Tuesday, March 17, 2009

enigmatic list baffles co-workers

sold
civilians
civil war
this afternoon
flag
leaning
fail me
progress
trampoline
...
god only knows

these words are on a buckslip propped up between the monitors on my desk. it's been there for a few weeks. it must have recently caught someone's attention b/c over the span of a couple days 4 people asked me what it meant.

it's a set list from a joe henry show a few months ago. when read not as a set list, but just a list, it is pretty obtuse. :)

5 comments:

bigplastichead said...

Trampoline. Oh, such a good song, such a great album.

Brian Padian said...

tell them it's an attempt to answer the lyricism of, say, wordsworth with a gut-punch minimalism part absurdist, part dada. tell them you're inverting modalities to better express your evonne-hood. better yet, tell them to step off!

ms. yvon said...

pcs: oh, yes!

bp: I AM INVERTING MODALITIES!

pneyu said...

The title alone is Onion-worthy. (I mean that in the best way possible.)

Taffy "Sunburst" McKittrick said...

Classic!