catching worms

approaching a certain mtn a bird
shifted its glance towards the construction
of a new development on the
foothills of its usual bird's-eye view below.
communicating to its feathered
comrade, the bird explained that yes, the
high-societal humans sure
knew how to clutter
the view with awkward intangibilities and
commodities in stasis. "just fly,"
he told his bird friend in regards
to the humans. "just fly and stop
settling. it gets on the nerves of others."

Shine On

Remember when you were young,
you shone like the sun
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there's a look in your eyes,
like black holes in the sky
Shine on you crazy diamond
You were caught on the crossfire of childhood and stardom,
blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
come on you stranger,
you legend,
you martyr, and shine!
You reached for the secret too soon,
you cried for the moon.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Threatened by shadows at night,
and exposed in the light.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Well you wore out your welcome
with random precision,
rode on the steel breeze.
Come on you raver,
you seer of visions,
come on you painter,
you piper, you prisoner,
and shine!

T.H.U.G. in Peace

David Foster Wallace on 9-11

Click below to listen to David Foster Wallace read his essay "A View From Mrs. Thompson's" -- which is based on where he was on 9-11 and the day after. It is wonderfully written, and it is around 25 minutes long. Well worth the listen. The last two-thirds of the piece are excellent.

The essay is originally from Rolling Stone and is also featured in his collection of essays entitled "Consider the Lobster," which I can't recommend enough.

Click below for the essay. Enjoy.

http://drop.io/davidfosterwallace911essay

Najib in action

Inside Job

New Radiohead song

Thom Yorke performed this new Radiohead song, "The Present Tense" at the Latitude Festival held on July 19, 2009.




via Tod's "Still Water" blog