flâneurdumal

“the grumpiest man on vacation” . . Everyone should go to Maine and California at least once. Now I can die. . . Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: #Iknowtheend @_fake_nudes_ . . “Somewhere in Germany but I can't place it Man, I hate this part of Texas Close my eyes, fantasize Three clicks and I'm home When I get back I'll lay around And I'll get up and lay back down Romanticize the quiet life There's no place like my room But you had to go I know, I know, I know Like a wave that crashed and melted on the shore Not even the burnouts are out here anymore And you had to go I know, I know, I know Out in the park we watch the sunset Talking on a rusty swing set After a while you went quiet and I got mean Always pushing you away from me But you come back with gravity And when I call you come home A bird in your teeth So I gotta go I know, I know, I know When the sirens sound you'll hide under the floor But I'm not gonna go down with my hometown in a tornado I'm gonna chase it I know, I know, I know I gotta go now I know, I know, I know Driving out into the sun Let the ultraviolet cover me up Went looking for a creation myth Ended up with a pair of cracked lips Windows down, scream along To some America first rap country song A slaughterhouse, an outlet mall Slot machines, fear of God Windows down, heater on Big bolts of lightning hanging low Over the coast, everyone's convinced It's a government drone or alien spaceship Either way, we're not alone I'll find a new place to be from A haunted house with a picket fence To float around and ghost my friends No, I'm not afraid to disappear The billboard said the end is near I turned around, there was nothing there Yeah, I guess the end is here” (at Georgetown, Maine) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDU0V2BDd1V/?igshid=gh3cr4vkc7f4

“this never happened” . . Almost three months ago, I was supposed to present this in Philly at #pcaaca. Most likely finishing the deck a few hours before in a bougie hotel room in a room filled w/ the remnants of a late night @wawa run. Part of me wonders if I’ll ever be back at a conference for various reasons, COVID & otherwise. This would have been a fun presentation, integrating aesthetics, microculture, and the vision thing 😂. I miss you Philadelphia, almost as much as the Wawa in Conshohocken. . . Song on @Spotify playlist “Just the Same” #thejunebrides . . #philadelphia #indie #indierock #indiefashion #popculture #microculture #visualrhetoric #pcaaca2020 (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CC05L0vjTSs/?igshid=1xqwisdjex6ai

“it’s a lemon entry” —Sherlock Holmes 🍋 . . Song on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist @beaccchhoussse #lemonglow #escapefromnewyork #upstateny #upstatenewyork . . “Read my fortune too Tell me what you see Cross it like a T It's all the same to me This game I play, I do it every day I promise I'll be fine Bear it every time When you turn the lights down low Lemon color, honey glow See this state I'm in Is crawling in my skin Fevers took me back And turned me inside out When you turn the lights down low Lemon color, honey glow It's what you do This pulls me through To the other end Where it begins You see through me Still, it's coming back I come alive You stay all night Feel it coming right through you The color of your mind The color of your mind The color of your mind You feel it coming right through you You feel it coming right through you It's on the other side It doesn't have to be this way It doesn't have to be this way The color of your mind It's what you do This pulls me through I come alive You stay all night It's what you do This pulls me through I come alive You stay all night Candy-colored mystery The color of your mind” . . #xpro2 #xproii @beaccchhoussse #lemonglow #meyerfamily #meyerlemon (at New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbYhzAjJYF/?igshid=golb45r99byc

“the future” . . I’ve seen the future. It’s #RedHook, #Brooklyn. . . “Give me back my broken night My mirrored room, my secret life It's lonely here, There's no one left to torture Give me absolute control Over every living soul And lie beside me, baby That's an order Give me crack and anal sex Take the only tree that's left And stuff it up the hole In your culture Give me back the Berlin wall Give me Stalin and St. Paul I've seen the future, brother It is murder Things are going to slide, slide in all directions Won't be nothing Nothing you can measure anymore The blizzard, the blizzard of the world Has crossed the threshold And it has overturned The order of the soul When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent) I wonder what they meant When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent) I wonder what they meant When they said (they said) repent (repent), repent (repent)...” . . #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyorkinstagram #newyork_instagram #brooklyn #brooklynny #redhookbrooklyn #xpro2 #xproii (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/CBbV5-PDWIX/?igshid=1wkjkomfqe2jz

