Aug

14

Song in Plaster: The Zombies, “Hung Up On a Dream”

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A sweet, confusion-filled Matza
“And now I’m hung up on a dream.”
-The Zombies

August 11

I’m mystified. Last night in my dream there was a guy who sort of looked like my boss yelling at me for all the work I hadn’t done, because I’d gotten really into re-editing the Wikipedia page about Internet addiction. I still have no idea what it means. I also had the dream about eating my pillow. When I woke up, the Jet-Puffed Marshmallows I keep by the side of the bed were gone.

August 12

Dreams really are inscrutable. Last night I had this dream where I got Read more

Aug

7

Song in Plaster: The Magnetic Fields, “I Think I Need A New Heart”

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I think he needs a new heart within his heart.

Two men, Tolly and Stephen, have shut themselves up in a room. They’re adapting Tolly’s off-Broadway play,The Heart Within the Heart, for the screen.

Stephen: So, in the play Robbie and Jeff are gay?

Tolly: No. They’re brothers.

Stephen: So why do they live in the same room?

Tolly: Because they’re brothers and their family’s a little poor, so Read more

Aug

4

Song in Plaster: Department of Eagles, “Phantom Other”

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It's a metaphor, right?

Two former roommates meet at a class reunion. One of them works as a sales rep for Walgreen and the other is a physicist working on the Large Hadron Collider.

Chris: So you’re working on that thing? That’s amazing. Is it going create a black-hole and kill us all? (Laughs)

Lance does not react.

Lance: No, that’s impossible. There’s no way that anything like that could happen. We’re looking for Read more

Jul

27

Drawn Song in Plaster: Cass McCombs, “Lionkiller Got Married”

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Bianca cannot get married until Kate gets married. Kate is not a happy camper, primarily due to activities like cooking over fires and not taking showers. Their father loves camping more than even arbitrary and dramatically pregnant rules. Let’s camp this weekend, their father says, I feel I need it. The girls feel they do not need it. But they are oddly compelled to obey their father’s wishes.

Lionkiller is at home with this environment. He views Kate as Read more

Jul

22

Song in Plaster: The Dave Clark 5, “Catch Us If You Can”

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Four of them are handicaps.
Public Record, Friday:

10:43 AM - Three teenagers reported running through Center City Park and shouting. One attempted to ride a dog.
11:17 AM - Man reported his ex-wife stole his waterslide.
11:32 AM - Three teenagers reported for running on Main Street and shouting, and for indecent exposure of their buttocks.
11:56 AM - Suspicious looking dog reported in Center City Park.
12:15 PM - Man reported three teenagers Read more