Wednesday, September 29, 2010

friend or foe?


r u friend
or r u foe
alls i want
is a chill ass bro

the ocean is big
the ocean is deep
i just want a bro
whose trust i can keep

someone 2 laugh/w
someone to play
doesnt matter
if ur queer or gay

we're all mostly lonely
but dont have 2 b
ill give u my <3
if ur just bros w/me

we'll chill on the wavves
just scratchin our bellies
& light up a j
that gives us the sillies

alls i ask
is u dont turn ur back
dont make funnie faces
or start talkin smack

i <3 u, my bro
when you're dry or ur wet
im chill & im loyal
on that u can bet

r u my friend too?
pls dont b my foe
we're in this 2gether
in this sea full of bros

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
r sea otters 'kute as shit'?
hav u ever fought w/ur bro?
what was the fight abt?
did u get ovr it and ride some chill wavves?
whats ur favorite thing to do w/ur bro?

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

r yall excited for the new facebook movie?


cant wait
so pumped
abt to cream my pants
bout the new james cameron 3D film
'the facial network'
staring that chill bro
from
'the squid, the whale, the dysfunctional parents, and the angsty tween'

as
Mark Zuckyburgs
founder of the INTERNET
no more need
for landline phones
hand-written letters
face-2-face conversation
just gonna sit in my room
& update my status
with quirky movie quotes
how 'crunk' i got last nite
or how much i <3 twilight/glee/star wars/harry twatter
thank u
mark zuckyburgers
4 making human interaction irrelevant
u r a genius
punk
so c00l
s0 chill

wonder if i should make my profile pic
the movie poster 4 'the facejob network'
not 2 b 'meta' or 'ironic'
just 2 show
marky mark
how much i <3 him
how much i use his website
to stalk ex gf's/bf's/random ppl i'm obsessed with
u r so kute, mark
wish i could have met u in college
instead of ur fugly ass sister

im w/u all the way, bro
screw humanity
we will transcend mnstream earth-bound existence
we will transform from beings of blood and flesh
to bundles of JPEG digital pixels
1 little picture
representing my personal brand
shows how unique & authentic i am
compared to the rest of mnstrm societie

'networking'
'love'
'connections'
'stalking'
this is what life is all abt
but no1 knew this b4 u, mark
u went to Harvard
surpassed us all
u live
on the internet
sort of like Jesusbro/ghosts
who exist in the air
never rlly seen, but always 'there'
permeating, infiltrating, penetrating
everything we do

gonna bring my MacBook Pro/iPad/iPhone 4G/droid/starbucks
2 the movie premiere
gonna sit by 'myself'
but will frequently update my status/profile
w/relevant dialogue/quotes
& webcam shots of myself
so all my 'friends' will know
where i am
and we will be
'connected'
[via the face]

<3 u, mark
hear u've already been nominated for an academy award
which is more nominations than myspace/twitter ever got
even tho ur film
just looks like a rip-off/girl talk mashup
of other shittie movies
st. elmo's fire + dead poetbros society + a beautiful bro's mind
u will win
my fav movie
of all time
<3 u mark
keep it facial

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
is 'the facial network' the gr8est movie evr?
is mark zuckyburgs the new justin timberlake?
would u bang mark for $______?
whats ur favorite fb ap?
will fb/mark zucky b 'relevant 4evar'?
should i deactivate my fb account?
are you actually 'friends' w/anyone n e more?
which fb profile pic best represents ur personal brand?
were u on fb when it was still 'underground'?
is the internets causing societie 2 become illiterate, socially incompetent, shallow, hollow, empty, & detached from realitie?

