mer's song & doodle blog

a place i can doodle and gab about the shit i been listening to.

octopus pie

My desk.
My desk.
I have many letters to write.
I have many letters to write.
I’m delighted. I love enemies, though not in the Christian way. Being always on alert, catching their every glance, the hidden meaning of every word, guessing their next step, confounding their plans, pretending to be taken in and then with one fell blow wrecking the whole elaborate fabric of their cunning schemes — that’s what I call living! Mikhail Lermontov, A Hero of Our Time

the fiery furnaces - widow city (2007)

After the buzz of playing this last year, it continues to hold up nicely. Played it at the office yesterday and Jason called it schizophrenic. I should put on Rehearsing My Choir for them. >:)

vetiver - thing of the past (2008)

Yawn.. there are some good tracks here, but nothing I’m particularly interested in hearing again.
I swear, sometimes my office mates just GIVE me these things.
I swear, sometimes my office mates just GIVE me these things.
A little peak at Wednesday’s comic for those watching! 
I wonder, would anyone be interested in buying my thumbnails? They are the only paper-drawn part of the comic and I am toying with the idea of selling them.

A little peak at Wednesday’s comic for those watching!

I wonder, would anyone be interested in buying my thumbnails? They are the only paper-drawn part of the comic and I am toying with the idea of selling them.

Friday morning at the diner.
Friday morning at the diner.

the beatles - sgt pepper's lonely hearts club band (1967)

Now this one’s a little obscure, guys, but I encourage you to check it out. Brings me to tears even when I’m doing the laundry.

charlie mingus - tijuana moods (1962)

This is wonderful! Mingus at the top of his game, with a Latin flair. The things I find for $5.