Beer Money?

February 7, 2005

Now, available only at the official seller of ‘dharma blog’ merchandise – ‘the everyday store’ – the unauthorized “i don’t like cool, i like beautiful” bumper sticker. Hollis’ candid critique of another band’s song — after her dad described it as “cool” — provided the slogan on Alan’s T-shirt in a music-video shoot a few [...]

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In His Green Velvet Slippers

February 4, 2005

To tune out the distractions of the people that sit way too close to me, I put on the headphones this morning and cranked through some nice, mundane work that I had to get done. I don’t have much music on my work computer, so I put on The Great Destroyer again and really dug [...]

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That Wasn’t So Bad

February 2, 2005

I came up with a new term that I think could really be popular: White Man Spring. Think of it like “Indian Summer,” but instead of a last blast of warmth and sunshine in October, “White Man Spring” is a false thaw that comes anytime in January or February. It’s a warm spell when there [...]

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The Summit Good Will Wednesday Nights

January 20, 2005

You can differentiate between types of bars by those that decorate entirely with the free stuff that their liquor suppliers give them and those that don’t. The Groveland Tap has the best of both worlds. Classy neighborhood joint up front, neon, logo-ridden adornments in the back. Through the front room with the booths and tables, [...]

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clarity

January 6, 2005

The fact that I used “it’s all good” in my last post – a phrase that should be used sparingly when sober – helped me realize that my post was muddled in general. And the post is muddled because I couldn’t clearly state my opinion on the review of Low’s album. And I couldn’t clearly [...]

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stop scratching out lines

January 6, 2005

There’s a review of Low’s new album, The Great Destroyer, in The Rake this month. I didn’t care for it all that much, but it’s all good. The reviewer, by the name of Chris Godsey, which sounds familiar, is from Duluth and for some reason I think he must know what he’s talking about. But [...]

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