CAROLYN
              (overly cheerful)
          No, no, that's quite all right, dear.
          Your father and I were just discussing
          his day at work.
              (to Lester)
          Why don't you tell our daughter about it,
          honey?

Jane stares at both her parents, apprehensive. Lester looks
at Carolyn darkly, then flashes a "you-asked-for-it" grin.

                    LESTER
          Janie, today I quit my job. And then I
          told my boss to fuck himself, and then I
          blackmailed him for almost sixty thousand
          dollars. Pass the asparagus.

                    CAROLYN
          Your father seems to think this kind of
          behavior is something to be proud of.

                    LESTER
          And your mother seems to prefer I go
          through life like a fucking prisoner
          while she keeps my dick in a mason jar
          under the sink.

- American Beauty, 1999

“Lucky Love in Time of Down Economy”

01. Ronderlin - Three Times
The Great Investigation (Tomt Recordings, 2007)
02. The Velvet Underground – What Goes On
The Velvet Underground (1969)
03. The Savage Resurrection – Every little song
Savage Resurrection (Mod Lang, 1968)
04. John Fahey – St. Louis Blues (wiki)
The Legend of Blind Joe Death (Takoma, 1996)
05. Angie Heaton & The Gentle Tamers – Lucky In Love (web)
The Rumor Mill (Parasol, 2007)
06. The 1900s – When I Say Go (bf)
Cold & Kind (Parasol, 2007)
07. Mono in VCF – Escape City Scrapers (web)
Album 1 (Mono in VCF, 2007)

note : Second part in a series. This list has a completely retro feeling, giving that melancholic tone. Perfect to describe down economy right? And I am turning into dowdy social critic rather quickly with this series. War, love, money, everything that goes down the drain. Perfect set up for bluesy texture. The new groups aren’t that bad either, tho’ to be honest I haven’t really scanned thoroughly for edgier work. Anyway, comment away. I need idea for next in this series. - sq

see also: AC no.53, Cries From the Midnight Circus
image: [1, 2, 3] , porcelaine