in fact, i am not gay.

yes, it is true, i am not gay. not even bi, unfortunately. however, i am attracted to the following males in all but a sexual way:

andy warhol (factory era)

john lennon (that's right, sorry paul. although the rest of the beatles are undeniably sexy if you exclude ringo)

jimi hendrix. this man oozes from sexiness from every pore.

guy pearce playing andy warhol in 'factory girl' (2006)

robert plant of led zeppelin for obvious reasons

daniel day-lewis (without question, one of the most gifted actors of our time)

david bowie--a classic sexy male

zac pennington (member/founder of the inspiring band 'parenthetical girls')

rivers cuomo of weezer (although i am not a die-hard fan of the music)

there are probably more, but these are what i could think of off the top of my head. i hope this has been a convincing piece of evidence for my heterosexuality. 

review of the full-length i released this summer

as some of you may know (i expect i am talking to myself here, granted i don't promote this blog), i released a record this last summer called 'Three Cups of Sea Water' for free on a website (www.cavernsounds.com) i co-run with my friend jon lemmon (that's his real name). it was released on the 20th anniversary of my birth (2 july 2008).

here is the copied manuscript (?), or at least text from a review of that record. i thought it was very kind (maybe too kind?). from the Forest Gospel review:

Sparks & Spools
Three Cups of Sea Water
(07.2008, Cavern Sounds)
Verdict = Clatter organized into folk

It is always nice to go into a listening experience with virtually no information or expectations and come out the other side with an absolute gem. Sparks & Spools’Three Cups of Sea Water provides just such an experience. We received an email about the humble little release not too long ago and have been smitten ever since. Sparks & Spools is the musical alter ego of Salt Lake City resident Taylor Christensen. Christensen’s project emanates the quaint beauty of music created at home, employing everything within arms reach. Alternating between purely instrumental tracks and shy balladry, Sparks & Spools might be most easily categorized as folk, but to leave it at that would be something of an unfortunate over-generalization because Christensen does just about everything but follow conventions. Each song on Three Cups of Sea Water beams with childlike wonder and instrumentation ranging from a standard acoustic guitar to recordings of doors shutting and coins clattering (notable on the aptly titled track “coin”). In fact, Christensen seems to use just about everything he could within the confines of his recording space in order to evoke the melodic or percussive tendencies of every dust mite dwelling within the cobwebs of his songs. It is a bustling clatter to be sure, but at the hands of Christensen it is something of a home brewed orchestra that is an absolute wonder to hear. Trust me, after listening to this thing a dozen times over you will still be searching through these songs curiously identifying the individual instrumental cogs that make the songs work. That’s something that is important as well – these songs work; there is never a feeling of experimentation for experimentation’s sake. Every component feels absolutely necessary as if without it the whole album would collapse into a dusty rubble. There is also a playfulness here that bring to mind like minded instrumental rubble from FG favourites like Miki Odagiri, Shugo Tokumaru or The Books. If you’re a fan of any of the afore mentioned artists, Sparks & Spools’ latest will enter your record collection comfortably and notably. Three Cups of Sea Water is simply a timeless document of why music is so charming in the first place. Oh, and I almost forgot the best part, Christensen is giving this thing away for free online (check the link below) so you don’t even have to move from where your sitting in order to experience what is surely one of the best releases of the year.

-Mr. Thistle

see www.cavernsounds.com for download

       

taken from: 

   http://forestgospel.blogspot.com/2008/07/sparks-spools-three-cups-of-sea-water.html

theft, update

i was able to fix my window, and although it doesn't seal totally at the top, it's mostly better. take that, thief.

theft?

so my car was broken into for the second time in as many as four months. fortunately, i have nothing of value in my car (as if the burned cds that were stolen the first time go for much). unfortunately, that doesn't stop strangers who suspect i have money or heirlooms hidden under the seats from beating the shit out of my car. truthfully, i can't blame someone glancing at my severely dented, miserably dirty car and thinking, "wow. jack-pot. this is the absolute lottery of petty-theft--the apex of my career as a suck-fucking car jockey. i will never have to steal and sell stolen garbage after this."

i know there are many reasons to steal from an individual. i just wish there weren't. my window is jimmied and kinked out of place (perhaps irreparably) as a result. the irony is that generally, if someone were that desperate for cash, i would help as best i could.

i'm happy i'm okay. it could be much worse.

sincerely,

taylor

p.s. i don't apologize for my use of the 'eff' word; i'm pretty upset about the whole thing and i think the phrase i used was warranted