http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2009/08/rhys_chathams_c.html

including a good one of me, and a number of offensive comments.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/08/rhys_chatham.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/10/arts/music/10rhys.html?ref=music

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRqfXnvpFWk… Continue

Since becoming unemployed I have been in a downward spiral of depression. I live in the basement of an old GI house with the tiniest windows and I've holed myself up down here (wow weird choice of words there) and I have rarely removed myself from my own personal dungeon. My best friend, Glady forced me to go to Ocean City a couple weeks ago and that was my first push towards opening back up. I felt like a new person. I actually caught myself smiling in the back seat watching the sunset.

So, wh… Continue

My mother came to visit me for my birthday this year and bought me a gift card for Books-A-Million in Dupont Circle. On Memorial Day, I happened to have the day off and wandered into the bookstore looking to use the card. It's rare that I have a day off so I figured I would use it when I could. It was a really hot day and I had just walked for two hours through the city so what better way to cool off than discover new reads?

Wandering through the aisles I picked up a book about the Sistine Chap… Continue

I'm currently reading a couple of books and thought I'd share a couple excerpts that caught my eye.

Arlette had the good sense not to pry into the woman's life, and each morning they continued to walk to the square to feed the cats and birds. Madame Perruche never talked about her past, but there were telltale signs in her behavior that convinced Arlette that the woman had come from a good family. She took note of how the woman set the table and folded the bottom corners of a bedsheet; and how… Continue