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

what do u do 2 hav fun, george?


what r u
twin shadow
where r u
twin shadbro
o who r u
queer shadshow

saw u on u t00b
bought a tix to ur show
@@@ le poisson rouge
so pumped
so chilled
an obscure chillwave band
@@@ a relevant alt venue
under the streets of nyu
the altiest of alt universities
but i got there too l8
or u went on too early
7PM???
christ, who the hell r u playing for?
oh
i see
18 and up
oh

how r u
twin shadow
when r u playin
twin shadbro
r u queer or ghey
queer shadshow

as i walked down the stairs
we made eye contact
& b4 i recognized u from the internet
i saw in ur eyes
a burning fire -
u were ready to fcuk
fcuk away your loneliness
anxiety
fear
brought on by the burden
of emerging as the only relevant buzzband
of 2k10
the future of chillwavves
resting on ur hot ass Dominican shoulders
and your hot ass porn star 'stache

what r u
twin shadow
r human or just meme
twin shadbro
r u in pain
queer shadshow

saw u outside the club
cramming ur gear into
the back of a grandpabro car
u had to drive urself 2 the concert?
damn, bro
starting to wonder if ur actually legit
or just so altesquely vintage
u exist in a sphere of authenticity
not even most worthless 20-smethngs
wllmsbrg inhabitants
can comprehend

twin shads, twin bros
queer shads, hurt shads
i just want u 2 b happy
but im worried abt u
[via 'the state of modern music']
used to seem music
was abt music, bro
and musician bros were primarily
down 'to jam chill vibes'
now its abt a packaged image
quirky JPEG iTunes album art cover flow
8.6+ p4k scores
& even tho u sell urself as a bro who's
'dwn2fcuk'
ur probs just as sad, lonely, insecure
as 'the rest of us'

twin shadow
twin shadbro
how i <3 u
queer shadshow
i think u r chill
so keep it reals, yo
don't let me down
just keep it slow
u have a talent
real real big talent
thanks

<3 u twin shads

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
have u heard of twin shadow?
r u queer for twin shadbro?
have u ever been in a porn?
do u like muscle cars?
has an indie buzzband singer ever 'eyefcked u' in a stairway/on stage?
is george the chillest/altest bro on Planet Alt?
is this music 'good', or just 'trivial forgettable bllsht?'
do ppl actually listen 2 music they like, or just what p4k tells them 2 like?

Thursday, September 16, 2010

what r these sounds?


listen
to the
symphony
of
the city

the rattle
of
plastic cups
on
pavement

and the
squeeech
of
bus brakes

a vruumvruummmming
motorcycle
on the
overpass

and
latin music
from the
cantina
across
the street

listen
to this
awful
wonderful
place

put
your
ear
down
to the
sidewalk cracks

and
listen
to the
thumping
of
bike wheels
on
bedford
foot flaps
on
union
the hot hum
of the
subway
worming
through the
underbelly

listen
and
taste
the sickness
and
respawning
of
air
one eye
in
one eye
out


and it
sings
to you
and you
listen

Thursday, September 2, 2010

r u crusty?


crusty crust punk
dirty crust punk
you really
really smell
you are scummy
and you're dirty
and your armpits
smell like hell

dirty crust punk
o smelly crust punk
you are grimy
and you're dank
you have dirt
behind your ears
and your feet
smell really rank

scummy crust kid
yucky crust kid
wont you please
come with me
i will wash you
and i will bathe you
so you wont
stink like pee

mr. crusty
o crusty crusty
let me please
trim your beard
i will scrub your face
and i will comb your hair
you have nothing
to fear

o smelly crust head
scuzzy crust head
wont you please
take my hand
i want to show you
what life is like
in a clean
and cleanly land

little crusty
friendly crusty
i think im truly
in love with you
but what's lurking
in your overalls
not sure if
I want an STD too

crusty crust punk
dirty crust punk
i dont really want
you to change
i like your sweaty smell
i like your grimy nails
i like that you
are kinda strange

im just so comfortable
in my lifestyle
that you seem
like such a risk
what is life like
on the other side
wont all my friends
say tisk-tisk

it's a crazy
crazy world
filled with many
different bros
but we're mostly
all the same
feeling lost
and just confused

but mr. crusty
friendly crusty
don't you think
we can be friends
i know i'm girly
and pretentious
but i'm loyal
to the end

i will share my thoughts
you will share yours too
and we'll learn
quite a lot
though we're different
and we're strangers
a different species
we are not

so crusty crust punk
handsome crust punk
we know you really
really smell
but you're my buddy
you're my special friend
you're so funny
we'll bro down until the end
until the freezing
over of hell

