Les Savy Fav covers Superchunk

Check out Les Savy Fav's cover of Superchunk's, Precision Auto. Perfect for snowboarding!

Tragic Mtn: Sylvia's son follows in her footsteps

Nicholas Hughes, the son of the poets Ted Hughes and Sylvia Plath hanged himself at his home in Alaska after battling depression for some time.

Ted, wrote of how, after Plath’s death, their son’s eyes

“Became wet jewels,
The hardest substance of the purest pain
As I fed him in his high white chair. "

Too much tragedy has eaten mouthfuls of that family. Depression is such a complex monster...

There's poetry in Baseball!!

Ichiro Suzuki referring to a failed bunt attempt in a game against Cuba:

"That failed bunt put another crack in my already tattered heart. It was as though I was the only person on our side wearing a Cuba jersey. "

Isolation and despair. Ichiro, the poet.

Protest Reading

The french are reading Nicolas Sarkozy's least favorite novel, "La Princesse de Clèves,” an anchor of the French canon, to express displeasure with the President.

Protest by reading. Brilliant!

What would UnitedStateseans (to steal a word from Javier Huerta) do to protest a U.S. President? The last time "Americans" were displeased with French leaders it lead to the revolutionary changing of the name of the "french" fry...

Migra Corridos

The U.S. Border Patrol has just released their new album, Migra Corridos. Meant to dissuade illegal crossers from risking their lives for bread, any bread, the propaganda tunes are being played by radio stations throughout Mexico. They meant to call the album 'songs of the immigrant' but somebody screwed up on the translation. How's that for transparency, Tio Sam?

A little too much love for his team

Iraqi soccer player shot dead just as he was about to kick what could have been the tying goal. Holy Crazies! I agree that sporting events can be a fun and sometimes necessary catalyst for human bonding with screams ushered by flowing beer but this is ridiculous.

It reminds me of the feuds the Chargers-Raiders rivalry has concocted. Emotions over a game should never threaten someone's life, though.

My brother is a devout Raider fan. He wears his Stabler jersey to Church on Sundays. I am a Charger fan. But I love my brother more than the Chargers. I even bought him a Bo Jackson jersey for his birthday. Some Charger die-hards would call that blasphemy.

I would never, ever, jamas! stab my brother over a stupid football game.

However, if he were to ever steal my prized out of print, first edition copy of Creeley's, For Love, I'd cut him...

BUKOWSKI FEST

FIRST ANNUAL BUKOWSKI FESTIVAL

Saturday, March 28th - 8pm
The Elephant Theatre
6324 W. Santa Monica BlvdLos Angeles, CA 90038
Poets, Artists, friends of Buk and a 1973 Documentary Film