[soundscape] when everything went exactly as you planned except nothing did.

photo: ‘a beautiful captivation’

song: the shivers – “beauty” [mp3] | web

“all changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.” — anatole france

one of my favorite things about being a grown up is being able to cuss in IHOP or Denny’s or some other family dining establishment. i find myself doing this on purpose, sitting over my $6.50 eggs benedict and peppering “fuck” into the conversation in every acerbic way possible. and i think i really like doing it because, despite stern looks from WASP-y moms two booths over who are afraid their children’s ears will start bleeding, i can.

i’m not 7, my parents aren’t there, and i don’t have to say “thank you” to the server for wiping up the water stain from my perspiring glass of water, or that i’d like salt, please.

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Stars on July 4th

Hey, America: Happy July 4th! Enjoy this new track, “The Theory of Relativity,” from Canadian group Stars, one of my favorite bands of all time. Amy Millan, welcome back into my life.

“The Theory of Relativity” is the first single off Stars’ new album, The North, out September 4, 2012. Download it […]

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You sat out on the dock to Lucas Pond and hugged your knees tightly to your chest, toes clenched. You visualized your life in vague memories that you clung to, scared. Why do I hate the feeling but love the thinking? You let go of your knees, took one of your earphones out, […]