The haze of the drink

You have to lean your head against something with your eyes closed and the closest thing is the cold beer in your right hand.  So you lean into its curve, your face falling into the slope of its neck, and sleep flows like the liquid in the bottle as the music is swallowed by your ears and down into your chest.  Your left hand looks for a place to fall between the greasy shot glasses.  Your eyes open and she’s still across the room with another man curling her hips to... Read More

You All Everybody

I’m in the middle of watching a marathon of Lost episodes from Season 1 through 6 and I’m finding that even though I never really liked Charlie, the washed up heroin-addicted rock star, before, I particularly don’t like him now that I’ve just seen Get Him To The Greek’s character of Aldous Snow played by the hilarious Russel Brand.  Both are British, both play the same kind of character, but Aldous actually has some wisdom and intelligence behind... Read More