Henri Rousseau

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A Carnival Evening
1886
Oil on canvas
46 x 35 1/8" (106.9 x 89.3 cm)

• Henri Rousseau
• Eclaireurs attaqués par un tigre
• 1904
• 120,5 x 162 cm

The Tallest Man On Earth

This Swedish gentleman is my newest favorite. He is the type of musician you hear and you want to hide from everyone because you know he is the real deal and real deals are often fragile. They can be spoiled by too much attention. Take Bob Dylan as the most obvious example... and The Tallest Man On Earth is the most similar artist I have ever heard to the greatly revered Bob Dylan.

This is The Tallest Man On Earth covering my favorite song on earth:


and this is him doing one of his own jams off of his debut full length: Shallow Graves, which you should purchase as soon as you possibly can.


Praise God for Kristian Matsson of Dalarna, Sweden: the Tallest Man On Earth.

Gavin Bunner

Easy To Be Around

Diane Cluck - Easy To Be Around



i was in the coal mine picking up diamonds
that the miners had left behind, behind, behind
and i admired their cold shine
simple & bright
and i pocketed many in the cavernous night
clear, when held up to the light

you belong to no one
you are easy to be around
cause you belong to no one
you are easy to be around
cause you belong to no one
you are easy to be around

and i scattered them on the ground...

in the wake of your eyes it decays
you despise any weight
and because and because
and because you give it up
you are easy to be around
i like to walk beside you
y're so easy to be around
it's like i'm not even walking beside you
we are rolling along the ground
one shadow made of mercury
we were two till we melted down
now y're easy to be around

y're easy to be around...

i was in the coal mine picking up diamonds
so heavy i had to leave them all behind
coming up from the mineshaft
sparkling bright
see me laughing having nothing in an infinite night
clear, and dangling in the light

same as what you came with
makes you easy to be around
cause the door remains the same width
y're so easy to be around
both forgetting what our name is
in a dance as the sun goes down

you are easy to be around
y're easy to be around
y're easy to be around
y're easy to be around

Amy Cutler

If someone could craft masterful children's stories based on the goulache illustrations of Amy Cutler, children everywhere would weep with joy, genuflecting at the feet of such authors. Regardless, a picture is worth a thousand words: