like the moon
I’m muito muito feliz to report that although my drive done died, I was able to retrieve my lost Rio pics with the assistance of a very handy program called Klix. & so, I’m able to offer up after all some impressionistic (i.e., blurry ;) shots of the picturesque favela of Vidigal, a warm, welcoming […]
Read More →I was hoping to have quite a post to share with you, as I just returned from a wonderful weekend in Rio. It was gonna be a downright aquarela da favela, complete with some really lovely pics of Vidigal at twilight. (I spent most of Sunday hanging with some kind favelados there.) The sad, sad […]
Read More →Boston will be bouncing tonight — & not just b/c the Sox have convincingly emerged from the 20th century “Curse of the Bambino” triumphant and dominant, but also b/c we’re gonna be gettin down at BR with two of Boston’s best DJs: virtuoso rekkid blenda, dj rndm, and Boston Bounce originator and Beat Research founder, […]
Read More →TSA dude: Yes it is! me: No, technically, it’s not. TSA dude: She deserved everything she got. me: I’d expect you to say that. … (t-shirt deets here)
Read More →so things will be quiet here for a week or two if you’re bored, check the blogroll, or better yet — go outside ! peace
Read More →back from a brief trip to funky Kingston still unpacking, literally and figuratively details soon come meantime, u can catch up with my gracious, bloggin’ hosts: christina & ripley
Read More →FIRST CHURCH OF CHRIST, SCIENTIST snapped (by me) in Belmont, MA — a couple blocks from home
Read More →¡Asi Somos Nosotros — y Que! by Francisco Palma Lagunas snapped (by me) @ UIA, Santa Fe, Mexico City, DF
Read More →Had a great time in MTL this weekend. Nothing like sunny days and warm, bass-heavy nights, nuff talk of whirled music, and, naturellement, cheese curds and gravy on fries. Mercis spéciaux à Guillaume et Ghislain! (& thanks also to Jay — and to Etienne, who made it look as if I speak mellifluous French, not […]
Read More →Everything was going according to plan. We slogged through Chicago (natch), cruised through Gary and the rest of Indiana, and were hoping to roll along I-90 all the way back to the Bean. But shortly after crossing the Ohio border, our ol’ trusty Honda — so clutch over the years — no longer would shift […]
Read More →On the road again. Headed home. Soon sidebars will change to fit new dreamscapes. Ears open to fresh soundscapes. New vistas, new pistas; sabes? Full deets forthcoming. Meantime, onward and eastward — Ta-ta, Chi-town, you tall bold slugger.
Read More →Given my own pet peeve around encountering holidayaganda too well before — or at all directly after — one of our days of nationally ritualized good cheer, I’m sorry to leave that last post up so long. If you’re asking, “Did you have to let it linger?,” in a light brogue falsetto, well, yes, I […]
Read More →Respek to Bec (aka, “& you must be wax”), whose adventures in virtual ed have landed her in NYT, CNN, USA Today, the Boston Globe, and National Geographic (!), and who today has garnered a spot on the front page of SL’s not-so-gray lady, the Metaverse Messenger, which covers the mock trial she and Charlie […]
Read More →I asked for more arguments like this one — which is to say, compelling, self-produced video theses — and I think that A.M. Baggs’s “In My Lanuguage” most definitely qualifies. The pull quote: Far from being purposeless, the way that I move is an ongoing response to what is going around me. Ironically, the way […]
Read More →Solo Plena: a frequently updated Panamanian “plena” blog (that means reggae there, y’know), showing that Panama’s reggae scene, as reinvigorated and reshaped as it may have been by the reggaeton explosion, continues apace. &nuff Pma plena pon YouTube too, classic a nuevo here’s El General doing his best Don Dada — and Aldo Ranks puttin […]
Read More →I still want a hula hoop Hittin’ the eggnog a lil hard these days? Well, if too much Holiday Cheer® has you in a Houston state of mind, try (again) some reverse-engineered Chipmunks, ever the better to appreciate the deliciously cloying crawl to Christmas — [audio:http://riddimmethod.net/music/ww_chipmunks-screwed.mp3] Ah, but tonight we feast. And that’s nothing but […]
Read More →Reeeeeeeepriiiiiiiiiiiise: LateMiles_HumanNature.mp3 Thursday night conversation: My friend Greg: Wayne’s gonna become a doctor tomorrow. Greg’s friend Veronica: A doctor of what? Me: Philosophy. Recent email correspondence: Prof. Twist: I don’t know why, but “Dr. Wayne” sounds like an FM deejay from 1976. For the record: As a “doctor” of “philosophy,” I can confidently say that […]
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