Category: absence
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In an attempt to keep the open dimension of language indeed open (à la Foucault), I offer this late, preliminary, and provisional commentary on “9/11.“ 9/11 is an American quasi-logo… more ›
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I’ve recently discovered outrageously inexpensive airfare to Europe, and you might as well think I’ve discovered a cure for erotodromomania as well: $139 one-way from DFW to Frankfurt, Germany. I… more ›
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Richard Rolle abandoned the intellectual life and his academic training at Oxford to take to the frock in meditation upon the name of Christ. He didn’t have much of an… more ›
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Is this damn blog still up and online? Does anyone ever post on this damn thing anymore? What’s up with the crappy black-and-white photos uploaded at random? Did the cute… more ›
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Better red than dead. We’ve been watching the film version of Angels in America slowly over the past few weeks after recording it off Logo. It’s so dense, tightly woven,… more ›
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Saturday evening was “opening time down on Fascination Street.” Stephen and I went out to the Halloween street party on Cedar Springs for the first time in several years. Overall,… more ›
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Zimba LeafMarch 19, 1994 – September 6, 2008 Rest in peace, my little green-eyed “monster.” Zoom zoom. more ›
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The vitriol coursing through my veins. The black, black cloud of grief nestled in the corner of my soul. I find myself torn between these two old pals lately, and… more ›
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It was the summer of ’89, while working at the General Cinema in south Arlington, that I discovered Tanita Tikaram. Because of my weekly pay, I was visiting music shops… more ›
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“Emptiness is loneliness, and loneliness is cleanlinessAnd cleanliness is godliness, and god is empty just like me.”–Smashing Pumpkins’ “Zero” I am wholly incapable of describing my g*d for my g*d… more ›