Thursday, September 06, 2007

Sandwich capabilities

DJ Head Hurtz

I'd like to Jenna her von Oÿ.

Wasn't my idea.

Plus, she was reading The Last Tycoon.

Band: Beautiful Sos

The way of all cash-

Wednesday, September 05, 2007

I'm back on Pop Rocks

Chicks like that have an obligation to cause accidents.

Motto: From many, what?

How you can smell even the length of mown grass...


Signed,
Mary from Baraboo

Thursday, August 30, 2007

Sanka's back?

We're all out of context.

What is they whispering about?

(I'd like to chair her committee.)

Monday, August 27, 2007

The Misinterpreted Grin

You never used to see that...

Trouser Hounds of the 21st Century.

Pineapple cubes aswimmin'

(Why do I crave Rolos?)

Friday, August 24, 2007

Sun Low

Shagging late-season flies.

Your fabled softball fields.

My argument against argument books.

Band: The New Oafs

(He must have some wang...)

Turn that anger upside down!

An all-dog revue...

Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Big scallion

Right song at the wrong time.

(We didn't know the lead singer had died.)


Well, we all look bad when we show up in letters to advice columnists.

(I'd like to refrigerate her Snickers.)

Monday, August 20, 2007

Thursday, August 16, 2007

Beaten to life

Looks like somebody has a case of the funs!

(I'd like to pave his way.)

Who's minding the mind?

(If that's the sort of thing you're into.)

(I'm into sort-of things.)

Tuesday, August 14, 2007

DJ Travel Planz

We don't talk about luck.
It's bad luck.

Museum courtyards, tour buses, etc.

The revelation is: There ain't no revelation.

Monday, August 13, 2007

But then he remembered who he was

Band: The New Laments
Single: I Miss Being Lonely

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Who's dignifying who

Airport candy machine.

I like my grill marks painted on.

I wouldn't dignify those pebbled, machine-littered expanses by calling them "roofs."

There is that...


(I'd like to pump some liquidity into their local economy.)

Friday, August 03, 2007

Deceptive angle

New store: Terrible Price

I'd like to become a guy who swims laps.

Quit Lloyding your Dobbler over me.


(Was that chick real, or a hologram from the dark side of my balls?)

Thursday, August 02, 2007

Bringing back "cinchy"

Bra strap insouciance.

His pet name was Sugar Packet.

And he sure knew how to wear a headband.

(Now it belongs to the world.)


(Brining my time...)

Monday, July 30, 2007

Russian Business Tattoos

Rapper: Hush Money

This place runs on Jarritos.


(But then what would we recycle?)

Friday, July 27, 2007

Next person paying with cash

(I'd like to Waldorf her Astoria.)

Wednesday, July 25, 2007

Whatever your theology-

Better you than some stranger.

Better some stranger than you.


Excuse me, there's a butterfly on your back.

Kikkoman tote bag w/ dog.

Hold her feet while she does sit-ups...

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Nothing is overpriced

Pixie in Volvo.

The Old License Plates

Place where people say things like, "I don't paint apartments. I paint the universe: armpits, football fields, dogs...."

Monday, July 23, 2007

Brand Skankin' New

Every word is a decision.

Award for best wearing of a Notre Dame sweatshirt goes to...

(We blew our stories over the tops of bottles.)

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Girls on dirt bikes

Where are the mosquitos?

Band: Old Men Under Broken Umbrellas
Hit single: Plastic Grocery Bag

A year we would never forget...
(Wait--which year?)

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

What mall?

You know the old saying, "You know the old saying?"?

Today, he said, we live forever.

I prefer my drinks tightly carbonated or not at all.


They brought in a three-legged dog to be an inspirational barker.
It worked.

Saturday, July 14, 2007

Godfather of Soullessness

An elder statesfrog...

Where did we end up eating that night?

Band: The Wink Martindales

Children's book: Craig's First Cheese Plate


A cat with curly hair?

Friday, July 13, 2007

Thursday, July 12, 2007

Winner of some award you never heard of

Band: The Realists

Written in condensation.

The strong police presence at the Union Square Barnes and Noble...

(I'd like to Penguin her Classics.)

Taken to task for my overuse of "taken to task."


Meet me at fire fly park...

Wednesday, July 11, 2007

You two know each other?

Succulent pearbody...

I'm hoping she slips up.

Taken to task for my overuse of the word "succulent."

The power of then.

The newsstand in the subway at 14th and 7th...

Monday, July 09, 2007

You work out?

Studies show--

Watermelon motif.

Too hot for metaphors...

Guys like that give hipsters a bad name.


(Out by where the old Sears used to be.)

Thursday, July 05, 2007

The Reminders

Better with a beard.

Soul food at the start of the world.

The poetry of parking regulations...

