November 13, 2004 – 11:47 am
I’ve got a mug of some of that rich, piñon coffee beside me. I’ve got some cool music hissing from the speakers and I’ve got the final stages of the Strange Angels rewrite on this dark platter on my desk. And I’ve been scarce for that reason. If it comes down to a choice between […]
November 10, 2004 – 1:17 pm
Heavy writing time. I had yesterday off, which is unusual for me. I’ve been working every Tuesday for months and months. I spent it by my lonesome, working hard on the script, drinking a tea made from maple syrup, lemon and cayenne pepper, and in the evening, watching my DVD of Hitchcock’s Rebecca for the […]
November 7, 2004 – 8:44 pm
I’ve relapsed a bit into illness. I don’t think I’m gonna go through what’s hitting Sara, where she picked up a cold, deflected it, and then had it swing back around and gather momentum and flatten her like a locomotive. But I did have to cancel a date with a very attractive woman tonight because […]
November 6, 2004 – 1:58 pm
I owe email to so many people I find myself paralyzed. I need to tell Elana I can’t make her birthday tomorrow, and remind her that her birthday four years ago fell on election day. I want to talk about the ghosts of her youth with Molly. I want to congratulate Jamy on her new […]
November 5, 2004 – 11:03 am
Sometimes, I think we all feel like this.
November 3, 2004 – 1:34 pm
One more thing: this I just picked up from boingboing, and since I’m in a Bill Hicks mood lately, I’m posting it here: Bill Hicks once told a story about an American friend of his who complained about the USA. When told, “well, if you don’t like it then move somewhere else” the friend’s reply […]
November 3, 2004 – 1:03 pm
Blogger seems to be back up. And Democrats are doing a lot of Chicken Little. That’s understandable. The Republicans would be doing the same thing had Kerry won. But wouldn’t it have been great if Kerry had had a little more backbone? I mean just look at what we could’ve accomplished (taken from Kerry’s planner): […]
November 2, 2004 – 11:50 am
Blogger Bryan Frank is in Washington, DC this week, burning the midnight oil. He’s battling sleep deprivation to help cover the political prize fight for Channel 9. I know you all check in on his cool behind-the-scenes musing as often as you can, but if you haven’t made it there in the past few days, […]
November 2, 2004 – 11:01 am
“There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.” —Edward Abbey The nightmares actually do come to the house of dreams last night. Not the wake-up-screaming variety that Sara says she had the night before, but more the mundane breed. I dream of emotional situations I just do […]
November 2, 2004 – 1:26 am
If I have nightmares tonight, it’ll be thanks to tomorrow’s impending activities. I wish I didn’t have to sling movies all day. It’s gonna be one of those days that I’d rather spend near the radio with a friend and a six-pack of beer. More than anything, I’m afraid of a long, absurd, legally overwrought […]
November 1, 2004 – 10:51 am
Halloween (and autumn in general) marks a season steeped in music. I still think of Halloween ’93 every time I hear Mazzy Star, so it’s only fitting that my current Halloween obsession reminds me of them. The new self titled album from The Concretes came out back in June, but I finally picked it up […]
November 1, 2004 – 9:33 am
Sipping on echinacea tea. I don’t love it, but there’s a psychosomatic thing going on here. I’m a little bit sick. It makes me feel better. Another Halloween comes and goes. For once I skip the horned demon thing and have a different sort of fun with makeup. Recalling Helen Shaver in The Believers, I […]
October 28, 2004 – 9:22 am
Allmusic gives the new Nick Cave a fine review. The packaging is very nice. I might have to actually buy this one.
October 28, 2004 – 1:50 am
Blogger’s back, as most of you probably realize. Seems they had some network trouble. A ghost in the machine, perhaps. I’ve posted the PJ Harvey entry, as it was written–the same cotton-eared, sticky, post-midnight prose that sprang from my fingers to the sound of last night’s drumming rain. Tomorrow I head up to Santa Barbara […]
October 25, 2004 – 1:41 am
Still bringing my computer back up to speed. That and the writing devour time like ravenous demons. When I come back, I’ll tell you about how I helped a woman get her car out of harm’s way. Almost. In the meantime, check out this chilled out vibe by Eastern Sun and John Kelley, from the […]
