Some things you were never meant to lose/things you’ll keep

15 years ago this summer, my then boyfriend Keith reviewed a band called The Apartments for an indie rock zine. They’ve been around off and on since 1978 and reformed again in 2007. (They’re on Myspace now, too.) It’s one of the best wistful songs I know, one I’ve written about on this blog more… Continue reading Some things you were never meant to lose/things you’ll keep

Wer ist in? Wer ist out?

Originally by Serge Gainsbourg (“Qui est in?”), this is the Stereo Total version which I like better because it’s raunchier sounding. I post it because I’m sitting in my Systems and their Theories class taught by one of my favorite professors, Henry Sussman, and we’re working through Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit. We’re talking about things… Continue reading Wer ist in? Wer ist out?