I found this flyer taped to a tree a few blocks from my place:

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El Justo, 5/2008 from the series I’m Not Really Sure But It Must Mean Something

It’s the summer soltice, gang; we are half way through the year. Therefore, I thought that instead of waiting until year’s end to do my all-to-cliched favorite records list I thought it best to give the run down while theres still more sunshine in the days. Oh, sun-shiny folk, sunny folk.

Below is a group of songs from some of my favorites that when downloaded and copied into your itunes should play in a nice little sequence that will last just long enough for a short drive to the store, the park, or your favorite mother nature loving heathen-ass soltice campfire druid party:

01. Song to Bobby - Cat Power

Everybody is in love with Chan Marshal. Who can deny an erratic former junkie with smoky voice and good looks? At first I missed the sparse acoustic ramblings found on her previous records, but her latest JUKEBOX grew on me quickly - its soulful and great to listen to at night.

02. Harper Road - Sun Kil Moon

Mark Kozelek is one of my favorites, ever. Erin and I saw him perform at Ottobar in Baltimore last week and he was as stunning live as on record. He’s a poet, too, and kind of an asshole, which endears me to him even more.

03. Sun Is Below & Above - These United States

TUS is a local DC band. Although, the term ‘band’ is used loosely. The moniker is used by a guy named Jesse who writes and records with our friend Paleo, then plays live with all sorts of talented other local DC folks, namely Vandaveer. These are all people I would like to be friends with, but dont have the balls to introduce myself to them at shows.

04. Eyelids - The Dodos
05. Fools - The Dodos

The Dodos are fun. They’ve been performing with all-time favorites Akron/Family recently, and I just cant imagine how great that must be. Their record VISITER is a romp; Erin and I love to play air drums to it.

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-Wot a Night, from 1931.

In this fanciful and surreal period piece MarvelousJoey plays Tom, the tall cab driver who loses his skin, while MarvelousMarv plays Jerry, the shorter/rounder one who beats the blackface skeletons in craps.

This is a lesson to all of you: never give a ride to bearded identical twins in a thunderstorm.

this is a poem by my friend ben. i like it a lot and i love him.