This week: 13 crazy ideas you’ve had, have never tried, but would like to try. (And then watch “Scratch and Dent Dreams” in the post below this.) 1. Giant Monopoly–take out a city block, chalk the properties on the sidewalk, make big tokens with wheels, play for actual money. 2. Giant popsicle–clean trash can, several… Continue reading

Eric Darby, “Scratch and Dent Dreams” Taylor Mali, “The Miracle Workers” Saul Williams, “Indigo On” Continue reading

This week: Songs that help you go to sleep. (Hear mine here.) 1. Adam Weaver and the Ghosts – Sleep Tight 2. Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir – My Help (…shut up, it’s a good song) 3. Judy Garland – Over the Rainbow 4. Bebo Norman – Deeper Still 5. Marketa Irglova – The Hill 6. Sufjan… Continue reading

*Which is worse: To be loved but not known, or to be wholly anonymous? *I’ve realized lately that I don’t have one thing that I’m an expert in. I have lots of things I’m relatively competent at, but nothing that I know inside and out. Jack of all trades, master of none, I guess. *Actually,… Continue reading

1. I haven’t decided who I’m going to vote for yet (and I think it’ll help when the Democrats finally get their crap together), but I have decided to abstain from any political news until…the presidential and vice presidential debates. That seems like a good deciding factor for me, when they finally get down to… Continue reading

This week: 13 things you’d like to get done before the summer’s out. 1. Um, find an apartment… 2. Buy a car. Yep. 3. Finish all these books I’m in the middle of (The Cider House Rules, Oliver Twist, The Canterbury Tales, White Teeth by Zadie Smith). 4. Finish the second draft of my Script… Continue reading

This week: Music for road trips. 1. U2 – Where the Streets Have No Name 2. Bob Dylan – Subterranean Homesick Blues 3. Cake – Stickshifts and Safety Belts 4. O.C. Supertones – Supertones Strike Back 5. Radiohead – Airbag 6. The Frames – Fitzcarraldo 7. Phantom Planet – California 8. Johnny Cash – Get… Continue reading

If I were to self-publish a small compilation of my poetry, and if it cost something like $6, would anyone buy it? Continue reading