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Production!
06/08/2007 08:24 a.m.
i said i'd be back, and for once, i actually meant it!
may was my most productive posting month since June of 05.
yes, i know there were only 6 poems, but still. i actually feel like maybe, just maybe, i'm really rediscovering myself.

it's about time.
I am currently Refreshed
I am listening to The Dandy WarholsYou Come in Burned

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New Pumpkins
05/20/2007 08:48 a.m.
And to my surprise (and great relief, no less)- this new smashing pumpkins song is not nearly as terrible as i had expected. it's actually pretty catchy, and the chorus is amazing. it rocks as hard as any pumpkins song that i can think of, and not in a "Machina" way. i think maybe, just maybe, this new album isn't going to be so terrible. here's hoping.

Cos i'm super excited for it and am going to buy it the day it comes out anyway.
I am listening to Smashing Pumpkins. Tarantula

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Return
05/18/2007 03:47 a.m.
Ladies and gentlemen:

for the longest time, i've been far away from this community, rarely posting anything and leaving messages and comments even less; i have not felt very creative the last couple of years. in the last few months, my life has gone far enough out of whack that i've had the necessity to start writing again on a semi-regular basis.

I've started by reorganizing my library- created a separate folder, and then made more exclusive my main library (25 poems + New Additions), and you can expect to see an uptick in my production here. i'm finally feeling creative enough to get back on the horse. so, hello again.

my favorite word is "Cigarette". Everything about it, the way its consonants sound, the things it stands for, the syllabic pattern, it's just so versatile.
my favorite topic is rain; i can wind it into a metaphor for anything. it's so comforting;

and these are about the only two things that i've written about for as long as i can remember; i'll try branching out.

i've leaned heavily on ridiculous amounts of imagery in the past; basically as a shield from writing anything more emotional (or more aptly, to hide anything emotional within)- i'm starting to fear less what i feel, and i'm starting to incorporate that in my writing.

also, i've taken to fully immersing myself in hip-hop and picking up the rhythms and feel of the beat; you may notice that my more recent stuff is far more aware of meter than the older things. expect this trend to continue.

this is all i've got for now; happy reading, and i hope to reconnect with all of you here.
I am currently Creative
I am listening to DessaMineshaft

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do you rap? want to be a rapper?
12/06/2006 04:38 a.m.
odd question. is anyone here an aspiring rapper?
because quite frankly, i don't do much all day but sit and mess around with my music software, and i've created a multitude of random scraps that might sound good as hip hop beats, but i've got absolutely no rapping skill. and so, i am without another half, as one might say.

so, just curious, anyone wanna rap over my beats?

(i'm being completely serious, by the way, strange as it sounds.)
I am currently O.K.

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watching the wind fly by
11/02/2006 05:24 a.m.
it's been a completely dry couple of months for me, creatively. every time i start to write something i have to stop myself because i've become completely self conscious about the process. i used to be able to write without any regard to anything, and while it produced a lot (and i mean A LOT) of crap, occasionally i would churn out one that was good. the sheer volume of everything i wrote basically insured that SOMETHING would be worth reading, if i wrote enough- and i got by very well on that for pretty much the last 4 or so years. starting last year though, and now completely this year, i can't write anything because i doubt myself at the first word. in trying to find and define my voice, i've completely lost it. it's exhausting to write a poem of any quality these days. i can still churn them out, but i never exhibit them much here anymore, because they all sound like the same vague collection of rediculous imagery with no cohesion. only when i lack the energy to be hypercritical of myself (extremely late at night- 4am-ish) does something get out that doesn't seem to sound like that. i've become Ouroboros- just going around on myself.

the words elude me so, but the
wind speaks persistently
and insists that i listen;
i can not think when she speaks-
but nonetheless she whistles through the trees.

and how appropriate that on this hallows eve
the first snowflakes fall
as from my window
i watch her fly by in circles,
and for the first time realize
that the currents pushing the words
ever out of my reach
are composed of my own breath.

that's the best i've gotten in.. a long time. that's probably all you'll get from me for the rest of the year. enjoy.
I am currently O.K.

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The Black Keys: Magic Potion
09/08/2006 07:32 a.m.
What a dissapointing record.

i absolutely love the black keys, but their latest release, "magic potion", is surprisingly and unfortunately very boring. every song sounds the same as the one before it; the only distinguishable parts are bits of riffs that sound taken out of older, better songs. On rubber factory, this technique was used at least once, but it produced the best track on the album (the riff from "Girl is on my mind" is a near carbon copy of, oddly enough, the beastie boys' "No sleep til brooklyn")- here it just sounds, well, recycled. Example: "Just a little heat" apes Led Zeppelin's "Heartbreaker".
The whole record reeks with a lack of passion and inspiration. Their covers from the other records served as some sort of catalyst which sent them off into musical glory; fitting then, that this, their least inspired effort to date, contains no covers.

this is all a shame, because both of these men are virtuosic musicians. Carney is literally unmatched by any percussionist working today- his drumming is usually inventive and interesting; and it starts out as such here, too. However, through the album's 11 tracks, it starts to wear thin.
conversely, Auerbach's Vocals, usually heralded for their genuine tone and gritty realism, have become less emotive by overemotion. That is to say, it sounds like he's trying too hard to sound like, well, what he sounded like on the other records.

and, as i mentioned before, the guitars lack the creative spark they once had.
top that off with production that leaves something to be desired (everything is pretty much indistinguishable in the mix; it becomes one gigantic mass of sound without definition), and you've got what is easily their most disappointing record to date.

hopefully, they'll have a little more magic next time around.
I am currently Troubled
I am listening to black keys- strange desire

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um.
01/09/2006 06:55 a.m.
i just passed 50,000 reads.

that's huge.

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re: first impressions of earth,
12/30/2005 06:52 p.m.
dear strokes,
please stop vomiting in my ear.
signed, andrew.
I am currently Bothered
I am listening to strokes- killing lies

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crayons
11/30/2005 09:41 p.m.
i heart crayon drawings
I am currently Sexy
I am listening to my mom yelling at my dad

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i love the nightlife
11/25/2005 07:11 p.m.
i like to boogie
I am currently Dumb
I am listening to Tina Turner

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