To say I’m disappointed in Obama so far is an understatement. I list my complaints, in no particular order, as follows: inability to adequately fill cabinet; silence on the black and white morality of the Blagojevich scandals; and, of course, a completely uninspiring non-response to the economic crisis. Force the banks to acknowledge their holdings [...]
Antiversaries
As much as I want to think about myself today and all the irony that entails, I can’t.
Except for how hungry I am, because life goes on, but we’re running out of food and our volunteer budget is not keeping my stomach full.
A moment of reflection on the half-mast flag brought to mind a poem [...]
That Little Something
Reading Charles Simic always forces me to confront my beliefs about poetry, what it is, and what it should be. Familiar mostly with his later work, I have to hack through compliments of thick and repetitive smog to get at the fresh voice—sometimes I’m left wondering if Simic is really as “influential–or as inimitable” as [...]
“Not Another Day”
I guess people like to say that Slug, MC of Atmosphere, is now in a ’story-telling’ phase. I’m not really sure when he wasn’t in a story-telling phase, but it is certainly true that the latest releases, When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold and Sad Clown Bad Spring are heavy on [...]
