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ks_command, No More: My Disembracement of The Greyface

Hate waking up early. Hate driving a car. Hate buying gasoline. Hate bad coffee. Hate having to shower every day. Hate morning internet routine. Hate earnings spreadsheets. Hate weekly reports. Hate 401k. Hate industry journals. Hate dry cleaning. Hate sports bets. Hate working out. Hate marathons. Hate bed time. Hate bourgeois sensibility. Hate credit cards. [...]

toothaches come home

Dr. You!

Daphne, it is but the first time I have met you, and though it’s only been two and a half minutes, I feel a love so intense that I must discover alternative means of expression!
I communicate through eye contact:
“Have me! Take me! Love me! Our age of acquaintance is immaterial! We are one billion and [...]

(FIB – DIY)

A. “Hey bro, what _________ are you associated with?” “Oh, I’m actually not associated with a _______.” “Ooookayy.”
B. “I really like the people from ___________, but their stuff is just okay.” “Yeah its like the opposite of those people at __________ who have awesome stuff, but they all know it and are, like, total assholes [...]

dear frownland,

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DEAR FROWNLAND,
First off, I know what you’re going to say… well maybe not say, but… maybe think–maybe you’re going to think, “what an asshole, he wrote a film review of some underground art film that no one gives a fuck about to prove his credibility to a small, insignificant audience, and pretend to feel good [...]

A Grand Ole Hoot

Bird In The Sun

I met Vikesh Kapoor a few months ago when covering an Allston Hootenanny (my first Allston Hoot) for the Boston Phoenix. Four memories in particular have stayed with me from that night:

The amazement that the attic never collapsed in on itself.
Recognizing Vince as a folky/cowboyish sort of Tyler Durden of the Hoo
“Oh, did you let [...]

BREAKING NEWS: CRANKY JOURNALIST HAS SAND IN VAGINA

I just don’t get it anymore. I thought this year was going to be different. I thought Obama said that things were going to change. I thought that the decriminalization of Marijuana in Massachusetts would help everyone mellow out a little bit. I thought that Prop 8 would have been overturned by now. I [...]