Singin' the Blues

by angeliska on August 31, 2005

Another sad song or two, because words alone just can’t tell you.. And also a few things: Some heartrending photographs of New Orleans I hadn’t seen these anywhere before- Thank you in advance to mlle. And this is just fucked. (…)

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All I can do is sing these songs..

by angeliska on August 31, 2005

If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break.. If it keeps on rainin’, levee’s goin’ to break.. When the levee breaks I’ll have no place to stay. Mean old levee taught me to weep and moan, Lord, mean old (…)

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Houston

by angeliska on August 28, 2005

To any Houston kittens- I’ll be here for a couple of days, at least. If you want to get together, ring me: 504.810.3100 I’ll be at Brazil at some point working on stuff, and there’s talk of going to see (…)

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Katrina

by angeliska on August 27, 2005

I am leaving in the night like a refugee- packing the heirlooms, the jewels, the silver teaspoon, the samovar, the violin. The tiny objects I pick up and put down, leaving behind a lock of whitened hair, curled in a (…)

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Serbia I.

by angeliska on August 27, 2005

“Heureux qui, comme Ulysse, a fait un beau voyage, Ou comme cestuy la qui conquit la toison, Et puis est retourné, plein d’usage & raison, Vivre entre ses parents le reste de son aage !” -Joachim du Bellay So begins (…)

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Virrei Amat

by angeliska on August 18, 2005

The very instant the plane touched down in Barcelona, I knew something had changed. My soul felt lighter, and my feet began to do a little dance of their own accord to the hypnotic rhythm of the baggage carousel. The (…)

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OPA!

by angeliska on August 13, 2005

Hello there. I am floating in the middle of the ocean. No, but really- I am. Trapped inside a giant old Norwegian beast-tanker called ‘The Perla’ with a lot of boorish, obstinant, overweight tacky eurotrash tourists. I feel like I’m (…)

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Athina

by angeliska on August 11, 2005

Greetings from elsewhere.. I’ve been wanting to write for days and days, but have had no chance. Now I’m in Athens on a dreadfully slow and expensive machine, coming out of a pretty debilitating bout with some kind of nasty (…)

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Black Bonnet

by angeliska on August 1, 2005

Oh, and one more thing… My friends wrote and are performing this and are touring around the country this summer.. The Tragical Ballad of Black Bonnet or A Kitchen Maid’s Secret A Puppet Operetta in Three Acts Based on True (…)

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