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Episodes

1. 19

   Big Trucks, Low Morale, and High Speed Limits

   Listen here, or read below... Part I Music is cut like a grid of urban streets – connected, unmoving, and planned by researchers who study the past and future practices. Why is this when mountains and rivers are cut and shaped at random, never to duplicate. Somehow they all fit together in one...

   Jul 1, 2013
2. 18

   Ketchup

   Listen to the audio here. I realize by now that not publishing a creation quickly after its birth can have some problems. The writings from this chunk trouble me, and are compiled from the previous year. When I was putting them together, and especially after I read them out loud for the…

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   May 3, 2013
3. 17

   Before April is Gone

   (Listen to audio here) Mary took another job in retail. Before her first day of work, she read online reviews of what current and past employees thought about their employment experience. Common statements from female reviews said something along the lines of, "it's not the typical 'Boys Club.'"…

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   May 1, 2012
4. 16

   Green Room

   (Listen to audio here) He was in a green room for a show that wasn't his own. Drinking the the six pack that belonged to the performing band, he realized each one of his friends was in love with his girlfriend. The wind was stronger than the air conditioner. A stronger urge to return home hovered...

   Mar 17, 2012
5. 15

   Namaste

   (Listen to audio here) He asked his two coworkers what language they were speaking to each other with. They told him it was Hindi. Two hours later, he asked them in what countries people speak Hindi. They told him Pakistan and India. They were from India. He said he was jealous of their...

   Feb 17, 2012
6. 14

   Flight Experiences

   (Listen to audio here) From the bottom of the Yellow or Blue lines on the Metro, the track shoots out of an underground tunnel and up at least ten stories high as it twists around to the National Airport. You might catch glimpses of natural and man made flight experiences, with The Monument...

   Feb 6, 2012
7. 13

   Coltrane, Where Are You?

   (Listen to audio here) Tonight: Fiction, fact, dream, and waking life all translate to media. "Stuffy," is the word I thought of when I walked into the auditorium. This is after the phrase I mouthed to myself when I stumbled upon the place, which was, "holy shit!" I saw a man in a slick suit open...

   Feb 4, 2012
8. 12

   Romancing the Capitol

   (Listen to audio here) Four nights ago: I listened to an of album of hers on the train ride out on my iPod. I didn't like it much at first. It was something else that made me want to hear it. Her voice and words. A drunken night in her apartment a few years ago sums it up. So drunk, I couldn't...

   Feb 4, 2012
9. 11

   Up Hill and Against the Wind

   (Listen to audio here) Jumped on the horse. Up hill and against the wind. At the stop, Sweet and sour cologne found my snout, Leaves approached and passed, As did automobiles. Circled the castle And stormed the walls And slay a beast. Retreat to fight another day. (An abstract mall poem)

   Oct 15, 2011
10. 10

    Are You a God?

    (Listen to audio here) The cop in front of me in line at the coffee shop said, "I'm sick," in response to the barista's auto-greeting-question. Then he got free tea, as usual, I'll bet. Or maybe there are a few, kind, working-class baristas left in the world, who give free drinks to cops, on…

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    Oct 10, 2011
11. 9

    Symphony of Souls

    (Listen to audio here) The reasons for which half the leaves on a tree remain in Summer, While the rest turn into Autumn may be scientifically explained, just as to why the sky is still grey even when the sun is up. But as long as I cannot explain it, the observation is a youthful one, a wonder....

    Sep 25, 2011
12. 8

    The Early Crow

    (Listen to audio here) The crow is the first and the loudest of many birds to perch on top of the tallest tree in the morning. This if preceded ten minutes by the Sun's early arch rising above the treeline. Which comes after dozens of pairs of legs cross my view of the sidewalk between the brim…

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    Aug 30, 2011
13. 7

    Biking, Add Metal

    (Listen to audio here) Biked to a closing Borders Bookstore to scour, but I was still too cheap to purchase anything. Had pizza and beer. And salad. And watched football. One coffee. Started listening to metal. Metal and churches mix. Insomnia. Add the Relapse Records Sampler.

    Aug 12, 2011
14. 6

    Coffee, Tea, and Misery

    (Listen to audio here) A man walks out of the coffee shop from which I am sitting down-wind. His perfume is vulgar-sweet and un-natural, and smells like the shopping mall across the street. He stalls at the patio table next to mine and fumbles in his pockets. What's this? The scraping sound of a...

    Aug 2, 2011
15. 5

    A Day in the Life

    (Listen to audio here) I received an email from a friend about her upcoming first art show. I made bacon and eggs for breakfast, like I have been all week. I mixed a punk-rock recording I made with a friend of mine on the previous day and sent the mixes to him in an email. I walked down miles of...

    Jan 16, 2011
16. 4

    Back in sunny California...

    (Listen to audio here) I had many discussions about creating media with my family this past week during my visit to the cold East Coast of the United States of America. What we always decided was to always go through the motions of creating and not to worry about what will come of it. I had at...

    Dec 13, 2010
17. 3

    Bronze as a God

    (Listen to audio here) The slower you are, the lower you are. You can own a jet. You can own a car. You can own a bike. You can still have your legs and feet. Maybe, one day, you can own a rocket-ship. If the day comes when people can teleport, we'll see how many of us still choose to walk. I...

    Nov 28, 2010