erasing sleep. strategic dying. electronic warmth and intricacy. submersion. caffeine. devotion. insectlike percussions. solitude. punctured lungs. literature. red wine. language. lightning. musical violence. dreams of amputation. chastity. a certain kind of love, undying.
Music
cut up melodies. deconstructed sound. experimental. instrumental dreams electronic.
(björk. antony & the johnsons. arctic hospital. portishead. world's end girlfriend. swod. piana. merzbow. imminent. philip glass. susumu yokota. prurient. cocorosie. tim hecker. ms john soda. chopin. gutevolk. jóhann jóhansson. x-in. helios. clogs. sylvain chaveau. wonderland falling yesterday. government alpha. caspian. alvin lucier. christopher bissonnette. polaroyd. quosp. opitope. detektivbyrån. the pixies. jacaszek. owen pallett. wolf eyes. max richter. xinlisupreme. diamanda gálas. sawako. matthew florianz. winterkälte. library tapes. kammerflimmer kollektief. karlheinz von stockhausen. massive attack. illusion of safety. xotox. nick drake. loscil. múm. ultra milkmaids. tarmvred. nina hagen. c.m von hausswolff. fennesz. fridge. herrmann & kleine. b. fleischmann. anna gardeck. the cure. illusion of safety. msbr. midori hirano. yasushi yoshida. prurient. mogwai. morrissey. coh. digitalism. andrew bird. olafur arnalds. kazumasha hashimoto little dragon. stina nordenstam. amiina. jan jelinek. monolake. koop. kim hiorthoy. aidan baker & beta cloud. fjordne. ola magnell. khonnor. m83. le chat blanc orchestra. autistici. aphex twin. erik knocksson. eyvind kang. hans appelqvist. sachiko. the velvet underground & nico. lou reed. edith piaf. enfantine. leonard cohen. the doors. nancy sinatra. nature & organisation. francoise hardy. nick cave. bob dylan. nina simone. johnny winter. janis joplin. patti smith. wildbirds & peacedrums. flogging molly. ametsub. rudi arapahoe. bersarin quartett. regina. robert wyatt. &c.)
Books
hard boiled wonderland and the end of the world. norwegian wood. nausea. the parfume. prozac nation.
altered carbon. gravity’s rainbow. lolita. the little mermaid. a room of one’s own. a saucer of loneliness. pattern recognition. the bell jar. fahrenheit 451.
hills like white elephants. le necrophile. notes from the underground. neuromancer. johnny panic and the bible of dreams.
fear and loathing in las vegas. the body artist. the crying of lot 49. oryx and crake.
the picture of dorian gray. les fleurs du mal. de galnas hus. kafka on the shore.
mrs dalloway. american psycho. remaking eden:
cloning and beyond in a brave new world. sputnik sweetheart. the secret history.
tipping the velvet. snow crash. vox. the diary of anaïs nin 1931-1934. kitchen.
time travelers wife. revolting rhymes. doktor glas. hot zone. the virgin suicides. wintering: a novel of sylvia plath. a writer's diary. the notebooks of malte laurids brigge. frida: a biography of frida kahlo. pale fire. written on the body. to the lighthouse. coin locker babies. reading lolita in tehran. invitation to a beheading. catching the big fish. incest. blind willow, sleeping woman. the piano. needle in the groove. the pianist. idoru. the blue octavo notebooks. the diving bell and the butterfly. south of the border, west of the sun. after dark. glamorama. too loud a solitude. henry and june. against nature. psychology and gender.
i am nobody;
i have nothing to do with explosions.
i have given my name and my day-clothes up to the nurses
and my history to the anesthetist and my body to surgeons.
sylvia plath, tulips.
what injury is yours?
mine is love. / myocardial infarction
“When the transformation is complete the final molt occurs: the adult emerges,
its wings fill with blood and expand, the new exoskeleton hardens.”
Video documentation of a performance piece by my friend Nate Kassel who rode around on his bike slapping high-fives to people who were trying to hail taxi cabs in NYC. Enjoy!
