“Nuh-nuh nuh-nuh, nuh-nuh nuh-nuh…”

“…[ham] BAT-man!”

They Might be Giants - “Man, It’s So Loud In Here” (Late Night with Conan O’Brien, 1993)

You have to carry all your things
You can’t misplace them
There’s nowhere to place anything

John Linnell may be the most important Dada poet working today.

In other news, The Johns are playing for free a few blocks from our house tomorrow.¹ Guessing the crowd will be insane, but, hey, you can’t deprive your child of her heritage.

Michael Nesmith & The First National Band - “Joanne” (1970)

Gorgeous. And, the whole Magnetic South record is just a gem. Can’t believe it took me this long to discover this. Some of the prettiest pedal steel I’ve ever heard.

Here’s a photo of my daughter, pretending to be at the zoo.

Wait. What, now?

Truck / Spank (seriously) by Tyson Elder

Suhhhh-wish!

Love, love.

Sui Generis

Man. I have a really amazing friend with a red pen, whose unicorn-drawing skills are SO getting a giant Acknowledgment.

Even though you can’t see me, I’ll always be watching you…I can’t be your horse to ride, but you two be good friends.

— Kamikaze Pilot, writing to his kids on the night before he flew a plane full of explosives into an enemy ship. And, which definitely didn’t make me cry just now.

I ♥ First Drafts