we are in a kitchen

(via pome)

my days of writing with idiots

from allee morris’s creative independent interview:

Because I’ve been conscious of it for almost 40 years now, I can feel when I’m about to hit the saturation point where everything I’m doing is going to make me miserable, afraid, conscious of needing a hit—all conditions that I don’t do well under. So I think I just make an overall practice of being very careful about who I collaborate with. My days of writing with idiots just because they’re famous are over.

never let the lyric get in the way of the groove

“September,” [written by morris], released in 1978, was an instant smash and went on to become a staple at wedding receptions, with its driving beat and its opening lines, “Do you remember/The 21st night of September?,” all but guaranteed to propel people onto the dance floor.

 

She told NPR in 2014 that while she was working on the song with Maurice White, the leader of Earth, Wind & Fire, she was annoyed by the recurring nonsense phrase he had written, “Ba-dee-ya.” She asked Mr. White what it meant, and he said, “Who cares?” That led her to a revelation: “I learned my greatest lesson ever in songwriting from him, which was never let the lyric get in the way of the groove.”

just kept thinking about this cover, even after five months

🔥

my NEW new new year’s resolution

in addition to my existing new year’s resolutions — watching all the star wars, eating less dairy, not using kleenex — this one is going to top of the list. in bold. from “How Negativity Can Kill a Relationship”:

Being able to hold your tongue rather than say something nasty or spiteful will do much more for your relationship than a good word or deed.

2020

oh my god is that a sauce-only pizza?

Photo: F&F Pizzeria, courtesy of ny mag grub street

oh my god what is that red sauce slice????????? research uncovers that it’s a “tomato slice,” i.e., MY DREAM SLICE!!!!!!!!!

life is complicated

being with another human who moves through the world completely differently than you — also complicated. does it get easier or does it stay hard. does one person just have to soften up? (i wanted to write “give in,” but that explains my whole problem.) do both people soften? how does it work. i want to be a better, easier person but it seems like i’m always butting up against my brittle self. how to break that self?

this sad little extreme jerky shop

at the santa fe mall

things must appear to be casual

Karl Lagerfeld in Paris in 1983. The Helmut Newton Estate/Maconochie Photography

karl lagerfeld speaking hard truth:

Unlike peers such as Yves Saint Laurent, Lagerfeld never suffered nervous breakdowns about his art. His career-long sleight of hand was working very hard while wanting everyone to believe he was hardly working. “I hate hard workers,” he once said. “Things must appear to be casual.”