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Thoughts on Treme, so far
20 January 2012
Once again, it is possible to immerse oneself into the magical synthesis of language, people and artifice that is the David Simon city-fiction. What worried me, before seeing the 80 minute pilot of Treme, is that Simon would stray from the write what you know rule its inarguable that he is a master of all things Baltimore, but tackling post-Katrina New Orleans?
I have never been to...
Still streets
20 January 2012
Ive been enjoying the Felt albums that were recently posted on Map Ref 41 93W, and during some web-based procrastination I read that Lawrence named the band after the word specifically as it is emoted by Tom Verlaine in Venus. Television stirs in me a whirlwind of adolescent feelings, managing to catapult me back to the late 90s every time I listen to them. Venus in particular...
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