closer to the ocean.

Jul 05 2009 ∞

more pictures from last night to come, but this is by far my favorite.

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zolof the rock&roll destroyer - argh… i’m a pirate!

no, SERIOUSLY. you HAVE to listen.

You and me we’re like little machines
We run around the room and mess up sheets
No one can put me to sleep except you

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“ I have a theory about ideas, that they’re like dreams, that like, you maybe get a little wisp of an idea that you never bear out, but there’s actually a whole thought in there, and what I thought was like, wow, wouldn’t it be really funny to play my songs and then have a bunch of fake songs for the encore that were really bad on purpose, that were like wry observations on how the internet is weird. Stuff about how grandparents say the darnedest things. I won’t be doing that.

— John Darnielle, 2009-02-25 @ Swedish American Hall (via valerie2776) (via fuckyeahthemountaingoats)

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fuckyeahthemountaingoats:

juliabydulia:

The Mountain Goats - You or Your Memory

Jul 04 2009 ∞

Panorama of fireworks from a roof!

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Moshing in a moving van is the new black.

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“ If I had a camera,” I said, “I’d take a picture of you every day. That way I’d remember how you looked every single day of your life.” “I look exactly the same” “No you don’t. You’re changing all the time. Every day a tiny bit. If I could, I’d keep a record of it all.” “If you’re so smart, how did I change today?” “You got a fraction of a millimeter taller, for one thing. Your hair grew a fraction of a millimeter longer. And your breasts grew a fraction of a —” “They did not!” “Yes they did.” “DID NOT.” “Did too.” “What else, you big pig?” “You got a little happier and also a little sadder.” “Meaning they cancel each other out, leaving me exactly the same.” “Not at all. The fact that you got a little happier today doesn’t change the fact that you also became a little sadder. Every day you become a little of both, which means that right now, at this exact moment, you’re the happiest and the saddest you’ve ever been in your whole life.” “How do you know?” “Think about it. Have you ever been happier than right now, lying here in the grass?” “I guess not, no.” “And have you ever been sadder?” “No.” “It isn’t like that for everyone, you know. Some people, like your sister, just get happier and happier every day. And some people, like Beyla Asch, just get sadder and sadder. And some people, like you, get both.” “What about you? Are you the happiest and the saddest right now that you’ve ever been?” “Of course I am.” “Why?” “Because nothing makes me happier and nothing makes me sadder than you.

— The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss (via aburstingflameoffun)

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