liminal screeds

google asheville fiber initiative y’all

Ξ March 4th, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ of local note, screeds |

link

songs for winter – ultimate installment

Ξ March 2nd, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ screeds |

U2 – bad

coffee shop iii

Ξ March 1st, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ mini fiction, screeds |

Before long, he would know everything, and her window of opportunity would close.  She signaled for the check and made up her mind, chewing the last bite of pie.

As she walked to the Miata her cell rang. “Where the fuck are you?” came the shout. She’d known it would be him and it was him all right.

google art: culture jamming

Ξ February 28th, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ google art, screeds |

Perturb County ii

Ξ February 23rd, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ mini fiction, screeds |

The room was barely large enough to contain an unmade single bed and what looked like a paper bag with some clothing in it.  There was a fan in the window, facing out and on high.

mini album review

Ξ February 22nd, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ mini album reviews, screeds |

Charlottle Gainsbourg – IRM

Perfect torture.

aa on the tv

Ξ February 22nd, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ screeds |

This past fall, when I saw Joseph Fiennes  alternately sitting in an AA circle or hitting a flask in FlashForward, I had to admit recovery is officially  trendy in tvland.

Alcoholism has always been used in film and tv, sure,  a common gimmick to add depth to a character or even drive the plot: will he get sloshed and fail to save the world because he is in a blackout?  There is of course the Mad Men extreme, where alcohol and its abuse is not only a factor in the stories but a crucial part of the scenery.  Then we have the (legacy) tortured Sipowicz, whatsername in Prison Break, Bubbles in The Wire, (who lands Steve Earl for a sponsor, how cool is that?)  and  more than one character in Brothers.  Who am I forgetting?  Oh, damn, the daddy of them all, Denis Leary’s peerless Rescue Me.

I thought back to Otis, the hapless   town drunk on Andy Griffith.  TV  alcoholics were formerly portrayed, if at all, as sloppy buffoons.  There’s a drunk in the Simpsons (wait! didn’t he get sober?), and I think Al Bundy had some issues.  Lately, TV series addicts and alcoholics are often the protagonist and usually somewhat sympathetic.  At least what I’ve seen, which is  detailed above.

So what? I guess it’s kinda cool.  I’m glad.  If  addiction has a place in tvland, so do meetings.

Two points I couldn’t work in above: 1)TV writers of the world, meetings are essentially never held in a church sanctuary. 2)  Intervention and Celebrity Rehab just aren’t a part of my world. I know nothing about them.

Perturb County i

Ξ February 18th, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ mini fiction, screeds |

The vehicle was discovered upside down in a ditch off  Johnson’s Store Road. Inside were binoculars, a cheese sandwich, an old pair of Asolo boots, and, most puzzling, a freshly carved jack-o-lantern, upright, with the candle still burning.

Justin called his wife and told her not to wait up; he called his brother Simon and told him get up, he was coming to get him.

songs for winter installment two

Ξ February 18th, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ playlists, screeds |

The Walkmen – Wake Up

songs for winter installment one

Ξ February 17th, 2010 | → 0 Comments | ∇ playlists, screeds |

The Veils – Vicious Traditions