_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
r u a crusty, crusty crustpunk?
crusty, crustpunk, trainhopper, or gutter punk?
r u repulsed by crusties, or sorta intrigued by the 'subculture'?
r crusties the most 'authentic' subculture, or are they just an uber-dirty form of 'hipster'?
have u ever fallen in love w/a crusty/someone from a different social/cultural background?
have u ever gotten a STD?
do u wear deodorant?
shot up any chill black tar heroin l8ly?
r all crusties just rich white kids turning their back on their wealthy parents?
r some crusties really poor?
have u ever 'lived in a squat'?
is this cartoon 'funny'/'sorta funny'/'true but not funny'/'poorly drawn'/'retarded'?

r we really all so different?

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

evr been to redoubt lake?


DAY 1

Fog
Boat
A deer
Chewing lichen
On the shore
Of Silver Bay
We pose at the trailhead
For a picture
And set
Into the wild

Bear shit
Rain
Lunch on a fallen log
Across Salmon Creek
Now we’re in a field
Grass and wet and mud
Can’t find the right trail
Fuck

Muck
Mud
Water dumping down the rocks
Is this the right trail
Should we turn around
Hunger
Dizziness
Confusion
Defeat

Turn around
Mother Nature
Is indifferent
To your arrogant white ass

Salmon Lake
Cabin
3 hunters from Queens
Offer us shelter
Pasta with meat sauce
Exhaustion
Wet
Should we try again tomorrow
This is a test
This is a test

DAY 2

Men boil water
At 5 A.M.
Shoulder their rifles
Then tramp out the door
Through the trees
Up the mountain
To the mists

Wake
On our backs
On a wooden plank
And I ask
What are we going to do

New day
New hope
Try it again
The grass and the marsh
One more time
We’ll find the right trail
To the cabin

The field
Damp grass
Sun shines
Mists rise
Blaze through the swamp
Has the map betrayed us
Has the compass betrayed us
Have we betrayed ourselves
With our doubting nature
And lust for reason

The trail
This has to be the trail
The one we started up yesterday
But seemed to turn in the wrong direction
Along a stream
Not on the map
We’ll follow it for an hour
Marching up
And see where it leads
And up
Bumbling into the unknown

Up!
Up through the muck and the trees
Fallen logs
Mushrooms and ferns
Our boots thick with mud
Up!
Into the heart
Of the final frontier
The great void
All of this that’s here
When we
Are not
Up!
Brows dripping with sweat
Beards damp with dew
Silent
As the fear
Of hunters
And bears
Hunters
And bears
Fades
And our uncertain doom
Swallows us whole

Up!

Down
The trail turns down
Down down down
The rush of waterfalls
Winding further down
The mossy mountain ridge

The lake
The lake
Mountains
And the lake
A flat trail
And a cabin
With bunks

Wind howls
On the open water
Foggy clouds
Swirl
Above the trees
We build a fire
And I stand barefoot
On the shore of
The lake
By the cabin

The outdoors is
Cold
Indifferent
To our presence
But we
Are here
We
Perservere
In the Alaskan
Frontier
And the trees
And the mountains
The mists
And the water

DAY 3

Pit
Pat
Rain on the roof
Rise
In the dark
Stiff socks
Soaked boots
The fire
Is out

Down
To the water
With the pot
Pancake mix
In the dark
A new day
Though the fire
Is out

Hike
Through the woods
By the river
Dwarfed by trees
Flourishing green
Devils club
Membranes
Jutting up
To the light
And dew
Gathered in mushroom bells
Time is gone
From this world
Swallowed
In a dream

Bail water
From the boat
And row across the river
To slink and slurk
The water shore

Fallen logs
Cracked bark
Consumed in blankets
Of moss
Leaves
Playing in the wind
Like piano keys
Water
Lapping
On the rocks
And the constant
Thrush
Of a far-off lost
Waterfall
Singing
Through the mountain ridges

