Herenow

sometimes the grocery store can be much too much too much for me

old ladies buggies idling isle to isle, expertly angled and impeding

and chips and choice and chips and chips and chips and soups and soups and dips and dips and dips

and i can't piece together the ever over evident commentary on capitalism and the what makes america america makes america what, because selection evertowers overme.

Location:clean up on aisle seven

AUTO FORM #$$$

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Location:playin number six on your all decade lissssst

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Now appearing live from iphoneyland!

Location:savage

2 things

1: I will not reside in the old, though I am getting old, and even as an elder, wrinkled down, I'll live a now life.
2: I hope I can always realise the rich irony in even the darkest moments and laugh an honest king's laugh. Sovereign always. Self ruling. A pyramid of confidence. Not pristine efficiency of action. Just love of me. Though there is no just.

No. Regret is an evil feeling. Self-destructive. Thank the past. But not because it led you here. That is a cop-out way to justify it. Thank it because it is truth.

post script!

What I really mean is that they were on this beach for a solid 24 episodes and then expanded their comfort zone to other parts of the island. For a good minute I had the knowledge and the hope that no matter what my day brought to me....I could go see my friends on the island. AND GUESS WHAT??? they hopped off the island I have grown to love for its consistency.

sometimes i am so excited about the endless possibilities. but right now....assuming that NOW is all that matters....and if it matters so much I should share my NOW with the people that matter to me.... so, right now..... hm

mourning and rejoicing

Dear sweet angels,

I am living in a constant state of nostalgic tenderness. It fills my heart with gladness that I have those memories, yet, really rips open my stomach because They are gone. They. Them. Those things that happened at one point. That state of mind I was in during that slot of time. How many songs have I performed? I wish i could count. Too many tears and not enough laughs. I am not sure that this is a regret. Just a deep reflection. What the fuck happened?

There is so much evidence of a fruitful life. When I see these pictures and hear these songs....I realize how rich I am with purity and love. Remember in drawing 101.... you learn to create....and then step away and observe what you have created....and then think about what you would like to change...and then you make it happen.

Life is a huge acid trip. Do not tell my son this. I know you all know. But I needed YOU to know that I DO NOT HAVE MY SHIT TOGETHER. Let us pray

questions marks answers

i have an honest desire to save the world...
don't you?
what's in our drinking water?
where is brittney's placenta? are we drinking it?
why are we are talking about global warming? isn't there a smaller scale?
why is it even debatable? what is the debate solving?
asking the big questions. the big questions are always there...
at least we can say that out loud.
i can't even talk, i have something else popping in my head...
let's watch lost and not think.
you can save the world.
that's the nicest thing anyone has ever said to me.
i don't know what the island wants...
can you believe people still argue with gay marriage by saying that we're recruiting young people? isn't that what priests are doing?
i saw a jesuit priest at a jesuit basketball game and he was young and cute and hot and sexual and he gave me eyes.
maybe they were the come to jesus ones. or maybe they were not at all those come to jesus eyes.
WHY THE FUCK DO WE PUT PEOPLE IN THE GROUND WHEN THEY DIE?
why is that what we're doing with bodies?
shoot me into space when i die, will ya?
when the hell are we?
no matter what you say to your brother, he won't change until you change.
and that goes for anybody.
why waste time trying to change anyone?
wherever you go, just be inspired.
i know that everything in the world hasn't been done, because nobody's face looks the same.
that's how i know i was meant to do something. because that's impossible.
because that's you, j, you think everything's possible.

