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Monthly Archives: October 2009

Observe: Proud Valletta’s Newly Inked Bass Drum

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

If you needed another reason to come to our show tomorrow at 10pm at the Cave in Chapel Hill, Tofer has provided one: Tofer drew my quill tattoo as well. Everything he does is magic. And if you haven’t already, listen to our music.

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Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-10-25

Sunday, October 25, 2009

thoughts over lunch: http://bit.ly/2zCt5f # the emperor’s castle – a three dimensional experiment with narrative: http://bit.ly/4Be4Fq # Case study in how to do it wrong. What a prat, this guy. RT @MaryRobinette: One more fundable.com update. Stay classy… http://is.gd/4rcBj # band practice. # band practice verdict: we are going to kill this show on the [...]

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In Which I Enjoy de Saint-Exupery

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Watch how de Saint-Exupery builds his ideas brick-by-brick, each sentence resting atop the previous, until the last sentence of each paragraph sets the keystone, and the paragraphs together create an arch: In a world in which life so perfectly responds to life, where flowers mingle with flowers in the wind’s eye, where the swan is [...]

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Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-10-18

Sunday, October 18, 2009

@bcb212 sf conference. my friend and clarion instructor elizabeth hand was the guest of honor. (and rightly so: her books are brilliant.) in reply to bcb212 # @nicoletaylor28 http://bit.ly/3soPmh the most majestic rendition available. in reply to nicoletaylor28 # @mikejoosse procured. it’s on the stack for imminent listening. in reply to mikejoosse # run run [...]

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You Are All The Hours And None

Saturday, October 17, 2009

tiger the color of light, brown deer on the outskirts of night, girl glimpsed leaning over green balconies of rain, adolescent incalculable face, I’ve forgotten your name, Melusina, Laura, Isabel, Persephone, Mary, your face is all the faces and none, you are all the hours and none… — Octavio Paz, Piedra de Sol (I found [...]

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Litany Against Beards

Monday, October 12, 2009

I must shave my beard. The beard is [not] a lady-killer. The beard is the facial pelt that brings social isolation. I will deface my beard. I will permit it to pass over the sink and through the drain. And when it has gone past I will turn my chin to see if I missed [...]

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Weekly Tweet Digest – 2009-10-11

Sunday, October 11, 2009

morning run = dodging damp cars. # @themattlondon declare your grievances to the bugs. that usually works pretty well in world politics. effects change & so forth. in reply to themattlondon # #newmusic Bugotak, The Wheels Must Rotate. Traditional Siberian folk seasoned with distorted electric guitar & misc rock. Best: We Siberians # #newmusic The [...]

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In Which We Contemplate Perspective

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Fear no more the heat o’ the sun, Nor the furious winter’s rages; Thou thy worldly task hast done, Home art gone, and ta’en thy wages: Golden lads and girls all must, As chimney-sweepers, come to dust. – William Shakespeare, cymbaline

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In Which We Consider Individual Movement In Terms of National Identity

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Think of anything, of cowboys, of movies, of detective stories, of anybody who goes anywhere or stays home and is an American and you will realize that it is something strictly American to conceive a space that is filled with moving, a space of time that is filled always filled with moving … – Gertrude [...]

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In Which The Fox Succinctly Describes Love

Monday, October 5, 2009

“I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will [...]

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