Archive for February, 2007

Sources of Gravity, Metropoles

Posted by Vivek on February 11th, 2007

They come through TV, books, radio, internet, iPods, certain manifesting circumstances, and other various sundries. I wonder what there is about this place that makes it so different than that place. And I wonder why the lives we traverse are not so immediately forgiven that when someone picks up and goes, they are […]

Since I Left You

Posted by Vivek on February 9th, 2007

I really like this video and song by the Avalanches, an Australian band. Their album of the same name, Since I Left You, is one of those albums that I listen to for weeks on end, forget about and fall in love with again. They have one of the most unique sounds I’ve […]

Smacking with Fluff

Posted by Vivek on February 9th, 2007

I come back from a night out and decide to make some tea and catch up on the news. In the late hour I’m prone to click non-newsy links and so I do and am confronted with the following:
“Pillow Fight in San Francisco!”
Um, OK. I look at the pictures and it was exactly […]

On language

Posted by Vivek on February 4th, 2007

I realize that most of the time when I write on my blog, its about experiences I’ve had and the few peculiarities that make those experiences worth writing about. I read something, usually in English, and comment on it. Something happens to me, or I do something, and I record the result in […]