January 24, 2011
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Songs In Prose: R. Kelly “I’m A Flirt”
Now if you walk up in the club with a bad chick, and she’s looking at me then I’m going to hit it. Man, jacking for chicks, I tried to quit, but I’m a player homie, so I had to … Continue reading
January 18, 2011
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Man-Acting: The Path of the Righteous
“There’s a passage I got memorized. Ezekiel 25:17. “The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he who, in the name of charity … Continue reading
January 7, 2011
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Songs in Prose: Drive-By Truckers “Birthday Boy”
Which one’s the birthday boy?” she said. “I ain’t got all night.” “What your momma name you? You can call me what you like.” Every skinny’s a mystery, gotta make it hard some how. “Sit your narrow ass down hot … Continue reading
November 18, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Red Cyclops Manifesto
Charm City. The Land of Pleasant Living. The Greatest City in America. A place that asks us to believe. Lies. All lies.
May 9, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Of Sublime and Summers Past
“All these things I do, They’re waiting for you.” -Bradley Nowell, Sublime, Garden Grove [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTks2ivd1t8&hl=en_US&fs=1&] Sublime reformed in 2009. I learned this news recently. It disturbs me.
April 26, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on In Praise Of: Urban Credentials
There’s an interesting on-going discussion following Sunday’s ‘Treme’ episode about the perennial debate of tourism/nativism of American cities. What constitutes regional credentials? In Dennis Lehane’s “Gone, Baby, Gone”, Boston private dic Patrick Kenzie asks a purposely flippant question to Boston … Continue reading
April 26, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on What I Read: Of David Simon
With HBO’s “Treme” series kicking into its third episode tonight, wanted to hit a few highlights in the vast archive of stories analyzing David Simon, the show’s co-creator and auteur behind arguable the greatest TV show of all time, “The … Continue reading
March 26, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on New Orleans in a Moment – Three Odes
“[New Orleans] is capable of moments unlike any moments you’ll ever experience in life…Lots of American places used to make things. Detroit used to make cars. Baltimore used to make steel and ships. New Orleans still makes something. It makes … Continue reading
March 26, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on Everything is Shiny, Always Gold…
I’ve been studying the two videos for Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” (accompanied by MGMT & Ratatat) like the Zapruder film. The song itself is haunting, but the videos are a master class in the weight imagery and music work … Continue reading
March 22, 2010
by Geoff Shannon
Comments Off on What I Read: Clint Eastwood, Chicago’s Daley, Nola’s Treme
“Out of the West“, Clint Eastwoods Shifting Landscape, The New Yorker Clint Eastwood is a certified member of our “Man-Acting” legends, and this article does a great job at understanding what makes The Man With No Name a solid-to-great director. … Continue reading