paula has been informed that love hurts when there's a loss.
an accident involving a sports car,
a death under a surgeon's knife,
or a tragic suicide.
so how it is possible, that love hurts when in comes?
not only when it goes

only tenacity still holds the fort.
love has long since gone to sleep.
no one can stay up so late

elfriede jelinek
-women as lovers

 

XIU XIU

Women As Lovers Out Today on Kill Rock Stars!

WomenAsLovers.com Premieres with Video Magazine, Sing On This Song, Haiku Project, and more

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I Do What I Want When I Want is a serial video magazine by Xiu Xiu

“Star hoof deer Trek” is the first issue featuring Greg Saunier of Deerhoof. More issues will be posted weekly so keep checking back.

Sing On This Song
Download “Untitled: Will You Please Sing On This” and sing on it! Then email it back so it can be posted on WomenAsLovers.com.

Haiku
Jamie Stewart will write a personal haiku for the first 234 people who sends in a photo of themselves holding Women As Lovers and answer some questions about themselves.

 

caralee spins around on side A of my new picture disc. click it click it fuck it tuck it shove it bury it kiss it crack it melt it swallow it pet it sniff it snort it.

 

Oh Wow

 

More Here

 

I'm glad I have such a bad memory, because my life has really sucked lately.

 

 

fun fun fun


from the amazon.com page for the polaroid book:

 

I remember reading about civil rights activism in High School. I think almost all of that gets neutralized as data and facts for passing tests. It's hard to ACTUALLY imagine putting yourself into a situation where a mob of white guys are going to kick your ass or shoot you or run you over or some cop is going to sic his dog on you or hit you with his club or you are going to get assassinated or someone is going to run over your kid with a bulldozer or parade around your house on horses in white robes and then burn your house down. Or if you are some white kid who feels indignant about the situation and you become a freedom rider or something and you also get your ass kicked or shot or murdered or fucked with. I mean, it's hard to ACTUALLY IMAGINE THIS HAPPENING TO YOU. We all know this, but it's hard to actually imagine the FEAR and the EMOTIONS of it. I think it's easy to forget that non-violent activism is all about violence. It's so easy to claim to be "non-violent" today because you are rarely ever in a vulnerable position that can result in your own death (obviously, I am writing this from the position of living in the USA, so I am not referring to everywhere). That's just what I was thinking right now.

 

 

are you thinking what I'm thinking?

jamie, are you pouring water out of your teapot?

 

 

an interesting brian eno interview. i turned it into mp3. it's really interesting when he starts talking about art and making art and tradition etc...

 

 

 

things have calmed down a lot in terms of immediate violence. now is the painfully slow recovery. the aftermath which thickens the red of spilt blood into a deep mud-mixed grey. even here among the staff, news of families losing their homes, jobs, friends. on one hand, there is the loud cry of outrage, or sorrow, or anger. and on the other, the silence of those who cannot bear to speak. the most disheartening of all though, is the softly spoken rumble of hate. whether fear and anger manifests into hate, or vice versa, i'm not sure. but whichever way it flows, it hurts, doesn't it?

most of the children have come home, although there are a few who still cannot get away to come back to nyumbani. sometimes, the roads are the worst places to be on... many came back skinnier, hungrier. one had to drink only tea for 5 days because he couldn't leave the house at all for food. not that there were any, because all the local stores were closed or burnt down. others have come back with scabies, rashes, or stomachaches. and still, some have come back happy and excited, and one boy may even get to go live with the family he spent the holidays with come april.

but for the most part, the children are nyumbani are great. today we even took them to splash, a giant swimming pool, with all the slides, literally, and whistles, figuratively.

we have set up temporary sites for lea toto, where the kids from kibera can come and pick up their medicine. the children there are who we are most concerned about, since many of them have lost their homes and are now faced with an even more unsure future. i find myself wondering how God, if she's there, is planning on holding so many children in her arms at once.

 

http://images.pingmag.jp/images/title/animal-kamon-design.jpg

 

 

 

the heater is on
i can see a humming bird
when will this war end?

 

 

Passing clouds. Pleasantly warm.
Location: Kenyatta Airport
Temperature: 81 °F
Comfort level: 80 °F
Dew point: 46 °F
Barometer: 30.09 "Hg
Humidity: 30%
Wind: 18 mph from 50° Northeast
Last update: Sun 2:00 PM EAT

 

is crazed fruit better or is gate of flesh better?

 

 

dad time

 

thank you to those who came out to the show!!!

for those who weren't there, oh my, jamie's solo performance had transformed into a jamie and ches duo of xiu xiu songs... it was so amazing and so beautiful. it was so good. i cannot describe it. hopefully someone will youtube it for the world to watch.

 

yum yum yum yum yum
the future lives life a cake
made of time alone

 

remember, come out to the book release party friday night in brooklyn, NY.

see you there!


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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7166932.stm

 

DING DONG THE WITCH IS DEAD
PING PONG
KING KONG
SING SONG
WING WONG
XING XONG
CRINGE WORTHY ATTEMPTS AT EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!
NOW WHAT?