peter gammons leaves espn

gammons is leaving espn for the mlb network. and although i have done little to no research on the topic, i bet he's leaving espn because espn fucking sucks.
on the mlb network, he can report on exactly what he wants...contracts, player development, etc.
instead on having to report on who barry bonds is bouncing on his dick or what club a-rod was spotted at in nyc last night.
i group espn in the same category with all the other major news networks. they are all terrible. we get our news from bbc, blogs, and the daily show.
there has been somewhat of a media merry-go-round lately.
diane sawyer's leaving GMA.
dan rather is now doing real journalism for HDnet. it's not that he wasn't doing anything important before, he just knew that he couldn't be a real influence in the media from behind a major news network's desk.
i know about his scandal, but that might have been the best thing to ever happen to his career. it gave him an out. and now he is doing something real.
now, he's doing INSPIRATIONAL journalism. the type of reporting that makes people pay attention. the stuff he's doing on afghanistan is remarkable, truly.
i don't want this to get twisted into anyone thinking i think i could do a better job, since i'm a "journalist". but, there has been and is a major problem with our media.
tiger woods....god damn it, tiger woods.
balloon boy...
runaway bride...
get real america.
espn is just as bad as the other networks. it's shocking how much they've turned in my lifetime.
it's the same 180 that mtv made.
wasn't espn supposed to be about sports?
mtv about music?
cnn about.....something???ANYthing??
now it's all touch-screen tvs and graphs and sensationalized bullshit that people only watch because they don't have to read it in tabloids anymore because the easier thing to do is sit back and watch the tabloids on television.
our nations best journalists are all leaving their posts at the high-ranking media outlets because, they are smart, and they know that their talent is being completely wasted.
i read on the cnn bottom line today that tiger woods is cutting someone a check to not release some nude photos of him. where the fuck is this coming from?
who cares?!
i mean, i would totally check out the pix if they got released.
this column could have been reduced to two words: tiger woods.
i think this audience would be able to grasp the intention from those two words alone.
i mean, is it possible that gammons is leaving espn just to get away from tiger woods talk?

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this is the dirty projectors song that fucked my face so hard at their show. PETE merry xmas:
http://www.divshare.com/download/9716223-d43

Just really thinking

Sometimes I think I have most things figured out. I can talk to my friends about this and that but I always have that inner monologue that dissects and proves the real truth to myself. Things I think about people that I don't want to ask aloud. But things that I am sure are true. I begin to talk about these things and realize not only are they not true, but they really don't make that much sense. Regardless of what I may be thinking, how did I even arrive to a conclusion? Why don't you call? I know you're not asleep, I know you're not busy, I mean it's 2009, everyone has their god damn phone? You're avoiding me, you no longer like me, you hate me. You're not normal. Me, I'm normal! I don't do things like that. One might ask, "Why don't they call?" To which I'll reply, I'm sure he's busy! I'm sure she's just taking a nap! Doesn't he have finals this week? Well she did get that new job.... The same doubts and assumptions begin their familiar erosion of truth and sensibility. Well you know me, I don't give a FUCK, it doesn't matter who calls or who doesn't call. I am free of self doubt, ramming through facebook, maniacally picking through my texts over and over, I just don't do it. I understand the motivation behind everything just like everyone else.

Neverending circular inner dialogue.

I wrote that in 2009 thinking it wasn't finished. But now that we know that every horizon is new - and that nothing can no longer hold us back in the year 2010; it is finished. All that.

a time...

