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City: Francylvannia
State: New York
Country: VI
Signup Date: 11/4/2004

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Wednesday, January 17, 2007 
Grumpy old Christgau is getting "cushy" in his ivory tower.   I stood outside his tower (gargoyles soaked in pigeon shit) in the January heat (68 degrees!) and shouted his name.  I wanted to show him my soft New Mexican hands.   He didn't respond, though a sweet old lady waddled out to tell me that ole' Robert was good as deaf these days. 
    Brethren! Since we last spoke three feet of snow have fallen on Santa Fe.   In preperation for the coming apocalypse Zach has bought two french horns, a flugelhorn from the Czech Republic, a toy drum set, a mandolin worth his weight in gold, a reel to reel tape machine, a blood red accordion, a natty sweater, a blind flea ridden burro (viva!), and a Conch Shell he hollowed out with his bare hands (see picture below).  



   He is much better, Zach.   He is reading Borges and staring at the ceiling, dumfounded by thoughts of infinity in the heart of the endless pinon suburbs of New Mexico.   As Zach's hair continues to grow in Beethoven volume,  Perrin's  hair  has shrunk to more civilized dimensions.   He is in our kitchen now, flaying a double bass with an ox-hide whip.   Jason is selling expensive desserts to the rich and famous. His beauty has stunned even David Hasselholf.   "With a toned chest like mine," Hasselfholf whispered in his ear, "you would be irresistable". 
  Natchez is on the internet 24/7 tracking down old friends and accusing them of witchcraft and black magic.   Touring you see, takes its toll on the psyche.   Paul  is  back  in Santa Fe warning young college girls of his eminent superstardom.   Kelly is swallowing resevoirs of beer at Red's Tavern and considering a tour with the Arcade Fire.   And Nick, the living embodiment of a Zen Koan?   He is building riddims with Zach down in the barrio.   As we speak, a trip to SXSW with the full band is in the works.   Beirut shall return to the stage!   A live oxen shall be sacrificed in the name of all that is illicit and immoral in modern music!   May the bull's coal black nostrils quiver in moist terror as the knife is drawn across its throat.  

   And I... I am on a journey to Armenia with Osip Mandelstam.   " "It  seemed to me as though I had exchanged my hooflike dusty city shoes for light Moslem slippers".

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Rosalin

 
Don't kill things, it's terribly rude and un-cool.
 
Posted by Rosalin on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 1:33 AM
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Earth Twin Son of Fire

 

"As Zach's hair continues to grow in Beethoven volume,  Perrin's  hair  has shrunk to more civilized dimensions."

that my friend is some wit


 
Posted by Earth Twin Son of Fire on Wednesday, March 14, 2007 - 1:37 PM
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Alt-Gramma

 
I'm with Rosalyn.  How about just draw a knife on the oxen's throat...like with a Sharpie? 
 
Posted by Alt-Gramma on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 4:21 AM
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Celeste Regal

 
The instruments are splendid, the Borges will not fail to excite. Walking with dead poets is always good for inspiration. Careful of the sacrifice of large mammals. You must stand a good distance away to be spared the sanguine splatter. Laugh is the best thing of all that's strange in life.

 
Posted by Celeste Regal on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 4:22 AM
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ev

 
please do a day show at sxsw
because i will not have a badge...
xo

 
Posted by ev on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 12:38 PM
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alexandra k
Alexandra K

 
Damn Zach, you got hella tan and the blonde looks super good.
 
Posted by alexandra k on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 3:29 PM
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dilly dilly

 

yeah!


 
Posted by dilly dilly on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 5:01 PM
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Dude of Want

 
Ewww, New Mexico suburbs....
 
Posted by Dude of Want on Thursday, January 18, 2007 - 5:31 PM
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katie

 

Yet again, I am experiencing a sort of nostalgia for New Mexico after reading this. I'm not sure if that was the purpose, probably not.


