There’s this thing they have in French: l’esprit d’escalier. The spirit of the stairway. I don’t think we have a word for it in English. It means, well, the clever things to say that you only think to yourself when you’re on your way out. All the cool stuff you wish you’d said at the… Read more »
Monthly Archives: May 2013
Seen Live: Meat Loaf’s Farewell Tour
Last night, before starting “Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” Meat Loaf said, We’re gonna try to make it sound as much like 1976 as possible, for you people. It ain’t gonna happen … but we’re gonna try. And he was right. It didn’t sound anything like 1976. That’s 37 years ago. That was four… Read more »
First Lines: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Steven Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower was another one of those books that somehow didn’t make the cut for my list of 40 books to read before my 40th birthday. The Perks of Being a Wallflower was, if I recall correctly, one of only two movies I saw in a theater last year…. Read more »
Seen Live: Yori Swart
At the end of March, Yori Swart released an 12″ EP called Weigh In Weigh Out. And she did a few shows to promote it. One of those shows was in Tivoli’s Spiegelbar, which is, as the name suggests, a bar with loads of mirror(ball)s. And it was a relaxed little show. The opening act… Read more »
System Update Pending
Last week, with a loud bang and the smell of fried electronics, my computer died on me. I’m not quite sure exactly what blew up, and I don’t really care, as it was completely written off anyway. I’ve had this PC for seven or eight years, and it was my brother’s before that. In fact,… Read more »