This summer is anything but sweltering, at least in southern Wisconsin. This is bizarre, it's been like 4 months of April. Which I usually don't mind, but some sun once in a while would be nice. At least it's cool and humid today, which is how I like it. Incidentally, cool and humid is terrible for vinyl records and musical instruments. Dammit.

There's a few new poems up, read them and comment please!

I've made a habit of staying up really late a few nights a week and meditating, as well as studying Kabbalah (finally! I've been meaning to do this for a long time). This is the school of mysticism that I've been looking for. The sky has been cracking open, lately. At least for me. Beautiful and terrifying revelations. I understand a little bit of why prophets and saints in religious scriptures become afraid for their lives when they have an encounter with God or an angel. I've been keeping a journal during some of these times, I'm going to start a separate blog for these arcane ramblings, I'll provide a link here as soon as I do for those who are interested.

I saw SONIC YOUTH last Monday night! It was wonderful to see my heroes in action. Kim Gordon is way, way cooler than Karen O will ever be. Turner Hall Ballroom is way, way better than The Rave as a venue. Special thanks to Josh for telling me about the Appleseed Cast being in town a few weeks ago, too. That was another beautiful show- their music reminds me of that deep, eternal longing... the cosmic gaze set toward the far pavilions...

I'm finally listening to "Neon Bible" by the Arcade Fire, after many recommendations by friends. I've put it off because of how hyped they've been in indie/hipster circles, and I HATE hype and hipsters. I have to admit that this is a very beautiful album, however. It touches on some emotions that are difficult to deal with for me- that eternal sense of longing.