Archive for January, 2008

Sonic Assault

January 25, 2008

Sigur Ros

1. Draw the curtains, dim the lights, settle into a comfy chair. 

2. Insert Hvarf/Heim into the player.

3. Press Play.

4. Get blown away.

Next to Radiohead, Sigur Rós is undeniably, 1 of the must-haves in your iPod. The acoustic set has a lighter, more delicate touch yet just as full-bodied and lush as the originals. A definate must have.

Warning: Will take your breath away.

Criminal

January 23, 2008

Two words: Bogged down.

Spending more than 18 hours at work (be it physically at the office or otherwise) should be against the law. I’m all for the 35(?) hour week law that the French passed.

Status check: brain feels heavy, body is sluggish and I feel like I’m coming down with something. I know it takes less muscles to smile than to frown but I don’t even have the energy for that.

I want to go home.

Paris 2005

January 19, 2008

Paris Cafe

Sunday morning,
On the bed two half-eaten croissants.
Sunday morning,
We’ll soon be out on the boulevards.

On the toilet in the c-c-cold

January 6, 2008

Two things to remember when stepping into the toilet in winter:

1. Your nipples will be imbued with the ability to cut glass.

2. The throne will be a preview of hell freezing over, easily beating Moscow’s Izmailovsky market in the winter.