Archive for the ‘anecdote’ Category

“the lead stooges (sic) is freaked out…jumped over the fence…and we lost power on the amp.”

i find each of these videos poetic, humorous, and unexpected. you’ll need to watch them carefully and all the way through.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7dKnF0coxQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WruyjJwyf0M

rico suave

before she died my mother bought me a winter coat with a lot of velcro on it. it’s really warm but the velcro is a pain. i wear it anyway.
sitting on the subway reading a book a young woman sat down next to me. within a minute or so she asked me [...]

inside out

on the downtown A a large man was shuffling around. he started to sit down and began talking – which lead me to believe he had found someone he knew.
he had a clear, resonant voice that cut through the rattle and noise of the train. i went back to reading a book. [...]

oh, holy sh…

Late this afternoon I went to see a new film called ‘Starting out in the Evening’ starring Frank Langella and Lili Taylor. It’s about a writer in NYC and I liked the story, the acting, and even the homesickness it induced.
When I left the theater it had turned dark and I realized that, like [...]