Band: Old Computers

I'd like to grow tomatoes.

Hired kooks...

Monday, July 02, 2007

Post industrial fans

Maybe that's part of it?

Reminiscent of a passport stamp.

I'd like to counter her culture...

(But do it without using the phrase "graveyard shift at Denny's.")

Friday, June 29, 2007

Neither are you

As bleepy as it gets.

Motto: Don't Stomp On Me!

Clacking dominoes around the table...

(I'd like to Dodi her Fayed.)

(You pick up on that stuff early.)

Wednesday, June 27, 2007

But what would they sell?

Business: Snatchy McVadge's Ginchatorium

Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Navy Rock

Tote-baggery

What's she doing in the street?

(I'd like to Amos her Oz.)

Runs vs. Points

Melt in twos

See through shirts

(We would sit and meditate on desire.) 

Thursday, June 21, 2007

The ring tones of our ancestors

Did I agree to that?

Being and somethingness.

Pringles on the beach...

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

The Concerned Looks

I have deep respect for that kid in the sweatshirt eating Munchos.

Come out with your buns glazing!

Monday, June 18, 2007

Sucked through straws

Irritable vowel syndrome.

The wrong, silent type.

Where did you get those stupid T-shirts?

I like the way they're weighted.

Friday, June 15, 2007

I'll buzz you in

Dream liver

School chairs

Kayak carrier, but no kayak.

To the girl in the NYPL reading Diasporic Meditations-


(That can't be her real name...)

Wednesday, June 13, 2007

The Neithers

Plummy Depths

Terrycloth Fantasia

The Stained Glass Cats

Skies alive!

(I'm more excited about America's next bottom model.)

Monday, June 11, 2007

Computer Alert

I'd like to labor under her delusions.

How green was my lantern?
Seriously--how green?

An old-fashioned right-of-way argument.


Your type-

Friday, June 08, 2007

In concert

The You Could Do Thats

Who can run in this haze?

Fence rental.

Helicopter sound effects.

The religion with the footrests...

(It was a simple morning, but I treasure it.)

Thursday, June 07, 2007

Regional champions

Breeze boys

Prescision for nothing

Math rock grrl band:
The Tragic Figures


(Good name for a cat)

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

That same amazingness

They'll squirt it with whatever flavor you want.

Turn the game on.

Land of the free refill.

The nipple effect.

I've managed to skirt that as well.

People don't act like they do in paintings.

(They must have figured I was insane.)

Monday, June 04, 2007

Cop belt for sale

Band: The Good Things Going

I'd like to Mos Eisley her Spaceport.

(Tennis balls against a wall.)

Friday, June 01, 2007

Aced it

High-waisted

High, wasted...

Hy weighs Ted.

Hi, wasted!

Highways, Ted,
highways.


(Looking good this year.)

(The optimistic, rubbery smell of the bike shop.)

Thursday, May 31, 2007

The Ain't Nots

It was a great catch phrase.

It is with some measure of regret that I

New thing: eating with chopsticks taken from a hairdo.

(I don't know how to answer that.)

Tuesday, May 29, 2007

What I'm not sure

We can learn a lot from this fat, one-footed pigeon.

Looking through the statue's legs.

Is that neon, rubber sunglass style back?

I can't believe 10 years ago was 10 years ago.

Tailing the day away-

(I never did get that joke.)

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Kicking sand

This is worth reading twice.

Wednesday, May 23, 2007

What proximity promotes

That is one surreal-tastic blimp.

Baby rap: In Da Sling

(I'd like to unite her nations.)

Monday, May 21, 2007

Marinate like the pros

Soft-nosed negotiations-

They pop up in every hot tub.

I haven't been fishing in years.


(That's just an old urban mist.)

Thursday, May 17, 2007

In the no

I'm stoked about using "stoked" way more often.

I miss that cafe. It was on my street.

And I don't care who knows it.


(What were we rooting for, exactly?)

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Watering down water

Her dark eyes or dark guys?

Guise?


I like this letter.

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Or would I?

I'd like to unintend her consequences.

Maybe Haruki her Murakami.


Can anyone sit here?

(It depends on which news you follow.)

Friday, May 11, 2007

The answer may surprise you

(Or it may not.)

Wednesday, May 09, 2007

We should be so flukey

Hike those!

A museum of scandals.

(The movie was better.)

Self-serving ice cream.

Let me just double-check my email real quick.

(Isn't it about time I ran into Macgregor Card on Broadway?)

Tuesday, May 08, 2007

How is this relevant?

America's most quoted.

The empinkening...

Just happy to be off the team.

He sketched everyone in crayon...

Thursday, May 03, 2007

Velcro faith

Cuter than absolutely necessary.

Get your dapple on.

Park-wide sax ban.

