February 3rd, 2012
MP3: In The Yard by Bowerbirds
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasFlunking a breast exam one week after womb removal I get the call that something’s showed up and I go back to be prodded, probed and sonographed.continue reading this poem
On “In The Yard” we see the North Carolinans building on their tried and trued folk ways with expanded instrumentation and more complex harmonies.
January 30th, 2012
Album review – Ghost Town by Owen
Tags/ Posted by Luke GrundyI was a spoke worked loose from a bicycle, a speed limit sign, the girl who sat on the park’s swing and wrapped its chain ropes taut with each turn, waiting to let go, waiting to spin.continue reading this poem
Mike Kinsella’s fifth album under the Owen moniker contains moments of fleeting brilliance, offset by those of slightly less remarkable melodic melange. Kinsella can conjure magic, but all too infrequently.
January 27th, 2012
MP3: Never Change by Julianna Barwick
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasA half-naked woman dove into this pool in December.continue reading this poem
January 6th, 2012
Stream: With Tomorrow/I’m On Fire by Olof Arnalds
Tags/ Posted by Chris KapolasSee me reflected in the fairy tale mirror: the snarls of hair, the graying teeth, the skin smeared with mud and rain. I might have crawled out of the brush to hamstring you with a sharpened rock.continue reading this poem
You have to be careful with cover songs. I’ve heard some awful ones and some so bad that I can no longer listen to the original. Olof Arnalds weaves a beautiful and seamless medley out of Gene Clark’s “With Tomorrow” and Bruce Springsteen’s “I’m On Fire”….
