91. CICADA

91.

Cicada – did it

chirp till it

knew nothing else?

{Matsuo Basho, On Love and Barley: Haiku of Basho}

90. BE ...

90.

Be never quite sober, never quite drunk. 

{Patricia Highsmith, Deep Water}

LA SERA "REAL BOY/DRIVE ON" MUSIC VIDEO

check out the colourful, self-reflexive circus romance fantasy crossed with a b&w "grindhouse" take on Georges Franju's macabre masterpiece "Eyes Without A Face" (1960) for La Sera's latest single(s) Real Boy/Drive On, both are off Goodman's delicious new album "Sees The Light", out now on Hardly Art ! video by Travis Peterson.

89. THE ...

89.

the moment I jump 

out of bed there is

this horror in the world

and I cannot write it.

{Raymond Federman, Here & Elsewhere}

JULIA HOLTER "MONI MON AMIE" MUSIC VIDEO

take a look at the subdued et dreamy, office-bound, poetic realist music video for Julia Holter's latest wistful single Moni Mon Amie, from her stunning double album "Ekstasis" (2012). it is available from RVNG Intl. on cd et 2x lp! or you can acquire it digitally via itunes. video directed by LA-based artist Yelena Zhelezov.

88. BUT ...

88.

But what, a skeptical reader might ask, is the point?

{Marjorie Perloff, Flatland Afterword}

87. BORED ...

87.

Bored with obvious reality, I find my fascination
in transforming it into a subjective point of view.

{Ernst Haas, About Color Photography}

86. WHILE ...

86.

While a mourner, a griever, comes to a sense
of closure and moves on, the melancholic embraces
the condition of lingering. 

{Jacky Bowring, A Field Guide To Melancholy}

85. OPEN ...

85.

Open to any page and read some of the text 

onto a tape recorder.

{William S. Burroughs, Scrapbook Texts}

84. IF ...

84.

If painting is no longer needed, it seems a pity that

some of us are born into the world with such a passion

for line and color.

{Mary Cassatt}

ADVANCE BASE "SUMMER MUSIC"!

i'm delighted to be bringing you this next track, the deliriously wistful et nostalgia-laced, trilly et jangly, candid, lo-fi reverie Summer Music, from legendary Chicago-based lo-fi/bedroom pop crooner Owen Ashworth aka Advance Base {formerly Casiotone For The Painfully Alone!} off his eagerly anticipated debut album "A Shut-In's Prayer" (2012).

you have to take your hat off to Ashworth who possesses an incredible knack for producing wonderfully candid et self-deprecating observations on life et love. Summer Music has some of the best lyrics i've heard in a long time! enjoy!

"There's no comfort in sympathy

She's up state with her family

I'm still at the same address

Still believe I can love the best

The sound of music from the kitchen boom-box."

MP3: Summer Music

"A Shut-In's Prayer" will officially see the light of day on May 1st via Caldo Verde Records, it will be available on cd or mp3.

you can find Advance Base here: facebook | advancebasemusic

83. THE ...

83.

The empty daytime; silent

Night-time, lonelier, darker;

The moon for me extinguished,

The stars spent in the skies.

{Giacomo Leopardi, The Revival}

SIMONE WHITE "IN THE WATER WHERE THE CITY END" MUSIC VIDEO!!!

you definitely need to check out the stunningly poignant, Japanese woodblock print-styled animation for Simone White's devastatingly sublime et achingly lyrical single Into The Water Where The City Ends. it is from her forthcoming album "Silver Silver" (2012), which is set for release May 7th on Honest Jon's. the animation is by Japanese artist Hideyuki Katsumata. enjoy!

82. MEN ...

82.

Men of today seem to feel more acutely than ever
the paradox of their condition.

{Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity}