Whoever finds love
beneath hurt and grief
disappears into emptiness
with a thousand new disguises.
Jalal al-Din Rumi
vagina dentata
A black man/snail spilling out of its shell.
Red Army drinking ballads
traveling Balkan bands
stationery Balkan bands
the guy who plays the accordion on my street in the morning
Floetry
Frank Sinatra
Edith Piaf
Kamilya Jubran
Oum Kalthoum
Afrika Bambaataa
Depression-era records
Klaus Nomi
Public Enemy
Erykah Badu
Sivan Perwer
X-Ray Spex
MC Lyte
Sezen Aksu, circa 1990
Reem Kelani
Fairuz
Goran Bregovic
Einstürzende Neubauten
polka
zydeco
a capella Kurdish anthems
dub reggae
Iraqi pop
no wave
Greydon Square, atheist rapper extraordinaire
Pol Pot's Birthday
Gumby
Currently reading A Death in Venice by Thomas Mann.