Everyone’s experienced that thing where you’re listening to something, and you think to yourself, “Holy shit does this remind me of fall 2004.” How strongly certain music is correlated with certain periods of your life depends on many things, including but probably not limited to when you first heard it, when you first liked […]

Just as two friends are flying over Louisiana to arrive here in Boston four hours later, I find out there’s a MGMT show tonight. It’s sold out. I need four tickets.
I write my usual contact and ask if I can make it onto the guest list. That’ll only get me two spots. […]

Lately rain is being predicted at about 50% probability 24 hours a day, resulting in reality in about 45 minutes and two inches of rain anywhere between 3 and 7 pm, after which the sun cleaves the clouds and I’m sure produces a rainbow somewhere outside the visibility of my apartment windows. It smells […]

Since January, there have been several distinct motifs that make it into most of my remembered dreams. These are my brother, Europe/air travel (and its frustrations), subways, villains, school, and a large, sometimes labyrinthine house.
Last night, for instance, I was in Paris with my brother, and we were both preparing to fly back to the […]