Are you saying I shouldn't have called her Freckle Tits?

It was a phrase of affection.

(I've never seen yogurt spooned with such passion.)

Band: The Dirty Parts

Wednesday, May 02, 2007

Feels like vacation

Table jam at Mill Lane.

Band: European Cities

I like these people.

Sneaking onto the landmarks commission.

The accomplishment of not caring about accomplishments.

Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Overly

Hey--where did you get that Sno Cone?

You're asking a lot from those shoes.

For a second I thought she was running towards me!

I'll hide out by that flowering tree.

Friday, April 27, 2007

Flower store

There's bound to be some overlap.

What's forty years?

(I'd like to pool her tips.)


I'll be thinking about you
while I think of you.

Wednesday, April 25, 2007

I'm here for the event

How did you get up there?

Double what it should be.

I got to admit--

Fills out that skin nicely.

The Twinge Town Players.


Charity: Save My Spot

Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Paradise by the bagel register

Try the house pickle.

That's what we in the industry call a

I don't know about you but

Let's watch these young people paint the fence.

I sure would like to blurb her novel.

(Internet: revenge of the peanut gallery)

Friday, April 20, 2007

Tongue burn

Curly enough for ya?

Quartet: The Hims

Pocketless wonder

The future was reflected in her shades.

That thing about stirrup pants...

Motorola's success must be due in part to its old-timey name.

(We had no Winnie Cooper.)

Thursday, April 19, 2007

But not really

Everybody:
Jump in with answers!

Heavy Zipper Pulls

Crackdown on Public Belt Adjustment (PBA)

Band: The Woefully Incomplete

(Man, I haven't googled her in ages...)

Monday, April 16, 2007

You might want to wait a few minutes

Was Papa Smurf crying?

Is that a real question?


(I'd like to thump her Bible.)

(I want those shoes from the billboard.)


Bands:
The Expiration Dates
The Well Used
The Light Outs

Thursday, April 12, 2007

I held her responsible

(Tight and well into the night)

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Forgot to leave

The bartender made all the difference.

Mint your way to health.

Band: Massive Layoff

(I'd like to plug her website.)

(We were trapped in space
warped by someone...)

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Healthy contempt

Golf club as walking stick.

Game show:
What Does That Even Mean?

At the museum:
Without prices listed, how can we begin to understand?

(I'll pretend I need to be somewhere.)

Sunday, April 08, 2007

Bread

Where do they grow these chicks?

Is he their dad-figure or what?

(We were there for the shift change.)

(It seems fun here.)

(We cheer for what we recognize.)

(I'm part phlegmish.)

Friday, April 06, 2007

The Rooting Interests

Sheesh for America.

I'd rather do that with the dog watching.

(My only news is something I dreamt during a nap.)

(I'm dumber than I let on.)


The guitar jam at the end of the video for "La Bamba" by Los Lobos.

Thursday, April 05, 2007

Like that scene in-

I like to pretend she works for the government.

Dirty, dirty glasses.

Give everybody credit.

New Olympic event: Technology Toss


I'm not sure the concept of sustainability is sustainable.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Time line lies

Off to the raindrops-on-the-window races!

I'm surprised that old futon shop is still around.

All these TV antennas on rooftops-
noble monuments to the way we used to receive TV signals.

(I'd like to buy her chapbook.)

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Dream rehab

I'm all about the phrase "I'm all about..."

Game show: Is That a Joke?

Band: The Big Themes

Licking up history...

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

The Unresented

Cool bike.

We made out on that ridge.

I like her sweaty Michigan T-shirt.

(Women who describe semen as "yummers.")

She's got the brains,
I've got the scrawn.

Monday, March 26, 2007

Every Sal's

He's changing the register tape.

What's that a euphemism for?

I'd like to Sunday her afternoon!

(She wants to watch the finale...)

Saturday, March 24, 2007

They have shots for that

This street goes back in time
(Not directly)


(Not even antique seltzer bottles can save us now.)

Friday, March 23, 2007

The Marketing Decisions

I said to him,
Let's go to the beach and write screenplays.

Busting out of that vintage blouse-
Like a prison break.

(I'd like to subject him to a gratuity charge.)

(I still hold the low score on Zaxxon.)

Thursday, March 22, 2007

Hot damn

We were eating Hot Sam
Papa jarred his own jam
Pebbles loving Bam-Bam
Gangsters with their scram-scram.
Cookouts with the fam
Setting up the Zim Zam
I've really grown to love ham.
She was reading Matt Klam
Our DJ name was K-Blam.
We had flim without flam
I'm stripping for the cam
I never could say "ma'am."
Cracker-up with Tam Tam
Makes me think of old Gram

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Puddle-inspired

Some good, squishy mud here.

Kids jogging--seems wrong.