i went to a funeral today of a 19 year old girl. she didn't seem that much younger than me until i saw her small body in a coffin and thought about myself at 19. five years ago. as i sat on the pew in a small episcopal church surrounded by the three people in this town i could even come half-way close to saying know me, i watched as this poor mother was so frail in grief her husband had to physically move her arms and legs to rise or sit for whatever the service was calling her to do. crippled by grief. my heart ached. i selfishly thought of myself and my life, but i have a feeling that's what most people do at funerals. say they're so sorry and get in their cars with people they live for and thank god it wasn't them in the front rows of that church.
i listened as the priest looked me in the eye and spoke of living for today. of not going to sleep with burdens of the past. how you can never be too quick to forgive or tell someone you love them or you're sorry or you're trying to be better. and yeah, it's all cliche. but the thing is, cliches are cliche for a reason and most of the time, they're absolutely true. because everything does happen for a reason and every passing moment is a chance to turn it all around.
it may seem pornographic that i stared at this women in the depths of her despair, but it's because, for whatever reason, her little girl told me all about her mother. and i heard the hurt in her voice when she told me stories of things she pretended not to really care about. i also heard without her saying it, the mistakes that she had made that may have caused things to be so. but i also knew that she was trying. every day. that coming to work made her feel better- like she was doing something in the right direction and learning that some people in her life weren't good enough for her. so, when i saw her parents for the first time today, i saw what guilt, loss, grief does to a person and that if they could've just seen what their daughter was trying to become maybe it would've been a little different, maybe some of that pain wouldn't be so self-inflicted. maybe if they could've just seen that she was trying and just let it be enough for that day.
but because of this little girl in her over-sized coffin and because of that broken mother and because that man looked at me of all people with swollen eyes during his message, i know that the burdens i have carried around don't mean shit. because we're all just trying every single day and it's just too easy to point the finger and pretend we're better, your problem is bigger. and i sent what remained of those potentially guilt-ridden, grief-stricken feelings with caitlin this afternoon.
because i got five more years than she did.
and then, i got in the car and thanked god it wasn't me.

I LIKE POP MUZZICK

well, it certainly has been a while. for me at least.
i would like to start posting again, even if it's just me this go 'round....
it's good to have an outlet, and i don't consider facebook to be anything personal at all.
please post whatever whenever. [postandeason]
for now, here is my list of 25 great albums from this year.
i know you have all been on the edge of your seat.
these are all albums i have, so if you would like to hear something on this list you haven't heard before, e-mail me--jayjerkm@gmail.com/or comment on the post and i will throw an mp3 on this hoe.
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25. fuck buttons - tarot sport
this is the kind of noise i can fuck with. beautiful, miserable melancholy drones with dancy beats behind them. i'm also glad they halted the screaming, although it goes so well with the last album.

24. julian casablancas - phrazes for the young
the first three songs on this album are the biggest buildup of the year, only to be followed by a pretty severe let down. i love him so much though, and the first three songs are really that good

23. empire of the sun - walking on a dream
kind of in the same vein as julian, great opening half, pretty dumb closing. again, a few songs i reeheeeally like

22. flaming lips - embryonic
glad they are back to making druggy creepy music again.

21. xx - xx
okay, say what you will but this is a pretty great album. it's coherent and cohesive and breezy and timely. the xx are smart, music is ready for this sound.

20. yim yames - tribute to
fuck i wish this wasn't limited to six songs. boo!!

19. themselves - thefreehoudini
homies. good rap, they get the white boy fuzz hop nod since why? wanted to sing country songs.

18. sparklehorse - dark night of the soul
nice. was kind of underwhelmed, but sparklehorse and dangermouse? they could ______ a _______ and i would still listen. [insert whatever, i don't care, you get it]

17. major lazer - guns don't kill people
fantastic idea. some really great songs. also some kinda dumb ones.

16. japandroids
anything aaron cox likes i know i will like. this is one of the only in that new lo-fi shitcore stuff that i really got into. japandroids seem so much more thoughtful than all the other new 4-bit whatever bullshit.

15. mew - no more stories....
most underrated album of the year. if these guys could stick to a time signature they would be as big as the backstreet boys. they are super cute too.

14. dirty projectors - bitte orca
best live show i saw all year. there's not anything wrong with the album, i just don't think i have the patience sometimes to appreciate what they're doing. their show was UNbelievable.

13. pictureplane - dark rift
trosclair's stories about how fucked up this dude gets only tickled my pussy bone. i'm so happy this weirdo is alive and making music. his songs will take you out of your element. very pleasant and unpleasant end-to-end, it depends on what kind of mood your speakers are in.

12. jay-z - blueprint 3
quit hatin, it's dope and you know it. seriously, haters, shut the fuck up.

