Spectrum Culture: Paul Banks, Banks

Remember that band Interpol? Here's my Spectrum Culture review of lead singer Paul Bank's solo debut effort. 

Spectrum Culture: Ellie Goulding, Halcyon

New on Spectrum Culture, my review of pop star Ellie Goulding's latest effort. 

Spectrum Culture: Earlimart, System Preferences

New on Spectrum Culture, my review of the latest record from indie band Earlimart. 

Spectrum Culture: Memory Tapes, Grace/Confusion

New on Spectrum Culture, my review of the new LP from chillwave master Memory Tapes. 

Spectrum Culture: Capital by John Lanchester

New on Spectrum Culture, my review of an excellent novel by John Lanchester called Capital. 

Spectrum Culture: Deftones, Koi No Yokan

New at Spectrum Culture, my review of the latest in a long series of records by nu-metal band Deftones.

A Clean Way to Talk Dirty

We were never exactly pure animation.

Each time we touched,

Fidgeting in the off-kilter moonlight,

We took road trips ending

at dilapidated Disneylands,

Calling each other’s ex-lovers

some mornings before breakfast.

We watched spontaneous explosions

on Saturday morning cartoons,

Thinking long and hard

about the way flirtatious vampires

wear sunglasses in Victorian England,

joking that no one ever really goes home again.

It’s funny how a room with the lights out

Can remind us of permanent Halloween masks,

How we still get nostalgic about

the way blood drips from an I.V.

Alaskan summers have nothing on us.