That's my moonslice!


The House Hold Names

The Tragically Chubby


(Your animal must be this furry to enter.)

There was so much I wanted to ask her...

(Not actually. But it sounds nice.)

Monday, March 19, 2007

Smile for the satellite

Everybody's a cipher, nowadays.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Pre race rituals

Orthodox exercise.

It pools in you.

Old dirty bastion.

She is a stretch.

That's some forlorn fun you got there.

That being said,

I'd like to congee her village.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

The Lugs

I dig her suit and angry look.

They sure know how to order.

Them lagers pour nice.

Let's talk real estate.

(He could use yoga more than anyone I know.)

(I didn't realize she was she.)

Did I?

I must have.

At some point.

Right?

Wednesday, March 07, 2007

Atomic Snowfall

Meanwhile, back at the computer lab...


All this for one guy?


(At least it smells like a shoe store.)


I'll be at the corner of the corner bar.
Drinking corner juice.


(I'd like to flag her as inappropriate.)

Monday, March 05, 2007

Broadcast thyself

They have these all over in L.A.

(I'd like to pickle her ginger.)

Saturday, March 03, 2007

This is what passes for nostalgia?

The Intelliprefix Corp

Not everything was better when I was a kid.

The Wet Cats

(I wouldn't mind coming back here for dinner.)

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

What took me so long

(I'm still on my way to that track meet.)

Tuesday, February 27, 2007

You I knew

An open window in the library.

That has to be the town I'm thinking of.


Graffiti with question marks...

Friday, February 23, 2007

A lasting fad

(I'd like to badger her bristles.)


The street had a bend.

I used to bike by her house,
hoping that


(They're going back to the old logo.)

Thursday, February 22, 2007

Historic playscapes

The Same Things

The Modest Profits

Moon suits--
(still suits)


(I honestly can't tell the difference.)

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

The Excused

Not satisfied with satisfaction.

Wrapping things in rubber bands.

I would love to see a porno starring you two.

(Not a pickup line, exactly.)


The fun of work/
The work of fun


Don't tell me that beard isn't art!


(You're only young a bunch.)

Friday, February 16, 2007

The Punkosphere

The way she knocked the snow from her boots.

(What about it?)

Ask the ethnicist.

Enough name-taggery.

We were out-glassed.

(I have no idea how old she is.)

This air has a lot going for it.

How about a hand for the clarity of city lights in cold weather?

(Of course it's stolen.)

Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Half a word away-

For some reason I never go to this deli.

And I prefer small bananas.


What was that look?


And a child shall chide them.


Beware of professors who overuse "modernity."


Ah, moral ambiguity.


And the soft mint of York...

Monday, February 12, 2007

Similar incidents

She was a space heater.

The overminer.


We should all be so spry.
(Should we?)


Small Sprite--
no ice

Wednesday, February 07, 2007

Befriend an institution today

The So Not Funnies

Honor bites.

I'd rather be reading the paper.

Of another time.


(Winter reminds me of summer.)

Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Sacred mistrust

Those campus molecules...

A new mantra?
You don't use the one you have!

The New Old Timers
The Unrealized
The Plucks

(We thought that was hard rock.)


I feel old again!

(While dancing in your head, in a prairie.)


(My name and pseudonym are the same.)

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Out vergin'

You sure you should be squatting there?

These fools out searching for "the real."

Before it gets torn down.


What are we radiating?

Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Who goes here?

The Try Me's

(He's playing hard to pet.)

Some great piercings...

Do you have an animal in there?


Yellow lights
Foreign books
Arm-in-arms
A map of nooks


Vestigial sweaters

(I don't use those words.)

Sunday, January 28, 2007

The Iconettes

Emails from robot poets.

I like when games take place too late for this edition.


The stuff they fed us...

Wednesday, January 24, 2007

Unwinding wires

Bands:
-The Obvious
-Accidents of Birth

Neon pizza guy.

This whole thing needs to be redone.

Metaphors for Impotence.

Once again, Night saves the Day.

(I'd like to grind her lenses.)

Monday, January 22, 2007

I skipped most of it

Aquaman-like

And here is where I fell in love with the cheese Danish.

(A Hot & Crusty in the corner of Grand Central Terminal)

A salad of dubious greens.

(Not so All-American.)

Friday, January 19, 2007

Women buying pipes

How about those thick black straws?

Monsters of the malt shop.

Those crazies missed you.

Is this enough?

He was as dull as a bank.
(Also as assuring.)

Get pixelated!

Monday, January 15, 2007

Disbelief is as tough as belief

These foggy ballfields.

I threw a coin and
wished to see ripples.


Band: The Minor Accomplishments


That hotel smell...in your house!

To me it's all that street.


(Say a blessing over the people saying blessings over things.)