreme Beings of Leisure, Tom Waits, Tool, UNKLE, Until We Wake, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo
Pan's Labyrinth. The Pillow Book. Jacob's Ladder. Mirrormask. Neverwhere. Appleseed. Last Exile. Underworld. Gross Pointe Blank. Labyrinth. Dark Crystal. Ghost Dog. 28 Days Later. I don't like gore, zombies, situational comedy, stupidity, or war. Kafka. Pi. Pirates. Dead Man. This weird silent film where a group of traveling actors play chess with Death on the beach. If you can tell me what movie it is, I'll give you a prize.
No.
pretend you don't understand
reckless letters I wrote
can't read my crooked hand
decode these cryptic notes
--Harryette Mullen, Muse & Drudge
Hardcore zen (Read it now.) The God of Small Things. BOOK OF LIGHTS. Epiplectic Bicycle. Discovery of Heaven. The Descent. Warrior of the Light. Desolation Angels. Oryx and Crake. Kushiel's Dart. Perdido Street Station. Anything Eco. Anything Rumi. Palace Walk. The Difference Engine. Celestial Matters. SINGULARITY SKY. The Lucifer Principle. Godel, Escher, Bach. This Present Darkness. Neon Vernacular. IN THE SURGICAL THEATER. Wedding Day. Narcissus & Goldmund. Anything Octavio Paz. John Updike. Love is a Dog from Hell. The Crimson Petal and the White. House of Leaves. Only Revolutions. Siddartha. CANDIDE. The Castle of Otranto. EDWARD ABBEY.
When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right.