no different
If you live long enough you see people have children and then those kids become adults and you might consider the difference between their child personality and their adult one. […]
high school interview, writings on the wall
Last month a person from a high school in Minnesota wrote me asked to do an interview for class project. She found me in a random search. What’s your favourite […]
cult leader
Friend #1 told me years ago he was lost and on drugs. Scientology saved him and I should check it out. Friend #2 told me years ago she was […]
Lannie Petrushka
His name is Lanny Petrushka. Always at the open stage in the 1980s at Fat Alberts, tinkering on the piano before the regulars arrived. Seemed not a pianist because […]
blowin’ in the wind
There is a line of thought that says from within a system you can’t understand the system. Pretty sure things work like that. When I was dishwasher no matter how […]
not a brian eno joke
Imperialism was discussed in the last class, how it follows the progression of capitalism. Lenin apparently said it designates a later stage of capitalism, the stage after the establishment of […]
doo doo doo doo doo
In a grocery store tonight and suddenly Suite: Judy Blue Eyes came over the speakers. At 14 I found that song’s ending so powerful, shook me to my core. Listening […]
swimming in cash
Overheard conversation at party about the sister of someone studying anesthesiology. Someone responded mentioning their old friend from college is now an anesthesiologist and lives in a mansion. Someone else […]
who wrote this shit?
wake up, new day, same tape loops. a little fishy, no? the part of us that we walk around believing us, is maybe good at deciding which chocolate bar to […]
systems
Sat down on the subway, an old woman across from me leans in, hands me a flyer on Jesus. It’s ok I say discouraging the exchange, she says something about […]