Song of the Day
Claire | April 27, 2010
“Rehab“, Amy Winehouse
A Thousand Words
“Magnetic North”
Claire | April 24, 2010
Popmatters reviews Aqualung’s new album “Magnetic North”. I’m headed to Barnes and Noble(or possibly Borders) to buy it this weekend, but in the meantime, you can listen to the first single off it, “Fingertip”, here at Berg Loves Pizza.
Writer’s Corner
Claire | April 24, 2010
Resources for creative writers. Websites: Duotrope’s Digest One Word – fix that writer’s block Writer’s FM Byzantine Roads – technical support blog for aspiring writers Poems about writing: “Berryman“, W.S. Merwin Publications: I recommend The Writer’s Chronicle, put out by the AWP, the Association of Writers and Writer’s Programs which is probably the largest organization [...]
Melissa Polinar
Claire | April 24, 2010
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HbALCVhYSM
Melissa Polinar is a Youtube artist I just discovered who needs to get picked up by a record label STAT. She’s amazing. Subscribe and watch all of her songs here
Sunao Ni Narenakute
Claire | April 22, 2010
I am in love with the new Japanese drama Sunao ni Narenakute, also known as Hard to Say I Love You. It’s fresh and modern and giddily romantic, and combines a lovely playful vibe with (already!) a good dose of angst, and Eita as a hot young photographer ala Matsuda Shoda in Love Shuffle is [...]
Photograph & Quotidian
Claire | April 20, 2010
“I envy everything, all of it. I know it’s a sin. I love how you can shift in your chair, take a deep drink of gold beer, curl your toes under, and hum.” -Dorianne Laux, from “What Could Happen“
Favorite Poems
Claire | April 19, 2010
“The River-Merchant’s Wife: A Letter,” Ezra Pound “One Art“, Elizabeth Bishop “Yellow Bowl“, Rachel Contreni Flynn “Marseilles“, Antonia Clark “Father Andrews“, Thomas Lynch “The Abnormal is Not Courage“, Jack Gilbert “You Were Wearing Blue“, Tom Raworth “The Steeple-Jack,” Marianne Moore
Quotidian & Song of the Day
Claire | April 17, 2010
Sometime Around Midnight, The Airborne Toxic Event “We decided a long time ago not to take reviews too seriously. For one, they tend to involve a whole lot of projection, generally saying more about the writer than the band. Sort of a musical Rorschach test. And for another, reading them makes you too damned self-conscious, [...]
Life Unexpected Ep 12 Music
Claire | April 14, 2010
Songs from the latest episode of the amazing CW show. Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now, Starship Love Comes Back Around, Graham Colton(played at end of episode 12)
