ride's "going blank again" on 180 gram double vinyl came in the mail today, just in time for christmas. came in the mail. in the MAIL. and appeared so effortlessly on my coffee table. if only everything this great was always that easy.
spring cleaning. a walk in my favorite shirt. brief glimpses of clarity in the light reflecting off passing cars in the crosswalk. a breeze like sweet relief from the warmth of the sun. until a memory wraps itself around like a blanket and I seek the shade of a building we’ve walked under a dozen times. and then it passes and it’s gone, yet never as quickly as it comes.
From Mike Ballard's Skatebook. Ballard is currently being sued by 20th Century Fox over intellectual property use.
Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife baby Edgy and dull and cut a six-inch valley Through the middle of my soul At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet And a freight train running through the Middle of my head Only you can cool my desire
I’m on fire.
Giving credit where credit it due: this particular heartbreak is one of the greatest heartbreaks of all time.
The thing about it was I always knew. I knew exactly what I was getting into.
I was me - being sweet to the most beautiful, challenging, and ultimately infuriating person I have ever met.
If I had the choice, I'd probably do it all over again.
Fucking silly, really.
Bon Iver recently released the single "Calgary," which contains on the flip-side a gorgeous cover of Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me."
It's unreal good. My mom may just crap her pants.
The Wisconsin band is slated to perform at Berkeley's Greek Theater on September 22.