July 2012
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miss the hell out of you, dad.
It’s been three years. I wrote this the night before the memorial service. I didn’t really get to know my father until pretty late in the game. It was like watching Paul Molitor get his three-thousandth hit in a Minnesota uniform. People cheered, but it wasn’t how they would remember him. The metaphor is appropriate, I think, because even when we had nothing to talk about, we could talk...
Jul 31st
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June 2012
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music promotion humor
jesse’s new status message - ADD METRIC! me:  ADD IMPERIAL! jesse:  NO, METRIC! me:  IMPERIAL! jesse:  METRIC! me:  FURLONGS FOREVER!
Jun 11th
March 2012
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modern music
me: I really feel like I have no idea what’s going on in music. I don’t like that feeling. It’s unusual. jesse: I think it’s called chillwave.
Mar 20th
February 2012
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on jesse's strengths
jesse:  The story behind that is that Brett Scallions or whatever his name was quit, they tried to find a different singer, he tried to find a different band. Neither were successful. He started touring as Re-Fueled, then eventually got the rights to do it as Fuel with him and the guy from Buckcherry. … Just a ton of sadness there. me:  If there were mid- to low-tier alt rock trivia somewhere,...
Feb 8th
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kisses and good advice
me:  Somebody brought a bag of Hershey kisses. I have not had any, but damn are they tempting. Also did not eat my fortune cookie, which is a bummer, since the fortune was “You will inherit some money from an unexpected source.” BUT NOW I WON’T.  Katie:  WELL FUCK.  me:  THANKS, NO SUGAR FOR A WHILE.  Katie:  Aww. I’d have eaten like ten billion kisses. And I don’t...
Feb 2nd
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June 2011
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Jun 29th
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Jun 22nd
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May 2011
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Listenminusmanhattan: Jim Jones ft. Lloyd and Girl...
May 11th
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May 4th
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WatchWatch
Video by Adam Tow. Song by We Became Actors. My band recently released our first album, Something Major, and I asked Adam to shoot this video for the release show. Originally conceived as a sort of visual finale to be projected on the band as we played, it’s not quite an official music video for ‘Knights of the Bright Side’. Still, $80 in sparklers later, I think it stands on...
May 3rd
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April 2011
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ListenSaturday afternoon Joe and Lauren invited me over...
Apr 29th
WatchWatch
Brilliant fun.
Apr 14th
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“In consequence, Capote was equal parts yearning and vengeance, clutching at his...”
– Sam Wasson, Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.
Apr 14th
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WatchWatch
A preview of the sparkler magic Adam Tow captured Thursday night.
Apr 9th
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ListenI still remember watching Conor Oberst puke up...
Apr 1st
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March 2011
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Mar 31st
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Mar 31st
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Mar 29th
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Mar 28th
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“In those days, though, the spring always came finally; but it was frightening...”
– Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast
Mar 25th
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Mar 24th
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Mar 24th
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ListenOpen windows and kickball sunsets and a thousand...
Mar 19th
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Mar 18th
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“I’m thirty,” I said. “I’m five years too old to lie to myself and call it honor.”
– Nick Carraway
Mar 16th
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Mar 16th