Say You Miss Me?

Quickly, relating a dream I had last night:

First, in Hillsdale. Sunny. I think I was in art class. Not sure why. So this is going on normally enough.

Then, cyborgs. And lasers. No idea where they come from, or why, but good old Hillsdale College melts away to reveal a dystopian nightmare of steel, machinery and holograms. Some sort of combination of Blade Runner and TRON.

At one point, I shoot a double-barreled laser gun at some ominous television screen, nicking a Big Brother robot through both its eyes and somehow frying its circuits through the screen.

I woke up at some point after this.

Playing on continuous repeat through this whole ordeal— through Hillsdale, during the great cyborg/ android rebellion, and right up to the point where I killed the Big Brother stand-in robot— was "Say You Miss Me" by Wilco.

I would try and deconstruct this but I really have no answers. Mostly just a question: Does Wilco support or reject the pending android rebellion?

Zen?

If we holler loud and make our way...

(...We'd all live one big holiday)

Back from all my holiday travel, and ready for the grind. And it's a new year. Meaning, a new commitment to updating this thing a bit more often. Let's see if it takes, eh?

Playlist for January 6th, 2010:

My Morning Jacket - "One Big Holiday"
Bonnie "Prince" Billy and Matt Sweeny - "My Home is the Sea"
Ha Ha Tonka - "Walking On The Devil's Backbone"
Jay-Z feat. Alicia Keys - "Empire State of Mind"
Neil Young - "Don't Let It Bring You Down"
Nick Cave - "Get Ready For Love"

Also, a few links to savor (like Chase + Silliman):

The Stylus Decade
Beer drinking flowchart
Gangs on Indian Reservations
RATM tops the UK music charts (really!)
9,000 words about the KC Royals (proceed at own peril!)
The best sports feature I have read in a long time (Gary Smith in SI)
Boston Globe Big Picture: Best 100 Sports Photos of 2009
Cormac McCarthy does not think highly of Joplin, Mo.
Nick Southall