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Tuesday, December 29, 2009

NEW POEM: On Losing The Best Of The Social Whores (12-29-09)

On Losing The Best Of The Social Whores

You!
You spread your arms so wide and embraced me so tightly when
I was so lost
and you!
You introduced me to this incredible world i had been so enamored with
but had never had been able to muster the courage to dive into its depths.

You!
Do you know what an inspiration you were to me?
How when I watched you at Bahama Breeze or Manchester's,
moving with ease between tables and various groups of "macrame-makers,"
beer in hand, how
I was drawn to you like a moth to a flame.
God,
we all were.
Your light shone so brightly,
we all wanted to bathe in it.
If I could have one more moment I would say,
"Jack, you gave me courage and comfort and confidence"
and that wouldn't begin to describe one iota of what you gave me.
How I ache for what the world has lost.

I understand your demons, having shared similar ones
(the first time we met face-to-face we confided these issues with each other)
and I know the disease must've taken over
and I know I didn't do my part,
hold up my end of the bargain,
as I forgot how to communicate,
as I forgot how to be anything to you more than a name on a list.
So, I can't claim to know
anything about what brought this about
other than stupid fucking chemicals that wreak havoc with our souls
and for that, I could not be sorrier.

I will always treasure your infectious laughter, your booming voice, and those moments we shared where I was lucky enough to have your attention all to myself and got to converse and confide.
The world doesn't make much sense when we lose the likes of you,
yet I know your ache is at last soothed, your savage beast tamed,
so I hold onto that cold comfort,
and with tears streaming down my face,
I wish you well and remember a world where we basked in your warmth.

copyright 2009 Katherine Andrews

Monday, December 28, 2009

Best of 2009 set list, The Crow's Foot, 12-27-09

"Jailbird" -- M. Ward

"All The Beautiful Things" -- Eels
"There Are Maybe Ten Or Twelve" -- A. C. Newman
"Two" -- The Antlers
"Swim Until You Can't See Land" -- Frightened Rabbit
"Shake A Shot" -- Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson
"People Got A Lotta Nerve" -- Neko Case
"Lust For Life" -- Girls
"Lalita" -- The Love Language
"Days" -- Sambassadeur
"Kick Drum Heart" -- The Avett Brothers
"Saddest Summer" -- The Drums
"Naked With You" -- Turbo Fruits
"Stayed Up Late" -- The White Wires
"Suicide" -- The Raveonettes
"Not Fair" -- Lily Allen
"Folding Chair" -- Regina Spektor
"When We Swam" -- Thao
"Oh Suzanne" -- French Kissing
"Walkabout [w/ Noah Lennox]" -- Atlas Sound
"Heaven's Stranger" -- Eat Skull
"You Can Come Over" -- Shannon and the Clams
"A Little Death Around The Eyes" -- Pete Doherty
"Cornerstone" -- Arctic Monkeys
"Convinced Of The Hex" -- The Flaming Lips
"Guilty Cocker Spaniel" -- Modest Mouse
"Zero (N.A.S.A. Bloody Lobo Remix)" -- Yeah Yeah Yeahs
"Burn It All Down" -- VHS Or Beta
"If This Is Love" -- Darlings
"Jackie Wood" -- Box Elders
"26 Miles (Santa Catalina)" -- Dent May & His Magnificent Ukelele
"Hey Boy" -- Magic Kids
"Loli" -- Nous Non Plus
"A Teenager In Love" -- The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart
"The Ills" -- Mayer Hawthorne
"Spoiled" -- Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
"Honeymoon" -- Bombadil
"Gimme Sympathy (Acoustic)" -- Metric

Friday, December 25, 2009

My Top 10 Albums of 2009 (I think? I can never friggin make up my mind man, so at this moment in time only)

December 25, 2009
IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER

1. Neko Case -- Middle Cyclone
2. M. Ward -- Hold Time
3. A. C. Newman -- Get Guilty
4. Thao -- Know Better Learn Faster
5. Arctic Monkeys -- Humbug
6. The Love Language -- The Love Language
7. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson -- Summer of Fear
8. Metric -- Fantasies
9. Eels -- Hombre Lobo
10. Regina Spektor -- Far