“it took a pandemic for me to finally deep clean the fridge” 🧼 🧽. You can’t tell, but it’s mostly alcohol. Song on @spotify playlist #linkinbio @the_clash #themagnificentseven #theclash . . “... A car in the fridge Or a fridge in the car? Like cowboys do - in T.V. land You lot! What? Don't stop. Huh? So get back to work an' sweat some more The sun will sink an' we'll get out the door It's no good for man to work in cages Hits the town, he drinks his wages You're frettin', you're sweatin' But did you notice you ain't gettin'? Don't you ever stop long enough to start? To take your car outta that gear Don't you ever stop long enough to start? To get your car outta that gear Karl Marx and Fredrich Engels Came to the checkout at the 7-11 Marx was skint - but he had sense Engels lent him the necessary pence...” . . . . #UWS #upperwestside #uwsnyc#upperwestsidenyc #manhattan#manhattannyc #manhattannewyork#ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity#newyorknewyork#newyork_instagram # (at Upper West Side) https://www.instagram.com/p/B-3rE7Dj__N/?igshid=1bvwo3g5v9yvz

“my life as a robot dog” 📺✍️ 🤖 🐕 . . #TVConcept #scriptidea #showbible #Winterswick @winterswick.college . . Marc Alpert, with Ph.Ds in Information & Computer Science and Software Engineering headed up the Robotics & AI Lab at Hudson University. Flush with public & private funds, the lab spread throughout the Westchester countryside taking over old IBM facilities. Thomas (Finn) Hansen, MSEE and Ph.D. in IT was part of a ragtag department of computer engineers at Winterswick College specializing in the niche of animatronics. Students were known to install moving ersatz human & animal parts every so often freaking people out as the tech got more realistic. The program was OK in placing its students, but it was seen as lesser tier and got little respect. . . The annual Northeast robotics competition was hosted by Hudson & Dr. Alpert was showcasing his robot dogs that he started working on when he was at MIT. Finn’s undergrad & grad students wanted to show up Alpert, who was mostly benign but an egoist. . . Taking a page out of Avengers: Civil War & the Empire Strikes Back (Battle of Hoth), Finn’s students had a plan to use drones w/fishing line to trip up the formidable robot dogs. They weren’t prepared for the dogs’ AI responding adaptively, but luckily the team had a few tricks up their collective sleeves. 🍌 . . Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: #theflaminglips #yoshimibattlesthepinkrobots #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram #HellsKitchen #hellskitchenNYC #hellskitchenmanhattan #thelifeaquatic #jeffgoldblum #billmurray https://www.instagram.com/p/B88u0FtFZrH/?igshid=1ok2qliipzwxz

“road trip” 📺✍️🍁🍂🚗🤷‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ . . #TVConcept #scriptidea #showbible #Winterswick @winterswick.college . Based on an article on someone’s BFF broke up w/them by @jenglantz I was reading in Nov. Travel can test relationships & maybe are a good proxy for compatibility. Interests, schedule, lifestyle, finances, and energy levels all need to be in synch, whether it’s your bae or BFF. It can also trigger blowups that break relationships apart. This ep examines a GenZ friend breakup. . . Samantha & Taylor both brew up in NYC, but their parents (in their blended family glory) moved to New England to try their hands at second careers. Both debated staying in the city for Thanksgiving, but opted to have a ‘girls road trip’ to Lancaster, NH. . . While there were the usual tensions of two different personalities in close proximity for a day, around Northampton, things started to get tense. The two were close freshman year, but drifted apart. The road trip started like a reunion with catching up & sharing stories. There were no disagreements or arguments, but a series of tacit disapprovals & eyerolls. Sam was annoyed at Taylor needing to fill the silence and in a panic blurted out: . . “I…I just don’t want to be friends w/you. I don’t have a reason & I don’t owe you an explanation.” . “Whoa, where did that come from? If that’s how you feel, fine.” . . Both knew the other well enough to know this wasn’t a spat. Both had trouble “faking” being close to people they didn’t feel close to. . . “I think we should go back separately.” . “Fine.” . . Sam & Taylor’s respective moms were more distressed with this BFF “break up” than they were. It became clear that both feel more connection w/those they interact with online, as both dealt w/the breakup over Thanksgiving weekend amid the backdrop of a wintry New England snowstorm. Taylor never gets any closure & her friends seek to keep her busy, rather than discuss Sam. Sam is revealed to be someone w/a solidified “code” that’s solidifying in brusque ways as she ventures into adulting. . . Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: @alvvaysband #AlreadyGone #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #nyc #newyork (at Manhattan, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8S9d3Plr-f/?igshid=r35covj7a5tz