 
Posted by katie on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 7:02 AM
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Jared
Jared Davis

 
I can not wait the return
 
Posted by Jared on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 8:04 PM
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Mary

 
a blind burro,even better than a red accordion!
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next time there is a tour mabey it sould be used as transportation..for it is only by blind burro that Beirut will get to tour romania..haha!..however the number of little romanians listening to Beirut is a growing.my friends are smart.

a friend just sent me this recording of a Beirut concert in portland[?],a pretty 'ghetto'quality recording and still it is great..ah,blind burro?

this blog is still cool.except the Hasselhoff.it sounds like he's a really /really sick-minded man!
 
Posted by Mary on Friday, January 19, 2007 - 8:49 PM
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A tour with the Arcade Fire would be absolutely amazing. Best show in the world really. Especially if it were in San Diego, CA.
 
Posted by on Sunday, January 21, 2007 - 6:11 PM
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Elizabeth

 

Elizabeth Loza and Mary Keene and possibly Ryan Condon, should go to sxsw in support of their wayward son (beirut).....  i havent seen mary in forever.... and, well, pete townsend is going to be there..... so, maybe, you will see us there.... sneaking in the back door... if we/you are lucky. chewing on some raw cow hide.... spurs and all. i can bring you a cheese burger from la bontia.... to remind you of all you are missing here in brooklyn.

 


 
Posted by Elizabeth on Monday, January 22, 2007 - 9:46 PM
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Rhiannon

 

poor ox. I'm veggie so i had to say that!

 


 
Posted by Rhiannon on Wednesday, January 24, 2007 - 9:59 PM
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jerry
Jerry Stinkles

 
I'm not sure, but I think these Beirut blogs are meant to be absurd. I don't think an ox was sacrificed. I hope the part about the band touring again was real though.
 
Posted by jerry on Sunday, January 28, 2007 - 2:07 AM
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sallow siserary

 

Synaptical nictations,

 I found you(s?) by accident, but the mention of beloved Borges followed by the description of a seductively poised knife and sacrificing ungulates was enough to bring pause (both relate to a painting I finished recently. a small coincidence).  I looked at your music, and wanted to stop on my way to the place strangers go when they're gone and leave a compliment in this mobius bottle. You all sound beautiful.


 
Posted by sallow siserary on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 5:39 PM
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Sam

 
ivory tower? was it made of ivory soap?
 
Posted by Sam on Monday, February 05, 2007 - 11:41 PM
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Phil

 
omg. hahahhahahahahahah!

 
Posted by Phil on Wednesday, February 07, 2007 - 8:01 AM
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philip

 
arcade fire + beirut = me exploding, literally, into a ball of fiery joy that quotes jaques delefaque then kills everyone in the audience
 
Posted by philip on Thursday, February 08, 2007 - 10:52 AM
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Jacob

 
Yo! if ur off to armenia be sure to check out some of the ol' instruments there... i got a duduk from there... hard to play but sounds amazing.
 
Posted by Jacob on Monday, February 12, 2007 - 8:34 AM
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Snakes on a Heroes and Villains
Shawn Morones

 
so this is what all the songs are about
 
Posted by Snakes on a Heroes and Villains on Monday, February 19, 2007 - 6:55 AM
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Gatsby

 
How DO I make sure I am at that show in Austin?

Who or what must be sacrificed for this too happen?
I'll do it I may just have too.



 
Posted by Gatsby on Thursday, March 01, 2007 - 8:35 PM
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SeeqPod

 
sxsw? Here's a new playlist for sxsw,
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Send it to your friends and embed on your page...
or search for more music with me at
www.seeqpod.com
 
Posted by SeeqPod on Thursday, March 15, 2007 - 7:20 PM
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L

 
I'm easily amused. Reading Jorge Luis Borges...

Hombre sabio
 
Posted by L on Monday, April 30, 2007 - 6:40 AM
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robin

 
<p>size="3"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">"The impious maintain that nonsense is normal in the Library and that the reasonable (and even humble and pure coherence) is an almost miraculous exception...These phrases, at first glance incoherent, can no doubt be justified in a cryptographical or allegorical manner."</span></p> <p>
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Posted by robin on Tuesday, May 08, 2007 - 8:35 AM
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Allen

 
BEAUTIFULLY GOOD NEWS!
 
Posted by Allen on Monday, September 29, 2008 - 7:55 PM
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