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on Jun 24 '12
and thru the red transparency of the light in my eyelids i can see a close up view of blood cells move as i move my eyes back and forth like footage of a documentary of amoeba and plankton jelly like see thru life forms moving man they must be small i cant feel them my eyes must be able to see things MORE clearly than i had expected its like a microscope but it doesnt matter anymore cause they set me on fire now yep i'm sure of it i'm on fire. God damn. it.
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on Jun 23 '12
phos·phene/ˈfäsfÄ“n/
Noun:
A ring or spot of light produced by pressure on the eyeball or direct stimulation of the visual system other than by light.
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on Jun 22 '12
"Although the date of composition is uncertain (supposedly mid 1893), the Vexations appear to have been composed shortly after a brief, but intense, relation with Suzanne Valadon, the nearest Erik Satie ever got to a relation with a woman. One of the testimonies of this relation is, apart from the pictures they drew of each other, Satie's optimistic composition "Bonjour Biqui" (April 1893), Biqui being a nickname for his beloved, and the composition being an echo of how Satie customarily greeted her. This composition takes, on paper, almost as much room as the Vexations, but contains no indication that it…
"Although the date of composition is uncertain (supposedly mid 1893), the Vexations appear to have been composed shortly after a brief, but intense, relation with Suzanne Valadon, the nearest Erik Satie ever got to a relation with a woman. One of the testimonies of this relation is, apart from the pictures they drew of each other, Satie's optimistic composition "Bonjour Biqui" (April 1893), Biqui being a nickname for his beloved, and the composition being an echo of how Satie customarily greeted her. This composition takes, on paper, almost as much room as the Vexations, but contains no indication that it should be played more than once; thus, when executed, it is (effectively) infinitely shorter than the Vexations. Still, both compositions could be seen to have a mantra-like quality, one gay and the other arid (although it is questionable as to how Satie would have appreciated the idea of a "mantra"). Regardless, it would not be all that surprising that Satie—being "vexé" ("angry", or even "spiteful") about being rejected by his "Biqui"—wanted to disenchant himself from what she had meant to him, by composing a piece that would help him forget all such frivolous feelings. Possibly he was relieving himself with a kind of musical curse (given the implications of "Devils" and the unlucky number "13" described in the previous paragraph)."
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on Jun 22 '12
i caught the last five minutes, what a blissful delight.
there is a satie record around here somewhere - i'm hungry for more
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on Jun 22 '12
"More people have been murdered in Philadelphia with guns since 9/11 than died in the crumbling towers." <--- damn son. I feel up for y'all
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on Jun 22 '12
gorgeous wreckage.
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on Jun 22 '12
Emma Eisenberg is a writer of fiction, essays, music journalism, and poetry. Her chapbook Purple Heart Highway is forthcoming from Finishing Line Press in June 2012. Her writing has appeared in the Philadelphia Weekly Paper, Full Stop, and Plain China. -**She lives in West Philadelphia, but will begin an MFA in fiction at the University of Virginia in the fall of 2012.**-
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on Jun 22 '12
this really is my 1st grade dream realized.
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on Jun 20 '12
in awe. will paw through this for hours and days.
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on Jun 19 '12
btw Julia - i cannot WAIT to see EXQUISITE CORPSE PROJECT. super cool.
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on Jun 19 '12
i scribbled out a crying whale. "cry baby" janis inspired. go find it.
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