2023
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A Compliment
What was the best compliment you’ve received? My wife and I were out during the day – just the two of us, a little ways from home. Far enough to recognize the squirrels looking different. Shifty. Secretive. Near Ann Arbor, those squirrel bastards do a great job convincing us they’re up to no good. Spitting… Continue reading
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Show Review: Softcult w/ Soft Blue Shimmer – Mahall’s, Lakewood, Ohio
Last month, I wrote about “Love Song” by Softcult. The song took me by surprise and set off a wave of nostalgia that I was happy to continue enjoying at Softcult‘s show in Lakewood, Ohio. with Soft Blue Shimmer. The Cleveland area is couple hours from Toledo, depending on the club. There are a lot… Continue reading
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Album Review: H. Hawkline – Milk For Flowers
Artist: H. Hawkline Album: Milk For Flowers Label: Heavenly Recordings “A nun gathers roses in the pouring rain, their thorns piercing her thumbs. A bittersweet perfume hangs in the air of a milk-warm night as beloved hands and feet are sculpted in the marble of memory, and waxen votives melt at the altar of a… Continue reading
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Single Review: Softcult – “Love Song”
Having experienced first-hand the incredible beauty of music by the likes of Cocteau Twins and Slowdive, old dudes like me often have trouble accepting music like that is still being made. This was before words like “alternative” and “shoegaze” started being used by record companies and music television to sell music they couldn’t explain. Bands… Continue reading
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Poems Inspired By Films
Having Dined with Banshees Tenderness intends imperceptibility proportional to violence touched its absence glass importance past say the mystics from their deep palaces. Introverted bone-like elegance dresses every thinker in light silk sincerity souls and violins drooling inconsistencies we’ve come to understand as faith. The Second Lives of Child Actors Remember that guy what’s his name… Continue reading
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