March 2012
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February 2012
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I hate showering, and sometimes wish that I had a little less social awareness so that being stank enough to repel people wasn’t a motivator for me.
EDIT: No joke. Just realized that this was my 500th post. Yay?
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There's something awful and morbid about the fact...
… e.g. “Accidental deaths from falls”, “Victims of aviation accidents or incidents”.
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It's a simple equation...
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Today is a good day for boys playing strings.
But then, what day isn’t?
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Is it telling that when I am tired...
…I have to remind myself to speak like a human being?
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Watchnprmusic:
One of the best party bands around, Red Baarat plays rollicking funk music steeped in Northern India’s wedding celebrations, with a dash of D.C. go-go beats and hip-hop. The dance-friendly group performs a loud, high-energy set at the NPR Music offices.
Tiny Desk Concerts have been so good lately!
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You can spew your Evangelical bile and flaunt your...
…but criticizing the Russian language is going too far.
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'Break My Fall' tracklisting
Act I
“Us”
“Chicken Song”
“Poor Little Rich Boy”
“Lounge”
“Sailor Song”
“Hotel Song”
“Raindrops”
“8th Floor”
“Pound of Flesh”
“Love Affair”
“Balloon Girl”
Act II
“The Sword & The Pen”
“Time is All Around”
“Uh-Merica”
“Movies”
“Ain’t No Cover”
“Making Records”
“Man of a Thousand Faces”
“Oedipus”
“Après Moi”
“Your Honor”
Act II
“Down the Road and Up the Hill”
“December”
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Break My Fall
I wrote a jukebox musical featuring the music of Regina Spektor entitled Break My Fall. Plot summary below the jump.
Act 1
Open on the capital city of a faraway land. The city streets are busy with people going to and fro; their exotic costume and manner offset by the rituals familiar to all city-dwellers: buying, selling, running late and running out of time (“Us”). In the royal palace, an...
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Songs I'd Love to Hear Regina Spektor Cover
In honor of Regina Spektor’s birthday, I thought I’d make some demands. After all, isn’t that what fans are for?
Click on the title to hear the song. Come on, people. You know how this works.
1. “A Sweet Summer’s Night on Hammer Hill” by Jens Lekman
2. “Set Yourself on Fire” by Charlotte Gainsbourg
3. “Livin’...
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Here you come across moustaches so wonderful that neither pen nor brush can do justice to them, moustaches to which the best years of a lifetime have been devoted - objects of long hours of vigil by day and by night; moustaches upon which all the perfumes of Arabia have been lavished, the most exquisite scents and essences, and which have been anointed with the rarest precious pomades;...
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