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Sunday, July 27, 2003  11:32 AM   Deathsentences of the Polished and Structurally Weak I've long been a Negativland fan, but this project seems by far the most interesting thing they've done. The idea itself is not new -- FM has done it, as has RJ. I am not, at any rate, fond of cars, so anything that proves their fundamental eeriness is fine by me. Get it. You will be hightly disturbed and like it. * In other news, a friend is flying off soon & in saying goodbye the word "closure" was tossed around, which used to give me hives & now does not. I've been wary of certain words, because they seem to tie things up too neatly -- "self-actualization" was big on that list, too: these words seem to take what is the messy, unformed stuff of life and turn it into all-too-tidy narratives. But closure applied. And "self-actualization" is okay too. I'm beginning to think that there are lessons to be learned, chapters to be closed, steady lines from point A to point B -- maybe the world is not all unformed, uninformed & inchoate. Anyway, she'll be off soon -- a devastatingly cute, sharp, flinty-hearted, funny girl: Orlando's loss. Tuesday, July 22, 2003  11:40 AM   Referral Link Goodness The odds of stumbling across an incredible band by having them link you are not, I don't think, all that high. But these Decemberists are people everyone should be listening to. So go yonder, and enjoy: Some MP3s available here. The Decemberists. Official, oficially snazzy-looking site. Buy their CD! Tuesday, July 15, 2003  8:02 PM   I love Gogol! I love Russia! I love noses! Hello! All is well!

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