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emily

further complicated by the harmonies of emily robinson

About Me

Writer, biter, fighter. Please leave me alone if you hate cats or the Beatles, your schtick is tired, get one life, etc. I am tired of self-centered people and people who make fun of everything. I play in a band, I love my friends, I lol all day, and them's the basics.

My Interests

guitars, zelda, coffee, whiskey, increasingly weird-looking men, amis and amis

I'd like to meet:



and

Music:

right now it's the clash, disco inferno, reggae/soca/calypso,
"shoegaze", and "microhouse"

black metal forever

joy division/new order is my favorite band, forever

Movies:

interstella 5555

Television:

bbc world news. i celebrate alan partridge's entire catalog.

Books:

savage, greil, jerome k jerome, amis (both of 'em), rossetti (both of 'em), on and on

Heroes:

people who go pop

My Blog

TenderTourBlog UNIT THE DEUCE! Get outta the van!!

(When you left us, we were sleeping upright in chairs in New Orleans...)Day 85/21/07to Lafayette, LA"There's not a Starbucks anywhere near here." - Man standing in front of a StarbucksJake and I, bei...
Posted by emily on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 06:47:00 PST

TenderTourBlog UNIT ONE! Taste the Fried Oyster!

HERE WE GO, INTO THE GREAT WIDE OPEN, A REBEL WITHOUT A CLUE, ETC. Day 1 5/14/07 to Memphis, TN We depart at 1:45 and Ben steers us westward.  We pass a place with a giant, neon orange sign rea...
Posted by emily on Mon, 16 Jul 2007 09:19:00 PST

great (?) moments in wageslave history vol. I

girl: (extremely snottily) "You shortchanged me.  I gave you a ten." me: "Actually, you gave me three ones." girl: "Ummm...NO.  I gave you a ten, so I need change."   *performs wor...
Posted by emily on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 01:57:00 PST

They call her Kingtron. She's a third like your mom (the hot third).

Dennis B. pointed out to me that I hadn't blogged in ages.  I thought "Sure, I'm comfortable with that, who cares?  It's nice to go under the radar, etc."  Then he pointed out that my l...
Posted by emily on Thu, 08 Mar 2007 02:26:00 PST

We all wanna be on Murkin Isle.

I am so sorry to all my regular viewers.  I was recently physically ejected from a posh hotel while attempting an American Idol recap blog.  In pajamas.  With Taco Bell... This is ...
Posted by emily on Thu, 25 Jan 2007 06:31:00 PST

an almost complete record

I thought it was a blur, but it wasn't.  2005 is a very particular idea.  Party, glitter, all kinds of bittersweet celebratory shit.   Heartbreak, grief, Chris and Lucas shotg...
Posted by emily on Wed, 29 Nov 2006 01:18:00 PST

New Order RIP (or: confirming 2006 as the shittiest year ever)

from Pagina/12 New Order might have said goodbye in Buenos Aires ..The last live show ever.. Bassist Peter Hook confirmed what -until saturday- his partner Stephen Morris told Página/12 before the P...
Posted by emily on Thu, 23 Nov 2006 04:03:00 PST

songs from your elementary school music book

Gillian Welch and David Rawlings are coming to Blue Cat's December 10th!
Posted by emily on Thu, 16 Nov 2006 08:05:00 PST

civil war re-enchantments

late jams: o9 - gentle slopes naivepop or petitfool - bicycle race remix by plus-tech squeezebox hystereo - gly benny benassi pres. the biz - no matter (caged baby mix) gonzales - futuristic ain't shi...
Posted by emily on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 06:11:00 PST

When life gives you Lemons, make Easterday.

(title is a tribute to Sonya, obviously.) Real quickly: Last night, Heather, Sonya and I met at my crib to go see Academy Award winner Zana Briski talk about her movie Born Into Brothels, my favorite ...
Posted by emily on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:15:00 PST