Category Archives: music
Sexy Nerd
My former student, Victor Vazquez, is one of my pride and joys, despite his not having yet published his novel.* He’s since gone on to do much more important things–things that will in all likelihood guarantee the publication of his … Continue reading
Filed under dance break, letters to you, music, writers, writing
Funny, Not Funny, Fun
Carbs In Carbs: Pasta in a bread bowl. That is all. Astrologer Eric Francis explains why the news media freak-out regarding Swine Flu feels so weird. Mark Taylor makes a big hippie wish in the NYTimes for the end of … Continue reading
Filed under apocalypse, dance break, fiction, media, music, writers, writing
Boy Crisis Having Vote Crisis, Please Help
A former student of mine, Victor Vazquez, soon to be appearing in a video from MGMT, is in a band of his own, called Boy Crisis. When he first told me, I was, I’ll admit, so skeptical, though inside I … Continue reading
Filed under dance break, fiction, music, writers
Hello Canada, I Miss You
I’m not really sure how to blog anymore. It seems like perhaps I’ve never really known. Blogging confounds many literary writers I know, rightly, I think, because it is something that is written casually, and then it lasts forever. It’s … Continue reading
bROKe in Korea
The star of this week’s Google Image-search Custom Header is an anonymous Korean punk rocker found through bROKe In Korea, a message board for Korean punk rockers. I’m researching Korean speed metal bands for my third novel. If anyone can … Continue reading
Filed under Korea, Korean life, Korean Punk, music, novels
“I’m so tired of America”
“I’m definitely a fan of juxtaposition,” he explains. “Using the most beautiful line to say the most horrific thing — I think one of the main things in songwriting is definitely friction between the words and the melody. It’s got … Continue reading
Filed under apocalypse, music, political art, writing
