1992 :: The year in music :: Throwback Thursday

The Best Songs of 1992 by willtopsmusictv 1992 :: The Year In Music Throwback Thursday There are many years I could christen "the year when everything changed", and in significant ways that would be true, that said, 1992 was the year where everything changed -- in big ways -- for me. In 1992 I became a parent, …

Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy moves :: VOTD

E-Bow the Letter :: R.E.M. and Patti Smith Directed by Jem Cohen E-Bow the Letter is the first single from R.E.M.'s tenth studio album New Adventures in Hi-Fi. It was released in August 1996 just weeks before the album's release. During the same month, R.E.M. signed its then record-breaking five-album contract with Warner Bros. Records. …

That’s what keeps me :: songs and poetry

Keep Art Alive :: "Farewell" :: Art by Christian Schlo  Pistachio (by me) Monterey Avenue, five and dime, she would hide lipstick cases, pretty pink pearl, in the deep pockets, of hand-me-down jackets, three older brothers, calling names, always growing. There's a girl in here, you know, under the long sleeves, and grass stain knees. …

Some of them, they surprise :: video of the day

E-Bow the Letter :: R.E.M. and Patti Smith "I wore it like a badge of teenage film stars, hash bars, cherry mash and tinfoil tiaras; dreaming of Maria Callas, whoever she is. This fame thing, I don't get it. I wrap my hand in plastic to try to look through it, Maybelline eyes and girl-as-boy …

You don’t really love that guy you make it with, now do you? :: song of the day

From the start I possessed dual superpowers: invisibility and storytelling. You think a child cannot be born into this world with such nonsense as powers? Perhaps. Maybe this is the way I viewed things through my own complex kaleidoscope lens; or perhaps my very own version of survival. But, these were the things that screamed …