Panda Bear – Tomboy (2011)
Panda Bear is not Animal Collective and Tomboy is not Person Pitch. As such, any comparisons to Animal Collective or Noah Lennox’s breakthrough 2007 album will be avoided in the following review. With that short but necessary disclaimer out of the way, it can be said that Tomboy is an intricately constructed and layered maze … Continue reading
Ballad of the Botfly Host
We all March in Lines with measured strides To bound and gag those who step outside Our ideas and thoughts, systematically manufactured Counted, taxed, profited from or fractured Inducing insecurity against a feeble class divided Our constituency is an illusion, and our voices? Provided. The god in whom we once trusted must surely be dead, … Continue reading
Stupor
I woke up drunk today, alarm crying at 7:00 am. Hangover going on for so many years, but there’s nothing but blood in my veins. When I was younger and playing outside, my brother used to say to me: “Enjoy it while the goings good, cuz one day it’ll just be a memory” Feet hit … Continue reading
Society’s Love Affair with the Zombie Apocalypse: A Reflection on the Primitive Nature of Humankind.
What’s with all the hullabaloo concerning zombies that’s been going on lately? It’s actually getting pretty ridiculous, I mean I myself like zombies, they’re a good plot device, but now we have university professors doing research about the likelihood of surviving a zombie apocalypse? In the past few months, I’ve noticed some pretty cool, albeit … Continue reading
Looking to screw society over even more? Try Liberalism!
What the hell is going on with the new kids, and why are they so damn fearless? While attending my final year, I couldn’t help but notice some pretty interesting, and in some cases shocking, trends among the new grade nines. Do you remember your first year of high school? The initiations, the being intimidated, and … Continue reading
An Extension of Democracy
The word “socialism” has a rather unfortunate stigma attached to it in twenty first century North America. The Cold War years cast the principal as antithetical to democracy and used it as a label for the USSR, which was far from socialist. In fact, the word is almost devoid of meaning after centuries of abuse, … Continue reading
Hum
He was a crow on a wire, surveying a haphazard kingdom; beer in hand, cigarette between index finger and desperation. He laughed and it was bitter like the warm beer, like the jet black of feathers and resignation. He called, mocking himself and others; always manifested in a sneer and casual flick of ash from … Continue reading
A Tell Tale Heart Adaptation
Ever so silently, I entered the old man’s chamber – all the while keeping the ray centered upon the vulture eye. I pivoted about—closing the door behind me—making less noise than that of a creeping mouse. As I turned, I quickly realized that the old man had returned to a state of deep slumber. … Continue reading
Realizations
Is it wrong that I like to watch you smoke? I know the health implications and complications, we both do. We’re not stupid. But there’s something undeniably sexy about your smoldering habits. The flick of your lighter at the end of your smoke brings your eyes to mine; burning. The cherry twist at the end … Continue reading
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