For the rapid pace and unpredictable terrain of urban life.

For the rapid pace and unpredictable terrain of urban life.

Look, my dumpling made me dumplings!

The (English) Beat – “Too Nice to Talk to”
This thug wife was on vacation last week, whew! Here’s some heart-warming news:
I opened this envelope from the NYC DOT expecting a summons regarding the now-$100+ parking ticket plus fees that I’ve been fighting for over a year.
Instead, I found a fucking check for the completely arbitrary sum of $13!
I’m going to admit something that it has taken me years to ’fess up to: I don’t like Sonic Youth very much. There, I said it. I pretended to be a fan all through the ’90s, but really I just had Daydream Nation on casette that someone gave me for my birthday in middle school, and though I wanted to, I could never really get into it.
This is not to say Sonic Youth didn’t have great songs. This is one of my all time favorites:
Jay Reatard covering Nirvana’s “Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle”