unwell media: poems and songs
December 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
unwell media: poems and songs
I really adore coming across tiny examples of good writing. "little monuments to the writer's existence" is such a fantastic articulation of why certain songs are the way they are
"This Tornado Loves You" is a perfect song and so particular to Neko Case's sensibility, POV, quirks, strengths - I love when songs are these little monuments to the writer's existence, something that simply couldn't exist without the precise conditions of their being www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTL0...
Neko Case - This Tornado Loves You - 2009-04-15
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December 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I really adore coming across tiny examples of good writing. "little monuments to the writer's existence" is such a fantastic articulation of why certain songs are the way they are
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i wrote about my lifelong obsession with the mirror-self, the self-who-is-not-myself, as it materializes in fantasies ranging from the imaginary friend to the soul mate, from the lost family to the severed twin, and finally, to the self for whom one writes
www.late-review.com/p/the-mirror...
www.late-review.com/p/the-mirror...
December 12, 2025 at 4:55 PM
i wrote about my lifelong obsession with the mirror-self, the self-who-is-not-myself, as it materializes in fantasies ranging from the imaginary friend to the soul mate, from the lost family to the severed twin, and finally, to the self for whom one writes
www.late-review.com/p/the-mirror...
www.late-review.com/p/the-mirror...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcut... Really sick and beautiful vid of this person playing a Khaen (mouth organ from Laos).
Car Alarm (extended reprise)
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December 12, 2025 at 4:56 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcut... Really sick and beautiful vid of this person playing a Khaen (mouth organ from Laos).
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old soviet joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
honestly i think you could probably describe the vast majority of American media, political, and corporate elites as decadent
nobody knows how bad things can get
nobody knows how bad things can get
you'd think that the fact that the president is currently trying to get the Feds to arrest Senators would be what the NYT editorial board would focus on but...
December 8, 2025 at 7:38 PM
old soviet joke about the difference between an optimist and a pessimist
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
a pessimist complains surely things can’t possibly get worse while the optimist knows things can always get worse
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the touch of woke at the end is key. like bayleaf
November 25, 2025 at 4:51 PM
the touch of woke at the end is key. like bayleaf
Has anyone read Lamorna Ash's Don't Forget We're Here Forever? It's a portrait of young British Christians & christianity mixed with highly personal memoir about her religious journey #wat
November 29, 2025 at 6:05 AM
Has anyone read Lamorna Ash's Don't Forget We're Here Forever? It's a portrait of young British Christians & christianity mixed with highly personal memoir about her religious journey #wat