(In a car driven by his (drunk) father, with police cars approaching:)
“On these occasions, my father always kept packets of peanuts scattered about the front seat. He once told me conspiratorially that peanuts mask booze breath better than peppermint gum. That there is knowledge, if you ask me.”
–Hollis Gillespie “Meteor City, Population 2” Paste 28.
Agreed. If you believe “everything happens for a reason” I think you’re reaching for straws. And if your version is “it’s God’s will” well, then I just have to laugh. There’s this little philosophical concept called “free will” you may want to acquaint yourself with.
Some give me shit for my name,
But I don’t give a shit about you, shit for brains…
-“The Blue Blooded” Hilltop Hoods.
And later: Whatever happened to a good old fashioned broken nose?
I was living in the past, but somehow you brought me back,
And I haven’t felt like this since before Frankie said “Relax”…
This is, bien sur, from “Don’t Write Me Off” on the “Music & Lyrics” soundtrack. A movie I quite liked; a soundtrack I quite LOVE.
And some have said that true love is something we are sure of.
But my only hope lies in your being confused.
-“Vote” from the Submarines “Declare a New State”
Jen recommended this album to me ages ago; I bought it, liked it, but (for who knows what reason) didn’t wind up listening to it that much at the time. I am really digging it these days.
As useless as tits on a boar.
-from a Mel Bochner “piece of art”
Destruction is easier than harmony, but not more powerful.
-source unknown? This is what happens when I watch TV sometimes…
Beautiful. Really heartbreakingly mindblowingly beautiful. Quiet, and loud, and whispers, and shouts, and loves, and hates, and fears, and dreams. Beautiful.
Lyric of the Day: Waking up without you is like drinking from an empty cup…
There’s nothing left to eat in this house / but your heart.
–from “Rich Wife” by The Long Winters
All weekend Kysa had “Cruel to Be Kind” running through her head. Each morning when she’d wake up, she’d say “You know what I hear?” and start humming it again. I kept asking “Oh is that ‘Kind to Be Cruel’ again?”
Today I have Gomez “See the World” ringing out over and over again. The lyrics keep leaping to mind. STOP IT ALREADY.