August 2011
1 post
Sleep
The WSHE, originally risen from the ashes of Mount Giluwe, now goes to sleep. After three years of cultural observation and reflection, the Wattled Smoky Honeyeater will now take a nap. See you soon.
Our Love,
Clay, Will, & Tyler.
May 2011
1 post
Flooding in the Mississippi
Story on recent flooding in the Mississippi via NPR
This story does a great job at showcasing the stalwart character and positive perspective that people from all over the South seem to have.
Choice quotes:
In response to the Army Corp of Engineers opening the floodgates in his area:
“I’m lookin to be fair with everybody. If I have to give something up, I have to give it...
April 2011
10 posts
WatchI know it doesn’t really make sense, but all I can think is, “This is like if Fleet Foxes were good at basketball.” Megafaun. Best band. (buy Heretofore)
CHANCHA VIA CIRCUITO FINDS CUMBIA'S BEATING HEART... →
Watch“Headed Home” (A short I made last week on a foggy commute home)
I see this every day. After hours in an office, in front of a virtual world, it’s great to experience movement. The slow arch up over the bridge, above the water, buildings on both sides that snake along the river, obscured by mist. Down the other side of the bridge, towards home, the first stop. Details of life...
Hasids vs. Hipsters in Williamsburg →
WatchtUnE-yArDs - live at SXSW
What a creative person! The RAWness of the music doesn’t mask it, but actually showcases the quirky ideas that form it. This lady has a ton of charisma/ confidence/ mojo.
Enjoy.
(You can also WATCH and LISTEN here.)
στόχος στόχος ...
March 2011
3 posts
Bad Scans of a New Writing Process
WatchA Russian Astronaut gives a quick explanation of how they keep track of time in space.
via the BBC’s Time-Zone Interactive piece
A great article about Adele and "soul" →
February 2011
1 post
WatchSam Dwyer at release party for literary magazine Perhaps I am Wrong About the World, which took place February 5th, 2011 at 538 Johnson Avenue #208 in Brooklyn. More on that later.
-Will
January 2011
4 posts
WatchA Google Developer made a website that creates music based on which NYC subways are running.
He used a map of the subway system, with a note hit each time a subway crossed another’s path, determining pitch by the distance traveled.
See the site here: MTA.me
No Great Illusion: This is Something That Happened... →
nogreatillusion:
I can’t sleep. It’s 5 AM. I need to write this all down so I can stop thinking about it.
I work evenings and get home very late, usually around 12:30 or 1 AM. When I got home a few hours ago, I found that my key wouldn’t open my apartment door. I had had this trouble with the door to the building…
December 2010
8 posts
The Early Bird Gets It (Guest Post)
The time is 7:21. Just woke up around 6:30, not for any particular reason except to enjoy the day to the fullest. I’ve found that if you wake up early it’s almost like saying to yourself “Yes today is going to be a great day.” Then after a while you start getting used to waking up early and going to bed early and after a while it doesn’t become a chore anymore, just a...
Looking Back on Zappa and the Mothers' We're Only...
I’m hippy & I’m trippy, I’m a gypsy on my own I’ll stay a week & get the crabs & take a bus back home I’m really just a phony but forgive me ‘cause I’m stoned
-Frank Zappa, “Who Needs the Peace Corps?”
“That album is so full of politics,” says Mikey when I put on “Are You Hung Up?” the first track of Frank Zappa and The Mothers’ We’re Only...
November 2010
8 posts
Growth
The only way to keep anything alive and then hopefully allow it to thrive, is to let it grow.
Developing and contributing to the Wattled Smoky Honey-Eater has been a pet project for us for almost 3 years now, and over that time we’ve all moved, physically, spiritually, and creatively. During this growth, the idea arose to put the WSHE on hiatus. Postings were less frequent, we felt less...
Watch` A`l`w`a`y`s` `I` `c`a`r`r`i`e`d` `y`o`u`r` `h`e`a`r`t`,`
`m`a`r`r`i`e`d` `d`e`e`p` `i`n` `m`y` `o`w`n`
Watch
“This song’s about a parade that happened in New York City, uh, which is called the Mermaid Parade, it takes, it takes place out on Coney Island, and, um, this is, this is a song about that parade, and it’s not about nothin’ else, it’s just about that parade.” – Matthew Houck ...
It smells like clam chowder in the office. Like hot low tide. And it’s making me hungry as I open the mail, hi-lite the names, and stamp the date.
Open, hi-lite, stamp, set aside, repeat. And endless supply of mail, of college hopefuls sending applications and essays explaining every last detail of how curious they are about the world, how wrong injustice is, and how full of wonder the...
Have you fixed the economy today? →
Midtown Comics.
Raph—short for Raphael—reminds me of Comic Book Guy from The Simpsons, though they look nothing alike. Raph is considerably less portly so his red staff shirt fits fully over his stomach; and his short, balding black hair isn’t pulled back into an offensive ponytail. He’s clean-shaven and breaking out in some places, and his tired, thin eyes don’t stare with the judgment of comic book...
October 2010
2 posts
Watch“False Jesii part 2” - Pissed Jeans.
Hilarious video.
FUN FACT
Moby was one of the first bloggers.
September 2010
3 posts
Volcano Choir - “Still”
A different...
Lyrics Born feat. Francis Farewell Starlight (of...
WatchPanda Bear - Several songs live @ Governor’s Island. 9/11/2010.
August 2010
4 posts
Vidalia
Your skin, like layers of an onion,
Peeling them off, making me tear up.
I want to be in a band called Bomb, and make stickers.
Or the Alan Qaeda Project, which is an Alan Parsons Project cover band, except the lyrics are all re-written to be about contemporary socio-political issues in the Middle East.
My room is now orange like this blog.
July 2010
5 posts
“Why Can’t I Touch It?” - The...
1 tag
Valley Maker →
Hi. I’m Tyler.
I don’t post often because I don’t have much to post about, in the most literal sense: I’m only really using this blog to write about or respond to music I love, and I don’t feel that way, that passionately, about music often. When I do, I tend to stay in that relationship for a while; I don’t want to bore you with fifty posts about the Sam...