A rope
Leads into the forest
To a wooden table
And a field
Of trampled ferns
Crisscrossed by orange tape
Other men
Have been here too
Long ago
But for what purpose
We’ll never know
As our presence
Will soon fade
Just as well
For Nature
Has no memory
For there is no memory
Without Time

Ghostly mist
Crawls up the river
We sup at camp
Then nap
And later
Row into the lake
Patches of cloud part
Sunbeams
Shoot
Through the sky
Eagles chatter
A hummingbird
Buzzes by
And fish leap and splash
In a place
Meant for poetry

Darkness
Closing in
New fire
Crinkling and crackling
And spitting
In the pit
We linger
On the shore
The lake
Still
The mountains
Blue
Lone soldiers
Painted
Against the landscape
Immense
Thinking
Of thousands of other lakes
Just like ours
Unseen
But there
Out there
In the Dreamscape
Water
Stones
And trees
All far beyond
Our feeble reach

Embers crackle
In the fire
Crinkle and crackle
Drawing our wide gaze
Caressing
Our cheeks
Caked with grease
And grime
Whiskey
Warms our belly

And the trees
The trees and the forest
As darkness
Descends
They are gone
From our sight
But still there

DAY 4

The sun
Sunlight
The sun and blue skies
Boil water on the beach
Oatmeal
Coffee
The sun
Pebbles between my toes
And filth
In my fingernails
And the sky
Is blue
And the lake
Is still
And the sun
And the sun
And the sun

Crash
Crunch
Water splash
In the thicket
A bear?
Hey bear
Beware
You bear
And leave us
Alone

Crash
Splash
And crunch and kerplunk
Hey bear
You stay there
And leave us
Alone

The sun
Blue skies
Wind roars
Cross the lake
Fluttering
The pages
Of my journal
Like ashes flutter
The wind
Wave crests
And the river
The lap
And the slap
And the slaughter

Riverwalk
A rest on a log
Moss moist
On our butts
The trickle
Clear glacier
Melted and drained
Flowing down and away
Like blood
From a vein

A swim
Dive into the water
Where the lake meets the river
Warm and cold mixing
On my bare naked flesh
Sunshine glinting
In sparks and sparkles
On the vast inky deep

Riverwalk
Dinner
Fire
Then a row
To the depths
Lost in time
Mountains
Giants rising
Rowing
Two specks
In a sea
In a dream
Flowing
And growing
Below the mists

Oars creak
All around
There’s Eternity
And Imensity
A void
And an answer
After the end
And before the beginning
The land with no Time
No mind
But a beating organism
Wrapped up as one
Exploding
Still
Forever
And on

Fire crackles
Smoke billows
And the embers glow
As we wait
For the stars

DAY 5

Goodbye
Goodbye, Redoubt Lake
Cabin
Misty mountains
Goodbye to the stillness
And density
Of your serenity
We linger on the shore
And say
Goodbye to you
And farewell
And shoulder our packs
And tromp into the woods

The trail
Now a familiar route
Laced with the melancholy
Of our departure
Every step we take
A step back into Time
And the daily
Machinations
Of our trivial lives

Goodbye, Redoubt Lake
But you are here
In my heart
Growing and growing

We rest at the old spots
The grass marsh
Now empty of fear and doubt
The log and the river
Goodbye
Salmon Lake
The cabin empty
Of hunters
Now ghosts
Among ghosts
Sit on the dock
An eagle swoops
It’s time to go
Time to go
So goodbye

Silver Bay
The boat
Goodbye
Then town
Comes into view
The sun in the sky
And I cock back my head
To breathe in the air
It flows through my hair
And the dock
And the land
And it’s now
A goodbye

So goodbye
Redoubt Lake
So long and adieu
To the woods
And farewell

We’re gone from your sight
But still under your spell
And so long
Misty mountains
And goodbye
Little cabin
Farewell

But we
Will be back
Someday