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GET AWAY FROM THE OCEAN
by Dan
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Frank, 9, plays a candy game. They don't even call them video games anymore. He drives at blinding speeds, through tunnels and colours like drug trips. He dates three girls, two of whom aren't human, but anthropomorphic animals in onesies. He designs advertisements, for skateboards and fast food, and pays for his fake apartment with the cheques. He spraypaints at night (tag the tower!) and steals from the rich, sneaks through their windows and leaves the sun stains where the paintings used to be. He rips up sidewalks, he overturns cars, he is courageous, penetrant, spectacular. He rescues innocent hostages, from tied up attics and shipping containers, while getting texts from his best girl, a koala with tiny hands and a bowie knife. Frank has his first erection when playing the game, he gets a text: "I want to see you tonight." And he takes off, travelling the wifi cloud and boosted by the cell phone signal, into the polluted night sky, stained perpetually a deep beautiful dark blue. PS I Love You - "Starfield (CJLO session)" May jogs. Breath cloud, cold wet nose like a dog. Jog the day through the shoes, pat it all out with footfalls. This winter like a 6-month Fall. The organ of the brain, behind the eyes, shakes like a white-knobbed sketching toy, emptied by the rhythm, grey slate resting state. May jogs. May works her job. May only rest, 1 or 0, only what happens is the set of things that happen. Puff. Puff. Puff. [Great album FREE (+tip if you want)] (photo, of a bathroom stall in Bristol, by Lesley Stoch) Posted by Dan at February 24, 2012 2:45 PMComments
Posted by aprilcomeshewill at February 24, 2012 8:54 PM Hey! This comment doesn't relate specifically to this post, great songs nonetheless, but I wanted to just thank you. You all have had such solid recommendations over the years, and I suspect most of my favorite finds have come from reading your blog. So thank you. I appreciate what you do. Posted by Claudia at February 24, 2012 11:22 PMSleigh Bells - "Crush" Thanks for the song and story. =) Posted by blahdeedah at February 28, 2012 11:04 AMwell, actually, while i appreciate STG's musical selection, i tend to disregard them and visit the site to read yer short stories more than anything else. i should probably pay more attention to the music though.. anyhoodle.. Posted by aprilcomeshewill at March 16, 2012 4:23 PMPost a comment |
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all songs are removed within a week or two of posting. said the gramophone launched in march 2003, and added songs in november of that year. it was one of the world's very first mp3blogs. if you would like to say hello, find out our mailing addresses or invite us to shows, please get in touch: montreal, canada: sean toronto, canada: jordan montreal, canada: dan please don't send us emails with tons of huge attachments; if emailing a bunch of mp3s etc, use a service like MailBigFile. if you are the copyright holder of any song posted here, please contact us if you would like the song taken down early. please do not direct link to any of these tracks. please love and wonder. "and i shall watch the ferry-boats / and they'll get high on a bluer ocean / against tomorrow's sky / and i will never grow so old again." we are a member of MBV.
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Sean Michaels lives in Montreal, where he is writing a novel. His work also occasionally appears at McSweeney's. Follow him on Twitter or reach him here.
Dan Beirne is an actor and writer living in Toronto. He writes fiction fiction fiction on here. It may feel true, but it is never True. He is most proud of his most recent project The Bitter End. Email him here Jordan Himelfarb lives in Toronto. He is an opinion editor at the Toronto Star. Jordan's posts appear at Said the Gramophone only on the last Wednesday of every month. Email him here. Site design and header typography by Neale McDavitt-Van Fleet. The header graphic is randomized: this one is by .
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