11. dan deacon - bromst
this should be higher, but i just wasn't that into him this last time i saw him with the ensemble at spanish moon. he seemed irritated. that has nothing to do with the album. the album is balls to the wall awesome and dancy and thoughtful and hard and evil and spiritual.

10. grizzly bear - veckatimest
i still don't know what to think. i mean, of course i love it. i just don't think this is the be-all-end-all album ever and shit. i think they have a lot better, heavier albums coming in the future. anything i say about this will sound inadequate, because i've listened to it probably more than most of these albums. but, i really like it and i'm glad it's getting this kind of attention.

9. mos def - the ecstatic
i did not dig his last album, which was critically acclaimed all-around. really, i just think he's gotten s'dang cute!

8. teengirl fantasy - tgif ep
k, it's just an e.p., it's only four songs, but this little diddy is really spectacular. they just signed to anticon., which is strange, but i'm glad. thanks justin nix, you done good finding this for me. teengirl fantasy might be the next huuuge wave. or just another nice new sound that i'll never care about again.

7. maxwell - blacksummersnight
he's back! thank god...i was listening to ne-yo for a second just to get my chocolate.
'now' is one of my favorite albums ever, and somehow his most recent effort didn't disappoint. i was hoping it'd be more dramatic, but his lyrics are really specific and i dig that.

6. pterodactyl - worldwild
i just have a boner for these dudes. they played with the peekers a long time ago and blew my mind. megan "let me borrow" the cd, which hasn't come out of my car since. 'worldwild' this year did for me what videohippos used to. something progressive and loud without being annoyingly ahead of the curve and make you feel behind.

5. neko case - middle cyclone
somehow hyped and underrated at the same time. my favorite album by neko case, easily. very hooky, but honest, sincere lyrics. it's a seasonal album, that you can fit into any season. SEASUNZ *hand swipe across belly*

4. lil wayne - no ceilings mixtape
he's rapping again! there's nothing better in the rap world for me than weezy non-stop over dope beats for an entire album [3000 aside].... syrup got me slow, like a turtle round this hoe...every line he spits is something you'll want to repeat at some point during the day. a few of these songs blow, though. but, swag surfin/watch my shoes/ice cream paint job=FLAWLESS

3. animal collective - merriweather post pavillion/fall be kind
no surprise. it's just really good. there are a few songs that i still just don't feel so much, and i don't think it's their best album. but merriweather would be this high on my list for 'brothersport' alone. the fact that they just put out this e.p. [which is brilliant] pushes them up the list i think. 'fall be kind' is 20 minutes of heaven right now.

2. phaseone - white collar crime
this is a little tricky, because dude's using other people's music. i'm not particularly a fan of this method. but, the thing about his album, mixtape, whatevz, is that he doesn't just throw a new beat on some other people's stepped-on shit. he creates a completely new feel for each song, and makes a banger out of all of them. the music is gorgeous, the song selection--on point. i can't stop listening.

1. phoenix - wolfgang amadeus phoenix
i've said it before, i'll say it again: I LIKE POP MUZZICK. k. now, this is easy for me. i heard this album and knew exactly how i felt about it. every song is a hit. every song is still exciting to listen to each go 'round. it's such a great pop album. it is definitely one of my favorites of all time, in fact.
the thing that really gets me, is that they must have known when they made it how huge it would be. they must have written these songs and thought, "fuck, yeah we should call SNL. this shit's gonna be huge."
the lyrics are cryptic, but the listener is able to connect with them.
i don't know what i would have done this summer without this album.
i like it as much as i did when i first heard it. and if you know me, and you know how much i've listened to it, that is quite the feat.

honorable mention: dead man's bones, crocodiles, the field, dd/mm/yyyy, little girls


coming soon...postandeason's favorite youtube videos, songs of the year, quotes of the year, the all-darsh squad, pix of the year, and more!
don't call it a comeback!

-jerks