“and she lost her three-quarters century style” . . I found an overarching floor lamp on w77 and stuck a stained glass bulb into it. It’s part of a motif w/dim & indirect lighting that’s perfect for hygge. I’m thinking of a developing a character w/a strange relationship w/late 70s décor. . . “Oh, iron lung, are you at the house? Will you be alright, did they throw you out? I want to know, are they keeping you down? Are you working now, is it working out? Now, I suppose you've been under the gun Is it closing time?, do you have to run? Try this on, you feel perfect now Did they speak of you 'til their tongues fell out? I don't believe you, iron lung I don't believe in the plow You kept me young, you were my iron lung I need you now Now, iron lung, did they make you sing? When they bent your arm and took your ring? I can see you now, I can hear your sound You keep me up, my iron lung I don't believe you, iron lung I don't believe in the plow You kept me young, you were my iron lung I need you now” . . Song on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist @blackmarblenyc #ironlung #linkinbio Link in bio. . #UWS #upperwestside #uwsnyc #upperwestsidenyc manhattan #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram (at Upper West Side) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8Sv7S_FRoH/?igshid=1cxlcmkaih9yz

“the cake is a lie” . 📺✍️🌿🍰 . . #TVConcept #scriptidea #showbible #Winterswick @winterswick.college . . This episode focuses on Autumn, a sustainable fashion studies major who grew up in Darien & later Greenwich, CT. . . The College had fall homecoming coincide w/the NY Fall Regatta & a “friends & family” weekend. While Autumn appreciated her mom coming down to visit from Greenwich, CT, she also spent the long weekend avoiding her. Her mom, Aimee, was vain, phony, & let everyone know she was vegan. Autumn was always annoyed at how her mom needed to be the center of attention & needed to be the “cool mom.” Autumn wasn’t averse to veganism, but felt her mom used it to control others. . This episode highlights how Autumn & her friends ditch her mom (and milquetoast stepdad), but in ways so she doesn’t feel bad. Autumn made sure her mom got a room at an eco-friendly hotel in Williamsburg & scheduled things so there would be plenty of near-misses, but w/contingencies that would occupy her mom & doltish follower stepdad like a cross distracted by shiny things. . . The weekend starts with Aimee showing up to her room with a vegan olive oil cake that tastes horrible. It goes on Autumn’s Finstagram w/a #thecakeisalie hashtag & caption, which turns into the slogan for the weekend. It ends with Aimee unexpectedly showing up at a late night karaoke party with Autumn singing bastardized lyrics to Kid Creole & the Coconuts’ “Endicott”: “Vegan mom frowns when you eat milk or meat Vegan mom judges everything you eat Vegan mom's dress is too see through Vegan mom shouldn’t get any more tattoos Vegan mom think she’s the eco queen Vegan mom doesn’t want you to think she’s mean Vegan mom bakes bad olive oil cake Vegan mom’s gets pouty when she’s irate Why can't you be like Vegan mom? Cause I'm free Free of made-to-order liabilities Thank God I'm free Cos it's hard enough for me To take care of me oh-oh” . . Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: #KingCreoleAndTheCoconuts #Endicott #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram #HellsKitchen #hellskitchenNYC #nofilter (at New York City) https://www.instagram.com/p/B8DpQkxFJH4/?igshid=3z2ygbal2zxc

“time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose” . . Hudson Yards 34th. St . . Bowie hated ‘Never Let Me Down’ (1987) and never played the songs from it after the Glass Spider Tour. The album was recently reengineered by Mario McNulty who explained the album was a product of its time with dated arrangements and drum machines. Looking back, yeah, the 80s make a lot more sense if you lived through it. I always thought “Never Let Me Down” was a great song w/a great video. . . Song on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist @davidbowie #TimeWillCrawl #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram . . “I've never sailed on a sea I would not challenge a giant I could not take on the church Time will crawl 'Til the 21st century lose I know a government man He was as blind as the moon He saw the sun in the night He took a top-gun pilot He made him fly through a hole 'Til he grew real old And he never came down He just flew 'til he burst Time will crawl 'til our mouths run dry Time will crawl 'til our feet grow small Time will crawl 'til our tails fall off Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose I saw a black black stream Full of white eyed fish And a drowning man With no eyes at all I felt a warm warm breeze That melted metal and steel I got a bad migraine That lasted three long years And the pills that I took Made my fingers disappear Time will crawl... 'Til the 21st century lose You were a talented child You came to live in our town We never bothered to scream When your mask came off We only smelt the gas As we lay down to sleep Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our mouths run dry Time will crawl and our feet grow small Time will crawl and our tails fall off Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose Time will crawl and our heads bowed down Time will crawl and our eyes fall out Time will crawl and the streets run red Time will crawl 'til the 21st century lose For the crazy child We'll give every life For the crackpot notion...” (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7urBkwF26W/?igshid=iuyjvp5kgasv

“LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Tinder” . . Song on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist @dietcigmusic #Leo #linkinbio Link in bio. . #manhattan# #manhattannyc #manhattannewyork #ny #nyc #newyork #newyorkcity #newyorknewyork #newyork_instagram #nofilter . . “Whats your sign? I want to analyze your eyes And what's inside Make it mine Sometimes life is underwhelming Will you be my second helping? I'm so bored by myself Don't wanna hang out with anybody else You say I'm bad luck But you can't seem to get enough Sometimes life is underwhelming Will you be my second helping? I'm so bored by myself Don't wanna hang out with anybody else Anybody else (Will you be my second helping?) Anybody else (I'm so bored by myself) Anybody else (Don't wanna hang out with anybody else) Anybody else” (at New York, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B7spVK7lob9/?igshid=x5tdsdijet1r

“my best of capitalism 2019” the S&P 500 Price index was tough to beat in 2019 at over 30%. My big wins were Apple [AAPL] & Fitbit [FIT]. I’m still bullish on Sonos [SONO] & Alibaba [BABA]. Buckle up for 2020. . . #escapefromNY #escapefromNYC #southwest #Arizona #AX #PHX #NYC #Christmas2019 #Christmas19 #newyears Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: @johnnymarrgram #armatopia . . “Where do we go, my blue eyed son? We're going out with everyone Who's buying in Utopia? We go a long, long way Cracking up the missions Banging all our wages, going out of fashion Who's buying Utopia? Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na It's such a long, long way, wishing and a-hoping Long hard days gassin' and ignorin' Let's kill it, get oblivion Every minute, minute by minute A hissing fear's in atmosphere This is it, this is it, this is it, this is it Oh, here comes history [Chorus] Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, here's our history Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na Na-na-na, na-na-na, na-na-na” (at Wall Street New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/B641APqF2lU/?igshid=10mdj7lr2wo2o

“whorl” & “Daniel’s Laws” I finished a rewrite of both of these scripts to ring in the new year. My coauthor @eyestarproduct(ions) did the heavy lifting (he’s really the brains in the writing ✍️ dept.) with the original drafts that have done more than ok in various screenplay contests over the years. . . These two are from the same era of the early aughts & needed updating. We now live in a world of tablets and smartphones & you can’t put beer cans on top of televisions anymore. . . These are solid, but they’re early works, which are a bit heavy with voiceover. . . These two scripts are related and were part of a trilogy. whorl is a revenge from the grave thriller that chronicles the descent of a brilliant young man desperately seeking connection & is led astray by a sinister character planting ideas in his head. . . Daniel’s Laws is another thriller that exposes a 20 year old murder in bland suburbia through the sleuthing of a non-fiction writer who came back to visit his provincial hometown. . . What was I listening to? @negativegemini’s #YouWerentThereAnymore is dream pop that hauntingly reminds us of love turning into apathy & disposability. . . The @rollingblackoutscf #AnAirConditionedMan track is sonically interesting with three guitars taking their own leads, while the song’s protagonist struggles in a suffocating ennui. . . #screenwriting #scriptwriting #specscript #filmscript @negativespaceproductions (at Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B60DQJXFg8B/?igshid=1s3exf2t8azsm

“Valley of the Gods” . . #escapefromNY #escapefromNYC #southwest #Arizona #AZ #PHX #utah #UT #blanding #blandingutah #navajo #navajonation #Christmas2019 #Christmas19 #nofilter #nofilterneeded #NaabeehóBináhásdzo #TseBiiNdzisgaii #monumentvalley #monumentvalleynavajotribalpark #valleyofthegods #valleyofthegodsutah #mexicanhat #mexicanhatutah #bearsearsnationalmonument #cedarmesa (at Valley of the Gods) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6swqkPFasq/?igshid=9iqvmpeaamip

“Monument Valley Naabeehó Bináhásdzo” . . #escapefromNY #escapefromNYC #southwest #Arizona #AZ #PHX #utah #navajo #navajonation #Christmas2019 #Christmas19 (at Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rxOlhFQfT/?igshid=1vb6j1d9ock0z

“Flagstaff, Arizona” 🌅❄️ . . #escapefromNY #escapefromNYC #southwest #Arizona #AX #PHX #Christmas2019 #Christmas19 #nofilter (at Flagstaff, Arizona) https://www.instagram.com/p/B6rwBN9Ffne/?igshid=1vrand6biht0d

“slouching towards Bethlehem” I was following this star ⭐️ up Euclid through Ontario & then Upland. I thought it was a big star that went across the wide avenue. No, it was a big star up on the hill. It makes sense to follow stars, as you never know what can come of it. Historically. Didion would know. . . Songs on @Spotify #playlist #spotifyplaylist: #annadomino #LandOfMyDreams #linkinbio Link in bio. . . . #inlandempire #sanbernardino #sanbernardinocounty #losangeles #socal #southerncalifornia #cali #california #escapefromnewyork #nyc #uplandca #ontariocalifornia #ontario #star #sanantonioheights #christmasstar #bethlehem #joandidion . . (at San Antonio Heights, California) https://www.instagram.com/p/B54j4Dbl7mb/?igshid=nqpqj749epcl